nomadpete

The truly rich often live amongst like minded people - in a tax haven far from the madding crowds (and scrutiny).

Ya mean, Brizzy an Melbun?

Not according to the Youtube clips I watch. Opinion and clickbait trumps fact every time.

...or alternative facts.

Just sayin... Yesterday at colesworths, I saw half a dozen young people wearing hoodies when the sun was out. For some police that constitutes 'suspicious behaviour' and warrants lethal force to apprehend.

Careful, old mate. I've heard that you can get into trouble with the police if you wear a hoodie on a warm day.

Will our US (less) friends be upset about the senseless spilling of black gold (Texas tea)?

Too obscure for me.

My money is on a false flag op. Pootin needs to justify the next major conscription. So he needs to sow fear among the plebs. But I am surprised he didn't blame Ukraine.

Do you expect me to believe fake news that comes from Moscow Times, a publication that is officially known to be a 'foreign agent'? Everone in Kremlin knows it must have been the CIA and Ukraine. (Sarky alert)

According to Qld Transport Dept: https://www.qld.gov.au/transport/safety/road-safety/driving-safely/stopping-distances Average stopping distance from 100kph (about 60mph) in a straight line on dry bitumen is 56 metres (plus another 42mtrs reaction time). We are talking about braking distance, aren't we? Not breaking distance. However, Consumer Reports in US say: "The Tesla’s stopping distance of 152 feet from 60 mph was far worse than any contemporary car we’ve tested and about 7 feet longer than the stopping distance of a Ford F-150 full-sized pickup." And they didn’t like it at all. Maybe they have different rubber compounds over there?

It's ok. I keep my mouth shut when the choppers are dropping 'water' anyway.

The colour of the drop tells you how low all the local dams are. There were two big whirlybirds running all day. This is the second Lymington fire starting from one property in a couple of days. Police are investigating - fires don't usually ignite from a 50 metre straight line. I'm going out again tonight, hopefully we will be on top of it.

Yes I recall those days, too. And when a car reached ten years old, it was usually so cheap an apprentice could buy it with a week's wage. With a smoky engine and structural rust in the body. In contrast with our present two 15 year old cars. Both rust free, happily running their original engines after 150,000 MILES.

I spent yesterday planespotting. The downwash (air, not so much water) sends down any loose branches. 20240318_161847.mp4

99 cents, more or less

You must havd liked it if you rode down here three times!

Holes are not

Just taking that point. I disagree. All a female has to do is report an allegation to the police and ask for a DVO. No questions are asked. It can be misused (and frequently is). I abhore ALL violence. However I was poweless to intervene or gain support when I was assaulted. That is clearly gender bias.

I know we have drifted away from funny pictures but it is important. "Michael Dix-Williams, project manager, said: "There's very much a belief that domestic abuse only happens to women, and that prevents men coming forward." This alone has caused innumerable suicides of men. I was almost one. I do not trivialise nor justify any violence toward women. I just ask equal voice to the cases of violence BY women.

"Chomatically Challenged" Just doesn't have the same ring to it, does it!

I am sure you do. However, a long time ago I personally experienced an event of violence by my partner. I attempted to deflect all blows without harming her in any way. At the time and the police said "There is a lot more of this than the public know. If you wish to make a complaint (to the police, initiating possible prosecution), expect the have a difficult time proving anything." Is that a bias? My partner was supported by colleagues who stated such as 'Oh she is a nice person, she would never do anything like that '. Is that a bias? I was subjected to over three hours of physical assault at the time, and later spent the night in Royal Brisbane casualty. When she was interviewed at a police station a passer by (happened to be senior police person, and a neighbour) asked 'Why are you here?' To which she replied, in tears 'I don't know why'. She was sent home. No charges were laid. is that a bias? In my workplace, one male said 'Why didn't you just king hit her to stop it?'. Yeah that fits the stereotype. But I would not hit a woman. Is that a bias? Ironically several others quietly came out to say they too had been physically assaulted by wives, but didn't say anything because nobody will believe it. And they would be seen as weak. These men do not show up on anybody's statistics. Is that a bias? I knew at the time that any attempt to defend myself would certainly result in an instant DVO, no questions asked. Is that a bias? Years prior to that psychological disaster, and probably contributing to it, my wife of 20 years had attempted to stab me with a kitchen knife when I presented her with a envelope filled with written love letters from another man. The woman I loved vowed to kill me whilst I slept. But that is another long story. But I later slept in a separate room with a chair wedged under the door handle, until I left. I left with nothing except my sanity (and my life) and built a better life. But that is another story. But these are two stories of cases where women received greatly beneficial treatment due to bias toward women.

That's the aviation industry. And we all know that is a hazardous activity.

Octave, just try making a complaint against a woman (for any reason). I share the view that you have been very fortunate to mix/work amongst the nice people. Bad behaviour is not decided by gender, but bias sometimes is. That broad statement works across the spectrum. This is one case where statistics are often skewed. My personal experience has confirmed this.