old man emu

I was making mashed potato, so didn't want the skins. Even so, there were no eyes on the spuds to plant.

I was peeling some spuds today and noticed that they didn't have any "eyes". I wonder if that has been bred out of them. Is it gene manipulation? Further, how do they grow the next crop?

China has stood aside, they say, because its leaders understand the maxim attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte, supposedly uttered as his foes were abandoning high ground at Austerlitz: “Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.”

Is it possible that the Libs have lost their following because of the nay-saying of teh likes of Abbott, Morrison and Dutton? These blokes spent too much time just saying No to anything Labor proposed, and too much time attacking personalities. Although I wouldn't vote for them, I really think that with their experience in politics they could rise phoenix-like from the ashes if they developed a well considered platform that reined in corporate tax avoidance and concession so that the wealth of the Nation could be applied for the betterment of all. It seems that our economic and social situation is the result of previous governments selling out to foreign interests. We have become a nation of warehousemen. We have "golden soil and wealth for toil" but no one seems to wwant to toil. I must saya word of defence for all governments. It is hard to meet the standards of social and industrial benefits of other countries when the population is minute compared to the size of the country.

It is interesting that China seems to have been silent over all this. China must be suffering a bit from the oil supply problem. Perhaps these inscrutable Oriental gentlemen are sitting back watching the USA shoot itself in the foot and lose the standing it had . I don't know how accurate this is, but I read somewhere that Taiwan might look to have an accord with China because it might fear that the USA would not protectr it if China moved militarily against it.

Isreal has been a major manufacturer of weapons for yonks. Israel’s industry is heavily dominated by high-technology, innovation, and advanced manufacturing, driven by a strong R&D sector and over 350 multinational centers (e.g., Intel, Apple, Google). Key sectors include electronics, cyber security, defense, pharmaceuticals, and chemical products. Despite limited natural resources, Israel has become a net exporter of natural gas. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Israel Also, like the Arab nations supplying petrol dollars to Arab militants, international Jewry, especially American Jewry, has been funding all sorts of things in Isreal.

That's right. The nation originated from the migration of Indo-Iranian tribes (Medes, Persians, Parthians) from Central Asia to the Iranian Plateau around the 2nd millennium BC. They established some of the first civilisations in the region of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. Their religion was Zoroastrianism. It is one of the world's oldest monotheistic faiths, founded in ancient Persia (modern-day Iran) by Prophet Zoroaster. Its influence was reduced by Islamisation during the 7th Century CE. A lot escaped to India where they mainly live in Mumbai. Persian (Fārsi) is the official language of Iran, spoken natively by roughly 50-70% of the population and understood by most others. As an Indo-European language, it is unrelated to Arabic, though it uses a modified Arabic script.

I'm just upset that the conflict between Isreal and the Arab world has caused to deterioration of how ethnic relations in Australia have been hurt.

We used to grow all the veggies we needed until our canneries were sold off and shut down by international corporations.

I've mentioned before that the data from which BMI scores are computed was obtained from Belgians. The Body Mass Index (BMI) was developed in the 1830s by Belgian mathematician Adolphe Quetelet as a quick, statistical formula to define the "average man". Originally intended for population studies, it was not designed to measure individual health or body fat. BMI for men is a measurement of body fat based on height and weight, calculated as kg/square metre. Notice that this formula does not consider volume. It does not differentiate between muscle mass and fat. Many professional footballers would be classed as "obese" using this formula. Quetelet was a Belgian astronomer, mathematician, statistician, and sociologist who founded and directed the Brussels Observatory and was influential in introducing statistical methods to the social sciences. He also founded the science of anthropometry and developed the body mass index (BMI) scale, originally called the Quetelet Index. His work on measuring human characteristic to determine the ideal l'homme moyen ("the average man"). Quetelet himself said explicitly that the BMI could not and should not be used to indicate the level of fatness in an individual. It's great for studying populations, but as a tool for individuals, nope.

Expect many lines of groceries to become scarce, especially frozen vegetables. Frozen veggies are now mostly imported, and that requires ships which require fuel.

Nobody mentions the sectarianism that is rampant in India. Hindu -v- Muslim, with the Sikhs and other minorities thrown into the mix. The partitioning of India and Pakistan was supposed to ease tensions, but there are still heaps of Muslims in India for Hindus to target.

That's mine, too. But they still say I have hypertension. You start to think that the left hand doesn't know what the right hand knows.

At least he has been located now and no more money will be spent searching for him. However, I wonder what teh Inquiries will cost. The Coronial Inquest will not be a short one.

If you reach your three score and ten and your doctor hasn't got you on a pill or two, is there something wrong with you?