nomadpete

Personally, if the shoe was on the other foot, and I was a member of a marginalised minority being 'recognised' in this way, I would be insulted. I would see it as a vacuous mockery. But that's just how it would affect me. Maybe the aboriginals get a warm reconciled feeling from it. More likely, they are rolling on the floor laughing about it.

I cannot see how that is.

Maybe. I might be wrong, but at least in the past the ATSIC was exempt from audit and any scrutiny.

Do you really believe that a paid performer acting out a smoking ceremony in a football field, creates 'social credibility' for a football game?

Maybe he has a benevolent helicopter pilot who has offered vital organs for transplant?

That's great, Jerry. So tell us..... Have you booked your tickets yet? I'll need a bit of notice to arrange the welcome home party.

Aaaagh.... Tha laird doth work in mysterious ways indeed.

I had a cat that I used to lock in the laundry at night. Each morning he made a terrible racket. So I spied on him an discovered that when he woke up he wanted to come out to us, so he would leap up and hang off the door handle with one paw, and with the other, pull down the handle to unlatch the door. The racket was created because he couldn't work out how to makel the door swing inwards to open it. When I let him out, he would go straight to our bathroom and open the sliding door to let the dog out so the pair could come and say 'good morning' to us. The more I know about people, the more I like (other) animals.

Curious... Do houseboats have to meet Australian building standards for habitable structures? Are they even legal homes? I believe in some places they are totally banned. And NSW has even strict limits on how long a visiting yachtie can live aboard. I'm not trolling, just curious.

Nah, it was lunchtime. I was thinking with my dominant stomach

Not what I saw at lunchtime. Still, a man sees what he wants to see, and........

When I first looked at it, all I could see was the face. Today, all I can see is a burger and chips.

On the positive side, the fact that both attempts were so clumsy silly, poorly planned and executed. And failed. This makes it difficult for maga nuts to believably claim that the dems are trying to bump off their hero. After all, a planned hit organised by somebody with deep pockets, would engage a sniper with the right gear, and a single shot would do it. He's a big target!

Each to their own. Most of us prefer our meat not too wriggly. Are we more like crows than we like to admit?

I was wondering how long it would take OME to start pontificating about Avogadro's famous moles

Don't you wash your moles, OME? I am shocked.

If you can get to know your magpies, they won't attack you. Several times, I have seen magpies attack newcomers to their territory (in breeding season), and leave us regulars alone. Don't ask me how to make it happen. But the magpies are smart enough to recognise individual people.

Picky pick. My point is Jerry is roughly on the 52 parrallel, and I am 94 degrees south of that. Nevertheless I don't think of you as being in the 'far north'. And to get back on topic, Crikey it's Wet here!

Well you did say 'Far North'....... All of our forumites are north of me. Jerry is 10,500km north of me.

Scotland?

Obviously a lot more north an i am!

No. I can't see that

Hey we need to hire a drummer... Nah, man. I got this.....

Our illustrious leaders of the nation have chosen to wait, pontificate, & hide from basic ethics and fainess, until the whole issue fades from the public consciousness.