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Sadly, it's probably one of his classier moves, when compared with everything else he's done.

See? Needed again!

Doesn't Trump like taking other people's trophies?

It has its bonuses. Funnily enough, I had this conversation with my wife a couple of months back, without using the "mindful" term which I hate. https://theconversation.com/finding-stillness-in-motion-how-riding-a-motorcycle-can-teach-us-mindfulness-272396

Jeez, how do you corner with a square section tyre like that?

As far as I can tell a lot (in agricultural areas) is shared between a few families - fields, animals, equipment etc. We met an old lady who has the machine which separates the rice grains from the husks. Each farmer pays her according to the weight of rice processed - at 700 dong (about 4 cents) per kilo. To give some comparison, street food like bahn mi (salad roll) is around 20,000 dong ($1.10). Poor old thing had lost the fingers on her right hand to the machine, and was about 80, but still working all day. Fortunately now the tour company pays her a bit to show foreigners how the rice is processed. As far as looking after equipment, I reckon they're a country of motor mechanics - they must be good to keep the millions of scooters on the road! We've been here for 2 weeks today, and fly back Tuesday (arriving Wednesday).

Talking of tractors, we went on a bicycle tour a couple of days ago, the local guide was very informative. Apparently here the water buffalo were traditionally used to work the rice paddles. Now however there's a communal tractor in each area. The locals refer to them as "Chinese buffalo".

Well that gave it away. Mr Chekov - Walter Koenig

I think they missed a few letters in the title. The full word is "Megalomania"

You should see what they do with a scooter here in Vietnam. Not unusual to see 2 blokes on a tiny ancient single cylinder rustbucket, with the guy on the back holding on to a homemade trailer with a load of bricks or 6m lengths of steel. Lucky it's so flat. I don't think they'd make it up a hill.

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The thing is, most of us Tasmanians are fairly provincial. Most people in the south don't often travel the 200km to Launceston, and vice versa. I've known people who've lived their whole life in the Huon valley and never been further than Hobart. So the thought of driving 1000km+ is kind of alien to us.

There's already a substance that could very appropriately be named after him. I propose we rename it to "bull-trump".

Anyone with half a brain hates Trump, thinks Pauline is a joke, and thinks conservative Yanks who only want to travel here to break out society the way they've broken theirs, should stay the hell out. Although I wish Trump were dead, and think it would be a huge benefit to the planet if he were, I would never encourage anyone to act on that wish and I don't think anyone else here would either.

40+ degree heat? You have to be kidding me.