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Those kind of bike owners usually have a very fast and very short life. We call them "temporary Australians".

Trump has invaded Venezuela simply because Chavez nationalised multiple billions of U.S. oil companies assets when he was in control. These billionaires running the oil companies are Trumps main backers, and they want their oil assets back (and the oil output and revenues of course), and everything else is just incidental. Trump and his lackeys will simply install a puppet who supports Trump and the U.S. oil companies, and the puppet will ensure the armed forces of Venezuela will keep the civil protests under control - because they're "the enemies of the countrys democracy". We're right back to the "good ol' boys" 1950's style of world domination! And don't forget, we've got a World War going with all those Christian-hating Muzzies, too! One can only hope Russia moves a heap of war materials and armed support to Venezuela, thus hampering their current efforts in the Ukraine. Zelinskyy supports the Trump move into Venezuela, now I know why.

I've actually been looking at a 2022-2024 Nissan Leaf as a trial used EV. They're very reliable and well built, but their battery technology is now obsolete, as they don't use inbuilt battery cooling to deal with heat buildup in the battery, which shortens range and battery life. In addition, they use the CHAdeMO charging protocol, which is also becoming obsolete (primarily due to the inability to handle large amperage, as I understand). The Leafs resale is relatively poor, making them a bit a bargain, IMO. Of course, that poor resale is aided by the fact the Leaf is now obsolete, and no longer produced, but every report from Leaf owners that I've perused, says they have spent virtually nothing on Leaf repairs, often after having travelled high kms. I'd rather buy a used Japanese-built EV than a new Chinese EV, as I'm not convinced the Chinese EV build quality is up to scratch yet - and the worst part of Chinese EV's is the lack of parts, and the even lower level of factory backup and support. The Chinese essentially regard their EV's as toasters - it craps itself, don't fix it, go buy a new one. There's a quite a few people making a killing here, buying low km wrecked Chinese cars and selling parts, panels and components off them, because people with Chinese EV's that have been pranged or have developed faults, are finding out they have long waits for parts, there's a multitude of confusing models, language difficulties, a lack of properly-written manuals, and a general "couldn't care less" attitude from the major Chinese manufacturers. BYD, here's looking at you!

Someone told me John Revolta was a hard charger in Greased Lightning.

I've eaten BBQ'ed wild goat and donkey sausages, that were knocked up by a bunch of truckies in Kalgoorlie, back in the mid-1980's. These blokes were keen feral animal hunters and butchers, and they made these sausages with chunks of meat about 6mm square, not minced meat. They weren't too bad at all. That "spiced flesh of a donkey" looks a lot like sliced donkey tongue. My parents would cook and dish up beef tongue when I was young, and it was quite edible and tasty. We used to eat it cold with salad.

Did he get the "wild bacteria chicken soup, the "spiced flesh of a donkey", or the "hand tore the rabbit leg", too?

Yep, what a great move. A special military operation to remove a threat to stable Govt - which Govt, only the invader can provide. Straight out of his best mates playbook. The only thing missing is the Nazis that were threatening the countrys democratic stability.

I knew and have read about the life and achievements of the WW1 sniper Billy Sing, he certainly was poorly treated by many overtly racist people at the time. Wikipedia has a good informative page on him, and books have been written about him. The writer of the article above, appears to be American, as all the wording uses U.S. English spelling.

I'm sure that Trump will be able to quickly and blithely explain to the MAGA doting adherents, that he had no choice but to bomb the crap out of Venezuela and capture Maduro, because Venezuela had declared war on America, due to all those Venezuelan drugs bombarding the U.S. - and the MAGA doting adherents will lap it up, and cheer him on.

There's nothing like a good war-move distraction to reduce the heat level being applied to one arse.

That's no guarantee the photo is correct, plenty of websites simply use the same photo without doing "due diligence" checks. Age doesn't affect the essential shape of ones face, the paintings and portraits show a long thin face with a pointed chin, not the very round face of the gent in the photo. Plus the gent in the photo is definitely a man, whereas the paintings and portraits show a definite femineness.

Well, there goes the Trump Nobel Peace Prize, out the window!! But I'll wager Putin is grinning like a Cheshire Cat.

Interesting story, but I'm of the opinion, the man in the photo is not Dr Barry - because the face in the photo is a totally different-shaped face to the paintings and portraits of Barry. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Barry_(surgeon)#/media/File:James_Barry.jpg https://www.sciencehistory.org/stories/magazine/how-history-keeps-ignoring-james-barry/

The Chinese have set as their goal, world domination of the EV market - and I cannot see anything stopping them from taking that crown.

Not sure what he did, rgm - but I would expect he checked all those load-bearing capacities and sizes, and he seems to be a pretty switched-on bloke who understands the loads that sheds have to withstand.