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B.

An excellent article in the link below, from a woman teacher - and it was initiated by one of her Year 9 students asking if she ever felt like punching out students who asked annoying questions. https://www.watoday.com.au/national/hey-bob-katter-try-being-a-teacher-i-reckon-you-wouldn-t-last-five-minutes-20250901-p5mrjp.html

U and E.

Joe Bugner the pro boxer, has passed away at age 75 in a Brisbane aged-care home, after suffering from dementia for some years. I always thought he was Irish (never having studied up on him), but he was actually born in Hungary to Hungarian parents, and the family fled to Britain after the 1956 Communist invasion of Hungary. He was raised in Britain and became the British Commonwealth and European boxing champion for a number of years. He fought both Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier, losing both championship fights - although Fraziers win was so close, it has been disputed. Joe retired from boxing in 1976 saying his heart was no longer in it, but he returned with sporadic comebacks over the next two decades, with varying success. A poor investment in a vineyard that resulted in serious financial loss for him, made Bugner come back to boxing. He also acted in a few films, and was a contestant on the television show "I'm A Celebrity - Get Me Out Of Here!", in 2009. He moved to Australia in 1986 and fought as "Aussie Joe", when he did have matches after that time. He claimed he felt vilified in the U.K. after he ended the career of British boxing champion Henry Cooper via a disputed match result. Cooper was a smaller and lighter opponent, and lacked the reach of Bugner. Joe was a huge bloke, 193cm (6' 4") and 102kgs, but as a boxer, it has been touted he lacked the "killer instinct" to ensure wins, after one early opponent Ulric Regis, died from brain injuries not long after a match with Bugner. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-02/aussie-joe-bugner-dies-aged-75/105723390

C, because the words are all body parts with re-arranged letters.

She never looks at this site, Nev, and I wouldn't show her anything I post here. She probably thinks this forum is better than me being out and about with attractive female associates.

I'll take the real wife with her arguments, attempted dominance, occasional drama (not that many in my case, fortunately), occasional moodiness, and the extreme sensitivity - because at the end of the day, no robot could ever replace her heart of gold, her loving nature, and her willingness to share everything. I'd be lost without her.

Spacey, your alternator should be pumping out 30 amps or more at 1000rpm engine speed. You might need to check that alternator to see if it's performing properly.

I won't use any voice assistant, because I reckon the Big Brother companies of the Internet world, would try to record you at every opportunity, even if you do have microphones switched off. I reckon it would take very little to activate a switched off microphone.

I did, and I got YES, and I reckon my answer is correct.

Yes.

Spacey, an engine alternator will be producing nearly full amperage output at a little over an idle, they don't need to be revved like the old generators. It's likely your battery is either sulphated, or at the end of its working life, and can no longer hold a decent charge.

Winners and Losers?

Lee must be a Pom, he only bathes every Tuesday.

That machine fairly ripped him a new one!! 😄

Here's an interesting article (warning - it's quite long), which examines the financial angle of Chinese EV manufacturing. Despite China launching a massive assault on the worlds car markets - and by doing so, trying to make Chinese EV's dominant in that market - it is being done via unsustainable financial practices. Just as China's massive property boom has turned into a bust (it cost the Chinese Govt a LOT of money, by trying to reduce the impact of the bust), so is China's attempted domination of the world with cheap Chinese EV's bound to come to a point whereby a lot of Chinese EV manufacturers are going to go broke. At some stage (definitely within 5 years), the Chinese Govt will let dozens of those manufacturers go broke, and only support a handful of the remaining EV manufacturers. I read where the pundits say that only 5 Chinese EV manufacturers will still be surviving by the early 2030's. I suspect they are right. There will be a lot of Chinese EV owners left out on a limb with "orphan" cars in the 2030's, cars with no parts, service or backup available. We already have car brands such as Citroen, Peugeot and Renault merging and entering joint ventures, and trying all sorts of alliances to try and survive, and before long, even Toyota will be in trouble. https://www.dunham.com/FA/Blog/Posts/china-auto-price-war-global-fallout

If Wesley is playing tennis, he has to have an opponent to be able to do so, so Andy must be playing tennis, too.

The answer to HIGHER and LOWER is B.

We've got a Chief Justice here on the left coast who has taken the rather rare and unusual step of speaking out against these sovereign citizens, and the way they waste the courts time (and their own money and effort), essentially trying to advance spurious and outright dumb legal positions that have no standing (nor any logic to their arguments, in many cases). This group of people are angry and disruptive, and believe that no-one has the right to tell them what to do - and the thinking originates from the lawlessness of backwoods early America. They're intent on destabilising our entire social and legal order, that has developed over centuries, and which was forged by wars, revolts and protests. It's a far from perfect system, but it works as long as people follow the rules and regulations, that have all been instituted to keep society functioning and civil. Sovereign citizens arguments offer no better system, just one of total lawlessness and self interest. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-19/wa-chief-justice-peter-quinlan-warning-sovereign-citizens/105668072

Ian, this is good work, thanks for your effort, everything is working well. I must say I'm not enthused by the new colour scheme, though.

Marty, your answer is one a Kiwi would give!

B_G Bag, Beg, Big, Bog, Bug.

I blame the sovereign citizen outbreak on the level of inbreeding in rural areas - along with too much exposure to American media, especially the anti-Govt, conspiracy sites. We have one here on the left coast, one Wayne Glew - he's an ex-copper, for FFS!!! Of all the people who should be highly conversant with the law, and how we live under the rule of law, he should be the one speaking out against these imbeciles! - let alone leading them, and forming a support group! Get a look at his followers in the photos outside the Geraldton Courthouse - I guess if they opened their mouths, there'd be an average of about 6 teeth missing!! https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-29/sovereign-citizen-growing-movement-regional-australia/105702148

Well, it looks like I've got plenty of support, and I was quite surprised at the number of politicians who have rounded on Katter for his abusive, demeaning, and threatening behaviour. Even David Littleproud, who I generally regard as pretty useless, gave Katter a serve. Albo was right onto it, and his comment was very good. Katter expects to be called "The Honourable R Katter", but there's nothing honourable, distinguishing, or statesmanlike, in his thuggish outburst at the journo. He'd be right at home as a standover merchant for the crime kingpins of Western Sydney, maybe they could offer him a job. I always considered Katter as just a backwoods buffoon, but now he's dropped down to the bottom feeders of society, in my estimation. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-29/politicians-chastise-bob-katter-threats-against-journalist/105711616

I just watched that abusive, half-deranged prick, Bob Katter, threatening to punch the crap out of the journo who had the temerity to tell Katter he came from Lebanese heritage (Katters grandfather was Lebanese), when Katter was ranting about immigrants from the Middle East. Bob Katter is a thug, pure and simple. Katter has some huge personality problems, and I'd hope a lot of people see this thuggish interaction with the journo, and think twice about voting for the bloke. Anyone who behaves in the manner he did with this journo, who was only pointing out the truth of Katters ancestry, doesn't deserve to hold public office with his threatening, abusive attitude. He's essentially shown he's the equivalent of the classic Middle Eastern thug from Western Sydney.