Old Koreelah

Sorry, can’t resist adding an illustration to Nev’s post:

A Holden Ute with LS Diff was all most remote roads needed.

Exploiting males’ insecureties is big business, especially in America, where it sells everything from trucks to guns and penis enlargers.

47 minutes ago, facthunter said:

That's why you don't see many US style Gas guzzlers in Europe. There's been an emphasis on fuel economy because it's IMPORTANT.  Nev

Those ugly big American utes seem to be the flavour in Oz at the moment. Appalling monstrosities that block your view of traffic when trying to get out of angle parks. Bet their owners will soon be blaming the Guvmint for high fuel prices.

3 hours ago, Marty_d said:

Once you come to the realisation that chance and coincidence can happen to anyone, the evil don't always get punished and the good don't always get rewarded, that everything living will die and nothing that's died has ever come back (talking full on brain death here people not resuscitation), and that every physical and natural process in the universe can or will eventually be studied, replicated and explained, then the need for supernatural beings is no longer there.

God is just an optional extra in your brain.  

Michael Leunig saw human nature like this:

The disastrously stupid excesses of Trump and his Republican backers has triggered lots of young people into standing for office.
There is some hope for America.

8 hours ago, old man emu said:

Apparently if the fraud is proved, the penalty is simply monetary - no gaol, and a lifetime prohibition on doing business in the State of New York. Not that he would suffer from the prohibition. He simply needs to hold shares in companies doing business there. The bloke with 49% of the stock can usually have the greatest say in a business, and he only needs his kids to have another 2% of the stock to be in control.

Let’s hope they go after his criminal kids as well. The last thing America needs is a crime family in the White House.

A Better Way - a speech by Kerry White

I am a Narungga leader and Native Title holder.

The Aboriginal elder quoted by Onetrack sure deserves to be heard; her opinions are based on valid experiences in the Indig community.

But- others who spent their working lives in the same environment have  different ideas.

She seems to belong to that group of people who have “pulled themselves up by their bootstraps” - shaken off their disadvantages by sheer hard work.

I know several people in this category; some are family members, others friends. One thing they tend to lack is empathy for those who could not rise above the same humble beginnings. Like stereotypical right wingers, their mantra seems to be: “if I could do it, they should be able to!”

I first saw him in Robbery Under Arms, which I consider a memorable movie- the first one I ever saw.

Although criticised for its complex plot and rushed production, it contained some great cinematography and a spectacular final battle scene- with sound effects never surpassed.  
 

Those are Aussie Eucalypts, one of our most popular (not poplar) exports. 
Glad I’m not in a passing aircraft.

4 hours ago, Marty_d said:

The Uluru Statement from the heart was written 6 and a half years ago, not like this is a surprise…

You are simply voting to let the original inhabitants of this land have a Voice. That's all. The government of the day decides the format of that voice and the next government can change it if they want. 

We can blame the Howard government for this effort to put The Voice in the Constitution. They want to stop a future PM from doing what he did: getting rid of an Aboriginal consultative body.

4 hours ago, Marty_d said:

By the way, the only advertising I got in the mailbox was from the No side, and it was full of lies.

Me too. We received a cardboard list of misinformation and straight-out fibs with a photo of Barnaby Joice on it. Probably paid for out of his electoral allowance- that is, you and me, the taxpayers.

5 hours ago, facthunter said:

…Bubbles are much smaller when the cork is removed and the wine poured than when the wine is carbonated like a soft drink is.  Nev

So that’s why good bubbly gets up your nose!

13 minutes ago, red750 said:

…Daniel Andews is 51 (born in 1972). The average person has to wait till they are 67 before they can apply for a pension. Even if the most lowly could get $300,000 per year ( no chance), that means that poor Dan will receive $4,800,000 before he would otherwise otherwise be eligible for a pension. Don't tell me politicians pensions are not a joke.

Red that’s a valid point and I agree plenty of politicians are paid more than they’re worth.

Given the constant ridicule and abuse many of our leaders endure, maybe a more useful comparison is with high-risk occupations like water bombers and deep sea divers.

3 hours ago, red750 said:

Resigned just days after qualifying for political pension, on $300,000 per year for life. 

That’s the sort of money paid to lots of middle managers with far less responsibility. A pittance compared to the millions raked in by some captains of industry. The bloke led a state of 6 million people through some of our most challenging times.

If we pay peanuts, we get monkeys.

3 hours ago, Bruce Tuncks said:

…Yaldara was the first to change away from corks, and it turned out to be a big mistake as their sales fell sharply. So they returned to corks, and much later, they were among the last to go to screw-caps.

A lesson in marketing: it often requires costly advertising campaigns to overcome the conservatism of the consumer.

I fear the same will apply to the forthcoming Referendum, after which the public will gradually come to realisation that, once again, we were misled.

Crittofer Reeves.

Has anyone got a good word for a bloke who served in an incredibly difficult job for many years?

3 hours ago, nomadpete said:

…Where do the taxes go from these foreign owned businesses?

Crickey, NP, have you found a foreign corporation that actually pays tax?

4 minutes ago, facthunter said:

If the motor no go, how do you steer and stop it? Nev

Good point, Nev. Some modern cars are almost unsteerable at slow speed without power steering. I’ve twice had that rude awakening. A broken belt will do it.

32 minutes ago, nomadpete said:

…Makes me wonder now, about my dealer fitted tray back.

They’re not held on by much. A recent prang we attended resulted in a new Hilux being separated from its trayback by 70+ metres.