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  1. red750

    Brain Teaser

    Correct.
  2. In linguistics, homonyms are words which are either homographs—words that mean different things but have the same spelling (regardless of pronunciation)—or homophones—words that mean different things but have the same pronunciation (regardless of spelling). Using this definition, the words row (propel with oars), row (a linear arrangement) and row (an argument) are homonyms because they are homographs (though only the first two are homophones). So are the words see (vision) and sea (body of water), because they are homophones (though not homographs). I'm going to read a book tonight. I read in yesterday's paper... homographs It's time to sow the seed. The pig farmer bought a new sow. homographs It's time to sow the seed. Sew a button on it. homophones On the subject of the topic, AI, closed captions AI regularly gets it horribly wrong.
  3. red750

    Brain Teaser

    I said US ton. The McDonalds jingle is correct.
  4. red750

    Brain Teaser

    Correct OT. Explanation: Bruce Springsteen is The Boss, 200lb = 1 US ton. Boss ton
  5. red750

    Brain Teaser

    Sorry, afraid not correct.
  6. He doesn't think he's a king, he thinks he's God. About time someone got rid of the miserable conniving basket.
  7. Never went to uni. Like it or not, some people will never own a home. Some live in rentals all their lives. The problem is there are not enough homes to buy or rent. Who builds the rentals? Investors. And if you punish the investors with too heavy taxes, the rentals don't get built. I guess I should consider myself lucky. I bought my first house in Sydney a few months after I got married in 1972. As the manager of a bank's computer centre, I got bank finance. In 1978 I was transferred back to Melbourne, where I bought my second house. I paid that house off with my long service leave pay when the bank amalgamated and as an employee of the minor partner, I was retrenched. I had worked for the bank for 29 years. I still live in that second house, so increasing mortgage interest rates or rentals don't affect me.
  8. No it doesn't. Take 12 houses for sale, 10 @ $1m, 2 at $600,000. The average (mean) is 10 x $1m + 2 x $600K = $11,200,000/12 = $9,333,333 The median is $1m + $600K =$1.600K / 2 = $800K
  9. red750

    Brain Teaser

    Correct.
  10. red750

    Brain Teaser

    Up, up and away, in my beautiful (boo, tea, full) balloon.
  11. Not Elon exactly, but his old man Errol Musk. When asked about him getting his step daughter pregnant, he laughed and said "She got herself pregnant."
  12. A Facebook post by One Nation Supporters Group. 🟠 LABOR LOST THE PRIMARY VOTE BY 10 POINTS LAST NIGHT BUT STILL WON THE SEAT. WHY? PREFERENCES. 🟠 Stafford just showed every voter on the right exactly why preferences matter. Labor's primary vote dropped 8.1 points. The LNP got 40.4% of the primary. Labor got 30.7%. Almost a 10-point gap. And Labor still won the seat. How? Preferences. THE NUMBERS RIGHT LEANING: • LNP (Hammond): 40.4% • Family First (Denaro): 2.4% • Independent Damian Smart (Gerard Rennick's People First): 1.9% • Libertarians (Selff): 1.1% That is roughly 45.8% of the vote on the right. LEFT/CENTER LEFT: • Labor: 30.7% • Greens: 14.6% • Independent Liam Parry (Queensland Socialists candidate, far left): 3.8% • Legalise Cannabis: 3.0% • Animal Justice Party: 2.1% That is roughly 54.2% on the left. And One Nation: 0.0%, 0 votes, minus 3.2% because we did not run. So the right had 45.8% of the primary vote but lost because: 1. The left bloc is bigger at 54.2% 2. The right's 45.8% is split across FOUR different parties or candidates 3. Those right leaning minor party preferences are not all flowing cleanly to the LNP 4. Meanwhile every single left vote is funnelling back to Labor 5. If One Nation had a candidate for Stafford, the right would have won this seat
  13. red750

    Brain Teaser

    Correct pmcc.
  14. red750

    Brain Teaser

    One ringy dingy - Lily Tomlin. "Have I reached the party with whom I am speaking?" Next:
  15. red750

    Quickies part 2

    Foreigners visiting our country say they often have difficulty with the Aussie vernacular. For example, the shortening of words. Arvo, servo, g'day, footy, etc. Another is the great Australian "NOT" - how the answer to many questions is what it's not - How are you today? Not bad. How much further? Not far. How many of those lollies did you eat? Not many. What did you pay for those sneakers? Not much. When are you knocking off? Not long.
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