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Participation has been down for a few weeks. Our shed had a BBQ day today, run by the group from the ladies day. Quite a turnout.

Both on Sunrise this morning with video interviews with various people. No.2 was on the Ch 7 News last night. Apparently it is already law in WA and NT.

Yesterday I had a calibration appointment for my Cochlear implant. It started with the audiologist connecting the device to her computer and playing a range of beeps at various frequencies, starting too low to hear, and increasing them until they were at a comfortable volume. She then read out a number of words from a printed list of about 30, with her face obscured, and I had to locate the word on the list and repeat it without being able to lip-read. Passed that without problem. Next, she placed a page of 12 half sentences in front of me. Again, obscuring her face, she read out the full sentence which I had to repeat back to her. The example I recall was: Printed: She cleaned the floor.... The spoken sentence: She cleaned the floor with a mop and broom. I passed all 12 sentences at the first attempt. She said she normally doesn't get to pulling that page out until the second month. I've had the device for 9 days. I can now hold conversations, watch the TV, and talk on the phone without the hearing aid in the other ear.

Two items on the news I invite you to comment on. 1. Bob Katter's renewed call for north Queensland to break away at the Tropic of Capricorn and form a new state. 2. A call for people 16 and over to be permitted to purchase and carry pepper spray.

Trump's limo driver got arrested for possession of drugs. They found over 230 pounds of dope in the back seat.

It's Barry Jones, Pick A Box wizard and Labor politition.

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What implications could this have for Labor's rulings on tech giants and social media's impact on children? https://topstoryusa.info/News/10502/

I know it's a totally different animal, but my 22 year old Holden Astra, a rebadged German Opel, has the turn indicators on the left of the column, wiper/washers on the right. My daughter, for God knows what reason, has her heart set on a Ford Mach 1, the electric version of the Mustang. It has the 'gear' selector on the right of the column.

Clue - he turned 94 last Sunday.

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Do you recognise this person? He was a well-known personality on TV in the 50's and 60's.

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Close enough. The actual lyrics of the Lionel Ritchie song are "I just called to say I love you."

An atheist was out rowing on Loch Ness when the monster came up and almost capsized his boat. The rower shouted "God help me!" The Lord came down and chased the monster away. He turned to the rower and said, "Why did you call for help from me? You don't even believe in me." The rower said, "Fair go, 10 minutes ago I didn't believe in the Loch Ness monster."

Correct.

Here we go again. You insure your house. It doesn't burn down or get robbed. A tree doesn't fall on it. You don't get your money back. You insure your car. It doesn't get stolen or smashed. You don't get a refund. You don't pay CTP, run over a kid or an old person and critically injure them or kill them. Who pays for their medical treatment or funeral? You do. That's why you pay CTP, like any other insurance.

His sick ex-TV commentator SSecretay of Defence, Pete Hekseth, (a recent photo had his title with a double S - guess where SS came from) has stated that a military execution by firing squad will be live streamed. What a piece of shit. Even J.D.Vance said he wouldn't be watching. First firing squad since WWII.

I received a welcome email from Cochlear Limited which included the following note from a user. “Don’t expect to hear speech right away. You will hear sounds. One needs to have patience because it can take a while to hear speech clearly. The learning curve is different for everyone. It depends on how much time and effort one puts into learning to hear with a cochlear implant. It’s not like a hearing aid where you will be able to hear instantly. The more you work at it, the more successful you will be.” – Cathy, who has a cochlear implant.

Yeah, but you asked for it.

Here is the device in place.

I received a reply from OneTrack. He said he used to enjoy the forums, but got sick of the personal abuse from one member in particular and has decided to leave.

Little Johnny was playing in the schoolyard when he got a splinter in his hand. He went to the teacher and said, " Miss, I need some cider." The teacher said, "Why do yo need cider?" Johnny said, "I got a splinter in my hand." The teacher said, "What's that got to do with cider? Little Johnny said, "I heard Mum say when she gets a prick in her hand she puts it in cider."

I tried eating snails once, but they made me sluggish.

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