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Probably good historical reasons for that. When you think of the Romans, Celts, Saxons, Normans, Norsemen, Welsh, and everyone else who's had a crack at the little island, it's no wonder it's a hodge podge of language. Yes there's been some intermixing with the others too over the centuries, but for example French hasn't really changed that much in the last 400 years, whereas if you went to converse with Shakespeare it's likely you'd have trouble understanding each other.

Well that probably answers your question Peter - self managed super. It's still unaffordable for young people though because you don't have those assets until the later stages of your career, if you're lucky. Some in the LNP still think it's a good idea for people to be able to access super early to pay for houses. However it's not, for two reasons. Most importantly, super is a compounding interest product, so if you pull out a substantial amount relatively early in your working life, the amount you're losing for retirement is massive. From a personal perspective that's bad, but also from a societal / economic perspective because that person will most likely be partially/fully supported by the age pension instead of self funded. Secondly, if there's already a housing shortage then all you're doing by giving buyers access to more cash is increasing competition amongst buyers and pushing the prices up. The only way to take the heat out of it is increase supply. Maybe we need some sort of long term government program, like the Snow Mountains Hydro scheme (original, not 2.0) where the government sets up career pathways for tradies, organises stockpiles of building materials, works with states to release land and builds entire estates to be released equitably at fixed costs (maybe co-owned).

Italian and French are very similar. Lot of shared words. (Mind you, French and English are similar in some respects - most English words ending in "ion" are the same in French.)

Maybe it's a bit thinner - but once it's fixed on the roof it only has to deal with rain and hail, neither of which is going to hurt it, and more to the point it's as long as you want, straight, already painted, and not full of nail and rust holes! 😆 Last time I priced it - admittedly a couple of years back - it was around $20/m I think.

I've never heard of anyone saying "In order to keep the building's heritage intact, let's buy some 100 year old rusty iron for the roof". In fact, if the inhabitants had a choice 100 years ago, I reckon they'd go the new Colorbond too.

Einstein looks a bit feminine. I think they've combined two images there.

$50 a sheet for that rubbish? Does he think old iron has heritage value or something?

I think it's because the system isn't set up for it. Our emergency departments (although fairly overwhelmed) are great when you present with obvious physical injuries. But mental health, though equally as important, is far harder to triage and more expensive to treat. I don't know what the answers are but it's something that far more research needs to be done in.

Bloody hell, Spacey, what are you thinking? They're almost too much work when they come out one at a time, who wants multiples!

Ian, so sorry for your family's loss here. What you've said to the reporters certainly gives a more balanced and nuanced view of her than was first reported.

I like big butts an´ I can not lie. You otha brothas can´t deny. That when a girl walks in wit´ a itty bitty waist an´ A round thing in yo´ face. You get SPRUNG. Want to pull up tough, cuz you notice that butt was STUFFED. Deep in the jeans she has wearin´. I am hooked an´ I cannot stop starin´. Oh baby, I want to get wit´ ya, An´ take yo´ picta. My homeboys tried to warn me. But that butt you got makes me so horny. Ooh, rumpled smooth skin. You say you want to Get in ma Benz? Well, use me, use me, Cuz you aint that average groupy. I seen her dancin´, To Hell wit´ romancin´. She has sweat. Wet. Got it goin´ like a Turbo ´Vette. I am tired o´ magazines Sayin´ flat butts are the thing. Take the average black man & ask him that. She have got to pack much back. So fella´s (YEAH), fella´s (YEAH), Does your girlfrien´ got the butt? (HELL, YEAH) So tell em to shake it (SHAKE IT), Shake it (SHAKE IT) Shake that healthy butt. Baby got back. (L.A. back with a Oakland booty.) Baby got back. (L.A. back with a Oakland booty.) (L.A. back with a Oakland booty.)

Well, to give you some context, the first line is: "I like big butts and I cannot lie"

Nope, I do too!

The Spacesailor clan must be like rabbits!

Sir Mix-a-lot would like them.

Dammit! I knew I knew those eyes, just couldn't remember where from.

Treat yourself once in a while Nev. You're a long time dead.

Probably because the majority of kebabs, curries, Asian, Greek, etc etc are far more tasty and probably healthier than the abattoir sweepings inside a pastry case.

Speaking from the other side, life gets bloody busy when you have kids. I try to get my mother down for lunch once a fortnight, but that's about the extent of our contact.

She didn't endorse him when she dropped out, which was good.

It's just a job for her, I reckon. A dirty and disgusting one but the payday is better than cleaning toilets. To paraphrase Kanye... "I ain't sayin she a gold digger, but she ain't hangin with no broke ancient white guy"

If you had enough contacts in the council, 15k for a block would be an absolute steal.

Good on him. I heard some of his speech. Well rehearsed and delivered with energy. If every Democrat leaning voter supported him despite their worries about his age, and every sensible Republican voter stayed home, there wouldn't be a problem. But I don't think that's going to happen.

At the horse, actually...

If there was a god who would accept Trump as his child, the world has bigger problems than we thought.