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Which one are we going to send Trump and Musk to, on a one-way trip? Musk want to go live on Mars - just any closer planet will be fine by me, as long as he stays there, incommunicado.

No-one ever went broke, paying huge amounts of tax. Just saying.

Trump is an economic moron with zero maths skills, zero personal skills, zero diplomacy skills, and no training or education in economics. His primary aim is to get fabulously rich, get his rich supporters even richer and become King of the World. He's so full of BS and hot air, it's a wonder they don't have to tie him to the ground to stop him from floating away. He promised to Make America Great Again. He's done nothing like it. The U.S. national debt has soared under his Presidency. Inflation is taking off again in America, thanks to all of Trumps "economic policies", and his major decision-making directional changes that change by the minute, not by the day. Fuel prices have doubled in the U.S. (despite the fact he reckons "America doesn't need ME oil", the price is governed by oil futures traders and pure speculation). So much for stability in energy prices. He says, "Drill baby, drill", like that is going to yield a "GREAT" benefit to America. He's so thick, that he doesn't even understand that oil companies only live to make HUGE PROFITS for themselves, and f*** everyone else! When was the last time America had an "oil-company-led, economic miracle"? There never has been one. America got rich on dirt cheap oil in unlimited quantities in the 1920's and 1930's, and even at that, the oil companies were making huge profits. Nowadays, there's no cheap, plentiful oil - and even fracking is high cost - and lots of fracking wells are currently on care and maintenance. Look at Trumps tariffs - on-again, off-again, on-again, off-again - like a teenage girl changing outfits. His tariffs have only caused reciprocal tariffs, so Americans can't sell half the stuff they used to. He buggered American farmers more effectively than any President in history before. The Chinese simply refused to buy American soybeans and went and got what they wanted from Brazil. Now American silos are bursting with soybeans they can't give away. So he had to bail out American farmers with American TAXPAYER-PAID subsidies, to the tune of $37 BILLION!! "As of December 2025, the Trump administration announced a $12 billion aid package to assist American farmers affected by low crop prices and trade-related tariffs. This includes $11 billion in direct payments for row crops and $1 billion for other crops to provide financial relief for operating costs. Key details regarding the aid: Purpose: The aid is designed as a "bridge" to assist with financial losses stemming from ongoing trade disputes and tariffs. Funding Source: The administration stated the funds are generated from tariff revenues. Distribution: The funds are expected to be available by early 2026 to help farmers prepare for the next season. Additionally, it was reported that farmers had previously received $23 billion in separate assistance to manage trade tensions with China" And this is the MORON you want running your economy?? Give me a break, the bloke would go broke running a lolly shop outside a girls school. He'd put all his clients off buying anything, by abusing the s**t out of them first, then suing them for not buying anything off him!! This imbecile is the greatest embarrassment the world has ever seen, running the worlds primary superpower. He selects all his people by demanding absolute loyalty to him and no-one else, with no requirement to show any credentials for the job. He demands all foreign dignitaries stay in Trump-owned hotels, thus making him one of the most corrupt Presidents ever. He's turned graft into an art form. He ignores Congress at every opportunity, claims every decision he makes is based on some fabricated outstanding emergency, and only appoints judges to the Supreme Court that will make decisions in his favour every time. He is the biggest oxygen thief on the planet. Trump is going to go down in history as the President who brought America to its knees, economically, and morally and ethically.

The most common silent letter is "E", because it is often found at the end of words, and isn't pronounced there (see, I just gave you an example!).

Despite initially rejecting the 10 point peace plan - under pressure from Pakistani negotiators, Trump has declared a 2 week cessation of bombing of Iran, which is one of the primary requests from the negotiators. In addition, the Iranian Govt called on Iranian civilians to form large human shields around important infrastructure. As a result human shields appeared around a major Iranian power plant, and several important Iranian bridges - all of which infuriated Trump, and which move has perhaps made him change his mind about "bombing Iran back into the Stone Age". The Iranians still see the bombing of Iran as "Zionist agression", and America as the puppet of Netanyahu.

Multiple U.S. military attacks are being reported on many Iranian infrastructure assets - bridges, railways, power stations, petrochemical plants and even Tehran University. A synagogue in Tehran was destroyed when an adjoining building was hit with a U.S. bomb. A reported 50 military sites were bombed on Kharg Island - military bunkers and storage facilities, air defense systems and other military facilities. The IRGC has simply replied with more missile launches and drone strikes, targeting Israel, the UAE, Kuwait and Bahrain. Meantimes, Iran has set the conditions for a ceasefire with a 10 point plan - which includes requirements for the U.S. to cease bombing Iran immediately, and pay reparations for Iranian damage, and to give security guarantees to Iran. The Iranians state that a peace deal must allow Iran to charge "toll" fees for ships passing through the Straits of Hormuz. The U.S. President has rejected the plan without revealing all the details.

You forgot to mention how a readily-available Chinese, AI-enhanced, satellite imagery programme, is helping Iran locate U.S. assets very quickly. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-06/us-intelligence-chinese-satellite-imagery-middle-east/106508322

This is utter BS, propagated by VC sympathisers. No Australian soldier ever committed a war crime murder in Vietnam - all VC killed by Australian troops were actively engaging in warlike actions against Australian troops - either shooting at them, wearing recognised enemy uniform and running away when called upon to stop, or carrying out booby-trap setting or mine-laying work. Or being found in VC tunnels and bunkers. But the U.S. troops were a different story, as witnessed by the My Lai Massacre.

Jerry, there are Rules of Engagement to be obeyed when carrying out military action against a declared enemy. The problems arise when you're fighting a guerrilla army, and there is no defined "occupied territory". WW1 and WW2 were easy, they were wars of territory occupation with (often changing) front lines. In guerilla wars, there is no "front line", and enemy combatants are often hard to distinguish from civilians. This makes for great frustration, especially when civilians act as "part-time" enemy, and assist guerillas. This is what BR-S's cases will boil down to, whether the murdered "civilians" were actually operating clandestinely as guerillas, or assisting guerilla forces - or whether they just were innocent civilians suspected of aiding the guerillas. https://law.unimelb.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/1683135/Rowe.pdf

The Doc should have examined his HEAD, not his feet! Just to see how little was in there!

Hoots, mon! There's nae language like tha Scots language! Ha' ye no read the "Da Tree Peery Grice" to ye bairns or weans? 😄 https://www.scottishcorpus.ac.uk/document/?documentid=436 P.S. My Granddad came from Ballachulish, just near Glencoe - a member of the fine Highland Clan McLean, and my mother came from Dunfermline! Her grandparents moved from Ballachulish to Alloa, during the latter part of the Industrial Revolution, to gain work in the weaving and spinning mills of Alloa. Grandad became a coal miner at Bowhill Colliery in Fife.

I can recall a few Changi POW's telling me how they always used to take the piss out of the Japs at every opportunity - and the Japs often didn't understand the piss was being taken out of them.

You can probably blame your poor results on that nasty disease you picked up, Nev. A lot of people suffer from it. It's known in medical circles as A-G-E. 😄

The Office of Special Investigations has had BR-S charged with the murder of non-combatants, as he should always have faced. His idea of "rules of engagement" is a lot different to most other peoples. He is charged with five counts of war crimes over the alleged murders of unarmed Afghan civilians and prisoners.

Clives party was always all about benefits to Clive, bugger anyone else. Just like Trump. Full of BS and self-importance, and self-interest.

Willie - But it wasn't uncommon for U.S. troops just to hold up their weapons, and empty magazine after magazine, on auto, just firing into a patch of scrub, where enemy were "suspected" of hiding.

It appears most of those Nissan Leafs for sale are Japanese imports - of which there are plenty available. But the older Nissan Leafs are low on power and range and most would only be good for 100kms now before recharge. And they're prone to battery failure because they're old-tech, and have no battery cooling. The newer series Nissan Leafs (from about 2019) are better for range and power, but they still have no battery cooling. On a hot day you're liable to cook the battery cells with high speed operation. https://carfromjapan.com/cheap-used-nissan-leaf-for-sale?position=Side Bar

Well, that's a new slant I haven't heard previously - that they got the C-130's bogged. BOTH of them? Doesn't sound like any level of truth in that story. The "technical malfunctions" seems like a more likely scenario. The only photos we have are of a blown-up C-130 remains. How that happened will remain "restricted information" for quite a while to come. The only photos we have, come from Iranian sources - and they claim they shot the aircraft down, of course. There are three photos of the site below, it doesn't look too muddy or soft to me. https://www.instagram.com/p/DWwE9OhjnaC/?img_index=1

With the U.S. military, it is. Remember, these are the people who expended 40,000 rounds of ammo for every enemy killed in Vietnam.

Marty, he knows full well what he's in for, we've done this before, and we had a good time. Plus, he's a great worker, and we get on well working together.

Did you see the gigantic CF that the rescue of the downed U.S. airman turned into? The Yanks went into Iran with a major armed force, they all landed at a disused airstrip near the mountainous terrain the pilot was lost in. Then they had to scramble through 7000' mountains to get to him, and bring him back to the airstrip to fly him home. But then, when they all went to take off, 2 x C-130's developed "technical problems" that stopped them from taking off. So rather than fly in technicians and parts to fix the aircraft, they flew in with another lot of aircraft - and blew up the 2 x C-130's, to stop the Iranians getting the use of them! They wouldn't hang around to fix the machines, obviously fearful of a major enemy firefight, and the possibility of many more lives lost! So now, we (and the Iranians) know what ONE U.S. Colonel is worth - around US$250M, the replacement cost of 2 x C-130's!

I've noticed the level of traffic on the roads is down by at least 20%, and many people are travelling much slower. For my country trips, where I used to sit 110-120kmh, I'm now sitting on 95-100kmh. It makes quite a difference to fuel consumption, travelling slower, and with cruise control it's easy to sit on a selected speed. The downturn has its benefits. I picked up a nice 2012 PMX C-P7 camper trailer for $1200 over the weekend. The sellers started off wanting $3000 for it, about three weeks ago. It's only ever had 2 owners, and it hasn't been abused. It's got 3 near-new tyres, and a pneumatic jockey wheel tyre. It hasn't got the fancy independent swing-arm coil suspension of the later ones, it's just a regular axle with shackle-style leaf springs. It's good enough for me, it's a tried and foolproof setup. It's fully galvanised, has a stainless steel water tank and electric pump, came complete with a good 120A/H deep cycle battery, and all the canvas is in good condition. It does need some wheel bearing attention, as with all Chinese campers/trailers. I grabbed one wheel and shook it, and it wobbled around pretty badly. The owner was shocked, but I think he was the type of bloke who wouldn't think to check wheel bearings like that. There's a broken wire to the water pump (easy fix), and the zipper on the top protective cover is busted. It has velcro as well as the zip. But I found you can easily buy FixnZip (Australian-made, too!) to fix busted zips, without having to stitch in a whole new zipper, at great expense. So, I'm off to Whitworths tomorrow to pick one up. A mate and I are going to camp out in the caravan park in the little country town where I have my block, next week - because SWMBO is heading off to the Gold Coast to see her son and DIL and 12 yr old grandson. The GC doesn't draw me any more, it's a ratrace, and the place has way too many people. You can't get parking anywhere, and it's starting to see a major increase in crime. So, my mate and I will have an enjoyable time, cleaning up my yard, fixing stuff, and sitting around BS-ing - because he lives way down South in the forests now, and we don't get to catch up like we used to. I've got a sea container that needs re-organising, and it needs a new floor panel installed (28mm ply, which I've already bought), so that will keep us occupied for a couple of days at least. After that, we'll probably go onto some shed frame building, and also do some more repair work on my Chamberlain tractor. I've got no end of jobs that need doing, and with two of you, things seem to get done a lot faster. On top of all that, the weather forecast looks great, between 13° - 25° and 18° - 30° all week, with no rain in sight. https://fixnzip.com.au/?srsltid=AfmBOoozzxauxhN15nGx5O7QBUhc9uCxBmAQ8-_q3Bh4mMsNBeqANxJu

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Working on my craft.

Just a quick correction, my Ruston engine is a VSO, not a VSH. Faulty memory there, and I had to go back and check. I recall I had trouble identifying the engine model until I found "VSO" cast into the cylinder head part number. This means it does 1000RPM maximum speed, the later VSH model was upgraded to 1500RPM. My VSO has cast iron pistons, the VSH went to aluminium pistons.