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I like talking to and cracking jokes with my barber. In addition, he knows exactly what my style of haircut is, does an excellent job, completes the haircut with a full razor trim around the edges, from in front of my ears, to the nape of my neck. And then he holds a mirror behind me to ensure I'm happy with my appearance from the rear. And all that for just $25. I've had $15 haircuts, and they look like $15 haircuts, too. A good haircut makes a good impression on people. I know a lot of older blokes care little about haircuts because they have so little hair left. I've still got a bit of hair, but it is disappearing far too rapidly. I guess I'll have to make a decision in a few years on what to do, when there's little hair left on my head to cut and comb.

The news about the U.S. bases damage, is largely correct. The U.S. military themselves have admitted damage has been incurred at 13 U.S. bases in the Middle East, with DoW damage estimations of around US$800M. There are other reports saying the number of bases seriously damaged is actually 17, and the total repair bill for all the Iranian damage is likely to exceed US$3B - and more importantly, take years to rebuild, simply because of the complexity of the equipment in the bases, and the requirement for a lot of electronic replacements, that are still in short supply from COVID-era restrictions. Even many car manufacturers are taking shortcuts in vehicle manufacturing, and leaving out optional equipment that is electronics-heavy, due to the ongoing chip shortage. What our dopey Tangerine Toddler doesn't understand, is that Taiwan may now even make overtures to China to form an alliance, to prevent a Taiwan-China war. This is because Taiwan is starting to realise that their major ally is no longer a reliable ally - and is likely incapable of protecting/supporting Taiwan in the event of a Chinese aggressive military move on them. If that alliance happens, China will then control the majority of the worlds cutting-edge chip manufacturing, and give Trump and his sycophants another dose of heartburn, because America still hasn't got any local chip manufacturing sorted yet. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cddq7j48p35o https://defencesecurityasia.com/en/us-bases-uninhabitable-iran-missile-strikes-centcom-force-posture-2026-war/

China has already won handsomely from Trumps impulsive war - the war in which he cannot now find any allies, as he abused and vilified nearly every ally, he formerly had. https://www.watoday.com.au/business/the-economy/china-has-already-won-trump-s-impulsive-war-20260326-p5zirv.html

Helium always was in short supply, this war is war driving home how little the Earth has, by way of Helium reserves. Because Helium is so light and inert, any Helium produced without capture, escapes into Space, and is lost forever.

That's what we've just enjoyed! - Heavy downpour.

Well, Narelle has pretty much burnt itself out, as it heads through the Southern Goldfields of W.A. as an ex-tropical depression. We've had a very nice 66mm of rain in Perth since early yesterday morning, nice steady soaking rain, and it's pretty much finished as far as the rain from Narelle goes. Most the W.A. wheatbelt has received between about 25mm to 40mm, a great start to the cropping season. I haven't got any recent news on storm damage in places such as Carnarvon (which recorded a wind gust of 133kmh yesterday afternoon, I guess quite a few banana trees will have been wiped out. Exmouth and Coral Bay have suffered some moderate levels of storm damage, but the buildings in those places are built to withstand cyclones, so they generally survive O.K. Learmonth copped a total of over 350mm in rainfall, so pretty wet there, some of the other places down the coast didn't get a lot of rain, Carnarvon only got 11.6mm in total.

Research the location.

"Jog on" is pure British slang. Never heard it used here.

You don't understand. The dairy farm was obviously a front for drug manufacturing and transport. The cows were the transport method. You just got to keep one step ahead of cunning drug lords!

What is the phrase description? I see "research the .... something". Not a very common phrase, IMO.

If you watch the European news, such as DW.com News, you'll get a more balanced world view of what is actually going on in the world. Australian news channels are all about making money from shock/horror/crime news. There's crime everywhere if you want to concentrate on finding it. We still live in a pretty safe country, IMO.

We can all relate to voice-operated devices, can't we?? https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1AdmvmD3x3/

A flash in the pan from disaffected/disgruntled voters, I'd call it. Let's see if ON gets more seats at the upcoming elections, or if people just see through ON as just another bunch of useless politicians pronouncing that they have all the answers to solve all the nations problems - which they haven't.

We've had 24mm of rain today (since about 6:30AM), a very nice refreshing amount of moisture. There's a little more to come this afternoon, in this rain band drifting in off the Indian Ocean, and tomorrow, we may get some more rain from the remnants of Cylone Narelle as it makes its way through the W.A. Wheatbelt. Narelle crossed the W.A. coast about 75kms S of Coral Bay as a Category 4 cylone about 1:00PM today (Friday 27th), but has now decayed to a Category 3 as it heads SSE to cross the Gascoyne River between Gascoyne Junction and Carnarvon about 7:00PM tonight. Gusts of up to 170kmh are likely to hit Carnarvon this afternoon and evening. There will be fruit and vegetable losses in Carnarvon, Carnarvons banana trees are susceptible to very strong winds. Narelle has picked up speed, and is now travelling at 33kmh (previously 18-20kmh). The W.A. Wheatbelt will start to feel the effects of the remnants of the Cylone as it degrades to a very strong low pressure system tomorrow.

Stop watching the local TV news, it's full of shock and horror news events that amplify the levels of crime. Australia is still a pretty safe place to live. However, if you're a member of a crime gang, a drug dealer, or a member of an outlaw motorcycle gang - then yes, Australia is pretty unsafe for you. The other gang members are definitely out to get you. Most killings are targeted, and carried out by criminals. The rest of us lead pretty safe lives.