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It is amazing to see the temperature environments that humans have adapted to and live in. It's a process called acclimatisation. Just think about the local environment you live in and compare it to the evironment of another of our members. I once was aclimatised to the colder environment of the NSW Southern Highlands. When I lived in Sydney after that, I didn't need extra heating for my bed because I did not feel cold in Sydney. This summer I have lived through temperatures in the high 30s, but the humidity has been about 18%. I could not handle 30 degrees on the Queensland coast because of the humidity. People who live in the high latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere can handle temperatures that we in the mid-latitudes would not care to contemplate, and vicky-versa.

Don't speak too soon, Donnie's not finished yet.

Speaking of Kings, he is the first president NOT to recognise Martin Luther King Day.

Must be a US built one. The colours are really OFF. Nev

I wish HE was FAR KING Gone B4 he does More damage.

He Runs NEWSCORPSE. May HE live long enough to see it DIE. Nev

Every ONE of the Predictions of the World's END have Been WRONG. Ronnie RAYGUN said "WE are in the LAST DAYS". THAT means there's NO Point in looking after the World. GWBush was a Born again Drug Addict. who said "The AMERICAN WAY of LIFE is Not On the Table" . Nev

It's an advertisement isn't it? Most farmworkers don't give a stuff either. Nev

If I had a dollar, every time some feted clairvoyant, religious nutter, or other predictor of doom and gloom, made a worldwide announcement, that a huge cataclysmic event was going to happen on a certain day (usually the end of the world), then I'd have enough money for a decent holiday!

I can't remember the last time I paid for any news, it was at least a decade ago. Oh yes, I remember - I paid for a "subsidised" short subscription to one of the local Murdoch newspapers - about 3 mths, I think. Then, when I decided that paying for loads of useless crap disguised as "news" was a dead loss, I decided to cancel my subscription. Holy Mother of God, what a devious and convoluted performance, that immediately turned into!! Every single obstruction that one could think up, was placed in my way, to avoid cancelling my subscription. They even called me, to try and pressure me, to NOT cancel!! It was unbelievable, they were operating like a multi-level marketing scheme, trying to ensure you never left their snare, and you provided a permanent source of income for them! The exercise has made me very wary of devious corporate behaviour when it comes to subscriptions, and the lengths these scumbags will go to, to ensnare you. I see where Amazon has had to refund customers that they deviously trapped into paying for Prime subscriptions, when they never intended to subscribe. Unfortunately, it was only Amazon customers who signed up to the Amazon U.S. site, Australian Amazon customers get nothing.

That bloke is SCRATCHING all the new paint on that Dexta, by driving it straight through the scrub, like a bulldozer!! Hasn't anyone told him, that's what bulldozers are for? 😢

He's got a real thing about being a King. He can't wangle being named King of America, so he'll find other "Kingly" names for himself. His mindset is that of a 5 yr old.

Perhaps the "swamps of the Indian Ocean" are the Sundarbans of Bangladesh, or the mangrove swamps in the Bight of Sofala, in Mozambique.

Some thoughts .... 1. Nothing in that video looks like fun. Freezing cold, and even more freezing cold on top of that. I hate to think what it's like anywhere near those big fans. However, there are many people who seem to love Canada and its dreadful (to me) conditions. A best mate had two of his three sons move from Perth to Canada. They're not coming back, they've been there for a decade or more. They love the place. One lives in Vancouver, the other lives in Toronto. Their lifestyle is nothing like the lifestyle they had in Perth. 2. The wear on that skirt must be horrendous. I wonder what kind of material can withstand that constant abrasion, over every type of surface imaginable? 3. Hovercraft seem to have very little by way of lateral controls. I wonder why that is? I would design in rotatable thrusters to give me some substantial degree of lateral control. 4. No-one seems to bother with any kind of immersion suit or even lifejackets. I wouldn't like to think what your survival chances would be, if that chopper went down into that icy water. I'd at least be wearing a full-length wetsuit to give me a fighting chance, in case of immersion.

President Donald Trump has upgraded his "Mister Tariff" nickname for something more regal. Taking to Truth Social yesterday (January 17), he posted a black-and-white photo of himself with the words "Mister Tariff" above the image, but then immediately followed up with another post with the same photo, but this time it had the words "The Tariff King" instead. It's not the first time Trump has declared this nickname for himself, at a White House event on rural health care on Friday, he told reporters, "I’m the tariff king and the tariff king has done a great job."

Maybe it's a PLASTIC Swamp? OR Just the edges that touch INDIA. Nev

Don't talk about THAT Barsteward. He's Done a lot of DAMAGE in his Lifetime.. Nev

Knowing Americans, I must say I'm surprised they didn't just cut down the tree, complete with the aircraft and pilot still in it, to recover him!

The last comment puzzled me. After 20 years service, one of Canada's hovercraft is being sold off to be used for rescue work in 'the swamps of the Indian Ocean'. Ocean is not usually swampy.

And rupert has never forgiven you.

The decision to award Peace Prizes has NOTHING to do with the Norwegian Gov't.. Trump says HE NEVER READ any BOOKS and it shows. He's IGNORANT VAIN and VENGEFUL and a Menace to ORDER. and FAIR PLAY. Nev

THAT tractor is the Later Version with the 2 stage Clutch and A bit More Power. A Better Machine because of that. Looks much the same. Mine was road registered when I Purchased it. (1973).. Same year I stopped buying newspapers. Nev

When it's on THIN Ice?. Nev

One trick is going to the propagandists and official PR first to identify what definitely is not a truth, and to set floors and ceilings for where reality might be. I applied that to the news about the Good murder in USA. When the WH called it domestic terrorism, I combined that with assuming that any story headline that stirs deep emotions is likely non-credible. So I figured it was murder. Of course in that particular example we'll probably never see a court ruling to confirm.

We all get caught up in major news stories from time to time. With all the tech & social media "improvements" to our information sources, what can we trust? When you say "the press", do you mean the multi-billion-dollar corporations owned and/or controlled by billionaire oligarchs? Just my opinion, but if you're still consuming, or worse paying for that stuff, it's probably best to quit the habit. These days we have to dig deeper.