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Well according to the defence chiefs, 3 second hand subs were the original preference as they would be delivered sooner. Why do we need 3 nuclear powered submarines anyway. The navy is spending $1.7 billion on a fleet of our own designed Ghost Sharks. They are designed to do almost everything that manned submarines can do at very low cost as well as low operating cost and we can have heaps of them. They won't say how many but there are apparently dozens being built. Aukus is costing at least $368 billion. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/sep/10/ghost-shark-submarine-drone-australian-navy-explainer

"someone" Mentioned to Trump that "we" might have to Borrow and funnel the money but he thought they said Burrow and tunnel.. Nev

This bloke does some good video presentations. This one gives a good explanation of what happens when hoons ride Harleys:

That would be Obvious to anyone with Nuclear sub Knowledge and I doubt it won't be OK.. That would be a Basic. Nev

Hang on You are not allowed to criticise Rotax's. That Bloke's just trying to sell his product in super dumbspeak. Years ago Harley went to Splined Pins that Broach the spline in the wheels, when pressed in and it cannot move by twisting but it's a Once only thing, done at the factory with special alignmment presses. The whole shaft and rods assy must Be replaced but at Much the same cost as a normal rebuild. The usual term for that type of rod is Fork and Blade. A couple of small weld runs won't last Long as a repair. The Flywheels are steel forgings with the Mainshafts integral..The assembly HAS to be built up as the Big end Bearings are caged Rollers. Nev

Is that so Chump can escape to Russia when the American public actually get a clue?

Nuclear subs have an hour limit on the reactor. When that limit is reached, the sub is decommissioned. If we get old Block 3 Virginians that the yanks have been thrashing for 10 years or more, half their useful life may already be gone. Can't run these buggers "on condition".

More importantly, will it be gold plated and named after trump?

I read somewhere unreliable (x), that there is a plan afoot to dig a tunnel between Alaska and Russia. Is this for real? It would cost Billions (whether Rubles or USD). How would this Make Amerika Grate Again?

This can be a problem with Rotax 912's or any pressed crankpins.

And it goes on. I think he deliberately just does the opposite of whatever is the right thing to do. https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/trump-announces-981-million-support-package-for-highly-polluting-energy-source/s7d44jvnp

For the first time ever an EV is the top selling vehicle in Australia for May and it isn't Chinese but the Tesla Model Y. https://www.drive.com.au/news/australian-new-car-sales-in-may-2026-tesla-model-y-is-first-ev-to-top-vfacts-charts/

I've estimated there won't be much ratbiking happening until later in the year. There's a lot of shed renovations to finish before that happens, but in the meantime a bit of parts sorting and sourcing is still happening. On the shed/workshop renovation side there's still a fair bit to do. Some steel diagonal braces need to be relocated for better workbench fitment. A couple of windows need to be finished off and a couple more timber wall purlins swapped out for steel. Where one diagonal brace set is to be removed, an existing timber wall frame in that quarter section will be converted to a bracing wall with rods and bracing ply, double braced and insulated. Then a six metre long wall section leading to another shed room will be walled in for bench and shelving space. The steps leading into the other room will be removed and alternate entry to that room sorted. That gets the walls done, so then it's on to positioning existing work benches and building a couple of new ones. After that, the shelving set up. That's all the hard part. The easier, fun part will be filling those shelves and sorting out tools and bits and pieces and setting up the workship equipment. The goal is for everything to have a fixed home instead of the mayhem the shed is now. I'll also lash out and get a sparky to run permanent wiring, lights and power points. I'm over plugging leads in and out all the time. This is a bucket list goal to get the workshop set up the way it's supposed to be. It's been a cluttered half workshop/half storage area for the last eighteen years or so since I built it, and it's been hard to do any major work in it due to all the junk in there which now has to go.

Most of his appointees are pretty short on intelligence. And morals, ethics and character

I admit that at first I thought that Donold was just using theatrical BS to wind up the dumb redneck voters. It was all just an act, to get the top job. How wrong I was. I didn't believe that anybody could be that dumb, foolish, shallow, narcisstic and sociopathic, and yet survive to such an age without somebody topping him. And I mean, before he ran for president the first time. But here we are. Not only that, but he gathered together so many like minded people to protect and enable his corruption without any thought or consideration for the wellbeing of the people.

Not even funny, Nev. Factual, and sadly, believable.