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The free trade agreement between Canada, Mexico and the USA (which, ironically, Trump signed for in his first term) is coming up for review. We have heard a lot from Canada dealing with a number of areas of trade, but Mexico has been quiet. I wonder of the Mexican Government is quietly letting Canada do the talking and Mexico is standing in the shadow of Canada going , 'Yeah! Us, too." I think that Canada is more important to the USA in terms of energy supply. Imagine if Canada simplyt switched off the power to the USA for a day. I don't think Carney would be so mean to US citizens.

The wind has picked up. Blowing about 15 kts gusting to 20 or so. ESE Looks like the High in Bass Strait is meeting the Low off the Gold Coast.

Trying to hide teenage acne scars.

Regarding oil. I believe that Australia's reserves of crude oil are stored in Texas. If the USA cannot import crude oil due to the war, how long would it be before Trump commandeeers our stored crude?

Trump must have received one of those letters from a Nigerian Prince offering a big monetary reward in exchange for military assistance to quell internal troubles. As in Vietnam, the USA is sending a small contingent of advisors. About 100 US soldiers have arrived in Nigeria to train the West African nation's armed forces and help them with intelligence in their battle against growing security threats from Islamist militants and other armed groups. But is his aim peace or petroleum? Nigeria's economy is the fourth largest in Africa. Nigeria is the 15th largest producer of petroleum in the world, the 6th largest exporter, and has the 9th largest proven reserves. Nigeria is an economic leader in Africa in several industries, including energy, financial markets, pharmaceuticals, and entertainment. Its financial services sector is well-developed, with a mix of local and international banks, asset management companies, brokerage houses, insurance companies and brokers, private equity funds, and investment banks.

Hitler was said to be a madman. However, when it came to preparing for war, at least he spent a few years making those preparations, especially in the area of war materiels. The current GOAT madman set out on a war/military intervention/egotrip without making those essential preparations. It now appears that he's chucked most of his stockpiled weapons at the Iranians and cannot replenish them. I guess he is just copying his pal, Putin.

It appears that 'prang' is a relatively new word, created by the RAF. The date might be the mid-1930s, but its first documented use was in 1940/41.

It is just price gouging by the oil companies. Just think about this: The fuel in my town is delivered from a depot in town. The depot's tanks had fuel in them earlier in the week. If they have to be filled, then the fuel comes from the coast. It got to the coast in a tanker that sailed from Singapore a couple of weeks ago. The fuel was refined from crude that was shipped to Singapore months ago. So the fuel I am buying at a price that was jacked up this week from its former price was bought an paid for at teh global price well before the current supply situation arose in the Middle East.

This morning I was listening to music on my radio. The music was mainly orchestral and the radio is mono. The thought struck me what a wonderful device the radio's speaker is. It can reproduce the wide range of pitch and tone produced by a number if instruments playing at the same time simply by an electrical current causing a fibre cone to vibrate.

I use the free version for a quick check to see what's making the noise overhead. Most of teh heavies are heading to China and Korea. It is a funny route. A straight line from Sydney to just southeast of my place, then a bit of a right hand turn to pass over the top of me at 30,000 ft. I like to use he program to see what the odd flights are. A lot of RFDS transport flights.

I suspect that hybrids will win out. Both my kids have them. My son's big ute is a hybrid with a 1.5 litre petrol generator engine. I think the claimed fuel consumption is about 2 litres/100km. The ability to recharge the battery 'on-the-go' seems to me to be the big advantage of hybrids

10/10 overcast this morning (Saturday). The cloudbase is too high to produce rain. 45% humidity at 26C. Wind calm with the occasion puff.

It lasts for a paternity.

Define "some". A few drops at teh edge of a storm cell, but nothing to even trickle from the gutters.