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Yeah it sucked been of German or Italian decent in WW1 and WW2. My father's side is German italian, we had to change names and hide even though family fought for Australia in both wars.

It is a problem, overloaded caravans with 4wds are constantly crashing and due to their driving habits often cause frustration in other drivers. This can lead to accidents for everyone. I suggest a licence class with proper training on a track with van is a solution. The idea a person can go from a hatchback to 7 plus tonnes articulated with the same licence is a joke, and many die as a result. I can't drive a light rigid truck without a LR, which I have. lR is intimately safer then a big van rig. It makes no sense.

Not sure about the MG5 but should be fixable by adding the extras. The Mahindra could do what Toyota does and declare it's big old cruiser ute a truck and exempt it from the strict rules. A cynical move but Toyota don't seem to care

Sorry Gareth, No, I have never been on the angry end of armed forces and worn the green but have been shot at, stabbed and half beaten to death in my jobs. I understand rules of engagement, they are not just a army thing. Yes, the engagement rules for your experience were very problematic and a horrible situation. Nothing reported from either side including directly from Israel armed forces indicate highly restricted rules of engagement. I don't think it is comparable, all observers included the UN are screaming possible war crimes. I am not defending Hamas in any way, they are terrorists in their actions. But with a estimated total of 30,000 amongst 2.2 million civilians, carpet bombing,hitting hospitals, schools and flattening every building is a war crime. The claim of cowards hiding in the population is no excuse for professional military personal to indiscriminately kill anyone not holding a weapon. That is called " collective punishment" and is a war crime. In the USA today they said the high intensity indiscriminate fighting is unacceptable. 19,000 dead bodies and potentially as many buried in buildings collapsed. The vast majority are women and children. The US said they must change to low intensity, highly targeted operations, ie boots on ground and door to door. Did the British army destroy whole towns to hunt the IRA, no they did not. Any country is open to doing the wrong thing, us Aussies have war criminals amongst us, and are still walking free. Ben Roberts Smith and several others come to mind. No army is perfect, soldiers get scared, it's called bravery, if you don't, you should not be there. I am not saying under extreme pressure mistakes happen, but there is a line and I am not the only who thinks it has been crossed. All the lessons since WW2 seemed to be forgotten or purposely ignored. To say that only those who have worn the green can have a view is honestly repulsive. You are entitled to a view as is everyone else. Your logic means only cops who have been shot at should ever judge cops, thus no courts or independent review. And only military can judge military, that's just plain bullshit and against all international law since before WW2. I understand the issues of been a soldier/ police/ secret services/ intelligence are difficult but rules still exist for a reason. Happy to discuss. Jerry, The prosecution of the Israeli soldier as per the article is a very rare example and only following the video been released, even then he got 18 months for clearly murdering a unarmed subdued injured combatant. Hundreds of children have been shot previously for throwing rocks at armoured positions, video evidence included. No one gets normally prosecuted. Daily the west bank sees "settlers" arm themselves and force Palestinians from their homes and often kill them to do it. The army looks on or even helps them, prosecutions are also rare even if the lot was videoed. Yes civil society in Israel often object but it still continues. How are these actions in the West Bank not terrorism? Hamas were not created in a vacuum.

Just to prove how murderous the Israeli troops are in Gaza, comes this nasty news They killed in cold blood three unarmed, shirtless men holding a big white flag. Initially justified as enemy combatants in a firefight. But they turned out to be hostages that were released. So it's obvious they are just killing unarmed civilians on mass, as the huge death toll indicates. Would we have found out if they weren't Israeli - not a chance. Will the soldier be punished? They say no, it's a normal mistake on operations. Bullshit it's a war crime.

Ome, It's always tough with the sun screaming down on the tomatoes. Morning and evening watering helps but could you try drip irrigation around the roots. This can give a constant low flow and tends to stop the wilting. Any water on the leaves in the strong sun acts like magnifying glasses and burns the leaves. I used to use a spray from the worms liquid and a seasol mix as foliage spray late afternoon and used drip irrigation. Very few problems but heat can still knock them about. Given how strong the sun is these days the white shade clothe maybe a big help on scorching days.

I will be seeing a friend next week who is a viticulturist and wine maker. I will ask her. But yes Nev should know.

Sorry , don't know. It depends on the chemistry type, form factor and casing as well as size of pack. The mini pack was 18kwh and with motor controller etc ended up 20 kg lighter than a normal old mini.

This is a Melbourne company conversion. Weight is total of only 600kg, so slightly less than ice. Performance is another level. A very professional conversation and less than two days.

Jerry, Aussies prove regularly they will vote against their own self interests as well. Stupidity seems universal at times. It's notable right wing nutters that get the most traction often come tour Australia. The yank ones are big on right wing Christian stuff, the poms more right wing everything else. That Buffon Boris just did a speaking- mumbling tour with Tony the mad monk Abbott.

There are companies is UK that do direct replacement kits to convert old Mini models to ev. Includes everything needed.

Use You can make a great fish pie 🥧, with a potato and breadcrumb top. Or trad pastry top. Much better than cottage pie. I mainly eat fish, pork, chicken and lamb. Bored with beef unless it's a high end cut. I find pork mince added to lamb or veal mince adds a lot more flavour and the fat is much healthier than beef, also keeps the meat moist and tender. Most don't realise for example, Italian recipes use pork and veal eg Bolognese sauce does not use beef. The flavour is worlds apart. Favourite pie is a homemade turkey pie perfect from leftover Christmas lunch. I have even cooked whole turkeys just to make pies. Lots of flavour. I wonder what brush turkey tastes like? No I won't kill one to find out.

The irony is the libs in Oz created Macquarie bank, and followed your political model from the Torries. It gave us Howard the coward, then we sent Crosby the political snake to you guys. He helped win you elections and you dumb asses gave him a mbe? You should have taken him to the tower of London. Now your government looks at all the dodgy shit we did under the libs and you have copied it to the max. Hence the offshoring of assylum seekers to the safe haven of Rawanda. Funny how anyone from there will automatically be accepted as at danger and genuinely a refugee and be accepted by the Brittish. Please stop copying our worst of humanity, your making our genocidal maniacs look normal.

It's all good Jerry, chill out mate, the Torries have it all sorted. More awesome honest ads.

Having 20 years in health as a disability specialist, some need more help than others. I expect he will Darwinate shortly, so no drain on the care system.

That's cheating, no open flames allowed in a sewer. But a lot easier to get carbide than sodium.

I think about the poor Indian guys that go and unblock sewers, no ppe, no mask, not even coveralls. Normally done by the " untouchables". Life really can be shit sometimes.

The used oil issue is huge for health of mechanics. From not too bad to a toxic cancerous soup is a quick process. The worst are gearbox and diff oil. A friend is in hospital full of cancer, he used to work for a oil company and they recommended full blood work every six months. A indicator they know its cancerous but Will still refuse to accept liability. Sadly a wonderful blokes days are numbered.

When I say oldies it was in response to Spacey' s earlier comment ie. Let the next generation worry about it. But old can mean anyone who is anti change.

True, And they get very upset when you ask for change after paying $5.

Harvest green and make pickles, then you have a long term supply. We used to vacola bottle excess red ones as stewed tomato and onions or as passata. Roma make the best passata and old school hierloom varieties the best for green.

Just look at the mess England is in after letting the capitalist rapists into the water system. Costs went up and now they have raw sewerage flowing into the ocean. You can thank Macquarie bank for that.

I would have a big veg garden but it's a bit hard when you live on a boat. I buy my green ones direct from a organic grower, soil not hydroponics. It's hard to get green ones any other way.

Winner You get the hydrogen/oxygen bomb 🏆. MythBusters did the throw it into a toilet bowl with water trick to get a reaction. A failure of IQ. It must be flushed into a water pipe to explode. They just had a open toilet bowl and no connection to pipes. The sodium reacts with water and splits the oxygen and hydrogen and makes huge volumes of explosive gas, which is contained in the sewer pipe. As the reaction oxidation accelerates it will self ignite. All that in a underground pipe makes a very powerful bomb 💣. A 1 cm cube is enough to completely destroy a home sewer system. The volume of hydrogen/oxygen gas is considerable. Safer to fill a sewer with acetylene gas. Yes, I have done this as a controlled experiment, on a actual sewered toilet. The house was to be knocked down.

Good point, How did you go? I note a local hero in Mackay moved heaps of boats into mangroves for safety. Last time they just left the storm to destroy them, makes insurance difficult.