nomadpete

VicRail ? Back when they renamed Metropolitan Rail.... "Metrail", I wondered what they were going to call the Country Rail system.

To quote a unforgettable ex prime minister.... 'It's not a race, It's not a race,'

No mention of the womenfolk, huh?

Welcome to the forum, Asymeo.

Let me see.... didn't someone once walk in the desert for 40 years? And wasn't that a desert that you can cross on foot in a week? He must have been using google maps.

Take it to a court. Then there will be a precedent

Well at least he's taken the tampon off.

Great! I'll vote for her husband!

Tell me more about this nice Kamala lady. Does she have any good recipes for scones?

My friend's new Hyundai has all those safety features. It has no spare tyre, but does have a SOS button on the roof console. Note it isn't EV. As well as adaptive cruise control (responding to speed signs), it has auto lane keeping, and auto distance maintenance from the car in front. So that it is nearly autonomous when driving on a highway. Much of what people go on about EV's applies equally to all kinds of modern car.

So far, there has been a lot of experimentation and far too little real research. The process is now controlled and not done in a disgusting or unpleasant way. But I don't know anyone who has undergone the procedure. There are indications that gut biome diversity can affect many things, even brain functions. I guess I'll have to wait for a proper double blind study. It is relevant to the thread because all the extra chemicals in processed food will undoubtably have some effect on gut bacteria. But nobody has looked at that to see if it has anything to do with modern day health.

Quote: "high beams from the LED are quite spread out, and lack penetration in the centre of the beams -" To me that confirms OME's assertion that the LED lamps do not match the focal length of the reflector. Correspondingly, even though nobody 'flashed' you, I suggest the upper spread of light would also be greater. More glare to oncoming drivers than the halogens.

Do any forumites know first hand of any gut biome transplant recipients? Ie, shit transplants?

Excess sugar.... In the bloodstream is called diabetes In a kids brain is called ADHD In a oldies brain is called dementia In the eye is called macular degeneration Yeah, I know it isn't directly true. But are is sugar linked to any of these? We do know that modern research is funded and initiated by industries that can see a profit outcome from research. There is little incentive for research the would destroy major businesses. The same goes for many other food additives.

Jerry, pls number your points. There are too many per post for me to think about.

So, a key point in the decision (cultivation) was based on a fact that applied only to a small island in Torres Strait, but not in the vast expance of the Australian continent. Hmmm....

That has all been tried before. You can lead a horse to water... Do you have a plan B?

I do hope you are right Litespeed 🍿🍿

Thanks for the clarification. It is set in concrete. So be it. So, now that we have established that, what do suggest to help that particular demographic group of Australians to improve their lot? How do you suggest we solve the soverignty conflict? Shall we send all those dreadful white invaders back to where they csme from?

I'll only answer one point at a time. Re: The Eddy Mabo case . I was not aware that the High Cout based their decision on agriculture carried out on Murray Island in Torres Strait. Thanks for enlightening me on that. However, it is rather strange to see that the judgement is automatically applied to mainland indigenous. You may notice that ATSIC stands for two distinctly different races/cultures. An indication that there are (at least) two very separate cultures from two geographically separate places, people that do not even like to be in the same room. This has been indicated to me personally by the people I met on Torres Strait islands, and by numerous Cape york inhabitants. I note also, that it might be questionable whether British ever declared Torres Strait as being terra nullius. I do not know when whites started inhabiting Torres Strait area but it sure wasn't related to the Botany Bay exercise. Aside from the above, the island people were not nomadic in the way that mainlanders were. So it comes as no surprise that they planted food and built permanent homes. I do not see a valid comparison with the nomads of the mainland who generally followed their seasonal food sources, carrying literally a handful of weapons, tools or food. I guess, if the early colonisers specified terra nullius applied to all islands up to and including New Guinea, the ruling applies, but to base the court ruling on one small group of islanders growing crops, and applying it to all Australia, when the vast majority in a different location (mainland nomads) probably didn't, seems rather biased.

I would be surprised if a vehicle badge (any brand) is actually strong enough to penetrate a tyre.

I suggest that what some are calling 'agriculture' in this debate, would also label Johnny Appleseed as practicing agriculture. When all he really did was drop some seeds along his travel path. However, I say again, 'What has this to do with sovereignty?'

A source of starch such as this would be important nutritionally. But the presence of those grasses and the use of them doesn't confirm a structured farming practice. And, either way, what does that have to do with present day nutrition, or land rights?

Are you sure that the High Court used the words 'taken by conquest'? Or is that an extrapolation? The above leans toward my thoughts on the matter. Every human currently on the continent should have equal value (today) as an Australian, under the present law of the land. (For a moment Leaving aside the debates about new immigrants) There is no way to right the wrongs of the past. And many attempts to do so, result in dividing people, and/or creating abuse and waste.

I agree, but my point is, what alternatives are available when angry mobs start rioting (or uprising, depending on whose side you are on). The basic barfight rule would apply to national guard - 'Don't go into a fight unless you know you can win with the first punch.' Otherwise it degenerates into a war.