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Haven't seen these in Woollies lately. Have you?

Didn't know where to put this - but this bloke needs to go buy a Lotto ticket!!

Allegedly:- "Russia has attacked 4 Turkish ships over the past 48 hours. 3 of the ships were hit by Russian suicide drones in the port of Odesa yesterday while 1 ship was hit by a Russian drone out at open sea." This looks like a bold step - attacking vessels registered to a NATO country. https://x.com/visegrad24/status/1999960598248091839/photo/1

I don't see this issue as unique to one person/party or the other. I see the issue as excessive FAMILY travel entitlements. I think reducing it to economy flights for family, to Canberra only, would make it far more palatable to most people.

Nature bounces back so quickly! I've been bitching for months about the lack of rain at my place and how the pastures have been drying up. A couple of days ago I was thinking of posting a photo of the almost bare paddocks whick looked like they had been mown like a bowling green. Then on the same day a very strong thunderstorm came right overhead and doused the ground. I don't have a rain guage, but I hear that some nearby places recorded more than 25 mm. The next day there was another, more steady fall of rain. This morning, a couple of days later, there is a distinct green tinge across the paddocks. If it does not get too hot and there is no strong wind, the plants might be able to put on a few centimetres of growth and things will be better for grazing.

Hmm. Maybe this idea might be applied in a certain Antipodean country where feeling guiltless about events three or four generations ago is considered arrogant.

Mostly, yes... And certainly none of my Frankfuirt office work colleagues were directly involved. But, there remain laws on the books designed to stop the rise of Nazism. For example, privacy laws are very strong and sometimes take precendece over other laws designed to stop harm. For example, you can't record telephone conversations in Germany at all. Yet, EU law requires recording of telephone lines of financial services sales, originators, syndicators, and traders to prevent market abuse and fraud. Germany has a carve out of this requirement. The conversation was the first day after work in a bar in Frankfurt.. One of the locals, answering a question, let us know he lives in Manheim.. Me: "Wow.. you're not going to believe this, but my father used to play football [soccer] for your town's team - he was the captain. Him: "Yah, well, it's only a local club... nothing special.." Me. "It wasn't when he was playing; it was in the equivalent of the Bundesleague. I have a phot of him holding up cup to a very large crowd... Him: "Wow.. When was that... " Me (innocently) "Oh, after the war... the club was knoen as Waldorf-Manheim". crickets from everyone - people looking down.. Me thinking they didn't hear it, repeated it louder.. .and my ribs welcomed a well-aimed elbow from my manager... Oops.... I have no idea of the school curriculum in Germany, but a question of what it is relating to WWII yielded this: I think the guilt trip has to go as three or four genrations since can't be held responsible, and if they are made to feel guilty about something they are four times removed from, they will start to feel resentment, and head back to the right... Oh, wait.. hold my beer.

You can't be bitten by a shark if the Bathplug's in tight. Dog's too busy or away on holidays to Plan everyone's demise. Besides, Laws of Physics would have to be Bent. Please tell me of any instance of that happening. Nev

Attorney-General Michelle Rowland has been told to repay some of the expenses she claimed for a week-long family trip to Perth, after the independent watchdog found the spending was outside the official guidelines. Ms Rowland referred the expenses to the Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority (IPEA) last week, after the Australian Financial Review reported she had billed taxpayers more than $21,000 for the trip in 2023, including $16,050 in flights for her family.

Often weeds are the first to grow and the Last to die. We have a Lot of HOT weather ahead of us YET. Perth at 40 Degrees . Nev

It takes extra care. IF you say "Pig's Ar$e", it means you don't BELIEVE the statement. Nev

Most conclude the situation is getting WORSE, not better. Nev.

Jerry, with all due respect, you are living in a different country, and have done so for many years. You have to be living where things are happening to understand what is occuring in those places. Even those members here who live in our major cities don't experience the things that we who live in rural areas do. Let me give you an example. The local indigenes in my town wanted their flag flown at the ANZAC Day service. That's sort of OK by me as many Aborigines have served. So the RSL committee which was organising the ceremony asked them to provide a flag to be flown in accordance with the protocols for displaying flags. Despite the request being made in plenty of time, no flag was made available. As you know, I volunteer at our Community OP shop. It is rare to see any Aboriginal person visiting the shop. I once mentioned this to another volunteer and was told that Aborigines have too much money to have a need to buy stuff at the minimal prices we charge. Another thing that I notice is that the local indigenes do not seem to be involved in activities organised for the whole town. There is definitely a feeling of Them/Us. I would really love it if Aboriginal people would make an effort to integrate with the rest of Society as the people from other societies have done.

Different context, and I am not sure it is about guilt, but recognition that an existing culture lived here, and conquered.. with rights supporessed for many more generations.

Wouldn't the word "boneless" be unnecessary?

When you're time's up, it's up.. When it's not; it's not...

Me mum's one of them.

Tradition, or they just haven't caught up with the news yet?

Amish men wear a beard for all sorts of reasons - some rooted in religion, others in tradition - but they all shave their mustaches. The reason for that may surprise you: the Amish are pacifists, and when their movement was just starting out, mustaches were heavily linked with a "military" look, favored by officers and soldiers. To distinguish themselves from these military men, the Amish decided to shave their mustaches off - and while today, military men prefer a clean-shaven look, the tradition has stuck!

I beleive he revels in the honour of mouthing the worst Cockney-ish accent in movie history.

See what happens when you deport all your cheap workers? Clearly, the bloke who usually fitted the saw blade had been sent home