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Hi-jinx are OK, pregnancy not so much. No maternity wards on Mars.

... or avoid pregnancies.

Moscow has once again laid out its conditions for peace negotiations with Ukraine. Russia wants to see genuine political will on Kyiv's part to engage in dialogue. Moscow wants legal guarantees that Ukraine will never be allowed to join NATO, the Western military alliance, and wants Ukraine to change its constitution to cement this. In the past few months, Vladimir Putin has called for talks with Ukraine several times. Even the United States privately urged Volodymyr Zelensky to be open to talks. But the Ukrainian President has ruled out the possibility of negotiations, as he sees talks with Russia as a compromise and a surrender in front of Moscow.

I guess you could say I'm slightly right of centre. No, I don't support or agree with Morrison, Abbott and Co, sometimes I think they as looney as Trump. On the other hand, I just can't bring myself to vote for the left. Going back, my father and grandfather were farmers and voted for the Country Party. Perhaps that is where my leanings are founded. As as for the myriad of minor one-trick-ponies, they are just a waste of time and oxygen.

Two exposures in case your rego is obscured in one, and by measuring how far you travelled between exposures, they can calculate your speed.

I'm 78 and haven't ridden a bike since I was in my teens. I now need a handrail or something to lean on to walk any distance. I can get to the letterbox and back, but that's about it. I started wobbling drunkenly about six years ago. To walk up the street for exercise, I need a four-wheel walker. When shopping, I use a trolley for support. The doctor says the lack of balance was caused by my cancer treatment. Platinum affects the inner ear. 

Bikes aren't so great for a daily commute if you live 25 km from the office. Working from home is a boon and reduces traffic and saves on parking. My son loves it. Thank god for the internet.

OK. OK I get it. If you are old, have a disability or are unstable on your feet, forget it! Stay home!

Otherwise pay a fortune to companies like Wilson Parking - if you can get a space, or park out in the suburbs in front of someone's home who is going to complain to the council, and pay god knows what for a bus or tram. Stiff shyte if your specialist or someone you have to see has their office in the CBD.

Wilson Parking = licence to print money.

This goes back a couple of years, but my wife had to see a professional in the CBD. I had to double park so she could get out of the car, then drive out of the CBD till she phoned and said she was ready to go home. Then double park, or stop in a bus stop for her to get back in the car.

Maybe not related to the election, but after losing many taffic lanes to bicycle lanes that are rarely used, and a lot of city street parking removed for bike lanes making deliveries to shops near impossible, now they want to replace parking spaces with trees to attract more people into the city. (Lord Mayor Sally Capp no doubt.) "Come on everyone, back to the city. Just walk 5 km to get there."

This is the intersection of Canterbury and Mitcham Roads, where my daughter is the School Crossing Supervisor. The photos show the camera system.

I guess i'll pull my head in and shut up. Obviously in the wrong camp.

Andrews went on and on about the Libs plan to shelve the suburban rail loop, which won't be ready in our lifetime, and spreading infrastructure around like confetti, when HE spent more than $1 billion buying his way out of a contract to build the East - West Link tunnel because it was funded by the federal LNP, and not a monument to the great DA. I think you all know what I and a lot of my friends think of him.

One of the problems faced by the Liberals, and to a lesser extent, the ALP, is that their constituency is in the older age group that is dwindling. The millenials are voting for independents and minor parties like Companions and Pets Party, Transport Matters Party, Derryn Hinch's Justice Party, Fiona Patten's Reason Party, etc.

The Sack Dan Andrews Party gave its preferences to .. guess who?  Dan Andrews and the ALP.

Putin's 'energy weapon' will kill more in Europe this winter than have died in Ukraine war.

Read more here.

Back to the Vic election. Despicable Dan only got 51% of the 1st preference votes in his electorate, 60% on preferences. One candidate standing against him was a Kim Jong Un impersonator, who gained 76 votes.

Two months ago, our electoral boundaries were redrawn, and we were included with Glen Waverley. The sitting member for Glen Waverley (ALP) beat the sitting member (Lib, now departed) for Forest Hill by 11 1st preference votes. On preferences, ALP won by 5.5%.

MSN News reporting Matthew Guy to resign as leader after second electoral loss.

Putin faces missile crisis as Russian army may only have enough ammunition to last a month

Read more here.

Can anyone teach me how to do this trick?

In a week, Andrews will have been Premier for 8 years, and now extended till 12 years. Still a long way to go to beat Liberal Premier Henry Bolte, who was premier for 17 years, 1955 till 1972. Rupert Hamer (Lib) held the position for 9 years, 1972 till 1981.