The Random thought thread

[old man emu]

That's Mythda Spacey to you, Nev!

[spacesailor]

I did NOT say it was true ! .

Only I heard it . While sitting my licence upgrade from N Z to A U .

And ' they could have been Aboriginal.. I wouldn't have known at that tme ,

A brand new Aussie .

spacesailor

 

[Jerry_Atrick]

I am not saying its untrue, either. I remember when I took my driving test, I thought a driving examiner would be a fantastic job., Then I looked up the pay and thought, what the?

 

I have no evidence to back this up and I have never known a driving instructor, but on thay pay with the workload and no doubt administrative reports to write, I can imagine a few of them passing people they should be failing as it will be in the too hard basket to fail them. In other words, it may happen, but I doubt it would be driven by a "woke" agenda.

 

Edited October 12, 2023 by Jerry_Atrick

[red750]

Here is an interesting article on aluminum or aluminium.

[old man emu]

If the Yanks want "aluminum", they can have "sodum" and I'll have sodium.

[facthunter]

They also go for Nucular rather than Nuclear.  Nev

[nomadpete]

And Aussies  live in a place they call

Orztraya

[nomadpete]

And Victorians live in a place they call

Malbun

[Old Koreelah]

10 hours ago, facthunter said:

They also go for Nucular rather than Nuclear.  Nev

The yanks also seem unable to pronounce the word Arctic; they say Artic.

[Bruce Tuncks]

It was me who was the driver inconvenienced by the black woman driving on the wrong side of the road. No I didn't find out more, I just assumed it would have been racist to fail her. She seemed to me to be able to drive the car, it was her lack of regard to safety of others that I reckon was the problem, and this may not have shown up at the driving test I agree.

A brother of a brother-in-law once "trained" some indigenous in the operation of earthmoving gear. He failed them all, and I thought he lose his job as a result. This may well have been correct for the NT,  but he has not been sacked from SA Tafe, which was his substantive job.( He sure has not been asked back to the NT again).

[Old Koreelah]

Although Leunig drew this little picture decades ago, it still resonates. 
I feel like that person.

 

[Bruce Tuncks]

Me too, old k. I relate to having a look and climbing back into a shell.

I hasten to say that the brother of the brother-in-law has some aboriginal blood in him, enough to tick the box and get offered more jobs than a whitefeller gets offered. Yes, the Brother-in-law has exactly the same ancestry. I never knew of this until he applied for and got royalties from Roxby Downs.

[facthunter]

UPSON Downs doesn't pay as well..  Nev

[old man emu]

I thought Upson Downs was an English country estate.

[red750]

It's amazing how badly educated Americans are, based on their Facebook posts, often when correcting someone elses post.

 

There was a post discussing different spellings in different countries. The original poster commented that a word was spelt in a certain way in European countries like France, Spain and Italy.

 

The person correcting (?) said Spain was not in Europe, it was in South America.

[old man emu]

Some old hippies are still searching for Nirvana.

[facthunter]

Paradise H.S. is in the NT. I used to fly over it regularly but could never make out anything. Nev

[onetrack]

I can't believe you flew over Paradise, and missed it!  Everyone is dying to go there!

[facthunter]

I know many seek it, but it always eluded me from 8,000 to 9.000  feet altitude.  It might be only in the eye of the Beholder. Nev.

[Old Koreelah]

Many seek Paradise, but few find it; those that do often make the mistake of telling everyone else and pretty soon Paradise is Lost!

 

A flying mate has used a few caravan trips to reconnoitre remote airstrips with a pub and bore baths. Only after being sworn to secrecy has he taken us on a flying trip to them.

[facthunter]

That's the story Of BALI and New Guinea (and countless other places like Venice.(ruined by Grotesque Cruise Ships ie floating disease incubators) Nev

[old man emu]

I can't see the joy in going to Bali. If I had my druthers I'd go to Fiji. Same heat. Same humidity, same heat and an Aussie dollar buys FJD$1.44, so beer is cheaper. 

[willedoo]

On 18/10/2023 at 8:52 AM, onetrack said:

I can't believe you flew over Paradise, and missed it!  Everyone is dying to go there!

I've been there; it's easy to get there. Just turn east off Claude Road on to Paradise Road. It's only a few kilometres east of Promised Land.

[Marty_d]

We went through Promised Land a couple weeks back on the way to Tazmazia.  

Don't know who promised it but I don't think they delivered.

[facthunter]

Wouldn't Taswegia be better than Tas MANIA?  The second is some kind of madness. . Devil's Island for the cunning little devils.  You'll be getting some rain soon.  Nev