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Guess what! A splayd is an eating utensil which combines the functions of a spoon, knife and fork. It was invented by William McArthur in the 1940s in Sydney. I've still got the boxed set of Splayds that Mum got back in the day.

Quote from Jerry's source: Toyota remained Australians’ most popular car brand in August. In second place was BYD, up 68 per cent to 8231, followed by Tesla, up 160 per cent to 7685. Quoting the raw numbers creates a distorted picture of who is buying EVs. Toyota's sales are heavily impacted by the purchase of work vehicles by the various branches of government and also mining and agricultural businesses. One might say that a great many of those sales are accomapanied by an ABN, and tax deductions. BYD's sales market is the private buyer, as is that of other EV sellers. From the above article, it seems that the private buyer is in fact going EV.

Here's a thing. Following th disaster in Nepal a few Nepalese residents of Australia have flown back to Nepal to search for relatives. One chap is reported to have hire a helicopter to use somehow. Makes me wonder how these people manage to stack away the ready money to do trips back and forth. I've got to save up the money to pay for the petrol to to go see my kids.

I know that LPG gas bottles have an 'end of life' number of years. Does that also apply to cylinders for compressed gasses used in industry?

Compressed gases are dangerous things. I would trust a BOC agent to handle cylinders with much more care than a casual employee of Bunnings. There has been a lot of Comment about how Bunnings is applying the tactics of other corporate ogres such as ALColesWorth by lowering the quality of its products by replacing the traditional brands with homebrands, made to a price but lacking the quality.

And that, M'Lord, is proof positive of AI slop.

Very close to the start there is an image of pottery shards and at teh bottom of the photo is a graduated straight edge (ruler).

The USA has considered the Americas its domain since the collapse of the Spanish and Portugese empires. The Monroe Doctrine is a United States foreign policy position that opposes any foreign interference in the Western Hemisphere. Originally concerned with European colonialism, it holds that any intervention in the political affairs of the Americas by foreign powers is a potentially hostile act against the United States. The doctrine was central to American grand strategy in the 20th century. President James Monroe first articulated the doctrine on December 2, 1823, during his seventh annual State of the Union Address to Congress.

Yeah, Nah, Maybe. I recognise the voice. It's not an AI voice. I can accept the 65,000 years for primitive tools as I think it aligns with 'out of Africa' findings. I reject the pottery images for a couple of reasons. If these dated back 65,000 years, and were the efforts of first arrivals, then since we know that trade routes existed throughout the continent later on, that tehnology would have been widespread well before European arrival. Further, the decoration and apparent quality of the pottery is too advanced in for 65,000 years ago. Has pottery of that quality been located elsewhere in Africa/Eurasia and dated back that far? There are well-know fish traps on the Darling River near Brewarrina that are accepted as being very ancient. The photo in the video is not of those traps. I think it's AI. A stone circle with apparent astronomical links has been discovered in Victoria. I don't recall if a date of construction has been assigned to it.

This discussion has becomve very depressing, except for one thing. No matter where on the political spectrum each of us lays, we all seem to be in agreement that we have little or no say in how our country is governed and the direction its elected leaders want to take it.

Not really related to the pros and cons of windfarms, but I figured this was the best place to show this video without starting a new thread. It deals with the way the blades for these generators are made and how they are repaired. Very interesting is the fact that the person presenting the video is an Australian - and a woman as well.

You've got to be kidding! Why waste a good rant by reading provided refrences beforehand?

Let's say that those 'Trustees" work hard at their assigned tasks. I bet not one of them has the knowledge nor experience of how to make a road. All they will be able to do is throw down a few shovelfuls of cold ashphaltic concrete and pound it down. Come the next bit of rain and the stuff will be ripped out of the hole. Not their fault. Just bad procedure.

Prisoners cannot be compelled to do any type of labour. If they do consent, then they are "paid" so that they can buy a few little luxuries from a shop within the prison. That's how prison industries work.