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Like you, OT, I was turned off alcohol and smokes at an early age. My grandfather was responsible. When I was a youngster, my family shared the farmhouse with my paternal grandparents. I can clearly recall my grandfather on the back verandah of the farmhouse giving me a puff of a roll-your-own and making me sick, and at another time giving me a sip of scotch, which I hated.We left the farm when I was seven, so it was before that age. I was never tempted again. My father didn't drink or smoke either. When he went to a hotel, he would drink sarsaparilla.

Does that mean the cloud will be in the sky?

The only alcohol of any description that I have had since 2017 is the brandy in the Christmas pudding. I had a glass of the house white at a retired bank officer's luncheon in 2017 and that's the only stuff I've had in years. Throughout my entire life, the total amount would have been less than one bottle per year. A glass, or part thereof, on the odd festive occasion. Never red. Only a few sips and it wasn't for me.

Circumstances change. What may appear to have been appropriate or good policy at one time, before an election, may be totally incorrect later. Rigidly sticking to an idea which is no longer appropriate just to avoid being accused of lying is irresponsible. One has to change with the tide.

16 year old Mernda Aussie teen Declan was hunted by a Sudanese youth gang then stabbed 56 times and he received 66 blunt force injuries. One of Declan's African killers was released because he was deemed too young to take responsibility for murder. Sudanese gang attack.mp4

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To break this battle for a moment, Brendan - get your shift key fixed. No capitals is nearly as bad as Nev's too many capitals.

Yep. Another for the oldies.

That's mild compared to some things on the net.

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Spot on Marty. The last job I had before retiring was as a customer service operator in a call centre for a company who handled calls for a number of companies. Therefore the person sittting opposite me was taking calls for a different company to me. My KPI was an AHT (average handling time) of three and a half minutes per call. I later found out no-one else was on such a stringent time limit. This time included writing up details of the call for the next person to take a call from this customer. The customer said that AHT was not important, that customer satisfaction was more important. However, they didn't employ me, the call centre operator did. At the time I was 6 months over retirement age, so I was told it was an appropriate time to retire, because my AHT's were too long. If I didn't retire, they had "alternative plans" in mind, and voluntary retirement would look better on my resume. As the net result was the same, against my wife's wishes, I took the retirement route. Sorry for late edit. I didn't know part of my post had dropped out.

Carole King is correct. I just copy what is thhrown up on FB.

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Put a ring on it.

Something for you to read and have a go at: https://thenightly.com.au/australia/nick-bruining-qualify-for-just-1-of-centrelink-age-pension-or-jobseeker-and-30-per-cent-cgt-disappears-c-22399131

I agree OT, but when I've said that I've been branded too draconian. I have said that if someone breaks into a persons house prepared to take a life, they should be prepared to lose their own. People caught setting properties and vehicles on fire should be set on fire themselves if they like fire so much.

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Country roads, take me home To the place I belong.

Give it a rest mate.