facthunter

Indirectly from what I'm hearing many think it's now over or a hoax or only affects people who are not THEM. Distancing hand washing etc is not being applied. Plenty of misinformation about..Plenty of "EFF you" too..People with symptoms  should isolate'.We can easily undo all the good work. Other places show you what can happen, if you are 1/2 smart. Nev

The key to the gates of heaven come at a high price if they are able to give you hell when you won't pay it. I'd like to examine the visitors book and read the comments. A lot of the salesmen are not of the highest standard. Why are their businesses tax exempt?  "Render unto Ceasar that which is Ceasar's"  Fringe benefit taxes should apply. Atheists are treated poorly by comparison.. Discrimination?  Nev

One thing for sure is there's NO simple answer to these race based problems. The Stats of incarceration rates and deaths in Custody are there to see. High rates of incarceration is a valid indicator of Social dysfunction.. Strong Lora Norder policies are popular with (simplistic) voters who fall for "who would vote against THAT?" view of the problem.. Politicise the problem and you WON'T fix it. The middle class in the USA has almost disappeared and many have NO assurance or hope of a secure future or to have even the basics for themselves and their dependants. America elected? a ME first President, who sold the message to a desperate people. HE won't deliver because HE is ME first, not the people first. Nor is he a BENEVOLENT DICTATOR. HE doesn't uphold or like Democracy at all or dealing with any Country that Practice it. Why? Because HE can never CONTROL it and that's what he's about. CONTROL. Nev

If we are all predestined, then someone has been very busy just to play mean jokes on us. We over rate our importance in the big scheme of things, thinking we are important at all, beyond a few around us and they will get over our passing as they have to and get on with their own personal existence. It's easy to think you are destined for some form of greatness..Why else would you have been born or avoided death by a whisker somewhere,,? The adulation of the masses would be a flimsy and fickle reward just by examination. You can't take money or chattels with you, either..This great drive can put you into an early grave. The Body cannot cope with constant stress, so wariness of that will pay off if you want to stay around for a while. Don't work TOO hard and spend time on noticing the PEOPLE in your life and around you. The grand miracle is that ANY of this exists. Nev

Dead "anything" smells bad. Riding old bikes across Australia, you get good practice at not breathing IN for a while, quite often. A lot of bodies are carried in Domestic and International aircraft, listed as "Natural History Specimens"..

One of my ancestors (of 3 brothers, all miners from Scotland) died of sunstroke at Kalgoorlie about 1870 OTA. My brief Opal mining experience at Lightning Ridge about 1964 I got to meet some of the" permanents." and see some of their "finds". A rare privilege not often occurring. Most arrived seeking a fortune but when they found some really good ones just put them in a box and kept on mining for the lifestyle. Basically we don't need much if you've got a few good friends, have a roof over your head and get almost enough to eat. Nev

WE regard the atmosphere as we regard rivers and the sea. Somewhere to DUMP Waste.. We have no respect (collectively) for the environment .They did, and for a very long time.. say 60,000 years. That's quite a while. What's 60,000 years of OUR actions going to look like. The last 250 isn't much of an indication of success for a fragile environment. Nev

I think it comes on when doing a simulated single engine approach on a B 727 where you never get much flap extended.. Nev

Surely Lies and damage done to the Country should be deducted from the points for eligibility? . After all, anyone can be the POTUS and the Australian PM has to heal stab wounds in the back, like terminator or arrive later to avoid the real action. Did Murdoch get an award? IF you cut out the middlemen, he's the one doing it. Giving Australia Awards to Pollies is risky if you care about the VALUE of said award. I'm NOT as disparaging of ALL pollies as many, BUT giving it to RICHO confuses me. Nev

Willedoo, we used to say the GPWS was saying "Don't THINK, don't THINK". I cant recall whether is was a BLOKE voice or a LADY. I know it's distraction if you can't do anything about it and all that does is annoy you when you have other REAL problems to deal with.. Nev

I'm with you on that one OK. There is" snuff the old bastard and get the cash" aspect. THAT needs to be covered. You wouldn't do to a dog what's often done to old people.. Being deaf isn't the same as being stupid either.

These days people aren't productive till they may be say 25. I started selling newspapers at 11. Also nearly EVERYTHING like infrastructure you see out there has been built by OTHERS who have gone before you. A lot of roads and drainage was done in the 29 to WW2 depression. The Harbour bridge was built in the early 30s..

By a strange sort of irony I'm CONSIDERED" lucky" to have WORKED ALL my life. There wasn't anything coming in IF you didn't. so you took what was there. I picked fruit in the holidays at Orange. Worked during the week at night and each weekend doing engines up later, and did Army Camps to help pay for my flying.. Drove the most disgusting old rubbish cars to get around and a few times had only a motorcycle to get me to work and Uni at Night.. From St Mary's to Kensington across Sydney 4 nights a week regardless of the weather.. Paid my own Uni fees out of a piddling teachers wage.

I wasn't the only one doing this sort of thing. Some pilots are "poor little rich kids" whose family fund them. There wasn't much evidence of THAT in Newcastle where I started (and eventually finished, after a stint at Bankstown) my CPL + Instructor rating..but It didn't JUST happen and fall in your lap.

The harder you try the luckier you get. Easy credit has destroyed a sense of value. Instant gratification is the go with a low boredom threshold. and there's little satisfaction in having something (junk) that came easily, TOO easily. Nev

Needs are what someone else decides you need. You are either keeping up with the Jones' or a proponent of conspicuous consumption to show your success or have compulsive wealth accumulation addiction. If you think about it the Aborigines had none of these .They respected the environment because they understood that without it, they perish. They personally owned nothing. What they had they shared with the tribe.

We are the ones out of step with reality, who have great differences of lifestyle and seek to further the differences instead of addressing them and we fight nature and each other and are to eventually be swallowed by the problem we created. . Overpopulation exaggerates it. Population growth must eventually apply a limit, if it hasn't already. ALL life on earth must be revered and respected as it's part of us and we are a part of it.. Nev

What's it really matter? .They are flimsy in a cyclone and burn in a fire and on good sites get pushed over to build another modern Gloria Some of the modern style that ALL look the same. Match sticks underneath and thin concrete floors. Is that ALL there is, to spend a major part of your life paying off? What an aspiration? Nev

His eyes are too far up. There's no room for a (normal) brain. Nev

Outside a church (for presidents ) He's never been to and a bible He's never read . (He doesn't READ books). Doesn't THAT show? Mike Pence was nowhere to be seen. Just a sort notice stunt to make him look to be in charge. This joker talks about FAKE things meaning everything BUT HIM. 6 Months to go to the election. Under pressure he will show what he doesn't have more and more. Nev

Some so called" recoveries" are not without ongoing issues so just surviving and not dying is not the full picture.. Quite a few don't show symptoms but may still carry it.. Sweden as a case were they were too complacent. Britain is as you say Yenn , up with the worst rate per capita.. Nev

Nissan actually went broke about 1997 and Renault bought in. Same with MACK trucks around the same time. GM USA was technically owned by the US government. when Obama was Pres. and I doubt they are very strong at the moment, either. They had an optional stake in FIAT they pulled out of at some cost penalty.. Nev

When the majority of houses in any area become rented you can pick the change in the appearance of the place. Dead cars replace Lawns which are never mown.. I'm not for a COMPULSORY neat manicured lawn mown every second day deal, BUT these places look crook and unloved. Some of the high rise built in Melbourne quite a while ago is still functioning quite well but I think if you own it, you look after it better. I wouldn't want to own a rented property unless it was Industrial..I wouldn't want to rent my plane either if I still had one. People don't look after stuff because they don't value it enough.. Look at the litter left on roadsides. Many don't care. Nev

Unless other more deserving people didn't or your personal wealth was extensive and it would therefore be so small relatively as to be insignificant. Nev

You only pay tax when you make a profit. It's quite likely they aren't.. Auto manufacturing is nearly as scary as making aeroplanes. Nev

You have to APPEAR to be doing something and being in charge.( Foreman material) and being very visible especially compared to the Opposition Leader who you make invisible at the same time by dealing him out of the equation even though Her Majesties Loyal Opposition is a normal part of a functioning government in all but ONE PARTY governments who don't tolerate criticism. They have God Emperor type leaders and if you disagree with them it can be risky. In the multi party system being questioned is part of the deal and is NORMAL and accepted unless you want things kept secret for some reason. Nev

Eternal vigilance and preserving democracy? I get uncomfortable when the incumbents start changing the rules. We do have a Constitution covering this, not a CON situation. (I hope) . The reason politicians are not trusted is past and present experience of them. Just look all a round the world..Nev

Coal like anything formed near sediments contains heavy metals and impurities like sulphur and really toxic complex organic compounds, tars etc. It's safest where it is. You don't have to burn it to release the toxics. Blasting and mucking up the water table and watering the dust concentrates heavy metals as the water evaporates. Methane leaks to the atmosphere..Nev

You are being realistic. The intent and expectation should take precedence over the literal wording. LAW is not Justice. The fact could be a lot of those contributions. being from Victoria MIGHT NOT have been forthcoming if they knew that the intention was that it all goes to NSW. Nev

Just a bit of an extension of the Office Party. Nev

You get more justice and more luck when you are rolling in$$$'s. The price of trying to get justice is way out of reach or consideration for the average Joe Or Pam. Even when you win you lose (unless granted COSTS and that's rare). Nev