nomadpete

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.

That, in itself is frightening. Having lived in sprawling outer suburbs teeming with breeders, I know it is true.

I do write letters to pollies from time to time. Whether incumbent or hopeful. The response is invariably an insult to my intelligence, and often unimaginative spin. Do they even keep a tally of the numbers of whingeing voters? I have even attended a meeting of party hopefuls - never again - I have never seen such a bunch of wayne kerrs. It was impossible to get an intelligent discussion. All they want is noddies. Any other ideas?

Not about rorting, but my cynical mind has looked at the wording of Elon's announcement that he has not SOLD Starlink services to russia. To me, that means no money has changed hands. But does it mean that russia is not using it? Also, as reported by Aljazeera... "The Kremlin denied Ukraine’s claim that its troops were using Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite internet system for military communications in parts of Ukraine it occupies. Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the system was neither certified for use in, nor officially supplied to, Russia, and therefore could not be used." Note "nor OFFICIALLY SUPPLIED to", which doesn't actually say it has never been 'unofficially' used. Maybe I am reading too much between the lines, but I am not comfortable with trusting the parties involved.

Or humans.....

Taylor WHO? I heard media comment that anybody who hasn't heard of Taylor Swift must be living under a rock. And that the Trump brigade were paranoid that Taylor Swift might endorse Biden when she went to the footy. Is she some sort of influencer? I think I am happy to live under a rock.

Again I ask, what can we do to improve the situation?

Great in theory. Not so great in practice. How do we know how crooked a polly is, until the post mortem after they get spun out of the revolving door of politics into their cushy consultancy? Even if we get wind of fishy ethics, there is seldom a known honest contestant to vote for. Infact the only option that we have when we vote is to guess which ones we suspect are the 'least worst' on offer.

This is probably random, so I put it here. This morning I heard a jet aircraft heading south. This is very uncommon as the next destination to the south is Antarctica. Flight Radar 24 showed it to be an AMSA search aircraft despatched from Melbourme and it circled a spot about 50k or so south of the southernmost point of Tasmania, then headed back. I hope the people involved are ok. I note that the present wind there is 1kt. So it's not a storm issue.

Sounds possible. I really don't know. But I have seen plagues of big jelly fish in Moreton Bay - and that wasn't likely to be oxygen starved. The outboard motor struggled through them! And if they are migrating, how does a brainless creature know how to gather in large numbers and all head off together? Oh, the positive? Well I think it's a positive that I'm not swimming with them!

That is already the case. How do you suggest we correct the situation?

Idealism ends at the hip pocket.

So reassuring to see that somebody had the presence of mind to instal an expansion joint between the two sides of the time line. Was that to allow for leap yeas?

Please correct me if I am wrong, but is it true that the parliamentary bar is free to mp's?

Answer.... A lot if you aren't paying for it!

Hey Jerry. Looks like everybody put the brakes on your 'get rich quick' car impoer business!

Poor old Barny. He just had a 'Frazer Moment'

I noticed his headstone was written in jewish language, and made the connection. Anyway, from what I had overheard when I was a pimply faced lad, Mo could never be on air this century - the cotton wool generation would be scarred for life!

No wonder he was known as Roy Rene Mo. Starting out with a name like 'Van Der Sluice' sure taught him his sense of humor. Was he a product of jewish concentration camps?

Thanks for sharing. I love dusk. It is the most beautiful part of the day. We often take a bottle of wine and crackers down to our viewing platform to watch the forest creatures going through their bedtime routine. Down here we get a delightfully long twilight. And when we are on the water - usually try to anchor alone in a quiet cove. Then we watch the stars and reflections. Thanks for the tip. I'm ordering a little colour change floodlight right away!

That one really should be in the POSITIVES feelgood thread.