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Following on from the US downing of the Chinese weather balloon and an unidentified object over Alaska, and the Australian government removing security cameras on suspicion of spying, there is now a call to be aware of Chinese cars, which may be carrying spy gear. It is thought they may be tracking people's movements, particularly if they are involved in any way with things that could be of stategic importance. 

So MG's, Volvos, LDV, Haval etc vehicles could well be spying on us. For example, our conversations or phone calls, using bluetooth of course, may be being recorded. This is not unlike the smart speaker situation, where Alexa and the like were listening in to our home converesations. Jeff Bazos was reported to have hundreds of people monitoring and recording those conversations.

And what about all our Chinese made mobile phones, Huawai, etc. Is nowhere private?

Although TV's had been around since my early high school days, we didn't have one until a few years after I started work, and was able to rent a 19 in B&W Singer TV (the sewing machine company). Before that we used to visit neighbours or go to a cafe down the road. For the first few years of marriage, we only had the B&W portable TV my wife had.

Frustration is trying to find your glasses without your glasses.

I went to the barber’s and asked for a number two all over.
I’ve washed my hair six times since and still can’t get the smell out.

A guy walks to a barber shop, opens the door and asks the barber: “How long is the wait?”
The barber looks at the line of people waiting and says: “Oh, about 90 minutes.”
The man leaves and doesn’t come back.
The next day, the man goes to the same barber and asks: “How long is the wait today?”
The barber looks at those waiting and says: “Today is quite busy, seems like a two-and-a-half-hour wait.”
The guy leaves and doesn’t return that day.
The third day the man goes to the same barber and asks him the same question.
The barber looks and says: “Not that long, about an hour or so.”
The man turns around and starts running.
The barber tells his assistant to follow the man to see if he is going to a competing barber.
After a while the assistant returns.
The barber asks him: “Is he going to another competitor?”
The help answers: “No.”
The barber asks: “So, where the hell does he keep going to everyday?”
The help answers: “To your wife.”

I went to the barber’s earlier and said I wanted a haircut like Tom Cruise.
He nodded and put a cushion on the chair.

2 hours ago, facthunter said:

Why would you go to the Movies

I wasn't quite 18, didn't have a car, licence, bike etc., and lived at the YMCA Monday to Friday. Hitch-hiked home to the bush at weekends.

And of course, the Three Stooges and all the cartoons. Common Saturday afternoon fare in Warragul and Deniliquin.

Did other cities have newsreel theatrettes like Melbourne? There were 3 or 4 downstairs theatretttes where Movietone and Pathe News newsreels, and cartoons played on a loop, before TV's became common. Some played feature films. I remember seeing the first James Bond movie, Dr No, in one of those. Nowadays, if they still exist, they are most likely porn shows, with porn movies and sometimes strippers. Haven't been into the CBD for more than 12 years.

Don't remember many, but a favorite was Hopalong Cassidy.

Younger generations would ever have heard of Ceylon.

Math Trick.

This is a great math trick.  

How to change a number 1 to a  number 2

In May 2022, Turkish foreign minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu requested the UN refer to his country using its Turkish-language name: Türkiye.

The UN agreed, and it wasn't long before DFAT and the US State Department followed suit.

While on the subject, the correct pronunciation of Ikea is Ee-Kay-a.

35 minutes ago, onetrack said:

often your day was spent working out where the public phones were so you could make contact with family and business contacts.

If the vandals hadn't trashed them.

Putin's troops 'beat their commander, drag him away from front line'

Story slideshow here.

Before mobile phones.....who remembers?

7 hours ago, pmccarthy said:

Threw it out a few months back and now I need it all

That's the definition of junk- old stuff you throw out two days before you need it.