nomadpete

The response was related to trumpy deporting criminal. Who were undocumented migrants. Personally, I am all in faovr of this concept. I was mugged and robbed by a pair of Maorie migrants. Mugging locals to pay for their time in Australia. Turned out I wasn't their first victim. In my opinion they should have been deported as 'undesirable aliens' after their first mugging. Such stuff does happen and there are processes to stop it but do not seem to be used.

Smart meters are not the problem. The problem arises when retailers start using a smart meter to change your billing tarrifs. I have heard that some retailers are failing to notify consumers when implementing complicated time-of-day changes of charge rates. If that happens, it is important to find out the new billing rules that they are applying. With care, you can use these rules to cut your bills, by cutting down your energy use during peak time. These times are in the fine print. Otherwise, your bill might go up! Also, a call to your provider might give you options to opt out of time-of-day billing if you prefer flat rate charging.

True, but USA have been relying on such workers to keep food availabe. It looks very shortsighted to suddenly remove the work force that provides food for the nation. Like Australia, in USA there are insufficient numbers of citizens prepared to do menial work to put food on our tables. What is Trump doing to provide new workers to harvest food for Americans, once he deports all those farm workers?

It was a tongue in cheek comment. I thought you would see that.

They have a long way to go. The Biden administration sent over 400 plane loads of illegal migrants away during their 4 years. (To Various nations). All done without diplomatic argument such as Trump had in Columbia.

A clear sign of myopic bias on your part!

Our snakes really don't like us humans. They generally scarper to a safe distance as soon as they hear us coming. But I am very vigilant in summer. Make no mistake, their bite is very serious even if you get to hospitsl quickly.

Those things are the new 'snake oil'. Snakes don't mind them - I have seen pictures of snakes curled up around one of them.

Moved ? I heard that quite a few moved right back to USA soil. On the same plane!

Not coming from a lower socioeconomic area of you nighted states, I have no need of such lingo. It sure isn't Strine.

Each summer we get a resident tiger snake. I nicknamed him George. As long as I know where George likes to hang out, and it isn't on the back doorstep, I don't mind. No point in trying to bump him off - if I did, his territory would soon be taken up by another George.

Methinks you are a bit liberal with that assumption.

You mean, like 'aloominum' ?

Or the american 'nucular'

With best intentions, we do our best. In hopes that it helps somebody, sometime, down the track.

Anyone else noticed that no PM has ever been nominated for Australian of the Year?

And incidentally, do you think that correcting his 24% excessive speed actually saved any lives?

Really? I suspect that an alien of higher intellect and ability hopefully would not practice all the worst vices of the primitive inhabitants of this third rock from a minor star. PMc your suggestion offends all us true aliens.

Thanks, Grumpy. There is a lot in that post! I'll only address your first sentence. Nev asked a simple question - "JUST tell ME the Country you would RATHER be living in. Nev" I am not greatly travelled so my opinion is coloured by new reports (and we all agree on the value of them). However, even allowing for all the shortcomings of our country, my answer is: I can't think of a better place. Sure there is stuff that should change for the betterment of everyone. BUT... Our rule of law works mostly ok. I am safe from persecution. I eat well, have a comfortable place to live, have reasonable health care.

An interesting quote, OME. Where did you get it from?

In these issues, there is no solution to the debates. That's my reason to bail from this thread.

I thought that was what a wife did. Then I got married.

I thought the potato was the starch component.

You are sounding a bit like our tech bros with that comment..... Say what you like no matter what? I feel that a degree of self censorship is good. Moderate debate csn be constructive even if it causes a degree of discomfort. But you can't expect people to be strictly factual and unemotional. These issues become emotional - that's when the fights start.

That might have been me. I was trying to limit my premature negativity. Yes, now he has officially taken control of the nikko, we can start being judgemental. Shall I start a new thread for "Curious acts by political Leaders" ? It might be dominated by a small number of world leaders, but so be it