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Here is an analysis of Trump's $5K cheque announcement by, would you believe it?, an Australian professor of Economics living in the USA. He asks five questions whose answers shoq that this announcement is hot air. Totally impractical, and even illegal under world moentary rules. The answer to his first question is obvious - would Trump deliver? No need for me to supply the answer to you.

I don't think Parkinson's formula was meant to be applied in the real world. It is part of the satirical story. If you think about it, many activities or situations can be boiled down to some sort of equation connecting variable factors in order to provide a prediction for a possible outcome. A common situation in basic problem solving in maths is how to calculate how long three people, working at different rates can complete a job. The job is often something simple, like mowing an area of lawn. The idea of the problem is to teach the student how to generate an algebraic equation from data provided. I find that sort of task more useful than solving an equation for the values of 'x' given the equation mx + b = 0, and the values of m and b are given.

Don't forget that the book, Parkinson's Law, was a piece of satire. But satire is not comedy. Satire's main purpose is constructive social criticism. It does not just poke fun for the sake of entertainment; it holds up mirror images of flaws in individuals, governments, or institutions to encourage reflection or change.

Simply complying with Parkinson's Laws: Parkinson's Law is the title of a satirical essay by the naval historian C. Northcote Parkinson which was published in The Economist in 1955, following the report of the Royal Commission on the Civil Service. He proposed the following Laws: 1. "The Law of Multiplication of Work" (Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion). 2. "The Law of Multiplication of Subordinates" (The number of workers within administration tends to grow, regardless of the amount of work to be done). After observing that the promotion of employees necessitated the hiring of subordinates, and that the time used to answer minutes requires more work, Parkinson stated: "In any public administrative department not actually at war the staff increase may be expected to follow this formula" : where: x – number of new employees to be hired annually k – number of employees who want to be promoted by hiring new employees m – number of working hours per person for the preparation of internal memoranda (micropolitics) P – difference: age at hiring − age at retirement n – number of administrative files actually completed. Here's a video on this:

According to Trump, if it walks like a duck; if it quacks like a duck, it's a water fowl.

Huh????

I'm bloody sorry that I commented on the future demand for cadmium and nickel.

My rule: No caller ID, no pick up. It's inconvenient if it's a genuine call and the caller doesn't leave a message, but I think people are begining to adopt the practice of leaving a message if they have not been answered. Another idea I have is to text the person I want to call to let them know that they are going to get a phone call from me. Haven't used that trick yet, but it's in my bag of tricks.

I'm heartily sick and tired of Trump; probably more so of the American Democracy. Every day we are bombarded withthis man's insanity, and yet there is no one with the guts to do something about replacing him.

And this bickering is advancing the discussion related to EVs?

If sodium batteries beome the standard, what are shares in nickel and cadmium mining companies worth?

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?