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Scrap Metal or an idea of how it was. Nothing more. Unfortunately some good condition things do go for scrap but they were all consumables of some kind anyhow. New stuff is not as suited for repair as much as it was but there's always been examples of items designed to be difficult to repair.. Even in the Teens some engines had a Max overbore of Half a Millimetre on the diameter of the cylinder. .020" Nev

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Oily rag restorations are Better. When you start making something RUN It' s hard to Know where to stop. I don't believe in working on Fossils. They are for Patterns only. IF it has to work Pay more for Better. Over restored is ruined, in my books. Don't Polish bits that were "as Cast". Something well restored Looks as if it wasn't restored in the Normal sense. The Original "Look" is always worth More at the end of the day. Plating things that weren't Plated. Plating often causes internal corrosion and makes things Brittle and the Plating on Nuts Peels when a spanner goes on it if it's crook Plating. It also ruins thread fits as the Plating goes on thicker at the ends and your parts Look like they came out of a Bathroom. Nev

You can get FAKE rust and Mud if that Look is your thing. Metho and shellac works too without corroding anything. Just spray old oil on it and ride along a dusty road. Ride it on a salty Beach and it will turn into a useless static exhibit in no time. .Nev

What's a proncess? Half way between a Pro and Princess? I haven't had a lot to do with Fairies. I like the MANLY Ferry. Nev

Anyhow WE don't HAVE a 2 Party system. Why DO they call Taylor "Leader of the Opposition", has ME tossed, when they are actually facing extinction. Hanson is Portrayed as Future PM when she has ONLY ONE person in the Lower House, and a Gift wrapped Little "SEXY" Plane that at some stage will Probably Scare the $#!t out of her. (Like her walk on Uluru) where she slid down a ridge in her shorts like a Dog with Worms, because she was too scared to stand up. Doing a STUNT to Defy the Aborigines call to respect the Rock as a Sacred Place. Funniest thing I've ever seen, the Look of abject fear on Her Face. The Rock 10, Hanson Zero.. Nev

The US is already technically broke with a debt/GDP ratio of 124% and rising rapidly. They will keep printing money though but the chickens will eventually come home to roost. By comparison Australias debt/GDP ratio is 34.4%.

As did the storepeople - selling picks, spades, panning dishes, pots and pans, tents, boots, hats, flannette shirts, moleskin trousers, bedrolls, pistols, tobacco, and all the stuff that miners need to survive in rugged terrain. Leather pouches for holding gold nuggets were a must, and even small gold scales were in high demand. https://www.teachersuperstore.com.au/assets/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/The-Australian-Gold-Rushes-Daily-Life-in-the-Goldfields-Sample-Pages.pdf?srsltid=AfmBOoognpJMnehL-vguNxLwGH8D-mVtaStuRkHpYIh5fYWxlKe1IS01

I had to laugh at this AI overview of parallel parking: 'The 5-Step Parallel Parking Method 1. Find a spot: Look for a space that is at least 1.5 times the length of your vehicle.' Where I live, to do that you'd have to either have a Fiat Bambino or something smaller, or leave town and go somewhere else to look for a park.

How would you Park the THING?

That's a good rule to stick by. It applies well to buying motors. You see a lot of cheap junk motors on the market but when you do the mental arithmetic of doing them up, it just doesn't stack up to buying something already up and running. I think some people buy cheap flogged out motors with missing parts thinking they've got a bargain, but when they price the work and bits required, soon realise they've bought a boat anchor.

Does anyone remember seeing Elvis's Cadillac when it toured in 1968. I saw it on the top story carpark at Myers in Toowoomba. Some other cars were there on display as well, but I don't remember who they belonged to.

Some potential wheels - these two whitewalled Road King wheels are a bit flash for a ratbike but one thing I have a lot of experience at is turning perfectly good equipment into a pile of rust. I must admit the climate here helps a lot. The Heritage softail wheel with no tyre is already nice and aged and will most likely go on the front (when I have something that can be described as a front end, that is).

One ringy dingy - Lily Tomlin. "Have I reached the party with whom I am speaking?" Next:

I was a member of the Democrats, I didn't last long because I considered them not to be nationalistic enough. I continued watching out for a party that only had Australia in mind - enter One Nation - been a supporter ever since. The leader of the Democrats, Don Chipp, did get one thing right, he said there'll be no more world wars, just smaller localized wars. He also apologized for the 60s conscription, he was the only one brave and sensitive enough to do that, being an ex Liberal but still a bit of Liberal in him. I respected him for apologizing. Can't say the same for the rest of the political hoons in the major parties. I've never voted for any of that flotsam and jetsam.

In the fairytale, Rumplestiltskin, he makes a deal with the proncess. The deal is, he'll spin the straw into gold for which she'll give him her first-born child. Reeks of paedophilia, doesn't it?

I thought He was More of a "Pubic" relations Person? Whatever GRABS you I suppose. It's ALL an act, and ALL about HIM, and always will be, for ALL the World to see.. Nev

You Only DIE once. Putin would like to take/destroy the World with him if He can't restore Russia to a major Power. America (under Trump) wants WAR more than China does and cares Less for the Planet. USA is the centre of the Universe with Trump, but it IS divided unto Itself by Trump. (on Purpose, because that is the way HE works). THAT will cause his Ultimate downfall. Nev

In the meantime the UK, Germany, France, Sweden, other European countries & even Ukraine are all ramping up production in their own armaments industries to reduce and eliminate reliance on US arms. 50 year of that reliance is at an end. Also much of their technology is equal to or more advanced that that of the US. It will take a few years but in the long run little donny is f*#$ed. The main worry is what is Putins lot doing & the Chinese are full on as well. Hopefully i won't be around when the excrement finally hits the fan.

Trump's Economics Make HIM richer and are Based on deals made when HE holds all the Cards. He knows FA about economics except to use it as a weapon AGAINST Competitors and Allys. His Obsession with Punitive TARIFS is a good example. .He's an Economics Dullard actually. Nev

Well, you've just put yourself on an ASIO watchlist OT!

That's done it for me. I am ready to abandon democracy. In it's modern form it thrives on dividing society, on promoting extremism and on protecting oligarcs. Tweedism. Bring on government by A.I. It is my only hope for a logic based government. One that is constantly scanning and constantly responsive to the will of the masses.

Remember when we had a third party - the Democrats? That was before the Greens, wasn't it? We also had the Democratic Labor Party, and the Communist Party.

I don't like a two party system, mostly because it works like a duoploy. It gives the impression that we have a choice without actually giving MUCH choice. The biggest flaw in politics is the hidden financial 'sponsorship' directly favoring candidates. Someone famously said, “I don’t care who does the electing as long as I do the nominating.” All that happens way before the actual election where we try to vote for a 'least worst' candidate, whilst pondering 'was that the best they could find for us'?

Is USofA actually becoming a 'failed state'? When the dust finally settles in the Middle East (I know, that's an oxymoron), will USofA go broke? According to a report in the Washington Post, “Iranian airstrikes have damaged or destroyed at least 228 structures or pieces of equipment at U.S. military sites across the Middle East since the war began, hitting hangars, barracks, fuel depots, aircraft and key radar, communications and air defense equipment.” The above costs have not been estimated in war expenses. So in a 2 month 'brief excursion' in M.E. donold increased national spending by $50 BILLION. And depleted major weaponry by circa 60%. To the east go the spoils of war.

Tis, at a deeper level than a Trump brainfart, not only about oil & grift. It's all about military industry salesmanship. Long read but an interesting look at the game playing in M.E. https://wajeehlion.substack.com/p/empty-quivers-and-digital-yuan-chinas

He's a class act, our Willie. He's very selective with his scrap bin exploits. Only the finest bins meet his exacting standards. 😄

Better than finding a half eaten pie, that's for sure.

A large, moisture-laden air mass is feeding into a trough in front of a huge high pressure system, over Western Qld and Northern NSW. As you say, any decent amount of rain originates from the Northern maritime region latitudes. This tropical air mass is feeding in from the Northern section of the Indian Ocean, and it's bound to carry some reasonable amount of rain to SW Qld and Northern NSW. When the Bureau say there's a "100% certainty" of rain, they're not often wrong. Only the total amount of rainfall is in doubt, and that can vary widely over a relatively small area. I thought the weak cold front that came through W.A. on Thursday morning had nothing behind it. But the tip of another cold front followed it, and we got 8mm of rain in the City on Thursday night. However, the rain didn't penetrate very far inland. http://satview.bom.gov.au/

Someday somebody might compile a book of famous Trump statements..... but nobody will believe it. "Trump told Sean Hannity on Fox “News” Thursday night when he bragged in a senior moment that the entire push to seize Iran’s enriched uranium — the ostensible casus belli for the deadly bombing campaign that’s killed so many children and 15 Americans — is, in his own words, “more for public relations than it is for anything else.”