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pmccarthy

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  1. I like some of Garret's music but I would dance on his. How divisive our society has become!
  2. Somewhere this morning I read that this is the first time in world history that you could put up a sign saying, "He's an idiot" and everyone would know who you meant.
  3. I find Teams impossible to manage. I have it installed but I am a member of several organisations and it always assumes the wrong one and will not let me into a meeting.
  4. I am devestated. I thought Trump had a cunning plan, like in Blackadder. Now I know he is a total f…wit. And about the minerals, I did some more reading, there aren’t any. It was all BS.
  5. One theory says that governments bloat over decades and that only a war or a revolution can refocus and streamline them.
  6. I had a shock absorber fail prematurely, after about two years on my van. I sent a photo of it to the manufacturer and they sent me four brand new ones of an upgraded design. That was about the best consumer experience I have had.
  7. If you compare today with 1939 we are way behind, but even then it took a couple of years to really get on an effective defensive footing. And even then we wouldn’t have stood a chance without our big friends,
  8. I want us to spend more, much more, on defence. And Europe should to. Otherwise we are all stuffed within the next decade.
  9. The minerals deal is a nonsense. Any country can issue a minerals lease. They then receive royalties, usually 2% to 5% of sales revenue. More than that and the project is not economic. It takes billions to establish a new mine. How can Trump extract more than the 2-5% amount and still have the projects funded by the stock market? It makes no sense.
  10. I’m just hoping this latest surrender to Putin is some sort of trick.
  11. pmccarthy

    Footy

    Yes he did, sadly I haven’t heard of it since he passed away.
  12. pmccarthy

    Footy

    All power to the Anti Football League!
  13. I suggest reading “The moon is a harsh mistress “ by Heinlein in about 1960 on AI taking over politically. It could also do animated simulation of its persona on TV.
  14. I was just listening to the local radio. They said the bloke who wrote "summer of 69" was challenged as he was only 9 years old in 1969. He answered that "I never said it was about the year 69!"
  15. We just had a miserably cold night, still in bed and my feet are freezing. Will have to get a second blanket out of the cupboard.
  16. Cloacas.
  17. Was he speaking out of his bot again?
  18. I just got a message from the Victorian Government asking me to register for Mylandtax. I deleted it. I will wait until they send me a bill and then I will pay it. I think they want me to do their admin for them.
  19. He is Ok, just taking a break from the forum, though I think he keeps an eye on us!
  20. Where does the Federation drought fit in then? 1897 to 1903, by far the worst drought ever in eastern Australia.
  21. We lived in Tumut with the Ford Pilot. I agree that the real risk was winding muddy steep roads often with no barriers against a steep drop, and bridges built by the SMA with no sides. Slipping and sliding with badly adjusted mechanical brakes at the back. Sometimes towing a heavy home-made camping trailer.
  22. I can recommend the scallop pies on King Island. Seafood, they must be healthy.
  23. I survived a childhood in the back of a Ford Pilot, until dad bought the FB Holden.
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