nomadpete

These landing ships don't look anything like the landing barges of old. How do they 'land' troops and tanks from it?

They seem to be whittling away at the edges of the Rusky support and logistics. Sounds like a practical approach when you are outnumered on the battlefield.

Funny. But many a true word is spoken in jest.

What? You mean they didn’t build the wall? I'll be voting for Trump for premier next time.

No excuse. Over here we rely on tall poppy syndrome to level the playing field.

The way I see it, He's already caught

I just went back and looked at the pic again. You must have a better monitor than me. Even when I zoomed in I couldn't see the cherries.

I know that a REAL bloke isn't supposed to say it, but I find that a woman's eyes (and smile) would be the most attractive physical facet of that person. And the most informative. Body shape tells you nothing about a person.

How can it be broke, what with all those wealthy toffs?

That doesn't surprise me. But I am surprised that you found a way to use it (that wouldn't take any other method of payment)

My ex wife used to say that about me.

So true.

Hoax radio calls are too common. But not likely in this case. I'm guessing it might have been an inadvertant activation of EPIRB. The location would have been on the fringe of VHF radio reception fom Matsukyer Lighthouse, so maybe not able to confirm the situation.

I failed - her crooked parting distracted me.

That's only because you know that it's always important to read the fine print.

If brains were putty, his windows would fall out. (Not you, Jerry, just trying to get back to thread topic. Really!)

You know, we have a bigger variety of crassy reds here.

On that point, I think it only assists a PAYG earner. I suspect that bigger investors use trusts, etc, to achieve similar or better tax arrangements. Is that the case, Jerry?

Good luck to him. Not for me, too complicated. How would I ever pick the right valentines day pressies - they'd have to get identical gifts (they will be checking). Might work if they were twins?

Well yer orta come over here first. Just sayin.

Aaaah, what class!

Well, nothing in the news. I don't think AMSA do flights like that just for fun. The track was to a specific location mid ocean, descended, did a number of oval orbits, then went back to Melbourne. Later a different aircraft flew over, tracking due north at under 10,000' but it didn't show up on Flight Radar 24. No transponder?

Sorry to disagree Marty, but negative gearing is not always so negative in the ways you say. I don't profess to know the numbers across the board, but for myself and a workmate, we didn't take existing houses away from owners, we did provide employment and we did add to the available housing pool. We bought land, and comissioned builders to build a couple of houses that would not have otherwise been built. Further, there are substantial financial risks along the way. For me, the first 10 years saw zero capital gains (early 80's). Recently there has been a bubble but it isn't always like that. Certainly there are many investors who buy existing properties. But there are some who are not damaging the property prices. I'm more concerned by the blind eye that's turned to foreign investors. I object to foreign ownership of property.

No thanks.

Maybe the line is getting wider as the planet's rotation is slowing.