hihosland

We lend you money to pay us to build a road,

You go broke

We swing the belt and take possesion

It's a Vauxhaul that has given him the shites so consistently that he has used all his toilet paper ration

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not with a base that wide

ask Nicola

camp sight at camp site

Currently the business of politicians is getting elected

they have no other role and all policy, respect, and ethics

are subsumed to the need to be re elected.

There is no respect nor consideration of any policy presented

by the other side,

if the other proposed it, then it must be bad

if its bad then the other side is responsible.

Scomo's fair go is honoured by avoiding the ball completely

and playing the man as hard as one can

That US politics are worse than hours

does not make ours attractive or honourable

A popularly elected president cannot but be political.

If an election is essential then present to the populace a short list selected by an  electral  college comprised of parlimentarians and citizens of rank ( not sure how to select them!!)

with a small sample of exceptions our current system of selecting/appointing gov general has worked very well.

Why not a president the same way?

willedoo did say

" I think I'll stick with our little old constitutional monarchy. "

A sentiment which I totally agree.

 We do manage to appoint a gov. general without getting (most times) too political.

The whole primary election system in the States resolves around who can raise/spend the most dollars in order to game the system.

Nothing about the best candidate nor the best, or most suitable, policies.

 a most divided nation.

I was there my wife and I the only non US citizens in a tour bus for weeks during the last mid term elections.

The bus was split into two vociferous camps. The contributions of each being confined to denigrating the other side.

Trump is the master of the put down slogan

the "crooked Hillary" line won him many votes as will, I suspect, "do nothing Democrats" 

perhaps,

however the technique is to ferment it right out in a vessel with an airlock that lets the CO2 pressure out to atmosphere,

then transfer to a keg and power the keg from a CO2 (or tavern gas) bottle exactly the same system that the pubs use on a mini scale.

Clean, consistent, reliable, and there are few pleasures greater than going to the spigot on the side of your fridge and drawing a cool beer.

Totally agree, kegs are the way to go,!!

If we accept that the climate is changeing

then the assertions that is due to human activities is either TRUE or FALSE

And we can either ACT to correct or IGNORE

resulting in a risk matrix of 4 possible outcomes

TRUE & ACT   resulting in a livable globe

TRUE & IGNORE resulting in a calamity for humanity and other life

FALSE & ACT resulting in a livable globe and new industries

FALSE & IGNORE resulting in life goes on as before.

Whilst this indicates there is a 3 to1 chance of us being OK the other option is so calamitous

that I believe we cannot in any conscience take the risk of not acting to reduce human production of greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere.

As Dawkins has pointed out, the very central idea of christianity is insane... God arranged for his son to be sacrificed so that he ( god ) could forgive third parties ( some of them not even born yet ) for their sins.

 

Just imagine a guy who arranges for the death of  one of his own kids so he can find it within himself to forgive the bikies in the next town. 

 

His lawyer would advise him to plead not guilty on account of insanity.

 

And then three days later he reneged on the deal and brought the son back to life again.

At least a heritage operating system is probably not vulnerable to malicious intervention from foreign parties.

I saw a report the other day that the US Strategic Air Command or what ever branch controls the ever ready nukes have just finished upgrading their systems from 8inch floppies.

Progress!!!

"It wasn't a bad little car. "

If you could keep it in second gear.!!

At least that was my experience of the Anglia.

Must have some damned tall cyclists

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A fellow sat on the barber's chair

"I'll have a shave and a shoe shine... 

The barber began to lather his face, while

a woman with the biggest, firmest, most

beautiful real breasts that he had ever seen

knelt down and began to shine his shoes.

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The Texan said, "Young lady, you and I

should go and spend some time in a

hotel room."

She replied, "I'm married and my

husband wouldn't like that."

The Texan said, "Tell him you're working

overtime and I'll pay you the difference."

She said, "You tell him; you're closer.

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Ralph, age 80, always wanted a pair of authentic cowboy boots so he bought a pair and wore them home.  Walking proudly, he sauntered into the kitchen and said to his wife, 

"Notice anything different about me?"

Ethel, age 75, looked him over.  "Nope."

Frustrated, Ralph stormed off into the bathroom, undressed and walked back into the kitchen completely naked except for the boots.

He asked Ethel a little louder this time, 

"Notice anything different NOW?"

Ethel looked up and said with her best deadpan look, "Ralph, what's different?  It's hanging down today, it was hanging down yesterday and it'll be hanging down again tomorrow."

Furious, Ralph yelled, "AND DO YOU KNOW WHY IT'S HANGING DOWN, ETHEL?"

"Nope.  Not a clue, Ralph," she replied.

"IT'S HANGING DOWN, BECAUSE IT'S LOOKING AT MY NEW BOOTS!"

Without missing a beat Ethel replied, "Shoulda bought a hat, Ralph.  Shoulda bought a hat."

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