nomadpete

Jerry is fully groan

Well it deserved them all.

What the F.R. Simms Motor Scout started way back then, has beenrediscovered. Ukrainians and Russians are presently using motorcycle brigades for fast attacks.

There sure is. But now 90 billion of it is going to USA via Boeing sales. And another 140 billion is going to USA weapons sales. And these deals were 'negotiated' by Trumpy totally reliant on the Saudi's own interpreter. Personally I wouldn't buy a used car from a foreigner without having my own interpreter present. Money talks!

And I've got a sailboat - the worlds most expensive and slowest way to go someplace for free.

There ya go, highjacking a great thread by chuckin in rational logic.....

Because it only had a 1.5hp engine?

Normalised deviance.

OME, you are right to point out the greater importance of the candidate's track record. But in this case, I think the gender of the new leader of the Liberals is noteworthy. For that party, it is a radical departure from their historic avoidance of females in any important position.

Aren't the Ruskies using these in Ukraine?

A lot of folk might just have put Libs last, lower than the minors and the nuts. Which would make the minors get a better % compared to last election. But all the voter is saying is "anything but Dutton".

I rather think it demonstrates the effective powerful anti-green, minor party &independents. lobby. Combined with a general lack of understanding of how to vote under the line. IE, how to use your preferences.

But unfortunately some crazy old bloke recently transformed USA from being a defective democracy into a fully fledged demoncrazy. So you don't get any say in it until your net worth is over 9 digits (and your nose is brown)

Hey! Don't go blaming ME!

In a real democracy, we all would get to vote on who gets a seat on the mars ship.

In my opinion, BOTH sides (Palestinian & Israel) need to be metaphorically grabbed by the scruff of the neck and given a shake. Further, other countries should starve BOTH sides of weaponry. Otherwise they are supporting atrocities against civilians - probably because of hidden interests. Wiping out the whole population of one country is the most uncivilised way ttotry to stop a conflict.

I think Jerry was talking about the cars, not the house.

The Modern movie industry reinforces the notion that violence and retribution can solve any problem. Any wonder that people thus indoctinated are inclined to be devisive angry and unforgiving?

Anti Netanyahu/Israel is not (according to many Australian Jews) the same thing as antisemite. Maybe Bant just didn't like the number of innocents getting killed.

If I had as many children as he, I'd want to go and live on Mars, too.

Our first home was a new spec build. Standard for the era, it was 3 bedroom, one bathroom, of about 80 sq mtrs. The price and features was the same as a number of older queenslanders that we viewed. At that time, the houses you are presently considering would be akin to the standard of what my executive employer bought at the time. Upmarket and therefore less affordable, then and now. My first (& second) home purchases would probably be beneath the dignity of most present first home buyers.

What makes you think thee is a 'cost of living crisis?' I did some basic arithmetic. Back in 1979 I took out a mortgage to buy our first house. Mortgage: $24,900 Interest: 16% Weekly repayment: $79 Take home wage: $140 after tax. Morgtage was approx 53% of income. From Bureau of Census &statistics- A mortgage of $450,000 At interest 6% Weekly repayment: $671 (from a online calculator) Net average weekly income : $1464 Mortgage is 46% of take home wage. How is that a crisis worse than our situation in early 1980's?

More significantly, he listed "and judges". After all, a supreme leader must be above the law.

I did specify Hobart town. I think you are well away from the city. I believe the Hobart ban came in when the power company introduced a special low tariff for electrical home heating.

We'll have none of that in Hobart. We like clean air. We banned them, and we have roving fireplace nazis that go around checking chimney temperatures to make sure. Fireplaces are so eighteen hundreds. We use hydro powered home heating.