old man emu Posted July 9, 2023 Author Share Posted July 9, 2023 1 hour ago, Bruce Tuncks said: She replied " Yeth, I'm thor too, its very thandy here. Alternate ending: He said "pleased to meet you, I'm Thor" She said, Tho am I, but thurrily thatithfied." 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmccarthy Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 He said “I'm tho thor I can hardly pith'. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Koreelah Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 20 hours ago, Bruce Tuncks said: You got me old K... whats a wythp? Why has this speech impediment been give an name unpronouncible to the sufferer? lisp. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted July 18, 2023 Author Share Posted July 18, 2023 Always trying to "Look on the brighter side of Life", I glanced at what the bookies are offering on the result of the Referendum. Blue Bet is offering YES 3:1, NO 1.36:1, indicating they think the result will result in an amendment to the Constitution. My guess is that as the date for the voting approached, the NO odds will move to evens or perhaps odds-on. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Koreelah Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 I’m not optimistic, OME. A Referendum in this country has little chance without bipartisan support and the conservatives are in real wreck-it-all-costs mode. The sad reality is that heaps of voters are too lazy to do their homework, so they’re easily led by the cleverly-crafted No campaign. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willedoo Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 12 hours ago, old man emu said: Blue Bet is offering YES 3:1, NO 1.36:1, indicating they think the result will result in an amendment to the Constitution. ome, are you sure you haven't got that the wrong way round. If they think the yes vote will win, why would they offer a higher payout on a yes bet. Latest polling nationwide has the yes vote behind. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willedoo Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 15 minutes ago, Old Koreelah said: The sad reality is that heaps of voters are too lazy to do their homework, so they’re easily led by the cleverly-crafted No campaign. That's true. The No camp's scare campaign is starting to bite. They've got this moronic slogan 'if you don't know, vote no'. The reality is if you don't know you should be getting off your lazy arse and doing a bit of decent research of your own instead of sitting back and letting a bunch of other people jerk your chain, 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 When Albo releases, then we may be able to research properly. Like the menu that said "Food". When asked for details, the waiter said, "It's good for you and you'll like it. Can't tell you more." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Koreelah Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 9 hours ago, red750 said: When Albo releases, then we may be able to research properly. Like the menu that said "Food". When asked for details, the waiter said, "It's good for you and you'll like it. Can't tell you more." That old arguement is getting a bit tired. People who actually read Australia’s Constitution find very little detail about anything and this country is still pottering along okay. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Marty_d Posted July 19, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted July 19, 2023 For me, this is exactly the same as the same-sex marriage debate. Does it affect me? No, not in the slightest. Could it make life better for someone else? Yes, it possibly will. Therefore as a reasonable person I vote YES. 2 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted July 19, 2023 Author Share Posted July 19, 2023 10 hours ago, willedoo said: ome, are you sure you haven't got that the wrong way round. If they think the yes vote will win, why would they offer a higher payout on a yes bet. Latest polling nationwide has the yes vote behind. They are saying that they think that the YES result is less likely, therefore they are willing to offer you a bigger return to get you to put your money on the YES result. If the result is NO, the boolies get to keep your money. The Bookies know that in a two horse race they will be paying out, so they try to reduce their liability by offering less for their "favorite" result. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willedoo Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 1 hour ago, old man emu said: They are saying that they think that the YES result is less likely, therefore they are willing to offer you a bigger return to get you to put your money on the YES result. If the result is NO, the boolies get to keep your money. The Bookies know that in a two horse race they will be paying out, so they try to reduce their liability by offering less for their "favorite" result. Ok, you did a typo word omission then which explains it. You wrote 'they think the result will result in an amendment to the constitution' which contradicts your above statement and also the odds you originally quoted. I think you meant ' they think the result will not result in an amendment to the constitution. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 Which side is being nasty and lying the most? Then vote against them. I trust Kerry O'Brien. The NATIONALS came out full against it before anyone knew anything . Dutton has always opposed anything to do with Aboriginal conditions being improved. Nev 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willedoo Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 One thing we have to bear in mind when they mail out the yes and no cases, neither presentation has been fact checked by the electoral commission. I think they are available online now. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willedoo Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 I was listening to a pro yes lawyer on the radio and he was up the libs for using his quote out of context to help their no campaign. He thought they were being less than honest. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted July 20, 2023 Author Share Posted July 20, 2023 I don't usually accept what Sky News says, but is there a kernel of Truth in this report? https://www.msn.com/en-au/travel/news/utterly-confusing-brisbane-airport-changes-name-to-meeanjin/ar-AA1e4i2l?ocid=wispr&pc=u477&cvid=fa8db21ad0e9482fa440ab2d23edb044&ei=117 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted July 20, 2023 Author Share Posted July 20, 2023 2 hours ago, willedoo said: you did a typo word omission Bloody proofreaders! You're correct. The bookies are backing NO. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 Most place names are decided by the real estate agent who subdivides it.. Nev 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted July 20, 2023 Author Share Posted July 20, 2023 2 minutes ago, facthunter said: Most place names are decided by the real estate agent who subdivides it.. Nev I found that most useful when I was working General Duties. A call would come over the radio dispatching you to an address. You knew that if the street name was, say, the name of a tree, you wouldn't be going to the area of the Patrol where the streets were named after historical figures. For example, in the suburb of Oran Park, which once was a car racing circuit, many of the street names are associated with V8 racing. In the suburb of Raby, the streets are named after famous aircraft. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 Been to ORAN Park a lot of times up till the mid 60's. Was out in the sticks then. Nev 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
octave Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 1 hour ago, old man emu said: I don't usually accept what Sky News says, but is there a kernel of Truth in this report? https://www.msn.com/en-au/travel/news/utterly-confusing-brisbane-airport-changes-name-to-meeanjin/ar-AA1e4i2l?ocid=wispr&pc=u477&cvid=fa8db21ad0e9482fa440ab2d23edb044&ei=117 Sky News seems to be the only source I can find for this story and it seems to be very short on hard facts. I did find this story though. Annastacia Palaszczuk says reports Brisbane may be renamed to Indigenous equivalent ‘absolute nonsense’ I would have thought that if this were true it would be picked up by more than one news outlet. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post facthunter Posted July 20, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted July 20, 2023 Is SKY a NEWS outlet? That would be News for most of us. Nev 2 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 What about a citizens arrest and a class action for sedition? That's MY free speech. Nev 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty_d Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 They'll try anything to dog-whistle their RWNJ base of 37 viewers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry_Atrick Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 7 hours ago, facthunter said: Which side is being nasty and lying the most? Then vote against them. I trust Kerry O'Brien. The NATIONALS came out full against it before anyone knew anything . Dutton has always opposed anything to do with Aboriginal conditions being improved. Nev Quite right, Nev. Most of the MSM are not reporting much on the misquoting and disingenuity of the No vote, but the ABC has a couple: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-18/craven-furious-at-voice-no-camp-inclusion-in-pamphlet/102616252 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-06/no-voice-newspaper-ad-dubbed-racist/102304488 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-20/voice-to-parliament-misinformation-flyers/102621334 One of the deals to get the referendum passed by the LNP was to send both yes and no brochures to all without fact checking them... Dutton got his way... And seems his camp iks looking to exploit it. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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