Grumpy Old Nasho

Not sure, but they must have done some sort of upgrade maintenance on the satellite system to improve the system's signal, it's pretty fast now. I can tell if it's only bad weather causing a weak signal, maintenance, or heavy internet traffic, each one has it's own characteristic behavior. Leading up to Christmas, during, and after till a week ago, we've had lots of good weather, yet the signal was annoyingly weak all that time, with many pages not loading at all. I discounted bad weather, heavy net traffic, and concluded it was maintenance causing the issue. They don't send emails warning users of disruptions or slowdowns, we're just left wondering what's going on.

LOL, same at a campsite up the road from me, convoys of either 4wd's or motorbikes, kicking up unwanted dust. It is however, a barometer of how the economy is going. Before Covid, lots of noisy camper traffic, but now, hardly any, money is tight I imagine, keeps the dust down though.

What are you laughing at Marty? Trump will work wonders, just wait and see.

The front of that Mathoura "hotel" is bland, dull and boring. I'll bet motorists just breeze past it wondering what it is. It needs to be more attractive with enticements, things that makes you stop and spend a little mula, which can lead to more mula being spent.

It was a corny lay-man's joke ... but yes, I think Trump will fix it.

The rest of the hostages will be exchanged very soon. The Palestinians are just waiting for Trump to be inaugurated.

It was slow here for weeks, I think NBN was changing satellites. It's much faster now thank heavens.

Whichever pub you buy, install 2 or 3 Tesla charging stations, think of the future. Serve the best counter lunches in Australia. Build a sizable beer garden out the back with plenty of shade. Rename the pub to an aboriginal name like: "Tom the Tracker Inn". Write a letter to the Fed Government demanding they increase Australia's national income, and reduce taxes so everyone has more money, and Local Councils have a bit of extra cash to fill pot holes. After doing all that, place a sign saying: "There's gold in (fill in town), you've just got to find it"

Has she handled him yet? In the past I mean.

Not so my 2016 Cerato, it has the worst designed steering in motor vehicle history, the steering ratio is too high, and the ridiculously wide modern tyres dictate to the steering wheel, over 60km/h that is. Electric power steering is crap. I'm on the look-out for something better than that, something with easier steering that doesn't break my wrists.

Her brain is telling her that he's a man "I admire and respect for his stance on preventing the United States from getting involved in unnecessary wars, and helping to free the hostages in Gaza"

Penny Wong will ask him for his autograph and a round of golf.

You did well to catch your skin cancer in time. Many people pay no heed to their skin blemishes, and unfortunately pay the price if one is cancerous. Beware of rip-off specialist quacks though when going for a skin check. I got one once and the Doc picked a blemish on top of my head, in a location where I couldn't see it. He sent a biopsy which proved it was nothing at all. It cost me money to get that done.

Funny you should say that, in itself it's a terrible affliction. My Aunty, a hundred miles away, had inoperable cancer and neither my Mum or I knew what to say or do. I plucked up the courage to call her and just started engaging in typical conversation, talking about anything but the topic of cancer - big mistake! I should have talked about it and at least comforted her by letting her know we had her in our hearts. She was 66 only. Mum joined in, at my urging, she was her sister after all, but neither of us felt adequately equipped to say the right things to a dying person. I guess it's whatever we feel we would like to be said to ourselves.

Neither the left nor the right did anything for us after 1972. That's what I meant.