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Great development if it works.

This is the age of modernist glaring white cabinets and tiles for every modern home. Imagine my surprise to stay at a recently renovated caravan park that is furnished in rustic federation shearer's quarters decor! Our mate OME has started a trend!

Why are we surprised? Trump admires dictators and despots. He has stripped the top level of administration of anyone with knowledge and brains, and replaced them with yes-men. The only required attribute is loyalty (and tribute). He has openly said that the American public won't have to vote again, and is actively dismantling democracy. He has used his position to gain him and his equally disgusting family billions - the most corrupt public figure, let alone president, ever. He supports and enables the worst white supremacists in the country, allows and encourages political violence when it's against his adversaries, and is racist himself. And we're surprised when something like this happens?

It's a bit cool here in Nyngan. We are camped by the river, enjoying a glass of red whilst dinner simmers on our little fire pot. Life's good.

So when my son and partner picked us up from the airport they were planning to go to their sea shanty at the pub club. They asked if we would like to come? We had a brilliant time drinking beer and singing shanties. Many obscure shanties. They also make up the verses for the crowd to join in at the chorus. They have written shanties about public transport and current political issues. The crowd varies in age from 10 to very old. Most people seem to be in their 20s or 30s They sang this shanty bellow in honour token Australian. We had an absolute ball and intend to find a club like this near us.

No point posting them here then, Nev.

The first thing they'd do is start sending friendly emails to random blokes......

The Trump administration has just instructed the FBI not to investigate any incidents involving ICE anymore, saying that ICE will do that themselves. That’s not going to work out well. ICE is becoming Trump’s racist paramilitary wing like Hitler’s brownshirts.

All things considered, I find gravity somewhat attractive.. It creates an atmosphere all of it's own. Nev

Some guys formed a band they called 999 megabytes. Still haven't got a gig.

The Republicans wish he'd stop going on about the 2020 election because it's not helping their chances, but at the same time he's doing everything he can to rig the November election beforehand and scheming to disrupt the results if the Democrats look like winning. He's trying every trick in the book to assert his control over the States' ability to run their elections, but fortunately a large number of State governors, both Democrat and Republican are determined to keep him out of it and ensure their elections are run fairly. It's amazing how in Trump's world, elections are only free and fair when he and the Republicans win but rigged beyond recovery when they lose.

That's my excuse too. I'm really much younger than I look.

Well, here is a potential development that can bring nuclear into a viable alternative: A Canadian lab just ran a chemical process on real spent nuclear fuel and pulled out 90% of the long-lived danger in 24 hours, the part that forces a burial site to last 100,000 years, with the leftovers meant to fuel a reactor https://share.google/bEVunnl6sp8t3mOVg

They feel that a man of your keen intellect would not be easily scammed, so why bother.

I took an instructional flight from Moorabbin today. To be honest, there's a lot I could write in the gripes thread, particularly around a) the commerical properties that have gone up, and b) the introduction of landing fees. The urban sprawl is there - the training area has less and less open country. But, that is progress. But, the flight was quite a good one. Just practiced stalls and forced landings.. Didn't die, to that is a positive (for some, I guess not ;-)) The young instructor was very professional and a natural instructor.. sad that an airline or other jet career beckons.. The flight was in an Archer with full EFIS.. Took a bit of getting used to - to be honest would need a bit more time to get comfy with it (and a manual and some prep time). Weather played ball as well.

He's our resident cunning linguist.

Not sure if this is good, bad, or ugly, but preparing a pack to return to the motherland with: Just need cheezels

The use of WHOM is dying out, and who being considered acceptable more often. Your time is yet to come. "To WHOM it may concern" may hang on a while . Easy to look up. Nev

So the painting of my son's house continues. Unfortunately I am out due to walking out of a door at night to what I thought was a scaffold platform.. .. but wasn't

It's their modus operandi. Make the place sound bad and offer the snake oil elixir to fix it. Same for Chump and Farage

The way she's running down Auastralia while in England, she should stay there.

When I was a kid my Dad raised a few pigs as a side hustle. He used to buy 44 gallon drums of chocolates from Cadbury's - deformed, had fallen on the floor, etc. Pigs loved them. Us kids did too 😄 Not sure how much they cost but he was a tight arse so it would have been cheap.

He doesn't respect a free and fair vote anywhere IF a Socialist Government is elected. They supported Pinochet (mass murderer of his own People) in Chile even well before Trumps time. I don't think USA has Antitrust Laws any more. Making MONEY is ALL that Counts. No matter how many have to die. Winners are Grinners. Their Pentecostal (charismatic religion is designed for the greedy and ruthless. DOG wants you to be rich. (Like Hell, he/she/it does.) Nev

When Cadburys was sold to Mondelez the quality & taste went through the floor and they introduced horrible American flavours. I know in NZ people complained & stopped buying Cadburys which prompted an eventual reversal & return of original flavours though the chocolate quality is still not as good as it was & most likely has more sugar in it. Mondelez also closed the NZ factory & the only site left in Oceania is in Tassie. Hopefully they won't close that & get stuff made in China like everyone else.

He wasn't born with a silver spoon in his Mouth. He was selected by the Party and took them to one of the Most significant wins for ages. He has Plenty of well qualified and People to select for Ministerial Positions. .He's not a One Man Band. News all over the world acknowledge we are doing a Good job here but you won't get that Impression from and Newscorpse Monopoly or SKY. They want to be Pauline's Puppet-master because SHE will do their Bidding. She's for SALE. Nev

Yes. Solid 7/10 from me.

My friend Tony told me not to say his name backwards. I said, "Y not?"

I feel that Melbourne has a cultural feel about it, as opposed to Sydney's commercialism. One goes to Melbourne for the theatre and music. Sydney does not seem to have that vibe, despite having the architectural beauty of the Opera House. But it's just a building. As for multiculturalism, I think that the meeja consistently misreports on it. I was in a shopping centre in Dubbo yesterday. I saw people from India, Asia, Africa, Indigenous and European all carrying on with their shopping with no sign of conflict. I had the choice for my lunch of several differnt food types of food styles.

Given the morals of tech bro entrepreneurs are somewhat lower than alley cats on heat, how do we know that rogue AI agents haven't already escaped?

It takes very intelligent people to GET my jokes. Nev

It was a Chinese build. Tipper back. Single cyl, shaft drive to a short conventional diff. The frame was 2"box downtubes. Really tough. But also very dead.

if i was a family member of the deceased US soldiers being returned i would have been disgusted to have 2 non serving tossers who caused the deaths stand there and salute. It is a disgrace to anyone who has served for their country.

The surveys are saying she is likely to lose Bendigo to Andrew Lethlean. I met him on Saturday, he is an impressive alternative.

She probably still has to shop in Bendigo. What a beat up. Land would be cheaper. It's not like it far away. nev

There is a lot of good with social media, but these fellas are examples of what is wrong with social media. In a world where a lot of people get all their information off social media, they have presented themselves as successful men who work and play hard, and reap the rewards of that hard work. What the solcial media algorithms don't try and do is present all the info - only that which will entice you to keep clicking. So a lot of people looked to them as heroes. Also, most of our MSM and social media are not holding them to account with the intensity it deserves. So, a lot of their crap gets lost in the general noise. Even my daughter, until I pointed out to her what they really do, thought they were being unfairly vilified (she was a bit younger at the time). It has just dawned on me.. One of the benefits of having a physical newspaper (and other media - such as a TV) that was not a personal device was that parents could guide their kids to take a wider view of information and for them to find the information, despite not being availed of the diversity of information at their fingertips in the information age. With the information being more and more recactively presented based on an algorithm rather than being proactively sought, this may well get worse before it gets better.

Cool air More Lift. It was very cold today. I know as I put a new set of spark plugs in the 98 Au . 10 years since the last ones were fitted. Fortunately I'd used anti seize, but had to warm the engine to get the Back one out. Of course that's the Most inaccessible. It's colder here than Melbourne. 1500 feet up. Nev

Well,, for this first post, it is the good, the bad, and the ugly about Melbourne ad surrounds that I have seen so far.. And the meh? (in other words, makes no real difference). Since 2005, I have been back about 6 times; all mercy dashes or admin (estate). But this is the first time I decided to take some time to reacquaint myself a bit and not just run around like a chicken with my head cut off. So, I have taken some time out to jot down some notes.. ans keeping it apolitical, here is what I have observed or has stuck out in my mind: The Vic Market food hall.. It is so good and should be a national institution. I know the Adelaide Market is excellent, too.. maybe better. But there is something about that building which has changed little since I can remember it; my earliest memory is when I was 5; which is 55 years ago. The selection/variety of produce; the quality, and the prices are not that much more than supermarket from what I could see. Speaking of food - the bad.. It is expensive - more so than in the UK and by a way. Also on food, the supermarket quality - at least where we are and where I have visited has improved markedly. When I first moved to the UK, unbelievably, the UK supermarket food was better than Colesworth... But, the tables have turned again. The consumer chocolate bars - are the ugly. I should get quite trim after moving back as I can't see myself eating many at all. I know when I left Australia and the first visits, they were very similar to the UK, but somewhere along the line, the majors here changed the recipe to US style 0 mire sugars, palm oils I guess and the rest... it tastes like US chocolate now... Which was a real shame as I finally got my hands on a Chokito... which was my childhood favourite. Probably never again. Multiculturalism: For some peoples complaints on here, it doesn't seem to be particularly different to when I left, nor when I was a kid. The nature of the multiculturalism has changed, and I have noticed in Melbourne in particular, there is a proliferation of Asian eateries, but to be honest, while I think it is quite OK, on the scale, it is a bit meh? I know someone will point out that I can go to areas which are quite different.. It seems in Victoria, wherever they can put a shop, they will. I think it is over-developed commercially, and that it is bland, US style mass shopping architecture. Definitely a bad. I think Melbourne has become more Bohemian.. It has a vibe that shouts emerge from the conservative past and embrace different. I really like its vibe. Although, with the development of all those high rises around the market area, it did feel a little claustrophobic. Not great. The roads, despite some potholes and crumbling are fantastic. Getting around during the day with the traffic levels was a breeze... but Having to watch the speedo to ensure I wasn't a few licks over the limit was a pain.. I could easily have done 120kph on the Hume and it would have not been one iota less safe in reality.. I am sure there is more of the good bad and ugly, and no doubt as I recall or come across them, I will add the to here.. But it really has whet the appetite to get moving.

Glad I didn't say that. Us older folks are inclined to be Pee don'ts. Nev

'for whom they were rather than whom they are'

How many blondes does it take to make chocolate chip cookies? Five. One to mix the dough, four to peel the Smarties.

SPAIN WINS WORLD CUP! Trump won't be well pleased.

It's easy to upset someone in a Pub if you aren't a regular, or read the BAD DRUNK signs quickly enough. . It only takes ONE. nev

I'm more worried about him flapping the guns in a pub.

Where/what is Melnoiurne?

He also played for South Australia in the early 60s and he helped them with the Sheffield Shield.

It's called makeup

You have to look for what you want in Melbourne. It won't jump out at you in Lights, in most circumstances but the Variety is there. It's best if someone with similar interests to yours , shows you around and it's ever changing in subtle ways . Also you don't have to be a Millionaire to live there. Traffic can be a bit harrowing at the Wrong time. It's growing a bit too fast. Trams are free in the central part of the City. I've now been here for 62 years but have seen most parts of this Country and a lot of Europe. I'm not a great lover of crowds and cities but they can offer a lot of facilities and variety nothing else does. . Nev

The town is noted for having one of the widest main streets in the country, at 60 metres. It was built as wide as this to accommodate turning bullock trains. In 2012, in the tradition of the Parkes Elvis Festival, Trundle launched its own tribute with the inaugural Trundle ABBA Festival. The town's annual festival, called "Bush Tucker Day", is held every September. There is also a golf course with sand-oil greens, a 25-metre swimming pool, tennis courts, horse-racing facilities and a sporting oval named Berryman Park. Who wouldn't want to include it on a grey nomad tour?