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Back in the day this was called hitchhiking.

I hate you with hulking hunks of horrible hate. All I'm getting is strong wind. And I haven't had a baked been for a week.

I live in the Orana Region NSW. Over the past four years I have only had one or two blackouts. They were due to thunderstorms. Otherwise, the only power outages I have had have been due to infrastructure upgrades. The power company gave ample forewarning of these outages to allow for making alternative arrangements. And the outages were usually on Sunday.

Talking about building new coal generators. How many billions of dollars would it cost to build the building on a previously undeveloped area of land? Leave out the cost of installing and commsiioning the generating components of a power station.

Before you go off half-cocked, why not consider what people say in response to your initial post. Look at all the factors that are involved in getting an electron to your powerboard. Maybe it's not that we are being ripped off, but that we are being misled about all the costs involed in getting that electron to you.

Each Watt of electricity produced by solar or wind might be cheaper than Watts produced by fossil fuel means BUT it is the upgrading of infrastructure that is being paid for by increase prices per Watt. It isn't really a hoax. It is just that we have never considered the costs involved in maintaining or expanding thee infrastructure. The you have to consdier the costs of employing people and equiping them to do the work. You could say that the 'hoax' comes from only being told part of the truth.

I was watching a video filmed somewhere on the coast of Kent, UK. The site was right on the coast. It was really flat, marshy country. If sea level rose a few metres it would be underwater. Parts of London average an elevation of thirty-six feet above sea level.

It's said that baked beans make you fart. That's only if you don't eat them regularly. If your gut environment is used to them, they are digested like any other high fibre food. Question: Do vegan farts smell different from omnivore farts?

Is that a toilet for persons with disabilities, or simply a busted loo?

There's a man who has never suffered the excrutiating pain of a paper cut.

So, work is started but the money stops flowing. The Gold Coast is left with an unsighly mess, and the subbies get screwed again.

1. The WD stands for "water displacer" That comes from the fact that what we know as WD-40 was the fortieth mixture that the inventor tried when looking for whatever it was he was looking for. (I don't think what WD-40 does is what he was looking for. The discovery was accidental.) 2. We are talking about suitable products for different jobs. WD-40 or diesel/ATF are penetrating solutions. They are meant to lubricate the threads, but not attack the iron oxide. Citric acid solutions react with the iron oxide to dissolve it from surfaces. Phosphoric acid acts in a similar way to Citric acid, but it is more expensive.

For freeing rusted threads a 50/50 mixture of acetone and transmission fluid is a cheap alternative. Apparently the acetone reacts with the iron oxide, making it brittle so it breaks when a twisting force is applied. The transmissiion fluid is simply a very thin lubricant. WD-40 is mostly petroleum distillates. I suppose the costliest item is the can it comes in.

Notice that there has not been one clergyman named?

Apparently WD-40 is packaged in Australia, and there are Australia-specific products. https://wd40.com.au/faq/what-is-wd-40-specialist-lawn-garden

The correct phrase is bated breath, which means holding one's breath in anticipation, excitement, or fear. I wonder what the record is for "waiting with bated breath"? If one uses mint flavoured toothpaste does one have baited breath?

How long would it take to build? What an eyesore for that part of the country.

Re Trump on teh Gold Coast. One hopes that the local Trades and suppliers remember that Trump doesn't pay his bills. They should refuse to have anything to do with it. At the moment, the only deal that has been signed is with a design company. The Development Application hasn't been submitted. But DAs have never mattered to Trump.

There is talk that after teh South Australian State elections next month, the Libs will not have a seat in the House. A massive Labor win, but with minor Parties and Independents sitting opposite. There will be no constructive Opposition.

Demonstrating the length of an erect penis meaured, acording to his observations and experience.

Yep. Implied threat. That don't call him TACO for nothing. TACO: Trump Always Chickens Out.

There are calls for the money taken as tariffs to be returned to the busineses that paid them, but how can those small businesses return the small portions that individuals paid? Imagine Walmart trying to identify each customer who bought a packet of AA batteries that came from China and carried a tarriff amount, which Walmart had passed on in its retail pricing. Don't forget the sales taxes that are applied to the shelf price at the check-out. We might complain about a 10% GST, but it is a much simpler way to tax sales than the multi-layer system in the USA. If teh retail price of thos batteries rose due to the passing on of tarrif costs, how does the extra sales tax get calculated and returned? What a mess!!!!

They seem to be getting close to the point where a decision will have to be made. The Navy can cruies around all it likes, and that is not going to kill anyone. But as soon as the first bit of ordnance is ordered to be launched, the time for a decision has arrived.

How can you respect the US military when it refused to carry out what most people would see as unlawful orders. I woinder if its commanders have spurs as well.

Ha! Ha! His appointed cronies on the Supreme Court have just declared his method for imposing tariffs was illegal, so they come off. Any tariffs in existence prior to those his method imposed will probably stay, but they were mainly down aroung 10%. Billions of dollars were paid to the US Government through his tariffs, but it appears that it would be impossible to refund money to those individuals who paid it. No doubt Big Busiess will have the records to recoup what it paid, but Joe Citizen remains screwed. One has to wonder if the insult of the exorbitant tariffs will be forgiven by those countries whose trade suffered from them.