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I think there's quite a few words they adopted from the neighbouring fishermen. The first I knew of it was quite a few years ago watching an old lady being interviewed on TV. I can't remember if she was speaking a tribal language or Kriol, but my ears pricked up when I heard her use the word Belanda which was a Malay word (now Bahasa Indonesian) for Dutch people. Apparently it derives from the Portugese word Hollanda for Holland. These days the Indonesians and some top end aboriginals use the word generally for all white people and not just the Dutch. I can't remember the other Indonesian words the old lady used in the TV interview but there were a few. As far as I know, the Macassans had semi-permanent settlements in the coastal area of the Top End. A lot would come and go between there and their base in Macassar but a certain amount would stay and some had Aboriginal wives. There's a beach named Maccassan Beach just south of Yirrkala.

I think the term is used referring to the fact that each tribe had sole ownership of their tribal land and their own tribal law and often a different language, so in effect they were each like a sovereign nation separate from each other with no common laws binding tribes together. That was a big sentence.

Mick Ryan has a new book out, 'The War For Ukraine - Strategy and Adaptation Under Fire'. It's a story that probably still has a long way to go but I wouldn't mind getting a copy. I'm sure it would be an interesting read as his opinions and analysis are always good to read.

According to Ukraine's President Zelensky, their new domestic long range rocket drone was successfully used in combat on Saturday. It only took 18 months to develop and get to the production stage. Most specs of the 'Palianytsia' are classified but they released a video saying it is ground launched and powered by a turbojet. They are saying there are two dozen Russian military airfields within it's range.

I saw a short clip of a bloke in England being interviewed on the street. His comments were amusing: "Being British is all about driving a German car to an Irish themed pub with Belgian beer and then going home buying an Indian takeaway to sit on a Swedish sofa in front of a Japanese television to watch American shows and all the while being suspicious of anything foreign".

Map of the world according to fish.

I've got a model kit of the Endeavour still in the box. It was given to me as a gift in 1995 and I think it was around the $100 mark back then. I see that models the same scale are around $450 these days. I never got to make a start on it; it's sat in the box for almost 30 years.

Our election here in Queensland is in two months time. Going by the polls there's a good chance it might be the next Labor loss. If the LNP get in, it will only be their second term in government in 26 years.

The new chief minister is the first female CLP chief minister and the first Territory born female leader as well as being the youngest chief minister.

Members in the House of Reps are elected every two years, so they have mid term (mid Presidential term) elections as well as at the same time as the Presidential election. Senators are elected for six years but are staggered so one third are up for reelection every two years. In November, the President, all House of Reps members and one third of Senators are up for the vote. Seems a crazy system having elections every two years. They'd all be in permanent election mode. Reading this document, there's not much to envy about the American political system. I think we have a way better system here. https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/our-government/the-legislative-branch/

One of the reasons for giving Biden the shove was that a lot of house and senate members were worried they would lose their seats. If they lost the senate and the presidency it would have been a total strike out for the Democrats.

I often chuck mine into angel gear going down hills. Go downhill on idle instead of revving it's head off.

He can tell many different stories in one sentence. He rarely finishes one before going off on another tangent.

It looks like Labor got the boot in the Territory.

I found out the hard way that it's a good idea to always have the chainsaw tool on your person when cutting. That way if the cutter bar jams at least you can unbolt the saw and save it if the tree is likely to fall. Once I was cutting a tall tree and did everything right. The tree was not far off the point of falling when an unusual gust of wind cropped up and blew the tree back on the cutter bar and jammed it. I didn't have the spanner on me so walked away to get it when I heard the tree going. Looked around to see it falling the correct way, releasing the saw which fell on the ground. Everything was looking promising until the tree hit the deck then bounced to land on the saw. It busted the main chassis on the saw which wasn't cheap.

Joe Biden struggles with walking, but I saw a video of him on his pushbike the other day and he's quite good and strong on it. I think he needs a hand to get on and off it but once he's on there he's a different man.

Now there's another big reason to keep Trump out. Kennedy has jumped ship after Trump offered him a position in his administration. Maybe the idea of Trump's advisors was that RFK jr is so cray it would make Trump look sane in comparison.

Just don't eat any honey while you're in there.

You'd never think to look in your pockets.

Poor old Kamala. 75 days to go and we've forgotten about her already.

That's that disconnect with typing as opposed to handwriting. I'd bet you wouldn't do it if you were writing with pen and paper.

You see a lot of typos on forums that I would guess are caused by people typing on phones or small devices. It's tricky enough on a full sized keyboard.

I've got a bit of peripheral neuropathy that gets into the fingers at times. It can cause some uncommanded movements, the result of which is the mouse hand jumping slightly just as I'm about to click on something. It can be a nuisance.

That's why people don't use caps where they are not supposed to be. Basic internet unwritten rules.

A pair of rubber coated brickie's gloves is better. That and hand moisturiser.