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I've had a ripper of a day today. First I went to Woolies to get some groceries. Several of the things I wanted were on really great specials - better that 50% off. Then I went to Officeworks to buy a new desk chair. I got one on Clearance that was originally priced at $449 for $149, which was the amount I had intended spending on a chair. On the way home I popped into a hardware store to see if they had the type of insulation I want to put into a wall. I've been chasing this stuff at Bunnings outlets all over the place without success. The hardware store I went to has enough for my needs and they say it's a slow mover. I couldn't get a pack because the back of my car was filled with the new desk chair.

Continuing the sentence: but no Juans ...knows how to tune them.

I don't have a flight bag. I have a barf bag.

Well, the drier air is definitely warm. Warm in the sense that the temperature is around 20C during the day, which is warm for late May.

Looking at the radar, it seems that the Great Divide is doing just that - dividing the flooded east from the dry west. I'm glad in a way that the heavy rain has passed my place by. There's been enough to freshen the ground and maybe give the recently planted wheat a sprouting boost. But the area is not immune from very serious flooding if it rains heavily in the headwaters of the Castlereagh River.

The description of the Napier Nomad brought to my mind the ditty: "How much wood would a woodchuck chuck, if a woodchuck would chuck wood?"

Correct, Jerry. From Red's reference: As a result of her defection, together with the severe drop in Liberal Party vote in New South Wales, from 1 July 2025 The Nationals will hold only four seats in the Senate. “This is below what is required to maintain party status in the Senate as a party that is ‘part of the Government or the Opposition’ under the Parliamentary Business Resources Regulations 2017.

Very light. Lucky to get 5mm. Not enough to make puddles or start flowing. However, better than a poke in the eye with a blunt stick. The cloud is breaking up and any wind is coming from the WNW. 60 kms away at Dubbo Airport the wind is still SSE and it is raining. Dubbo is in a different rain pattern area. It is in the Macquarie River catchment and Gilgandra is in the Castlereagh catchment. The border between the two is about 30 kms south of Gilgandra.

How does that work? There is a number of seats occupied by the only person elected from a Party.

No. It was a typo.

I bet when he was colouring-in he strayed outside the lines.

No problem if you don't use them. But is that showing my Luddite side?

One of the openings she uses in answering a question is "I spoke to the President about that this morning." I makes me wonder how she does it if he's not in Washington. And is she clairvoyant to know what questions the press gang are going to ask? Another gem is "The President is working on that every day." Must distract him from his golf swing.

I think I'll Leav it at that.

Trump has embraced cryptocurrency for the USA. https://finance.yahoo.com/personal-finance/investing/article/trump-has-called-for-a-strategic-bitcoin-reserve-how-it-would-work-120036806.html He also has a company that deals in cryptocurrency. Never let it be said that there is a hint of conflict of interest in whatever he does.

Barnaby reckons that soon they will kiss and make up.

I can't find the current figures for the number of seats that are now held by either the Libs or Nationals, but I have a feeling that the Nationals have more. If that's the case, wouldn't they become the Opposition, and put the Libs on the crossbenches?

Wow! The Liberal NCP coalition is no longer. Obviously they will both vote against anything Labor proposes, but now there does not appear to be a way that those of a conservative political bent will be able to gain government.

At the moment I'm watching a patch of rain skillfully skirting around my place as it does with regular monotony. The wind is blowing strongly and it is overcast. When knows when it will rain here.

The computer will take Win 11. The advice I'm seeking is 'should I do it or not?'.

I don't know what to do. I am bombarded with competing opinions regarding the switch to Windows 11. One side says that if I don't switch, one day I won't be able to access the Internet. The other side says that for the way I use the Internet and the few programs I use in MS-Office, she'll be right. So, do I upgrade to Windows 11, or just keep using Windows 10?

Talking about intoxicants like nicotine and alcohol, did you know that there is a problem in Arnhem Land and other parts of the N.T. due to the smuggling in of kava from the Pacific Islands? Possession used to be restricted to about 2 kgs for personal use, but Scotty from Advertising removed the restriction. That led to increased usage with the adverse effects on the indigenous population. Kava is a sedative. Then the N.T. government banned it and a black-market sprang up. Now a kilo of kava costs $1000. More 'sit down' money being diverted away from families.

I read it as "Everything's up the date ..."

No. They are Shaun.

Huh??????? What was that all about?