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My interpretation of is the free power is being given simply because teh Grid cannot handle the amount of electricity being generated by solar panels- YET. Given time, I think that the grid will be upgraded to handle what is produced, probably by the use of storage batteries.

Rudd was duty-bound to attend that meeting since he is Australia's ambassador to the USA, and he went as advisor to his "boss", the Prime Minister. Trump's comments were an insult to the Australian people, but one could not expect any better from that person.

I never understood the roundabout rules, and I was supposed to police them.

I'm stunned by the ferocity of the storms that have hit S E Queensland, Northeast NSW and around Sydney, the Hunter and Illawarra. And so early in the storm season as well.

The cuisine of a Region is the product of locally available ingredients experimented with over centuries. That is why the food of Europe and Asia is so varied. We in Australia initially inhierited the cuisine of Britain. After WWII we got an injection from Europe, but it was not a big dose. Then in the 1970s we copped American fast food, created with more to an eye on profitability than edibility. Then we got the Asian and Indian influx. So far none of these influences have melded to produce a distinctive Australian cuisine. We have even failed to develop food sources native to the country, except for macadamias.

And that is what a competent diplomat would do. He took a bullet for Australia's interests.

At least they didn't adulterate the bown boot polish.

Well done, Nev, with that reference to an Australian poem.

It was a joke, Joyce.

How Albo dealt with Trump is classic diplomacy. There was no "deal" signed, just a memorandum of understanding. About as binding as the glue on a Post-It note.

Escargot are just like garlicky smoked oysters, but smaller. Known in France as Cuisses de grenouille, frogs legs are often said to taste like chicken because of the mild flavor, with a texture most similar to chicken wings. eating frogs is not just a French thing. Cultures all over the world eat them. They are quite a healthy protein source. I suppose that those of us of British decent turn our noses up at eating frogs simply because the French eat them.

It was during nesting season, so I expect that more than simply defending territory, they were defending a nest.

Looks like I only got part of the cost story. The total cost makes the end product even worse than first thought.

I have just developed my own algorithm for YouTube videos. From now on, my algorithm will prevent me from continuing to watch a video if, within the first 5 seconds, it does not show a real person introducing the topic of the video. After that, if the same person is the voice heard behnd any images etc illustrating points in teh video, the algorithm will allow me to continue watching the video.

I think that some zealous environmentalists think that the only hope to save the planet is for the mass extinction of one mammalian species - Homo sapiens-sapiens

I strongly doubt that Albo and the Labor Party consider any appearance of being matey with Trump is anything more than wise diplomacy. Perhaps the Labor Party's way of dealing with Trump is to piss in his pocket and tell him its a warm feeling of friendship.

I saw the price quoted as being $4M.

And there are people who are wine nerds. You and your wife represent a very small percentage of people who drink coffee. I'm happy to hear that delving into the subtleties of this food gives you an interest and pleasure. What I was referring to was the rest of the population one sees sipping some generic liquid from a paper container. One could say that a good thing that has come from the switch from tea to coffee is the coffee culture that has developed. Don't you think it is nice that people now socialise over a non-intoxicating drink? I'm popping off now to make my evening cup of filtered coffee. Currently I'm drinking decaf for the simple reason that I picked up the wrong packet of ground coffee. But filter coffee is my preference. I find espresso styles of coffee not to my taste any longer. Years ago I could drink Turkish coffee so thick yoou could stand your spoon upright in it.

Recently I was driving along and spotted a goanna starting to move across the road from my right to left. At teh same time, two magpies were attacking it. Had it been trying to raid their nest?? Anyway, my first reaction was to stop so that I would not run over the goanna (country road, no following traffic). The goanna finsished crossing the road, and after one or two desultry swoops, the magpies flew back to their tree on teh other side of the road. Did I: 1. Do the goanna out of a feed? 2. Fail to prevent an attack on the nest at some time in teh future? 3. Condemn some other animal to death be a goanna who had missed out on a magpie egg omelette? 4. Ensure the continuation of that goanna's genetic diversity should it have found a mate?

I've mentioned before a defence system, designed and manufactured in Australia, for naval vessels that is acknowedged as the best in the world. Here's another Australian designed and manufactured anti-drone defence system that is already deployed somewhere in Europe.

US presidential candidate selection has become a celebrity contest. The celebrity person is the poster boy of the Party, but not the leader. The leadership is in the hands of faceless men. The billionaires who pour money into the campaigns of candidates are not the ones creating policy. Those donations are for boosting the celebrity of the poster boy. The billionaires don't have a say in policy development. If they do make any suggestions, the backroom boys would ignore them.

It is interesting that Austrlians have moved away from tea drinking to coffee drinking over the past 50 years. I wonder if we can atrtribute it to Italian migrants who introduced the espresso type of coffee? I wonder if Australia's coffee culture is similar to that in any other country. I can't see it being the same as that of the USA, where it seems that filter coffee is the norm.

Would you provide a link or two so we outsiders can see what is happening there, please?

I'm all for the reintroduction of the cubit.

The Mid-term elections are due next year. If the population votes for Democrats and wipe out the Republicans, then the Dems control both Houses, then I'm sure impeachment will occur. However, the chances of a Republican voting for a Democrat are less than a Southern Baptist becoming a Catholic.