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U.S. President Donald Trump has lost out on the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, which was awarded to María Corina Machado, the Venezuelan democratic opposition leader. https://www.newsweek.com/nobel-peace-prize-winner-2025-donald-trump-live-updates-10858264?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1760083758

Many shopping malls are expanding. Two near me are Eastland at Ringwood and Knox City at Wantirna. I used to work new Eastland and it was a nice little mall about 30 years ago. Today it is a jungle. I've only had to go there three or four times in the last year, and I have no idea where things are. I have to take my daughter as a guide. Knox City is pretty much the same. My regular mall is Forest Hill Chase, and it is still fairly small. But there are about a dozen shops or more closed for renovations at any one time. They move around to renovated shops so you've got to hunt for what you want, but it's still only three levels. There is no indication of any extensions. One of the travelators has been under repair, promised "soon", since last Christmas. Some stores, like the butcher, and JB Hi-Fi have left the mall and a few retail chains have gone into liquidation here and elsewhere (eg Rivers clothing and footwear). But new stores are moving in. KFC are about to open in the food mall, 20 metres from McDonalds, and a fourth audiologist/hearing aid shop is opening. There's a Coles, Woolworths, Aldi, and two Asian supermarkets.

3 days huh? The answer is C. With 6 to the front, the dice rotates to the left, so 5 moves to the top.

What did you expect when you got back, a bronze statue in town, a house, a car? What about Finland, where EVERYONE must do compulsory conscription and become a reservist. Their attitude is "We'll look after ourselves and not rely on someone else to do it for us." They have a gun ownership similar to America. Universal male conscription is in place, under which all mentally and physically capable men serve for 165, 255, or 347 days, from the year they turn 18 until the year they turn 29. Alternative non-military service for men and voluntary service for women is available. Finland's official policy states that a wartime military strength of 280,000[1] personnel constitutes a sufficient deterrent. The army consists of a highly mobile field army backed up by local defence units. The army defends the national territory and its military strategy employs the use of the heavily forested terrain and numerous lakes to wear down an aggressor, instead of attempting to hold the attacking army on the frontier.Reserve personnel 870,000.

He's like a slinkie. No use to anyone, but brings a smile to the face when you push him down the stairs.

https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/other/putin-threatens-europe-for-supporting-ukraine/ss-AA1O7Vu0?ocid=winp2fptaskbarhover&cvid=df80d2a4a8fb42b99fb12dfef412ddff&ei=36

https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/other/putin-s-latest-meeting-with-the-russian-military-leaders-shows-peace-in-ukraine-is-nowhere-in-sight/ss-AA1O972K?ocid=winp2fptaskbarmouseenter&cvid=d63b393b641b42b38d2bbd7d082286c6&ei=12#image=1

https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/other/mass-desertions-over-49-000-russians-have-fled-the-army/ss-AA1O65S5?ocid=winp2fptaskbar&cvid=68e7a622b25a496c892fa87759aceb62&ei=29

Apologies for thread drift, but just clicked on an SBS program on Skandanavia, and it said that Finland's gun ownership was just below USA, and there are 900,000 reservists in a country with a popultaion less than the UK and national service was compulsory. They are ready to defend themselves.

https://www.themirror.com/news/politics/donald-trump-health-fears-america-1431928

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One of Australia's worst mass murderers, Julian Knight, responsible for the Hoddle Street muders in 1987, in which 7 people were killed and 19 injured, has been moved from a high security prison to a medium security prison, TO FREE UP SPACE for new inmates. He has been petitioning for a security downgrade for years, so this is a win for him.

If you've ever had a snag pinched off the barbie by a kookaburra, imagine this -

English actor John Woodvine has passed away at the age of 96. He appeared in more than 70 theatre productions, as well as a similar number of television and film roles.

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I've mentioned before that I have had an ongoing problem with neck pains nad have been diagnosed with polymialgia rheumatica. The GP whom I deal with has been my GP for more than 30 years and is the second most senior GP in the health centre. I had an apppointment with him at 4:45 pm yesterday. I arrived 5 minutes before the appointment, and was told by the receptionist that he was running behind schedule. I said, "That's pretty normal." She said, "Well, you will have a bit of a wait, because there are three patients ahead of you." I sat down and got called in for the consultation 45 minutes later. However, in that time, there were a number of patients coming in to see other doctors and were seen within minutes, barely time to warm the seats in the waiting room. A fortnight ago I had Xrays and ultrasound for a problem in which my left thumb seems to dislocate when I use it, It is painful then and when I put it back in place. It has been diagnosed as 'trigger thumb", (you can Google it), and I have been advised to get a thumb sling to hold the thumb in place.

Correct.

What? What the hell are you on about? What have you been drinking? That has nothing to do with Willie.