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Massive cost blowouts leads to massive interest bills. Either their estimates were w-a-y off, or they mismanaged the whole thing. But renaming 6000 places is hardly a priority. Think of all the things where those names are used. The cost of changing all those maps, signs, documents, etc.

Purple is correct.

That's right onetrack. Here is a more up to date photo, but they have gone in that direction even more. I occasionally watch a program called "The Osbornes want to believe", where their son Jack presents videos of so-called aliens, ghosts, haunted buildings, etc to Ozzie and Sharon sitting in armchairs, and they pass their judgement on whether the videos are real or fake. Even in this photo they look much younger than they do today.

Correct. Albo was never in ABBA.

Does anyone recognise this couple?

This one was posed on Wednesday morning. No responses, so here is the answer... Now for the next one...

Donald has said "Go wild" to RFK as he appoints him Health and Human Services Secretary, the man who claims infant immunisation causes autism. He will have control over food and medicines. Can it get any madder?

It's about time they got on to solving nthe problems like police strikes, hospital crowding, ambulance ramping instaed of worrying about renaming 6000 places across the state. Wokism gone mad, Outrage as Melbourne lake renamed Guru Nanak after Indian religious figure Furious residents are up in arms after their community lake was named after an Indian religious figure without their input, Berwick Springs Lake in Melbourne south-east has been renamed Guru Nanak Lake after Guru Nanak Dev Ji, the founder of the Sikh faith. Read more here.

Enjoy anything you can get. Music to me is now just noise. If I now hear anything I used to enjoy, it now sounds nothing like what I remember. I don't use the radio in the car, it's just waffle waffle waffle. The CD player rejected every disk I put in it. Even a lot of TV sounds like quark quark quark.

Ex-Trump officials 'apply for foreign citizenship' as they finalize plans to flee: report Multiple people who worked for President-elect Donald Trump's first administration are making plans to flee the country for fear that he might target them once he retakes power in January. The Washington Post reports that a retired U.S. Army officer who clashed with Trump officials, a member of Trump's first administration who has publicly denounced him, and a former United States intelligence official are all making plans to flee to foreign nations ahead of Trump's second inauguration. Read more here

Desperate Putin calls up movie prop tanks to use in Ukraine invasion Vladimir Putin has been forced to call up dozens of creaking T-55 tanks used by Russia's Hollywood as props in war films. The army has raided the Mosfilm warehouses in its desperation to invade Ukraine. Desperate Russian president Putin thanked movie chief Karen Shakhnazarov for the outdated Cold War military hardware during a Kremlin meeting. Read more here

Russian counter-offensive turns into a fiasco Russia has launched a large-scale counter-offensive in the Kursk region, which has been partly under Ukrainian control since a surprise attack in early August. Vladimir Putin intends to arrive at the negotiating table from a position of strength before Donald Trump takes office. Read more here

'They're Totally Not Ready': Ex-Soldier Reveals Why North Korean Troops Will Struggle Against Ukraine https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-war-north-korea/33191962.html

Nah. Get with it. Acca Dacca or Cold Chisel.

The inmates are in charge of the asylum. His Orangeness has confirmed the appointment of vaccine denier RFK as Health Secretary. What could possibly go wrong?

Elise Stefanik, Trump’s pick for UN ambassador, declines to stand by previous support for Ukraine joining NATO https://au.yahoo.com/news/elise-stefanik-trump-pick-un-223043568.html Trump dares Republicans to challenge unchecked power after shock move Slideshow: https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/trump-dares-republicans-to-challenge-unchecked-power-after-shock-move/ss-AA1u4wKQ?ocid=winp2fptaskbarhover&cvid=6bf27a6ec5d8446ee9c6d4569c95241b&ei=5#image=1 Elon Musk says he and Trump have 'mandate to delete' regulations. Ethics laws could limit Musk role https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/other/elon-musk-says-he-and-trump-have-mandate-to-delete-regulations-ethics-laws-could-limit-musk-role/ar-AA1u2cIb?ocid=winp2fptaskbar&cvid=6e891452de774c35e265f7efb588ee3c&ei=21

Putin masses troops in southern Ukraine for 'offensive in defiance of Trump warning' not to escalate war https://au.yahoo.com/news/britain-backs-donald-trump-warning-081425254.html Read additional stories as well.

Did You Know? The History of the Middle Finger... Well, now...,.. here's something I never knew before, and now that I know it, I feel compelled to share with my intelligent friends in the hopes that they too, will feel blessed in having gained more knowledge. History is way more fun when you know more fun facts about it, don’t you agree? Before the Battle of Agincourt in 1415, the French, anticipating victory over the English, proposed to cut off the middle finger of all captured English soldiers. Without the middle finger it would be impossible to draw the renowned English longbow and therefore they would be incapable of fighting in the future. This famous English longbow was made of the native English Yew tree, and the act of drawing the longbow was known as 'plucking the yew' (or 'pluck yew'), Much to the bewilderment of the French, the English won a major upset and began mocking the French by waving their middle fingers at the defeated French, saying, See, we can still pluck yew! Over the decades Americans have since changed up the words , the 'pluck yew' is now "f**K you" and the words often used in conjunction with the one-finger-salute! It is also because of the pheasant feathers on the arrows used with the longbow that the symbolic gesture is known as 'giving the bird.' And yew thought yew knew every plucking thing. Credit Goes To The Respective Owner

Cosmetic surgery used to be a taboo subject. Now when someone mentions Botox, no-one raises an eyebrow.

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Well known British actor Timothy West has died, aged 90.