Marty_d

They should paws and think about that statement.

You picked up Bindi Irwin in a thong? There's life in the old emu yet! 😁

I haven't seen the debate, but ABC is reporting that Kamala knocked it out of the park. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09-11/live-trump-harris-presidential-debate-latest/104328002 Trump appeared and sounded angry, told lots of lies (no surprise) and was pulled up by moderators and fact checkers. Hope this solidifies more support for Kamala in the swing states.

Nice looking cabinets Jerry. I want to do ours with drawers like that.

So... Can't they stick a remote control and a couple hundred kg of C4 in the tanks they've captured, and send them back?

5050 (guessing)

Careful, you'll give Octave PTSD.

Fish

Welcome News. I think we're mainly blokes so it'll be good to get some female perspective.

Who, Tony A bot? Quel horreur!

Maybe people were more trusting back then because scams weren't as common - but some cheques were still rubber, so you'd think some proof of liquidity would be required before such a massive purchase. Especially as it was so long ago - an amount like that would buy several houses 30 years ago (average Australian house price was $184k - in places like Tassie, far less - I bought my first house for $70k around then). There are people who win multiple times, I'm no statistician but I believe the odds are exactly the same each time no matter how many times you've won before - so while it appears strange, it's probably not.

Ummm... what sort of idiot would take a cheque for half a million from someone wanting to buy lotto tickets? That sets off so many alarm bells. Sorry for the newsagent who went broke, but if they're that gullible, it was bound to happen sooner or later.

I bought a Motorola G84 for $300. They're still at $299 from Hardly Normal / JB Hifi etc. Honestly for what I do with it I can't tell the difference from the previous Samsung S5 or whatever it was. Size is roughly the same too. Just works better and now that it uses wifi for calls and text, it actually works at our place (the previous one didn't!)

He was just ahead of his time. I really liked the policies Bill brought to the election but unfortunately the majority didn't. However with the housing crisis people are starting to look at what he suggested and realise it had merit.

Jalfrezi. (8 letters)

Bob Clifford (owner of Incat catamarans here in Hobart) knows a thing or 2 about hitting rocks. In 1994 he managed to park one of his 40 million dollar cats on Black Jack Rocks in the Derwent. I believe a bit of a party was going on at the time.

A

Well, she's one hell of a child prodigy. Not many 14yo's out there who know the ins and outs of everything from motorbike engines to 727's.

Those Russian media executives were funneling money to conservative pundits to make videos. I don't think they were encouraging people to vote for the Democrats.

Our political ineptitude knows no bounds. Australia produces a shit-ton of LNG. 80% of which is exported overseas. But locally we have a shortage. We now find ourselves in the absurd situation of planning to build a billion-dollar IMPORT facility for LNG so we can buy our own gas back from other countries at much higher prices than we got for it. Meanwhile Woodside (remember them? Spying on PNG and stealing their resources) are getting approval for yet another LNG mine so they can sell that overseas and give a big F U to Australia too. This despite climate scientists saying the absolute last thing we should be doing is extracting more LNG. When are the states and federal government going to stand up to these criminals? I thought the whole purpose of the government was to look out for the interests of the PEOPLE of Australia, not corporations which somehow have never paid MRRT on LNG and pretty much give it away to other countries? I think there needs to be an immediate moratorium on any new LNG production. Contracts for existing overseas sales should be reviewed and cancelled if not in the interests of Australia, and ANY contract for selling gas overseas should be subject to domestic needs being fully catered for at or below the price charged to overseas purchasers. Oh, and pay your goddamn tax.

I don't think that's a great decision. I wonder how much pressure the oil producers are putting on car manufacturers to drag their feet. Hybrids are the worst of both worlds. I wouldn't have one.

Wondering if anyone's heard from Nev (Facthunter). He hasn't been on this site or Rec Flying for over a week (Aug 28) which is unusual for him. Just hoping he's ok. Thanks, Marty

A with stag & ram.

Scotch College? Really? We're meant to be upset that a school which charges $30k per year per child can't visit some island? For that money they could send the kids to the Bahamas for their camp, although it may get a bit boring for some of them as Daddy takes them in his private jet every holiday anyway.

You are an idiot, Aaron