Marty_d

Gotta say, I have limited sympathy for anyone who goes to a Trump rally.

Probably deliberate, given that people start leaving his shindigs when he arrives.

Not sure how that has anything to do with the quality of the car. You don't buy a car for a free cup of coffee.

FAT (no offence)

Remind me to politely refuse any dinner invitation Spacey.

I wandered around our property after dinner this evening with a glass of wine, enjoying the mild spring weather. Peaceful, beautiful, even the purple flowers growing in the septic overflow look happy. Our dogs ran happily around, trying to catch turbo chooks (fat chance!) and it made me think how lucky I am to live here.

Battles

It would have been someone of note.

Taste, diagonal as well as across

Imagine being stuck in a space ship for 6 months with Elon Musk,only to realise you still have to live with him in a small habitat for the rest of your life when you get there. Hell!

This morning I saw an EV with Tas government plates, which is good - means they'll be available 2nd hand soon.

Still think Nomadpete's idea of a transaction tax is the best idea.

The government is now asking why Tim Tams are more expensive here than in the UK. (the link is for the daily blog so you may have to scroll down to see the article). https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2024/oct/11/australia-news-live-house-prices-scam-prevention-laws-anthony-albanese-peter-dutton-labor-coalition?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-670873d28f08c777d3008a59#block-670873d28f08c777d3008a59

At the risk of not letting anyone else have a go... B

B, he's an alliterative aficionado.

Here's one from Radio National this morning. Jane is walking in a train tunnel. She is a quarter of the way through the tunnel when she hears the horn of a train behind her. If she runs either forward to the far end, or back to the start of the tunnel, at her top speed of 20km/h, she will avoid the train. How fast is the train going?

20m.

Well, it's a bit fowl.

I'm grateful that they're only at that stage. Comparing stored images is donkey work. It shouldn't be hard to set up automation of that so it automatically flags any new structures (this is well within the bounds of current machine learning). Then cross check the latitude/longitude with title records, check for DA for that title, if there's any mismatch then spit it out to a council enforcement goon. Neighbours of mine got council approval to extend a room by a couple of metres. Cost them an absolute bomb and they're not made of money. I understand why they have planning offices - you don't want to end up with slum suburbs and disease outbreaks - but it should be nuanced especially in rural areas where the addition of a shed makes absolutely no difference to the area.

Naked around the neighbours' chooks? You really are turning into a Huon Valley local!

Ah. On my phone screen I read the days for each as 5, instead of 8 and 5. That makes sense.

I found this article illuminating. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/oct/07/donald-trumps-hitlerian-logic-is-no-mistake

I think this article sums it up quite well. I'd certainly trust Laura Tingle over anything published in the Australian. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10-05/laura-tingle-on-middle-east-politics-and-dutton-albanese-divide/104433752

Not to mention the US bailouts of banks during the GFC - some of which got spent on multi million bonuses for the very people who caused or contributed to the problem.