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You blokes don't know how good you've got it. My 2.7L petrol 2WD traytop Hilux costs $914 for annual rego. My diesel 3.0L Hilux traytop is $954 annually. My Ford Ranger 3.0L diesel 4WD traytop is $1017 annually. But my 5 tonne Isuzu truck is only $1050 annually. Go figure. It used to be that small vehicles got a sizeable saving in rego - not anymore, it seems the authorities just want around $1000 for every vehicle on the road.

It's not legal for Iran to charge ships for using the Straits of Hormuz, it's International Waters. They're resorting to blackmail, or a form of piracy. They can no more lay claim to the waters in the Straits than they can lay claim to the worlds Oceans.

It's not the first time a keen innovator has built a Lister-powered Rat Bike!

Pure right wing American, MAGA-land, unadulterated BS. This part is especially untrue - "The contradiction being that Europe’s energy systems, industrial bases, and geopolitical sermons 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝-𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐧𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭." Europes energy systems don't ALL depend on America. They get energy from Russia, from Norway, Azerbaijan, and Algeria for pipeline natural gas. They ship in millions of tonnes of Australian canola and turn it into transportation fuel. They ship in Uranium for nuclear power plants from Canada, Kazhakstan and Australia. They have huge hydro, windpower and solar energy projects. They have diversified their energy suppliers since the start of the Ukraine War. And at the end of the day, European consumers of energy use around one-quarter of the average American energy user. They drive fuel-efficient vehicles and EV's, not gigantic V8 fuel guzzling urban assault vehicles, and even their homes only use modest levels of energy because they're well insulated. It is pure American propaganda. The Europeans are primarily seeking a ceasefire, as they see massive global upheaval, a huge global recession, high interest rates, and vastly increased levels of unemployment, if this idiocy of Trump and his sycophants is left unchecked.

It is largely true, and the legislation has been passed by the Idaho legislature - but it hasn't been signed into law by the Idaho Governor yet. Then, it appears, if the law is signed by the State Governor, there will be a Federal legal challenge to it. https://idahocapitalsun.com/2025/03/24/idaho-legislature-widely-approves-child-sex-abuse-death-penalty-bill-sending-to-governor/

This is a South African story, and despite the storys sadness, the newsreader just loses it, laughing about the scenario ..... (you need your sound on) https://www.instagram.com/reel/DVEKlGcjEiu/

Not for much longer, I'll wager! ....

Spuds don't handle heat and humidity very well at all. On Cocos and Christmas Island, they struggled to survive the trip from W.A., and if they made it, they went "off" in days.

We export 100,000 tonnes of carrots (mostly from W.A.) to the rest of the world annually, and 48,000 tonnes of that goes to the Middle East. But the blockage of the SoH has effectively blown up that market, with $2M worth of Australian carrots currently on the water, unable to reach its destination. There will be serious losses for Australian carrot growers if the blockade continues, and there will be a lot of people in other parts of the world who will go without food, because of the blockade. I'd rather be here, than in a place relying on Australian produce, right at present. And we have no need to import frozen veggies, we can grow all we need right here. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-20/middle-east-conflict-may-end-some-carrot-farmers/106474078

I tend towards the view that BP guidelines are a bit like BMI guidelines - they were decreed many decades ago, without taking into account, enough of the factors that affect them. I've seen people who lived with high levels of hypertension for years, whereas others with relatively modest levels of hypertension, keeled over early.

Well, they must all be working, Peter, you're still kicking along O.K. A lot of people I knew, never made it to 80. My brother is 86 this year and still getting along just fine, he still drives everywhere in his Landcruiser, and helps out his sons. He got a new knee about 18 mths ago, and had his prostate removed about a year before that. He's a tough old geezer, I think he'll probably make it to his mid-90's O.K.

I took nothing until I was 74, when after a shoulder injury, the docs discovered I had high blood pressure. So they put me on an enzyme-blocker, the drug softens my hardened arteries. I take one little green pill each morning and my blood pressure has returned to an acceptable level (140 over 80), satisfying the docs. They all seem to think I'm "reasonably healthy" for my age (77).

The hole will be sold to other customers with other cars.

The police here copy the Americans. In the Bonnie and Clyde ambush, U.S. police let rip with 130 rounds, Bonnie Parker had 26 bullet entrance wounds, Clyde Barrow had 17 bullet entrance wounds. And the U.S. police didn't use popguns, they used .30-06 Browning automatics, .35 Remingston semi-auto, and a range of heavy police revolvers, .38's and .45's.

Costco are selling Brand diesel here on the Left Coast for $2.86 litre.