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I've got a model kit of the Endeavour still in the box. It was given to me as a gift in 1995 and I think it was around the $100 mark back then. I see that models the same scale are around $450 these days. I never got to make a start on it; it's sat in the box for almost 30 years.

Our election here in Queensland is in two months time. Going by the polls there's a good chance it might be the next Labor loss. If the LNP get in, it will only be their second term in government in 26 years.

The new chief minister is the first female CLP chief minister and the first Territory born female leader as well as being the youngest chief minister.

Members in the House of Reps are elected every two years, so they have mid term (mid Presidential term) elections as well as at the same time as the Presidential election. Senators are elected for six years but are staggered so one third are up for reelection every two years. In November, the President, all House of Reps members and one third of Senators are up for the vote. Seems a crazy system having elections every two years. They'd all be in permanent election mode. Reading this document, there's not much to envy about the American political system. I think we have a way better system here. https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/our-government/the-legislative-branch/

One of the reasons for giving Biden the shove was that a lot of house and senate members were worried they would lose their seats. If they lost the senate and the presidency it would have been a total strike out for the Democrats.

I often chuck mine into angel gear going down hills. Go downhill on idle instead of revving it's head off.

He can tell many different stories in one sentence. He rarely finishes one before going off on another tangent.

It looks like Labor got the boot in the Territory.

I found out the hard way that it's a good idea to always have the chainsaw tool on your person when cutting. That way if the cutter bar jams at least you can unbolt the saw and save it if the tree is likely to fall. Once I was cutting a tall tree and did everything right. The tree was not far off the point of falling when an unusual gust of wind cropped up and blew the tree back on the cutter bar and jammed it. I didn't have the spanner on me so walked away to get it when I heard the tree going. Looked around to see it falling the correct way, releasing the saw which fell on the ground. Everything was looking promising until the tree hit the deck then bounced to land on the saw. It busted the main chassis on the saw which wasn't cheap.

Joe Biden struggles with walking, but I saw a video of him on his pushbike the other day and he's quite good and strong on it. I think he needs a hand to get on and off it but once he's on there he's a different man.

Now there's another big reason to keep Trump out. Kennedy has jumped ship after Trump offered him a position in his administration. Maybe the idea of Trump's advisors was that RFK jr is so cray it would make Trump look sane in comparison.

Just don't eat any honey while you're in there.

You'd never think to look in your pockets.

Poor old Kamala. 75 days to go and we've forgotten about her already.

That's that disconnect with typing as opposed to handwriting. I'd bet you wouldn't do it if you were writing with pen and paper.

You see a lot of typos on forums that I would guess are caused by people typing on phones or small devices. It's tricky enough on a full sized keyboard.

I've got a bit of peripheral neuropathy that gets into the fingers at times. It can cause some uncommanded movements, the result of which is the mouse hand jumping slightly just as I'm about to click on something. It can be a nuisance.

That's why people don't use caps where they are not supposed to be. Basic internet unwritten rules.

A pair of rubber coated brickie's gloves is better. That and hand moisturiser.

Nope, not a wheeled suitcase trolley. It's one of those small shopping trolleys with the canvas bag part removed. The type of little shopping trolley you see old ladies with. Thanks to Dr. Google.

Maybe it's not an oxygen trolley. I just assumed that because I saw someone with an identical trolley with a bottle on it. The more I look at it, the more I think it might be off one of those small wheeled travel cases.

The combined weight is super light. The trolley hardly weighs much more than the bucket. You can wheel it around or just lift up on the handle to walk around with it or go up stairs.

I've got a handy item at home for doing small jobs. It's a small oxygen bottle trolley (the type people use to take their breathing oxygen around with them) with a 20 lt. Bunnings brand green bucket attached with an occy strap. The Bunnings bucket is a perfect fit on the trolley and deep enough so the tools and odds and ends being used don't fall out. The trolley is so light it doesn't need to be wheeled all the time. It can be raised off the ground by the handle and carried around if need be. It's great for keeping all the smaller stuff being used in the one place where it can be easily found. I found the O2 bottle trolley in a bin skip. I don't know if the hospitals reuse them or whether they are single use and then thrown away like they do with the aluminium crutches.

and it's not necessarily an age related thing; I've been losing things I just put down for all of my lifespan so far. Once I even resorted to spray painting various items fluro pink so I could spot them. Problem was, I then had so much pink stuff, I had to run around them all to find the particular pink one I'd misplaced. I think I'm too old to grow out of the habit of casually putting something down without making a mental note of where it is.