Youtube comments of Frank B (@flamingfrancis).

  1. Showing the late, great Jonah Lomu steamrolling his opposition and tagging this as hooliganism is a blatant crime against humanity...RIP Big Man.
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  2. “Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.” Mark Twain.
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  3. Sad world when known crims and people who feed drugs into the streets get honoured with cooperation from the law (shutting down of streets for procession). At the same time genuine law abiding citizens who volunteer their time in coaching kids, teaching and genuinely caring about those same kids go through life completely without recognition.
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  4. A fair and reasonable comment. Some of the commentary by our reporters and hired "experts" has been downright embarrassing and total nonsense. Given the time difference why not have an hour long summation 2-3 times a day. To top it off the commercial stations seem to have gone to their libraries of vision and dragged out anything relating to Royals and England generally and rerunning it.
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  5. He made the statement that he "gets it" while at the hospital. The evidence is the other way around.
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  6. Several elite WRC drivers have been regular F1 drivers and they also have long standing driving records in events such as Le Mans. Goes back a long way in the Bathurst race where Finnish Rauno Altonen won the 1966 Bathurst race in a Morris Cooper S that had won the Monaco Rally a year earlier. Australia has regularly hosted legs of the WRC with events in several States.
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  7. She obviously wore the pants in that family.
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  8. The overall promotion for this was sponsored by Vodaphone. At that time they also sponsored Craig Lowndes Supercar team. You can find the complete video where Lowndes takes the McLaren Merc for a few laps and then the two of them compare laps in Lowndes car. The F1 was in no where near racing trim, the uneveness of the track surface required special suspension mods to ride above the rough. That track roughness is part of the reason for it not complying to required Standards. Width of track and lack of run off areas are others. It was reported that the helicopter had moments trying to keep up with Button. We lost the great full length of Conrod Straight for the round of the 1987 World Touring Car championships held there. The original straight was too long for the specs so the Chase was introduced. Over the years several deaths, cars and bikes, had unfortunately occurred some of which were at the second hump of Conrod where vehicles became airborne. While this was the first documented run of an F1 car it is not the first time Formula One cars have run there. The Australian GP, one of the oldest in the World, was held at Bathurst four times between 1937 and 1958.
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  9. The days of the media reporting the news are long gone...now it's all about creating the news.
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  10. Not mentioned here is Cape Grim located on the island's north western tip. It has a air pollution measurement station and is known to have the cleanest air on the planet. Worth a read for its' infamy too.
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  11. The appearance by the Echidna gets my vote...stuff this pretender.
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  12. We are really good at recognising bullshit when it plops out.
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  13. Look at the scenario with the face masks that were imported from China recently...they did not conform to the AS/NZS Standards. How many times have we heard of similar situations....sub standard goods. AND whoever decided that the uniforms for Australian Armed Forces be supplied from overseas should be put up against a wall in front of a squad with Owen guns.
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  14. Without a doubt one of the more recent discoveries is the spray on artificial skin that came out of some amazing research in Western Australia. It has changed the face of treament of burns throughout the world. Absolute blessing to mankid.
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  15.  Lil Blaisy  Humble perhaps, but I think you need to look up the meaning of the word honourable and then come back and explain to us why you are deserving of honour.
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  16. "The President got confused in the press conference" No bloody wonder when his mouth moves so much faster than his brain can process. Verbal dribble at the best of times. The man needs professional help.
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  17.  @zagareth4604  Similar in Australia where voting for all over 18's is compulsory and fines imposed for failure to vote without legitimate reason. Applies to all three levels of Government.Once on the Electoral Roll at age 18 that's it.
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  18. Can you please find Rudi Guiliani and give him the information and proof you have. He is going to need all the help he can get to take these matters to court.
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  19. Ruining her career?....Rupert has a juicy contract ready for her to sign...she might have to serve some time first.
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  20. The battle that change the face of war at the time...Le Hamel..Western Front..July 1918. Monash was a genius.
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  21. Agree 100%. There should be two news services each nght. Good News followed by Bad News. Those with "smiles on their dials" can watch the former and Les Miserables can watch the latter.
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  22. We cannot claim to be best at lamb production per capita when compared to New Zealand. They have best quality. The listing errs in that there is no mention of Health cover...Based on the original UK National Health Scheme the Aussie scheme is considered to be right up there amongst the best. We pay 2% of taxable earnings or choose private cover at a cost.
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  23. Indeed and it was evident from one image shown of him (which I agree is totally pathetic) that he is a family man (there was a pixelated child in the image). There is such a thing as an ACCIDENT and the guy deserves to be treated fairly until all the circumstances are disclosed. Presumption of innocence is still operative in our society.
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  24. Clearly, sweating is a factor in the evil virus departing from the body. The occasional gas leak probably helps too.
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  25. Don't get trapped like so many comments here in the belief that Sydney is a dump...it is unique with a Harbour (Aussie spelling) that can be accessed all over with magical ferry services to brilliant recreational facilities. Also excellent public transport to most places by low cost trains and buses. Good light rail close to CBD. Look into an Opal Card. If you like National Parks the second oldest one on the planet (after Yellowstone) is in Sydney' south..Royal National Park. Centennial Park on perimeter of CBD. Electric train ride to the Katoomba and the world famous Blue Mountains with the amazing Megalong and Grouse Valleys and the Kanangra Walls. Also take train to south coast day trip to Wollongong or Kiama for some of the best coastal scenery anywhere. People who say it's a dump simply don't have a clue.
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  26. Lawrence Hargrave, the man whose historical works are exhibited in many Aussie museums, will be suitably impressed. And it's so pleasing to see a use for all those pesky Amazon boxes.
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  27.  @sergeskysi6713  "what do you want to achieve by that?...Really?, is that not blatantly obvious? Does one vote for an abject failure who has not done what he swore on oath to do or do you vote for someone that offers hope.
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  28. The mind boggles if you think about what could happen with all those EV's and related software!!!
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  29. Indeed, Phil was in fact wearing a helmet while playing in a Shield game. The ball hit in the unprotected nape of the neck. Soon after the incident Cricket authorities investigated along with medical staff and a new Standard was introduced for a design that gives proper protection including retro fitting of existing helmets.
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  30.  @bryrusmi4001  The GG is largely made from steel, a refined version of the Iron / puddling Iron that the ET is. Fewer inclusions in the metal means better resistance to the elements. Iron and steelmaking technology advanced a lot between the years the metals for the structures were manufactured.
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  31. Here is a simple question to ask yourself...would the four souls who have lost their lives have been there if the car driver was doing what most law abiding people do?
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  32. The colours of the housing and roofing at the beach is something Aussies should be proud of. The Colorbond roofing and fencing steels is an all Australian product first manufactured back in the 1960's.
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  33. What is more concerning is the Senate voting system that allows for people who get a cupful of votes to be elected into the Senate. She's a fruit cake who should be gone by Christmas.
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  34. We are actually "The Commonwealth of Australia"....might change things a little.
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  35. Availability?
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  36.  @LardGreystoke  There are strings attached.!!!
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  37. Make that...liar AND LOSER.
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  38. I am not surprised at all that the original Paris > Dhaka rally was not followed much in the US. It goes back to the 70's and a time when US car makers didn't want citizens to know of the world outside. Australia has a long standing passion for this type of event with some popular Redex Rallies being staged through the Aussie Outback in the 1950's...look up "Gelegnite" Jack Murray.
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  39. Mention of the word "screaming" and associating it with the time registered here pales to insignificance when we take in the screaming 1:48.8 of Jensen Button into account back in 2011. Yes it was unofficial but the F1 McLaren sounded like a beehive on wheels as it maxed out on Conrod.
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  40. Er, kangaroos were fairly regular on their shopping list...not exactly the slowest native animal you will come across. They are also used to bring down birds in flight.
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  41.  @bernadettecavadi9706  Definitely do not believe that...I am non US citizen and can assure you most nations have done a brilliant effort in educating their citizens. I do believe US citizens have an issue with ignorance of worldly matters.
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  42.  @patrec7638  Now that says a lot for the individual she has just torn to shreads and made look like a total imbecile. Obviously the world needs a lot more "activist frauds"
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  43.  @jbmoney357  US females were ffar from the first ever to vote. The US was simply catching up on something that happened elsewhere in 1902...almost 20 years before the US. If you want to go backwards go and look at a chart of nations that do not allow women to vote.
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  44. Schoolboy stuff.
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  45. Yes, that is the medical term for shortness of breath but what is the real reason he has shortness of breath. It's all well and good to be given his cocktails of "experimental" drugs after all the other drugs he's had but the respiratory system of a person his age can only take so much. It's not as though he has been a triathlete anytime in the last 30 years.
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  46. Yes, YOUR elected officials are clicking the heels of their jackboots to these nasties.
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  47. The deliberate use of studs, in any sport, should result in a criminal assault charge
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  48. Keep that mask happening Darth.
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  49. We used to be every bit as advanced in the outlying areas. Australia has one of the strongest economies on the planet towards the end of the 19th century. Little reliance on mining, all done with sheep and wheat. We went backwards after WW2 when boffins decided everybody should live in those coastal cities.
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  50. There is also a bigger connection to USA through this song than most people would realise. Composer / singer Peter Allen was one of a duo the Allen "Brothers", that had good cabaret success in the USA. Peter's fame eventually saw him marry Liza Minellli, Judy Garland's daughter. Bit of a sad story after that with Peter passing away in early 90's. His best work is often considered to be his composition "the Tenterfield Saddler" which is such a heartwarming song.
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  51. Indeed, that's just one of the things she is remembered for. She was also the biggest tosser (of opposition MP's) of a Speaker in the House during her term in that seat.
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  52.  @Shooter-The-Emu-With-A-Gun  The Loaded Dog was the work of Henry Lawson and Banjo was a war correspondent / journo in WW1.
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  53. Stadium constructed for 1956 Olympics...the MCG has beeen played on since 1838.
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  54. Repetition and word regurgitation like his is a strong sign on dementia
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  55. The fall of the USSR is much more recent.
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  56. Remarkably presented...and no, your accent is perfect. It is so good to see the Grand Lady being professionally restored. Vive la France.
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  57.  @real-satoshi-nakamoto  Do you have issues seeing the big picture? That expenditure benefits the City many times over in the total payback.
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  58. Indicative of all the hype and propoganda being spread in the world today.
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  59. @Bezz80 And what has been happening in the past four years...even what has been released. Trump has sat back and sanctioned his mate Putin and Putin's "friends" to go in boots and all...Open your eyes.
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  60. What was more amazing to me were some calculations made that showed how much exposure tolerance the average person would have if the CFC's remained unchecked. I recall people in Australia might have five minutes or less and someone in LA might have 15 minutes before their skin started to basically blister.
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  61.  @Pete856  It certainly showed no "politics" or diplomacy when Trump raised Zelenskyy's attire at the moment he shook hands at the car / front door. Created negativity from the outset.
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  62. Why not treat yourself with a visit to the pet shop and a new Herbert the Second. Sounds very Royal.
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  63.  @troyantonie8939  If you are not sure then why spread irrelevant crap? Fact of the matter is that guns are legally available by way of a well administered policing and licensing system. Australia introduced hard regulations in 1996 following the Port Arthur massacre. New Zealand followed last year introducing similar laws after their massacre. Persons with legitimate resons like farmers and sporting shooters club members have to apply through the policing system to become licensed owners. Now can you also do us a favour and learn the difference between your and you're and also there and their. "there laws"..."your correct"
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  64.  @wkjacobs3893  It sure is a sad world when people like him make big money from having a big mouth.
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  65.  @thomascroft5076  otherwise known as a verbal bully.
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  66. Well said and I hope it puts an end to those who seek the deep and meaningless bs
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  67. I wouldn't think that one would get a very good cross representation of opinions by walking up and down the main street of Surfers Paradise or similar. Lots of tourists these days want to experience the areas away from the coastal cities. Get out there and see the beautiful country beyond. I found a vast difference on an extended trip of the US a long time ago. A big difference between the city folk and the country people.
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  68. And note his co-driver, the great Allan Moffat. I had forgotten they shared a vehicle
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  69. Will he appear next year when there will be NO Aussie cars in the Supercar race....only in the Past Masters race.
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  70.  @Craznar  Ian should be aware that Australians have access to not only Medicare but services such as you name plus Disability Support Pension, National Disability Support and the Pharmaceutical Benefits Schemes. There arre others I've missed.
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  71. They arrived here with the First Fleet.
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  72. If the claims are correct there needs to be some soul searching done by the organiing body, presumably the Media Division of the Organising Committee. It is they who should set an Agenda so that all participants and interested parties know exactly what is required. I viewed the coverage at the completion of the last race and on the return of the boats back to base and I found the TV coverage quite good and fair with both teams given equal opportunity for responses. Naturally enough, the focus was on the winning team at the dock presentation. Well done all.
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  73.  @DineshTwanabasu  Tell us something we don't know...until 1901 Australia was a BRITISH Colony.
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  74. We should redefine the word narcissistic...surely Narcissus himself was never as narcissistic as what Trump shows himself to be.
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  75. I hope you realsie that there are several classes of yachts that compete in that race. Yes, some of them are very welthy people from all over the world but in the main they are people who have worked hard to get the small class yachts some of which are relatively tiny. There are also a number of females that compete including one or two complete female crews. Some are manned by disbled sailors and some by promising juniors who also compete in one of the many sailing clubs.
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  76. The US Defense Forces should have a documented Testing Standard for the proper testing of most of the items supplied to them. The same applies for most other nations around the world. Not only are helmets tested scientifically under control conditions but the components are also made to a specification
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  77.  @EllieMaes-Grandad  Did Russia overrun Ukraine in the three days it thought it would take?
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  78. Too right...she must be closing in on some of those News presenters. Some of them were "retired" too.
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  79.  censored girl  If you are as intelligent as you believe you might research what other nations did and learn something for yourself. Believe me the global media is not as corrupt as you need to believe. There are currently at least eight nations in the process of forming a working group to assist other nations where breakouts are yet to happen. They are the nations that have had excelllent responses to measures taken much earlier. And what has USA's response been? Unfortunately your inward thinking (or non thinking) poiticians should have heeded the earlier medical advice given to them and this WOULD have resulted in a lot fewer of your fellow countrymen being in the ground. If you want to make America great again you should ALL get your heads out of your arses, work together and learn sommething about the rest of the planet.
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  80. A reputation that is as thin and streaky as his cheap and nasty hair products.
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  81.  @cookiemonsterxlxlx  If you listen to the account given in the video above and read further independent information you will / might get to realise how desparate your situation really is. Your leader is falsely telling you that you have the best testing in the world. YOU ARE NOT and in FACT you rank 34th on the planet. That is absolutely pathetic for the so called greatest nation with the best economy. And don't bother name calling me or blaming the media because I live in a nation that is doing much better in every respect and I sorrow for friends and all other citizens in the USA.
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  82. Get the FACTS correct. That applies to ONE Australian State, Victoria. Other States have just started school holidays are travel between those States is allowable. But regardless the message is there for all...it takes very little to lose control of the infectious nature of Covid19.
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  83.  @daviddou1408  There were two versions that Banjo's words were set to in music. Christina Macpherson is credited with the music by the Australian Sound and Film Archives. Banjo wrote the poem (as commented here, it relates to the 1891 shearer's strike) while staying at a property in Wilton. It was owned by parents of Christina who was a musician.
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  84. This is absolutely mindblowingly batshit crazy that our mindless politicians decide to choose the second light rail that is not interchangeable with the first one...where does such lunacy come from. Lesson should be learned from this and ALL future light rail be made here in OZ like we used to make very good trains fifty years ago. Keep the jobs here, train our kids just like we use to do...use Aussie rail steel for the tracks too. Sack Department heads making decisions that fill their back pockets.
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  85. and he relies and plays on that to try keeping himself relevant. Turn him and his cohorts off from your viewing.
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  86. There are very few restaurant owners seen driving beat up old Fords
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  87.  @royalnavarre1673  If that is the case why is he not wearing white gloves like any person holding a treasured historic book would be expected to do. In the current environment a mask should also have been considered.
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  88. The mention of flag is numerous and the association to radicalism follows. Is that not enough?
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  89.  @shadyscruples7161  Don'y get so butt hurt by taking it literally...
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  90. Augie, Augie was sniggering because he would recall the "greentops" we Aussies used to "prepare" for DKL and Thommo. Now that wasn't doctoring? The curator simply forgot to run the mower over the pitch!!
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  91. The BIG hero playing political games with the little guys...classroom bully. Vote early and vote him out...and put him in jail.
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  92.  @myopinion69420  Privatisation of the hospital car parks suxxxx....and as we are finding out so does the privatisation of everything else.
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  93. Yes indeed, Australia does have "claim" in the Antarctic Territory. Everyone should have some knowledge of the early explorers of that continent. Sir Douglas Mawson, Roald Amundsen, Robert Falcon Scott, and Sir Ernest Shackleton, all left their mark on the snow and the latter was the subject of one of the greatest acts of heroism and survival known to mankind. BTW Norfolk Island is administered by the State of Queensland now following recent transfer from NSW.
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  94. She did exctly that and he knows it.....but he has not got to the word "defeated" in his dictonary yet...that is if he has one.
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  95. That is a huge discredit to Antonio Stradavari and the wonderful creations that have left his mark on the world.
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  96. Canadians and we Aussies have mostly been like-minded on such matters so know lots are with you on this one.
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  97.  Mama Q Lawson  Parent company is in Europe...so there.
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  98.  @c.d.c9425  It is a bloody fireworks display, not the battle of Britain.
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  99. That is an interesting point because some of us remember what it was like with media and staff at the local hospital when JFK was taken there. It was all documented and on film.
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  100.  @jb1426-i1d  Says the fake accountologist.
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  101. Lost the debate AND any respectability he ever had.
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  102. And imagine if he had spent ten years in the British Army becoming a Captain and serving in theatres of war on two occasions...you never know he might have done some "landscaping" while there.
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  103. How quickly some people forget the incident from 23 years ago....USS Cole...attacked by explosives laden rubber boat. Look at the recent progress in marine drones. Do not become complacent.
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  104. I doubt the truck that was packed with the material for that bombing would have carried 2,700 tonnes.
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  105. Read about the Great Artesian Basin and its' impact on our inland water courses.
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  106.  @designthinkingwithgian  For God's sake. befoe you start spruiking about your modern day feminism go and learn something about the roles women have played in both World Wars and numerous other Wars.
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  107.  @violetsrayreikishop2  Can you point out the clause in the NATO Charter wherein being "too weak" is a reason to exclude membership. The very concept of the Organistion is for the "haves" to look after the "have nots" in the event of military conflict.
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  108.  @Teolope Judah was the lucky one.....not to end up in hospital.
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  109.  @interman7715  We "Allies" go back beyond that time...would you like another throw at the dart board.
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  110.  @ejimenez365  Eric..you will find that a lot of them do that but Trump quickly talks over them and calls them the childish names etc.
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  111. It's so sad that Aussies probably know more about the gunfight at OK Corral than they do about their own, in this case the Seige at Glenrowan. The history of the Kelly family is well documented. with many references in the National Film and Sound Archives. Every famous Aussie historian has dedicated at least one chapter of their books to the Kelly gang
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  112. Seeing it a couple of times reminds me of how I think the old Mafia meetings would have been. Perhaps the Mafia were more palatable.
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  113. Have you investigated the ownership of the service ?
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  114.  @TonkaGoldman-xd5iw  I am literally thousands of miles away and your claims are absolutely misguided and show how brainwashed some people can become. If you do a search for the official recording of the Mt. Rushmore speech you will clearly see that there are not one but two teleprompters sitiing at either side of that individual directly beside the lecturn. If he did not need to read from them why are they there. So please stop spreading blatant lies to forward any misguided understanding you might have
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  115.  @Type99Arisaka  That's not a statement you should be proud of right now.
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  116.  @bnewman21  Nice thought but sadly some of those beautiful structures were not only historic...they were irreplaceable.
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  117. And as a fellow Aussie I say let them sit in the corner and dement their arses off...we have enough problems with similarly demented persons at the helm of our own island.
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  118. "Cool exaggerated designs"...that means they were rust buckets with concealed panels that trapped moisture...great for the manufacturers of anti rust products. Those inserts in the back window were the motoring version of venetian blinds that lots of today's grandmas spent half of their lives trying to keep clean in their lounge rooms at home.
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  119. Seems as though many of you have forgotten what happened with Argentina at the Falklands War.
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  120.  @karenkunesch  Indeed. Morgan relies on his frequent talking over others
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  121. I believe this was shot at the Lakeside track, north of Brisbane, Queensland. The Hot Laps company sells lap(s) which are often bought as birthday gifts. The company used to operate at several tracks and cars / drivers were from the second tier of Supercars. I understand the cost includes a change of underwear at the conclusion.
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  122. 1. The carriages are made in Spain. 2. The shell material that is failing is not made from steel... More critical thinking for you.
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  123. Why is Guiliani's name not being discussed here...he was the mouthpiece that planted the seed for the disruption. He should be up on charges for inciting domestic terrorism
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  124. It is not a raven...you are not at the Tower of London. Ravens are rarely found in Sydney. The bird here is the common crow which we hear throughout NSW. Frequently turns up on YT making Graeme Kennedy like calls and much less funny comments than he.
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  125. These are his fartbag specials so that when he frequently lets one rip it baloons in the bags and he can then release the gas when he moves away. Maybe he has become environmentally conscious and he recycles the gas in a power plant.
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  126. And. rather sadly, I saw vision taken subesquent to this vision, that shows an assistant was brought in to help counsel the Guard. He took the verbals personally...Clearly takes his duties very seriously
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  127.  @johnd8892  As I recall, the contention was not the speeds the vehicles would attain in the hands of professional drivers on the track but the fact that these vehicles would potentially end up in the hands of unskilled buffoons ten years later on.
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  128. I will pray for you all. Germany is a nation that has had a far better response to the USA and look what has happened. https://www.wsj.com/articles/more-than-100-in-germany-found-to-be-infected-with-coronavirus-after-a-churchs-services-11590340102
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  129. That pic is from Game 2 of the 2020 Bledisloe Cup, a tournament played each year between the mighty All Blacks and Australian Wallabies. Same old story...we Aussies got flogged. Game 3 played at ANZAC Stadium Sydney was a bigger flogging but we hung in there and won Gane 4 at Lang Park, Brisbane last weekend. The Sydney venue was allowed 50% of capacity so around 40.000 attended. Brisbane was also a filled stadium. The reason we have the attendances is because Governments and citizens did the right thing and made hard decisions and SACRIFICES. Fortunately for us our great medical scientists' explanations of the extremely contageous nature of the virus were taken on board and acted on just like our mates in NZ. Lesson learned everybody...get serious and beat it..
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  130. And that is clearly stated in the video.
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  131. Tendulkar's seam prizing of the ball is another good one.
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  132. One hopes she peeled the onion and did not peal the Trumpeter.
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  133.  @ollie6004  Not a good place to let DT roam around...he'd be eating all the profits..
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  134.  @Navigator_Isle  Where's your explanation of the validity and relevance of the outlawed losers US Confederation flag. If you are True Blue Australians you would recognise the flag rebel Colonialist Australians used in their fight against the establishment. It is NOT an outlawed flag. And learn the correct use of the word "their" (infact their are a few cities).
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  135.  @robwestern7702  Not forgetting that the Japanese had two of the mightiest and most advanced warships in the Pacific back in WW2. Would have been interesting if these ships were in service earlier.
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  136.  @telecomgear  Yes, at dividing a great nation.
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  137.  @alonzomosley7  Cook decided the age old name of Hawaii was not for the gentry so he renamed them the Sandwich Islands when he found them. The Pommies were really good at finding places that First People had inhabited for thousands of years.
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  138. Well yes...the sign says it all..."mindbendingly sh1t human being"...probably not the best compliment.
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  139.  @GarrettOlsons  Correct...the comment is inappropriate but perhaps not as inappropriate of him being knowingly appointed to the position with the disorder in the first instance.
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  140. Now there's a really short memory. Where's your mention of the damage the Murdoch (Sky) media caused to British media. He was hauled through the British Courts and closed down one of his papers giving no consideration to hundreds that worked there. Gutlessly settled in USA where he still tries to control the world with misinformation and misguided disciples.
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  141.  Marlin Williams  The Frst Australians, who inhabited the continent for 65,000 years before the whites, knew nothing about wheels either but that did not stop them from crossing the vast continent regularly. They were also excellent navigators using the stars. I wonder how many of today's people could manage similar feats without GPS or compasses
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  142.  @douginorlando6260  and equally, one would argue that the Cathedral that we knew and was was burnt out was nothing like the one that originally stood on the same grounds from mid 1100's.
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  143.  @p.shermanfortytwowallabyla9488  Trump was talking about the button on Kim's pants. He was in love with him!!! Remember?
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  144. That, my friend, is very typical of the way these "shock jocks" operate. They have their hand on the "kill" switch.
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  145. It is an obvious case of rudeness and belittlement given Indian PM Modi is right there and requires a translator himself.
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  146. The conspiracy theorists will be lighting up like the blazing sun.
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  147.  @ThePrimeMinisterOfTheBlock  Have you planned your Christmas holidays yet?
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  148. The ANZUS Treaty has survive for over 70 yearrs.
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  149. We have a great Aussie colloquialism that Michael could have used politely for Mr Cruz...."heza wanker".
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  150.  @David-uk7sm  In the interest of some balance try Googling the converse...say, ABC News accuracies in reporting and see what you get....it helps to open the other eye occasionally. The "allegations" re Trump's statements are and were GLOBAL and primarily the ABC sources their international information from various sources. How do you single out the ABC?. The facts are the US Supreme Courts have ruled the allegations are baseless...certainly not a decision the ABC was involved with other that their accurate reporting. And why does so much of this nation rely on information from the ABC in times of disasters etc. when operations like Sky are nowhere to be found or seen.
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  151.  @whtwht  Hang on...bellends serve a useful purpose.
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  152.  @fortybelow1973  It would probably be a bit more like him hanging out the side of his golf cart with his "club" in hand chanting "we shall fight them in the bunkers"
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  153.  @spades9300  Respect is EARNED...not demanded.
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  154.  @janeenharris3074  You had better explain that in Aussie the Liberal Party and Nationals as a coalition are not anywhere near where US Liberal types are situated. They are more aligned per Republicans.
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  155. Indeed, I thought the Finnish President came across as a very RESPECTIBLE man. Clearly an asset for his nation.
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  156. Aussies used to have lots of very good main street cafes primarily operated by the Greek community before these shysters came along. Great and genuine home made burgers, fish and chips, milk shakes that today's mass produced crap can only emulate in their advertisements. When and if they ever treat customers with product like they advertise I might think about trying again.
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  157. It is NOT the place of media to take either side. It is their responsibikity to report precisely what happens. There was a time where this was the case...until media moguls saw opportunity to make a bigger fistful of dollars.
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  158.    Unfortunately the 25th. would not work for long. He is sure to find someone who will certify he is sane.
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  159.  Liba tal Klieb  You should have taken more notice of the first real Aussies he came into contact with at the south coast NSW fires soon after he was elected. Those individuals who didn't want to know him or shake his hand were very quick and accurate in working him out.
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  160. They are certainly going to have to develop new rail track types if they expect to get around expansion and movement from high temperatures and the daily temp variations.
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  161. Gough and Co. really pissed off the Establishment when R.F.X.Connor proposed to seek funding from unconventional sources. I often wonder where this nation would be if we followed through and became more of a nation at that time.
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  162.  AcidBot66  Check your facts Bot....Brazil is having supply issues and cannot supply existing contracts. Besides which their ore is of lesser quality which equates to longer processing times for your Ironmaking. Tell your Head Bott to throw that story away...
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  163. Nobel Prize winner...for hilarity....
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  164. If ever there was a PM of the common people then Bob was that...RIP Old Son.
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  165. ABCTV had a brilliant program called Peter Brock - Over the top just two nights ago...excellent progran that covered PB's feats from day one in his home made paddock basher. It can be viewed on IView. If you take in the commentary of the program you get an understanding of his ability and mindset.
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  166.  @DanielSMatthews  A rarity to see someone who knows SOME facts.
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  167. They were not ashamed when his derogatory comments were made re Sen. McCain They were not ashamed with his remarks about President Bush Sr. Are we seeing a trend here? They are shameless.
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  168. Memories of the old "that ain't fair" schoolgirls copout.
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  169. I'm off to do searches using the words "double standard" and "slimeball" !!
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  170. Their "God" is green in colour and of the folding type.
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  171. One hundred and sixteen thousand deaths and it is June 15..... Take that in folks. You should be praying that your President develops some wisdom and caring for his citizens....not issuing disclaimers for further deaths.
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  172.  @SM-gc4kq  Do you honestly believe that the Captain of the visiting team would even contemplate making the comment in front of the dignatories plus a crowd of over 125K in attendance if it was not warranted? The evidence shows that the Indian supporters are not supporters of the game of cricket but rather supporters of INDIAN cricket.
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  173. Actua;;y he is pissed that Trump didn't name him for VP.
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  174. But we already have a leftist Liberal National Party Government in power. You don't see or hear of them dismantling Medicare or other benefits that Yanks would deem as "socialist" do you
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  175. Indeed and in the context and timing of his statement he apparently thinks evrybody is as imbecilic as he is. He, too, should never be allowed to hold public office again.
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  176. I'm an Aussie and I am constantly getting flashes of some famous words revolving in my head when looking at this dog's breakfast of an interview (for Trump). American folks will / should recognise those words..."There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.". the great Mark Twain...
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  177. There has been more of a trend to refer to our first Nation's peoples by using their tribal name in the first reference. For example they are referred to as say, a Gadigal Man, that is to say a man from the Gadigal tribe or mob as they prefer. In speaking of the Gadigal mob, whose lands are around the Sydney region, I'd really recommend listening to Aussie great band Midnight Oil who have a video of Gadigal Land on YT. Extremely popular band since the 70's with some legendary Aussie greats. Their standard Beds are Burning is one of our best and created great conscience amongst Australians. Fronted by recent Senator, Peter Garrett they have appeared all over the World and yaken up the cause with the American First Nations people.
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  178. Those 1950 Koreans were fighting for their own cause and not with one hand tied behind their back while their families have guns at their heads.
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  179.  @SilkyLew  It's hardly "probably"...there's no doubt whatsoever. And it started long ago when he was laughed at by a number of prominent leaders...real leaders that is.
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  180.  @DaveWhoa  Not so. Bunnings control this "attraction" rigidly within each store and give guidelines. The more organised the Clubs are the better they stand to do.
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  181.  @hicko3626  That is for retro fitting to some older helmets. New helmets are manufactured to a newly written global Standard that includes proper protection of the nape of the neck.
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  182. I have raised the pronunciation of Mount Kosciuszko previously and have made you awarre that there is a memorial statue of the great Polish explorer and everything else he was located between Soldier Field and the Aquarium in Chicago. The fact is we Aussies pronounce his name incorrectly and typically, have Anglicised it. It is actually pronounced KOZ-YOU-SKO but it's probably too late to change now. The naming came from his fellow contryman Pawel Strzelecki who named the Mountain for his famed countryman after exploring that region. Strzelecki also explored much of inland Australia and the famous Strzelecki Track is named after him. There is also a dedication to him in Newcastle.
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  183.  @gingerbill128  Real auditing is performed in many walks of life. As a now retired person in an industrial workplace we were required to perform a safety audit at the commencement of every shift. Our testing processes used to be audited by external profesional auditors in cases where our product was to be used in specific applications.
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  184. Seeing that somebody remembers Errol Flynn I'll throw in a couple more names I don't see. Peter Finch actually won n Acadeny Award in 1976. We claim him but he was born a Pommie. And there's Chips Rafferty who made several movies but they were mostly in Oz.
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  185.  @michaelpark5681  That multi level building they drop in to was most likely a huge eucalyot they nested in in bygone times.
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  186.  @abellseaman4114  You failed to mention the repelling of the Japanese land forces in the magnificent efforts of the Aussie forces on the Kokoda Track New Guinea. Credit where it is due.
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  187.  @deannadelmar9863  But his divisiveness has put a wedge down the middle of USA and he wouldn't consider many as being part of his USA.
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  188. In Australia it represents Jack. Stick your US politics where it belongs.
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  189. If you are going to criticise you might, at the very least, get the name correct.
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  190. Maybe not as difficult as one thinks. Assume that everything is full of shit and work backwards from there.
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  191.  @saltyaussie7702  The Thales company is based in France and is partilly owned by the French Government. It has manufacturing plants in over 60 nations including Maryland USA and a global workforce of over 80,000. The Queensland service centre is at Eagle Farm, Brisbane where final preparation for service in Ukraine is done.
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  192.  @paulxu9653  Nowhere near as many as the numbers of defenceless Chinese citizens that have been massacred by war lords, Emperors and Governments and well document over China's history. The biggest warmongers and murderers of their own people on the planet. Pull your fn head in until you learn some facts about your own nation.
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  193.  @bryclynng8312  "Only joking"...that seems to be a buck passing cop out for his regime...it was used at the press conference when he suggested the use of disinfectant. Kindergarten tactic.
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  194.  @bobgatewood5277  You are saying that you can make CaCO3 from wood ashes? I'd suggest trying getting some real Limestone and burning it off in a fire. You might then be more closely following the actual process in steelmaking by the BOF process where burnt lime is used to produce a cleaning flux in the melt.
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  195.  @brainmind4070  And let us not forget that the global supply of U is not a finite resource. Mankind greed will do the usual thing and gulp it all up in no time.
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  196. I had to replace a sand type filter on a swimming pool recently. The filtering medium looked a bit different and on checking found it to be very finely ground glass. Filters very well.
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  197. Are you referring to the famous PIKES Peak?
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  198. Is that a high school student or a HIGH school student.
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  199. Tasmanian beer has a great taste due to the crystal clear waters down there and those beautiful hop farms. Their whisky is second to none winning world acclaim in recent years.
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  200. Utterly miserable POS...as if he hasn't caused enough distress to the USA citizens....flush him.
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  201.  @mikeorfe1188  There's nothing new about science fiction.
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  202.  @mount3379  You appear to confirm his very words.
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  203. So how does one "develop a serious case" if it is a hoax?
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  204. That was the MORRIS or AUSTIN Cooper S....Mini Cooper S's are what you get today.
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  205.  @yuezou7391  Of course they now do...everybody gets to see just how desperate Chinese Governemet has become in the attempts to bully all over the world. Look what they did recently to India and Nepal and their own citizens at Tiananeman.
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  206. I believe you omitted two words.....good, investigative. There are lots of wannabee journalists being trained on facebook and such.
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  207. You obviously do...otherwise you wouldn't be commenting so senselessly.
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  208. There is also a significant technological difference between IRON that was cast / riveted in the 1880's and STEEL that was rolled / cut / welded around a century later?
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  209.  @Klote3241  " mask may slightly lower the chance in spreading"...you DO realise that the conventions stamped on those masks are scientifically determined by a certified laboratory procedure to an International Standard.?
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  210. If that is LECO (Laboratory Equipment Company), they made analytical instruments back fron the 1960's. Gravmetric Carbon analysers and sulphur analysers were their early units. Commonly used in Chemical Labs in the Steel industry.
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  211.  @johannamcconnell4856  Very true but more importantly the bulk of them would be on free to air TV and radio and not aligned to the Fox network.
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  212.  Patrick Kingfisher Kennedy  I am assuming Janeen is in Australia and she is referring to Australian right wing Liberals hating the ABC Australin Broadcasting Corporation.....as they do.
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  213. Does China have their equivalent to the Justice Brereton Report on several incidents going back to Tiananeman Squarre 1989?
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  214. Congrats to those who must have taken weeks to confine all those statements down to a handful....such a task...When it came to science classes in school this guy must have been hidden somewhere eating his big macs.
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  215. We Aussies are certainly inconsistent in our pronunciations of places like my home town, the Gong. We have two other towns not that far away in Wollombi and Wolli Creek and they are definitely pronounced as they read.
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  216. In the same manner that boutique beer and wine have become so popular from small family businesses so too has chocolate. Many Aussie tourist towns now have small operational chocolatiers just as they are found in the traditional producers in Europe. One of Australia's best mass produced was the Old Gold range and Cherry Ripe and Freddos made in Melbourne by the MacRobertson company. They were "consumed" by Cadbury in the 60's
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  217. THERE...will be.
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  218. How do they go with jigsaw puzzles?. The very intelligent ones play chess.
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  219. A search that takes 0.33 seconds will return over two million responses for you.
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  220. Steve died four days earlier...Sept 4, 2006...True Blue Aussies both.
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  221.  @Withnail1969  It's mostly thermal coal....that's the one that keeps you nice and warm, makes your trainswork, allows you to see inside your dwelling, allows you to cook or heat up your meals...get the picture? Now, would you like some red wine to drown your sorrows?
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  222. The Western Australian Maritime Museum at Fremantle and the National Maritime Museum at Darling Harbour both have some fine information re Dutch explorations. Documentaion from over 500 years (1620's) can be found. A replica of the Batavia was built in WA some time ago, that ship being one of a fleet that set out from Holland. The story of the Batavia is a remarkable but horrific one that provides a remarkable insight.
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  223.  Ben Davison  Believe me pal, we can all see who the idiot is. Learn to accept that they are named differently for a reason.
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  224.  @clintonsmith9178 An American player who was part of AJ Spalding's tour of Austrlaia in 1888 named Harry Simpson stayed in Australia and formed clubs in Victoria and South Australia in 1889 and a "Colonial" game was played that year. Harry moved to Sydney some time after and started the NSW BL in 1891
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  225. Sadly, not much has changed. Australian "volunteers" from rural areas that enlisted for WW1 did so on propoganda re visiting overseas for the Empire. The casualty rates for Aussies in that war have to be seen to be believed.
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  226. Oz Mirage jets were made under license from Dassault-Breguet aeronautics in France.
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  227. To state that cricket has more "intracacies, subtleties" and premusably strategies indicates to this person that you have no balance in your decisionmaking. You certainly need to learn about strategies and how every facet of what is happening influences what will happen.
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  228.  @janjamesramos247  Take a good look...there are many commenters who are not located in America or its' territories..Perhaps that might give you more of an insight into your perception of where your leader stands on the global stage. Your final sentence shows how out of touch you really are.
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  229. Nice...but I think she has already been dosing on HOARSE medicine for that gravelly throat.
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  230. Carriages that do not fit tunnels, light rails cracking part, intercity carrriges that did not fit platform hangover, now ferries that can't take the rough waves crossing between the Heads, Rivercats that did not fit under bridges.. Can't recall one overseas purchase where there hasn't been a stuff up. Oh, forgot five billion at submarines we will never have. Unbelievable incompetence.
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  231. I'm in agreement with the comment at 3.40..."I am enjoying this". What a classic Nigel is. Respected wherever he has the pea.
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  232. Sydney Harbour Bridge was made from a STEEL structure, all imported from England. The ET is made from a variant of Iron.
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  233. Little is mentioned in the vision but the story of the inventor Evelyn Owen is a a very good one. Lots relating to it will be found with a search. The big advantages were it's simplicity, the weight and ability to fire in jungle comditions...some say it would work under water !. it was a favourite on the famous Kokoda Track in New Guinea and later in the Vietnam War where our Diggers served with distinction....Lest we forget.
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  234.  @DonnaChamberson  I an certain you will easily find YT articles that are far more apppropriate and relevant to those who want to support your worthy cause.
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  235.  @YUMLiberalTears  Here's a challenge for your small mindedness. Learn something about how nations other that yours responded to the threat. Go and look up all of the nations on our planet that had low incidences of infection and low death rates. Keep going on the list until you come to the USA....make sure you have a few sandwiches nearby because you will be looking for a long time. For the once reveared nation with the best economy on the planet your record is absolutely pathetic. You nation has less than 5% of global population yet you have around 24% of global deaths....does that statistic alone not sink in.
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  236.  @raylinkman5008  And that is why you have the situation that you do. The USA knew there were nine such nations as NZ that were having relative success with measures taken from the outset. These nations accepted the science available knowing the virus was a first ever with no known medications and nothing likely for more than a year. The contageous nature and likelyhood of mutations had also become evident.The US was subjected to ranting and raving from your leader with his fake beliefs that a snake oil was out there as an interim measure. Can you people not see how you were badly mislead by him. Yourselves and Trump knew you had world leading expertise but you played a game based around political nonsense and disregarding the science being given. As stated by others, social distancing has played the biggest part but wearing of masks has played its part, especially in my homeland Australia.. Your people continued with their gatherings and most recent events make myself fearful of your weeks ahead. It is unbelievable that you still do not take the evidence onboard while you are still watching your fellow countrymen fall like autumn leaves. For the leading nation on the planet your response has been disgusting.
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  237.  @michaelvigil478  "The Devil went down to Florida" ???
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  238.  @noway1576  In those times and earlier if one was left handed your schoolteacher would "convert" you.
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  239.  @hexabob57  Indeed, a search that yields half a million results took 0.52 seconds. Interestingly as of Nov 2018 Trump and family had been granted 18 China Government trademarks in two months. (Thanks Mr. Google and apnews.)
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  240. Yes, he goes into the Guiness Book of Records as the first person to resonate through two orifices simultaneously. We re still working out which one is the most offensive.
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  241. Track orientated Police cars, in NSW anyway, started back in around 1968 when the Force had Morris Cooper S's as a chase vehicle. This came the year after the British Motor Corporation track / rally cars had a feast in global competition including a massacre at the 1966 Bathurst 500. Also won Monte Carlo Rally and World Rally titles.
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  242.  @jm9570  Sky Australia is controlled out of Sky Murdoch media in the US. I would have thought a Brit would remember what Murdoch did to your media and the sham of an operation he initiated in your back yard.
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  243.  @zooallow  You might, at the very least, refer to the substance by its correct chemical name and we readers might then give you some credibility.
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  244. It wasn't really a timid "you're fired"...more like a defiant "up yours" !!
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  245. Fair suck of the sav....it was we Australians who were terrible at calling out the masses of Italians and Greeks and Slavs that migrated after WW2. We called them wogs, dagoes and skips. Fast leearning Italians served it back with interest. John O'Grady's (as Nino Culotta) novel "They're a weird mob" is a classic example for reference.
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  246. Hear bloody hear. I'm sooooo tired of hearing people trying to sanitise the term so often. I've neverr seen anybody go to the toilet / crapper / shithouse and take a bath in the bowl.
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  247.  @Danger_Mouse_00  It was inevitable that OP would shut down, the exact same happened at Warwick Farm years earlier and also at tracks like Amaroo and Catalina Park. A developers started expanding suburbia many facilities were bulldozed. Governments were concerned with noise.
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  248.  Judy G.  What has the geographical size of ANY nation got to do with independence? And no person from the US should be lecturing anybody on governmental systems. The USA can certainly not be put on any pedestal in that regard. Look at the utter disgrace you have become. The "British Empire" ceased to exist in the 1970's and our nation has been a Commonwealth since 1901.
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  249.  @garyp4374  If you are going to comment on the Frist Australians for not knowing how to develop a bow and arrow why is it we don't know of another culture that developed a boomerang? Why didn't these cultures use the Woomera to throw spears?. Why did they have such a great knowledge of what we have only recently learned was the recarburisation of soils. These people had a knowledge of their lands and surrounds that today's lot are only now finding out.
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  250. Take note of the beautiful Flemington Racecourse...arguably our best...and there are heaps of good tracks here.
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  251. Indeed. RIP to Bill the Bastard, Midnight and all the Walers that never returned home.
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  252. So you'd be happy if inflatable material the size of the average house was shot down and dropped out of the sky landing on your home.?
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  253. A true legend.....in his own lunch time!!
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  254. A quick check will find details of the fact that Maria was beatified by John Paul II in 1998.
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  255.  @Zac-qo9id  Kerensa had probably also been visiting and paying respect to her many fellow countrymen laid to rest in the field cemetries around the Somme Valley area. So many gave their lives on the Western Front of WW1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvtHFL1UJg4&t=12s
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  256. There is a reason why the people of the Mediterranean region have taken their afternoon siestas / rests for thousands of years.
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  257. When you are the manager of Oz's largest cattle station you can wear whatever you fn like.
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  258. They would not be what they are if not for the highly specialised steel produced at the Port Kembla steel plant and then heat treated and final rolled at the nearby Unanderra BisAlloy plant. A visit to these sites will show anybody what a "manufacturing centre" really is.
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  259. That's a stirling effort to be able to contain the list to seven...there must have been a very large selection panel with a lot of time on their hands to get to this conclusion.
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  260.  @pina6924  by applying the Laws correctly.
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  261. Started within a few months of him taking control...he was pathetic with the fire victims. I'll never ever forget the Aussies who refused to shake his hand, victims and firies. It has been smoke and mirrors since...all downhill.
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  262.  @Mortimus1000  "We'll all be rooned," said Hanrahan, "Before the year is out." John O'Brien 1921
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  263. Tired all right.....sick and fn tired.
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  264. The 1987 race was also the first local race in a newly formed World Touring Car Championship. The Sierras were entered by Euro Eggenberger Team. They were ultimately disqualified for front wheel arch anomalies after three of the local teams had entered protests. Mind you the Euro teams were dodgy with flaunting regs. Modifications were made to the Bathurst track especiallly for this race because the global organisers specified a maximum length for any straight. As a result the Chase was constructed to comply with the specs. and we no longer had the famous Conrod Straight we had been used to for around 50 years.
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  265. Don't lose sight of the fact that the two persons we are listening to and viewing here were highly trained and brainwashed members of our defense forces before entering public lives. One is a part time Parliamentarian the other has become a mouthpiece for the Murdoch global media operation. They still have warmongering and fearmongering approaches with everyday citizens.
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  266.  Baby Truther Official statistics for active global cases is 99.5% with closed cases being 97% (source WHO) but given you probably need to tweak them to suit that 0.1% still equates to around 25,000 of your fellow citizens. So despite obvious whinges we see here, this nation has done exceptionally well and almost setting the Standard. A vaccine that is 95% effective would save almost 24,000 of those souls...small change to some I'd suppose.
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  267.  @tgmaps  The French were simply manufacturing and supplying to the specifications as laid out by the imbeciles in the Australian Government.
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  268. She also has a brain if you notice those qualities.
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  269.  @JT-yz8ku  We don't need to do our research...we know the difference between thermal coal and of metallurgical coal. We are the ones mining it, analysing it, testing it, loading it, and so on...not YOU look up how much of EACH type we export to China...man you are a total twit.
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  270. The red / yellow flag.....the lifesavers place the flags after determining the best place to swim. These beaches can quickly develop rips which transport swimmers out to sea. Lifesavers on crowded beaches have had big numbers to rescue when lrge rips happen. The Lifesaving movement is a remarkable asset for all swimmers especially uneducated visitors.
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  271.  @SomeNewChannel711  No rocket science there...as a person who started as a cadet technologist in the mid 60's I can assure you that Australian steel plants then used to produce more than twice today's volumes. Austlaia used to have a good manufacturing industry...look up the heavy industry production back then.
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  272. As much as I dislike the man, you are showing total misunderstanding of the point he is making.
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  273. How do you solely blame the ABC? Any reader has the ability (and tools) to complain about any post made here. That includes potential deletion.
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  274. I think it's fair to say that no other nation had the divided approach that the US had. You learned little from your scientific experts and from the nations that were having some success. The results that have happened speak volumes for that pathetic approach.
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  275. It should also be remembered that US General Pershing tried very hard to discredit Monash over the fact that the US troops had participated at Hamel under Monash's command. Pershing's dedication in Washington fails to mention the battle and credits another battle as the US soldier's first engagement on the WF.
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  276. Probably not the only thing she'd test positive to...
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  277. True and proper investigative journalism is a dying art and the manner journalists are encouraged to do their work by the big operators such as Murdoch media is pathetic. There's not enough real investigative work and so called journalists merely read through social media bullshit and pilfer and plagiarise the work of others.
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  278. Australia's love for the big open Round Australia Rallies was stamped back in the late 40's and 50's with the famous Redex Trials. Numerous characters were developed, none better known that the famed "Gelegnite" Jack Murray, who drove more makes than you'd find in a car sales lot, Fords, Caddies, Pugs...you name it One of our great motoring characters who got his nickname from throwing sticks of "gelly" from his car.
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  279.  @feliciamabrey4108  Sadly Felicia our standard is not always as high as per Leigh. The influence of opposition Sky / Fox...Murdoch keeps lowering the standard. You still have some great US journos who have operated for decades. Just ask yourself why they are attacked by a right wing extremist suddenly.
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  280. That would be the BARBARY wars fought by the BARBARY States.
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  281. Our ANZAC mates from across the ditch did a bloody good job of playing under extenuating circulstances too...
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  282. 100% correct...wedge shaped Sydney Dental Hospital, Chalmers and Elizabeth Streets.
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  283. There is some common ground between these beautiful Snowy Mountains on our Great Dividing Range and your home City of Chicago. The roof of Australia is called Mount Kosciuszko (correctly pron. koz-you-sko but we do not get it right as we say kozzy-oss-ko) ) named after a famous Polish national and explorer. It was so named by another Polish explorer Sir Paweł Edmund Strzelecki for whom the famous Strzelecki Track and Desert in Central Australia are named. Now if you go down to near Soldier field and walk along East Solidarity Drive to the Planetarium on the shores of Lake Michigan you will find a beautiful monument to Thaddeus Kosciuszko with recognition of his achievements.
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  284. What's that old saying....if you've got them by the balls, their hearts and minds will follow...
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  285. Can you beleive this? So brainwashed are some that they don't even know Biden's religious beliefs and if he goes to church. If religion is their primary concern why do they follow a "fashionable" Christian? They might just try to get some balance about them.
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  286. I have seen one or two operators who show no respect for industrial companies and simply lob up, trespass on the property, occupy workers time on the site and believe they have some right to do so. No regard whatsoever for the fact that, if their safety is compromised, the company could be in deep shit for them being on site. I had an incident some time ago where a youngster with a parent knocked on front door and asked if he could look around for a drone that went astray. Apprently he saw it hit a tree nearby and did not know what happened to it. I allowed him to look around but no drone was found. It is concerning situation and if it were to happen again I would not allow same I am also a person with a long industrial background on the largest of plants and as a supervisory person I would be concerned with staff being held up and questioned by these wannabee YT "journalista". They will claim they are performing comminity service but they are not qualified, potentially incorrectly insured etc. One lobbed up at a plant having no clue as to the purpose of the manufacturer saying his video would inform the public. What a joke when he had no clue as to the operation. A check of the company found a well structured web site with very good product information. If these practices continue in the manner that they are I can forsee drone jammers becoming necessity in private industry. I fully understand the magnificent benefits of these devices having been involved in a voluntary operation but these "nosey parkers" are creating issues for many.. Some claim to be auditors but real auditors are fully accredited, licensed, insured and have to attain written permission to enter the boundaries of industries.
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  287. He's a real Downer, isn't he?...some would say a pain in the arse...but very, very suited as a Murdoch commentator.
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  288. Desperate times call for ..............
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  289.  @jecos1966  It was extracted from the mould that forms on breads.
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  290. Great isn't it...we have a lot to look forward to. The recently imported Intercity sets from Korea / China are due to come into service soon....looking forward to the extra buses on the roads when they start falling apart.
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  291. It's the American way !!
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  292.  @saltyaussie7702  What is "tree polin"?
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  293. So good to see thinking young people coming up with adapted concepts such as this even though the principle has been around for a long time. I am aware of far too many fuddy duddies in my older age bracket who are so set in their ways they don't want to know about this In Oz we are building the Snowy 2 addition for Hydro power and it uses pumped restored water for power. Also aware of trials in UK where heavy walking areas are fitted with tiles that generate energy when walked on...promising stuff. Also the freeway small wind turbines that generate energy as fast moving cars travel by.. We have to remember we used to use nothing but wind and water energy at one time before we had power stations.
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  294. @Aussie Pom Not only that but the Brits showed no respect, indeed contempt, for the traditional land owners of some 60.000 years standing.
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  295. Please learn something about Australian manufacturing industry. I can recall as a cadet in the late 60's-70's when delegations of Asians used to come to inspect our steelmaking operations as part of being customers at the time. They learned very fast.
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  296.  @piotrtrebisz6602  Please...check your information. Just pre 1900 Australia was in the top five manufacturing nations in the world. Asians used to come here after WW2 to learn how to set their industries up. We have a lot of DUMB politicians.
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  297.  @IVvOOvVI  Donnie doesn't bow because he fears letting one squeeze out.
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  298. Our Indigenous people certainly had boundries for their mobs, and looooong before anyone else turned up. There are maps that indicate the locations of the many mobs / tribes. We frequentlyhear of the boundries in welcome to country speeches
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  299. The beautiful vision of the yacht sailing past Fort Denison in Sydney Harbour shows an historic Aussie contender for the America's Cup, Spirit (AUS21). So that means the 21st we built to trial or compete when it was raced using the 12 metre category. Australia was the first nation / challenger to get the NYYC to unbolt the Cup they had posession of for over 130 years. The oldest trophy in world sport.
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  300. Many other global leaders use the function but, on the whole, they use it responsibly and for the purpose it was intended...Trump very much uses his like a schoolgirl would.
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  301.  @gamingmovies-ay99  there is a time and place for such mindless comment..show some respect.
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  302. Is his tomb for sale then?
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  303.  @leozhang1980  He does and he knows how to spell it and use it too. Chinese women are after him all the time.
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  304. It's no wonder he is your President....he knows fn everything about everything. Definitely a genius in his own lunchtime. ...and yes, those planes would have to be invisible and noiseless to him when his head is stuck so far up his arse.
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  305. Miss Prissy.....she brings so much more credibility to the show......what a real pain in the arse.
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  306.  Georgina Cox  You have a problem with someone writing the truth??
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  307. While you are in the mood...can we have your analysis of how white skin turns orange?
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  308. Louvers / louvres were the moulded black plastic after market units that were fixed on the outside to make owners think they immediately had a Ferrari GTO. The internal fixtures were and still are available and are called Venetian blinds...just like grandma used to have in the lounge room.
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  309. Indeed, sometimes too much thought and design can go into certain devices. It was known that the USA spent millions of dollars researching and developing an impliment that would write upsidedown in a capsule in the early days of space flight. The Russians apparently used a pencil.......
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  310. Perhaps it would be a good idea if you familiarised yourself with the ACTUAL gun laws in Australia BEFORE making a total arse of yourself.
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  311. I would like to see those with your disposition being walked through such an horrific crime scene. I am no Dutton fan but the man showed great heart in doing this which clearly brought back memories from his policing time.. I came across a scene not dissimiliar to this when I was a youngster. By way of example of the horror take a look at the windscreen of the Bearcat response vehicle and make note of the huge indentations made by gunshots in what is highly specialised hardened laminated glass. Now imagine that being a human being.
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  312. They never learn, it's their interest to not learn. Learning would mean they have knowledge.
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  313.  @ariesred777  What's the point of evidence when your head is so far up your ass...you need a proctologist. The news service here is the Australian Sky network.
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  314.  @Rhythmattica  The proliferation of insanely paid CEO's of companies has driven much of this. To them the labour costs contribute to a high proportion of their overall costings so in order to keep the shareholder's dividends up there is really only one way to keep costs down... Soon we will have nothing but CEO's and the pupeteers who pull the strings of Government.....
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  315. I hope you mean "AISLE"
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  316. They are all individually the best City. Each and every one has its' good and bad. I'm in the Gong where we have everything including being far enough from Sydney to apprecite it.One dislike is the invasions we get from out of towners on weekends to clutter up the many lovely beaches and picnic spots. If their cities are so good why invade others? (sh1tstirrer) But in all honesty if I had to pick one city it would be Perth W.A. because it is so clean and beautiful with such good transportation systems that are ever improving. Only problem is it's hard to visit on weekends.
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  317.  @benfehily3060  an reflection of the standards of journalism today.
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  318. God help us...in that case does he even know when he's speaking. But I'd think any one of us would gladly blow our asses off for the money he's being paid.
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  319. Vision of Jim driving his Lotus Cortina in a Rally and also on the streets around his home can be found on YT.
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  320. The amazing 250 tonne flagpole that sits atop of the pollies is still something they have to look up to. Good old Aussie workmanship with the raw stainless steel being produced in Port Kembla and the final fabrication done by a local operation. So they will never get away from that symbolism. The pole incidentally is supposed to resemble boomerangs stacked against each other.
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  321. No thanks, we don't want or need America's shit potitics and political cultures.
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  322.  @denisbainbridge4813  The only scoop he has is the one he walks around the parade ring at Randwick with.
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  323. But therein lies the whole problem....the word "wrong" has no meaning to the author-in-chief
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  324.  @LukeXMV  Presuming you are Chinese...have you never learned about the manner various Emperors and Dynasties operated and treated their citizens. And you have the front to criticise Oz Colonialists? How can you live with such a double standard. Name one nation that has not taken land from others over the period of known history. How pathetic.
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  325. A thought for you.....you do realise that all of the monitor screens on those US ships are most likely made in China?
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  326.  @jeffreybayles1162  Pathetic statement given several of the "First Movers" group are not republican style governments. You are covering up the ineptitude of your idol and are ignorant of statistical facts. USA has around 4.5% of the Global population yet you have over 28% of all deaths associated with the virus...
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  327. Sydney follows Kiribati and New Zealand as being amongst the earliest nations to experience the new day. Samoa is in the last zone. Sourced from the World's Time Zone map.
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  328.  Debbie Smith  You cannot always blame the individuals Debbie...it's mostly the journalistic styles they are required to work to by unscrupulous and shallow bosses.
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  329. You forgot one in Sir Graham Hill.
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  330. Indeed. Can you imagine the scenario if this was happening in Russia or China.
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  331. We have a long record of this with snake milking. A man named Eric Worrell had the first of his reptile Parks near Woy Woy from around mid 1950's. He kept it going for years relocating more than once around the NSW Central Coast. He was one of the earliest to milk snakes and funnel webs and provided the venom to a wonderful operation owned by the taxpayers..Commonwealth Serum Laboratories. We owe the likes of Eric a big debt..
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  332. Yes and from another Aussie it is very sad that those who would "Stand beside her and guide her through the night" are being tested and have ever dimming lights.
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  333.  @mark_egzafier  Might be more in terms of those stats BUT Dubai has no natural beauty to feature. A huge skycraper in the desert plus a few oil wells.
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  334. Don't give Murdoch any ideas...
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  335.  @CQ-369  Indian PM Modi was with Trump last week. Can you imagine the furore if Mahatma Ghandi (RIP) turned up?
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  336. Does the US military get their uniforms made in China like other nations do??
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  337. Those T shirts are printed with the words "Buy your dope from me"...Real class.
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  338.  @Ordinary-AverageGuy  Additionally...exactly who is the "they"...People understand that your man is still the Leader of your nation so why did he not take control knowing what was happening in HIS juristiction.
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  339. Not even the best army in the Ukraine. Poorly trained, poorly paid, poor leadership.....poor Pootin
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  340. The L34 variant in this and the ealrier LH had a lot of prework performed by Repco and that engine also was the basis of the Formula 5000 open wheelers that ran in that era. I think the famous Hall of Famer, Frank Matich also ran it in his SR4 sports car.
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  341.  @Yui-zb8fm  Chips with one leg? is that at Maccas?
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  342. Jock...if what they are saying is anything like the schoolboy comments made in (almost) English at the Cricket Australia site there is nothing to worry about.. Childish and irrelevant dribble.
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  343. Try to observe the tackling techniques.
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  344. I can recommend the Aldi variety of Tim Tams....Bloody good for the price.
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  345. As far back as the 1980's ladle treatment such as Vacuum Degassing and Controlled Argon Stirring were performed to improve steel cleanliness
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  346. It would be interesting to see a disclosing of funding interests.
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  347. @коммунист Товарищ Idiot....he is not the President of anything until January 20...
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  348.  @oldbloke204  Derigibles have been used for well over 150 years so why would they continue to be used if they did not perform some purpose?
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  349.  @albertbresca8904  You should also know that the vast majority of the Oz population are lining up for vaccinations after our blithering federal government made huge stuffups with ordering. The next few weeks WILL see infected numbers roughly double what they are now. Our hard working medical people are also feeling the pinch. Had the government got in and order vaccines when numbers were well under control things would be better now. p.s.. If you want to be properly informed do not watch Mr Murdock's disciples.
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  350.  Jason Crosby  Interesting to say that...Burns has created more awareness of facets of US history than any other person in recent times. His accounts have been very popular viewing in my nation, Australia.
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  351. Do you need anymore proof that he is good at telling fairy tales ?
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  352. Aw, come on. It's his going away present. Snouts in the trough, weavils in the flour....let them eat cake...faaark the plebs. And if you get a chance to see the image of poor ol' Mathias serving it up at his Berlin BBQ have a chuckle at his "apron" and the size of the steaks. How's ya snags going folks.
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  353.  @killerWATTstudio  Putting my Aussie Sherlock Holmes hat on it is evident that it is wafting down from the north through the Mids and due to hit Londoners at anytime soon. You can bank on it being the silent but deadly type. Man the gas masks.
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  354. But you can't put a condom on your head.....you might suffocate..
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  355. @SHH885 What a load of crap...the Indian spectators showed absolutely NO appreciation of any aspects of Australia's play during this game and then vacated the stadium on the presentation. An absolutely pathetic display of sportsmanship if ever there was one. Shameful. It is one thing to be patriotic and another to appreciate sportsmanship. Look at the vision.
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  356. @@SHH885 Bribed the ICC? ...man, you should be writing comics. The ICC is primarily driven in India.
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  357.  @henryleesa  We are, first and foremost, a puppet of the English who still have the power to remove our Government under our Constitution. Being a puppet of the USA is something we have managed to live with ever since they saved our arses from agressive nations in the 1940's. We ave done very well since, thank you very much.
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  358. Everybody who wants to "bring back the biff" in whatever the sport should be made to watch vision of the great Mohammed Ali in the final years of his life. So sad to see the brilliance of that man end up the way it did.
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  359. Nobody is denying anything you have stated but the coverage could still be available for those interested through a dedicated outlet channel. No need for each and every station to be trying to outdo each other and presenting totally mindless and irrelevant comment.
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  360. It is definitely something we see every year at this time....lives in the deep and can stay underwater for a full year.......clearly a Dog Seal...It is a relative of the larger variety sometimes seen in Loch Ness, Scotland.
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  361. I'm wondering if he and his team will come out with a cap with that reference embroidered on it. Perhaps not.
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  362. Adolf too, had a very good propoganda machine but the Wall that he built still exists after 70+ years in many places. Trumpie's Wall on the other hand, has been breached and tunnelled under in numerous places and drug transporters see it as no challenge.
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  363.  @MasterPhilip616  Correct...but it is an inert gas so does not combine with other atmospheric gases.
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  364.  @royalnavarre1673  He reads it every day because his version of the Bible has a lift out section with a Stock Exchange report that is updated each day.
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  365.  @maxfish4770  The sight of those Big Bangers in the days of the Australian Touring Car championships were unforgettable. Mustangs, Camaros, Chevvy Nova, Monaro 350 with a few 1310cc Morris Cooper S's. Do you mean the Formula 5000 (F5000) which used to race in a local Tasman Cup Series with Kiwis and some Pommies.
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  366. And yes, that is even with the little guy paying huge prices for the privilege of using their second world services. Bonuses are often geared to savings made over the year and savings generally equates to cutting back of labour costs. These upper management types are spineless leeches and parasites driven by greed.
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  367. And that is enough to win 74 (and counting) seats.... Look where that lisp has taken him to. Sewer level comment to resort to.
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  368. Give him a seat on the Echidna....without a saddle...
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  369.  @mightyworker  Indeed, when he sold his soul to the devil for a handful of silver.
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  370. His image on the rolls of toilet paper is far more practical.
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  371. Baaaanaby Joyce...Big hat, no cattle...
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  372.  @versacegang42  Very good points...and a good remedy for these doubters would be to get them to perform some voluntary work associated with the virus. The concept of innoculations / vaccinations have been with mankind since around the 1500's...over 500 years. Think about all the lives saved since it was used in India for small pox I was one of the early school children treated with Polio (Salk) vaccine in the 1950's and I saw an older family member who was not vaccinated suffer an unfortunate life as a polio sufferer that left her with respiratory problems for the rest of her life. This person was also treated in an iron lung per your information.
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  373. To be launched from the submarines that are expected to arrrive within the next eight years?
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  374. For the same reason several nations including Japan used to fish and whale in the Great Southern Ocean and Antarctis Sea.
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  375. Did you note note the statistic that indicates less than 65% had been counted (for Kiama)
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  376.  @leehansen4750  If you listen to the commentary it describes what actually happened when one HSR link was opened in Spain between two of the largest cities. Remember that China's network is a developing one still and they have caught up on what other nations have had in place since the mid 1800's. Less costly to introduce new infrastructure than deal with old networks. USA shot itself in the foot in the 1950's in their capitalistic pursuit of privatisation by the big companies linked to oil, rubber, steel, etc.
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  377. China produces well over 120 million tonnes of steel per annum. The best ever tonnage for Oz was around 8 million tonnes p.a. and we've gone backwards from there.. You can become the Minister for Planning and you'll have a job for a long time.
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  378. Very well said. If only some sinks in at where it is intended. Australia is about to host the India National Cricket team. They are here now in isolation of two weeks but preparing for a series in all Capital cities (including Melbourne). That's a team with over 30 members from one of the worst affected nations as we speak.
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  379.  @Anthropomorphic  Primarily it was the semi automatics that were targeted. To this day farmers and persons with a legitimate reason can buy weapons they can justify. Historic and ancient guns were turned in for examination and "rectification" and mostly returned to owners.
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  380. Yes, and some of us remember when it had a REAL straight, the great Conrod Straight. It became a safety issue when several lives were lost mostly as a result of vehicles becoming airborne on a hump towards the bottom section. Videos of the earlier track exist on YT and the transformation is unbelievable. The track was also famous for motor bike races dating back to WW2 era. The outright lap record is some five seconds faster than V8 Supercars.
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  381. "Sold her soul"...and we know who the Devil is !!
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  382.  @shaneeslick  James Reyne gave thumbs up....great tribute song.
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  383. Overreacted to protests but underreacted to producing anything like the Brereton Report and Government response of not sweeping anything under the carpet.
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  384.  @rickyshun1447  They are welcome to do exactly that...at least they have tabled documentary reporting evidence to start with...where's China's documentation on the treatment of their citizens in Tiananeman.
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  385. Much has changed since 9/11/2001.
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  386. The clown who played the fools and their money !!
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  387.  @nomad640  Sounds very much USA management style...inflexible..we need to look no further than the management to unions blend in nations like the Scandinavians where REAL and honest liaison / communication has resulted in efficiency and quality.
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  388.  @x-75hurricane65  Can you ask the girls to invite Cruz over for one of their croc hunts....nudge, nudge,
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  389. Whoever named him was a bit of a bird brain....should be relevant to its' natural environment.
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  390. Yes indeed...how prophetic she was. What I can't see commented is that the Sunflower is the National flower of the Ukraine and since the unlawful invasion it has become a symbol of support. 🌻🌻🌻
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  391. You can spend another amount tuning those Red Horses but they will nevr sound like this.
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  392. The UK is not the only nation that "owes" we Australiians, and big time. Our young men and women have fought in almost every theatre of war since the Boer War. Every Government has committed soldiers since that time resulting in tens of thousands being sacrificed for the freedom of other nations. At the same time we have been fortunate to have had few conflicts on our shores other than Darwin in WW2 and smaller attacks on Sydney / Newcastle and some coastal shipping.
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  393. That would work if politicians swallowed their pride and resurrected the rail systems that were in place until the 60's and 70's. There were excellent tracks all over the place and travellers could get to many country towns. Fell apart when the trucking barons got into the pockets of politicians.
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  394. Don't lodge the lobster one yet..the supermarkets cannot keep the supply going at the rate we plebs are buying them up. The situation here really shows up the greed of local operators who usually say stuff the Aussie market and go for the big Chinese bucks.
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  395. And a sad fact is that governments have encouraged that drive to dwell within city and coastal limits. Gone are the days when a much higher proportion of our population, especially in NSW, settled in country regions with good employment and infrastructure.
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  396.  @elsabean6791  Your summation is not an accurate one. Sky News is a far right organisation owned by former Australian Rupert Murdoch so the style of news reporting very much follows the USA, his now homeland. Actual content is not determined by him but the locals have to conform to his money making operation. Their actual news reporting is not bad and on par with many others here but the so called "After Dark" commentators follow US trends. Bashing of the left and being anti beliefs like climate change and the like are almost nightly features.You have to realise their share of market is poor when compared to other Aussie services so anything to attract another viewer is a big priority. There are 3-4 other services that are more middle of the road. Our national broadcaster the ABC is frequently in the sights of Sky so I guess it has to be seen as doing their job. ABC is very traditional and has always beeen a serrvice that informs the broader Australia and is miles ahead of other services in times of disasters wuch as the bush fires we had a year ago. And in signing off the Aussie people largely "worked out" your President long ago and even before your election I would say the voting here would be around 70-30.
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  397. Indeed...Deja Vu all over again.......with repects to Yogi Berra from an Aussie admirer.
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  398. ​ @catchmeifyoucan1807  good to see somebody who knows the Laws as opposed to.......
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  399.  @arijit1809  Where is his "whining"? Seems to me he is simply explaining the Law correctly.
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  400.  @dineshp2833  You will find that is a written sub Law for occasions where the ball hits the camera or supports or even when a covered roof and its' supports is hit.
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  401. In fact, the vaccine had been developed by a German Laboratory which the US Company joined in with and funded. US can take no credit for it whatsoever let alone this fn imbecile.
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  402. Which reminds me that there was no mention above of the massive dust storms we can get after long dry spells. There is sure to be some vision of some of them that roll from the inland and through the west of NSW and Vic. and through to the coast and even NZ.
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  403.  @sanjeevdewali2294  And the sand (Silica) can be used in the manufacturing of glass panels.
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  404.  @4orl2c68  They are owned by the same mogul, unfortunately. But Murdoch got himself into a lot of trouble in the UK courts some years ago and his credibility was all but destroyed.
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  405.  @mk1479  Those Egyptian carvings / writing date to around 5000 years whereas Indonesian carvings / art date at least 40,000 years further back. Australian cave art has been dated around 20,000 years. Given it is known there was a land bridge through Indonesia to our Island those "heiroglyphics pale somewhat.
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  406. @lynxonyx-w3j colonist? really....... nice play on words there.
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  407.  King Amen-Tut-Ankh  The Mummy speaks.....go and get your bandages tightened.
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  408. A number of these tested positive to covid which is known to cause issues with parts of the body AND the brain....
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  409.  @hugovaz777  Especially when we westerners were the ones who went there with chaffbags of money to throw at cheap labour back in the 1960's.
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  410.  @Fullyraw1991  It stands to reason based on the fact that their population is around 1.4 billion...20% of the planet. Now a challenge for all...look up the top three nations that are the worst polluting based on per capita emissions.....scary.
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  411.  fjf sjdnx  No sorry, not even close..French aussi (or also) is pronounced with a soft A and emphasis on the double s...aus-si. We Aussies pronounce Aussie as Ozzie, so with a hard A. But Merci beaucoup if you are a Frenchman, you are lucky to live in one of the beautiful places on our planet...like we Aussies. p.s. Americans tend to think they should call us with the soft A...we know better.
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  412. Do we have proof he is human. Does he have a certificate stating same.
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  413. Superbikes are a relatively new class of motorbikes considering this track was used for bikes from the early 1930's.
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  414. The most classical house design is the Federation style which became opulat after Federation, 1901. Australian architect Ken Wooley is a noted Hall of Fame member for his designs made for sloping blocks of land.
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  415. And it certainly is...the famous "sandshoe cruncher" delivered by Dennis Lillee to Tony Greig (RIP) was enough to produce a very quick run.......to the toilet.
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  416. Steel rods !!!...Iron ore (+coke, limestone) is converted to Iron (blast furnace) firstly and then refined into steel of set specification.(in BOS furnace or electric arc or ancient open hearth) Refined steel is rolled / formed into required end product.
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  417. How about over 8,200 of them?
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  418.  @daniellarson3068  Exactly what do you mean...."you don't even need to enrich it" ? Australia used to make twice the volume of steel it does today and used to export to Asia until they built up their production capacity and made their own using a lot of our Iron Ore and coal.
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  419.  @katymcdonald5481  Australia's primary steel producer has noone but itself to blame after it was sold off by the parent company without the mining interests that had been part of the overall structure for as long as the steel plant operated
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  420.  @danieledwards1081  I was not awar that the Whyalla steelmaking plant had closed down...thanks for the update. Any issues associated with steelmaking at Port Kembla are aligned to Bluescope's decision to manufacture niche steels.
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  421. And Brock's earlier HDT co-driver was Colin Bond.
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  422. There's still a lot of evidence of the explorations done by these nations in the naming of today's places. Cape Naturaliste and Dutch named Cape Leeuwin in the Western "horn". The Dampier region also. La Perouse left his mark in the naming of Botany Bay's northern peninsula and in NZ we still have the town of Akaroa flying the French flag in the main street.
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  423. Don't waste your money by backing him in next year's Derby...doesn't look like he would make the distance.
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  424. I think you mean that Trump should have formed his own Trumplican Party and left the real Republicans alone. They have been dudded as a result.
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  425. Read the subject matter and you have your answer Mr Milestone.
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  426.  Hans Otto Kroeger Kaethler  https://www.spglobal.com/platts/en/market-insights/latest-news/coal/121720-four-chinese-regions-limit-power-usage-amid-shortages-industry-sources https://www.garda.com/crisis24/news-alerts/417536/china-power-shortages-likely-to-continue-in-hunan-jiangxi-and-zhejiang-through-early-february https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9063943/Chinas-trade-war-Australia-backfires-country-plagued-blackouts-cold-winter.html
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  427.  @fuzzz5213  That date is around one year prior to the passing of RM. His company was sold out to the Louis Vitton parent operation based in Singapore as I recall it. I believe RM placed a caveat in the sale that required the top of the line boot (and certain itels of clothing) to be made in Australia ONLY. I'm not up with development of late so this may have changed. I hane a pair of boots that are over 40 years old and still growing in comfort. RM was a great patriot who took enormous pride in his range of real Australian clothing.
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  428.  @jasonengelhardt3729  Jason...it's a different scenario with UGG...Some Yank operation decided to register that name long after Aussies produced them. So it was an issue with naming rights.
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  429.  @MM-ku4nj  That would explain a lot!!!
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  430.  @tongya3439  Define your understanding of the word "invade"
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  431.  @richie1919  He has the hat and scarf to prove it.
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  432. Iron (in the form of what are called Pigs) is what a wartime Prime Minister famously shipped to an enemy.. it is solid. metallic, near pure Iron......today we export Iron Ores...oxides of Iron.
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  433. So a reaction to a reaction ? where does it end?
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  434. Australia's dreams were coming true a long time before it was trading iron ore and coal and wool with the Chinese.
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  435. Greed, nothing but greed on behalf of those hospitals. Was recently in a private hospital for a minor procedure that took less than half an hour. I was at the hospital for around four hours in total. I saw the bill for the hospital ALONE (i.e. not including specialist and anaesthetist) and it was over $3500. There were around a dozen similar procedures done that I witnessed.
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  436. We had a recent TV program in Australia about the DHR showing all of its magnificence. The switchbacks are a smaller scale than the Lithgow ZZR which is gouged into the escarpment walls. There are some old photographs which show the overall setting from the air.
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  437.  @bent1s  Are you aware of the number of coal mines owned by India in Australia?
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  438. Fair go...he has unwrapped a lot of Big Macs.
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  439. Most definitely ONE OF the most impressive...there are so many. Let's not forget the ongoing restorations of the likes of the Colosseum. the Parthenon, Petra complex, etc.
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  440.  @carrollinparis1220  Stained glass ??
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  441. Some marvellous machined use to race in that category in the Tasman Series. Some Aussie cars used the 308 Holden engine. Great days at Warwick Farm.
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  442. Ha, what a joke. You should be trying to convince the Trump family in that case because they have taken out 17 trade marks in China with the government (source Forbes)
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  443. The mighty Saint George - ILLAWARRA Dragons are a Rugby League Club and they just won their opening game of the season ten minutes ago.
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  444. It was an eyesore anyway. The new light route covers it and more anyway.
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  445. Did it light up the radar gun? was the radar beam used to guide the ball?
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  446. Floating meat pie...yum.
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  447. Where can I get a copy of that book Mr. Tom is flicking through the pages of?
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  448.  @grantnoroyan4083  There is one conclusion that can be drawn ONLY...he is fn cold. I hope the schoolkid stuff stops now.
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  449.  @estebantable3585  with one huge exception....LHO was an expert marksman
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  450. Whoa...let's give credit where it is due. The person who put Ford in the picture was Harry Firth who was both a successful driver (3-4 times winner) and Ford Dealers head before he went over the HDT. Firth had everything to do with the Ford Cortinas that won in 1963, 64 and 65.
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  451. Little hint for remembering the States and Cities. Many years ago I learned most of the US States by learning the MLB teams from the cities that have one. Got a fairly good idea with the NFL teams and NHL teams also. The AFL has the most teams in their Lague so that's a good starting point.
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  452. Moffat drove a 6000cc variant called a Falcon Cobra Hardtop in 1978.
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  453. Most definitely NOT pig iron. Pig Iron results when molten or cast Iron is poured into small ingots called PIGS. Processed in a Pig Mill. Called Pigs because of the shape formed. Once cooled this can be transported and is also used for remelting in foundries. Pig Iron therefore has the same chemical composition as Iron as cast at the blast urnace.
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  454.  @peterenis3496  Steels are ALLOYS of Iron with elements that are beneficial to produce the desired structural properties. I know of at least 300 different grades of steel. Most common alloying element is Manganese.
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  455.  @umaid-nungshatpa  Something = Carbon, Phosphorous, Manganese, Silicon, Sulphur, Nickel, Chromium, Molybdenum, Copper, Aluminium, Tin, Niobium, Titanium, Vanadium, Boron, Calcium, Arsenic, Antinomy, Caesium, Hydrogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen..all of which can be analysed for in the certification of steels.
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  456. Very good point given the world marches on its' stomach and we Australians consume only around 35% of what we produce. It could be more if greedy coal producers were stopped from digging up good farming land.
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  457. The Springboks eat a meal of testorone sprinkled on raw water buffalo steaks as their main meal before a game.
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  458.  Goughs Bastard  Absolutely correct..it is far too easy to get a driver's license. Our HP Police are trained at proper training facilities. Most drivers are not generally interested in attending advanced driving courses such as those conducted by skilled teaching drivers at several tracks. I did a course in 1971 and have never regretted the learnings. Having a driving license is a privilege, not a right and far too many lose sight of this fact.
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  459. I'll give Bolt some credibility when and if he actually comes up with some positiity. He spends his life attacking others convinced that his is the only way. If Bolt has a better way of putting the COVID issue into faster decline then put him his hand up and actually do something other than sit on his blurter and attack others.
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  460. No. no, no....we Antipodeans would see this as a total WOFTAM.
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  461.  @JohnJ469  Absolute rubbish..a person who worked as a technologist in the iron and steel industry for four decades here in Oz will educte you as to how iron pigs can easily be concerted into steel of any grade including what used to be called War Department Shell Steel. The report you quote is pathetic given it is supposedly produced at Sydney University...it is blatantly incorrect scientifically. The steelmaking process can be easily found through many sources.
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  462. Hurry up and bring on the America's Cup...smack his arse again.
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  463. The "urn" contains the ashes of one of the bails from the stumps...check out the size of it sometime.
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  464. Indeed, it's a pretty looking livery BUT it does not make up for all the lives that have been lost when they fell out of the air. Pathetic safety record even as recent as Indonesian crash.
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  465. And that fact is evidenced in the factual reporting that Trump and family have taken out numerous trade marks in China and backed by the Chinese Government to have their produce made there. (Many documented sources)
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  466. Australia had one of the best economies in the world around the 1890's at a time when we "lived off the sheep's back" and China was not a global powerhouse. Recent decades has seen us putting most of our eggs in the one basket and taking the easy and greedy way out to progress our production. At the same time we have neglected our own people. Now it looks like it's payback time.
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  467. Another uniquely Aussie reference here...We were the first to develop antivenines and vaccines for many of the venimous species. The "milking" of spiders and snakes was a hobby of a man based on the NSW central coast and he use to provide samples for research by the early Commonwealth Serum Laboratories. If it wasn't for this Aussie inventiveness a lot more of your older relos might not be here.
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  468. Yes..visitors to the Tropical waters of Queensland are always warned about the Irukandji / Box Jellyfish which is very small but highly venimous.
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  469. Can you please not embarrass yourself and go and study actual numbers of nations that have registered associations or Leagues for both sports. Cricket has 10-12 full status playing nations and at least 80-90 more associated nations. Baseball's numbers of nations are very similar. Baseball is an Olympic sport. Look up World Baseball Classic, World Baseball Cup..
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  470. That's a good point Joseph. If the arsehole POTUS keeps on demeaning and calling out the little ally nations then he is in for some bad times. I'm thinking his real problem here is that NZ is being successfully administerred by one of the best female politicians on the planet.
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  471. Please...some credit where it is due. Yes Moffatt made his mark but some two years before he joined the ranks we were used to seeing three great Mustangs driven by "Stormin" Norm Beechey, Ian 'Pete" Geoghegan and the Bob Jane. These three were racing in 1965 in the golden years of the Australian Touring Car chamionships. Beechey and Jane would go on to race other makes...Beechey in Chev. Nova and Camaros AND the earliest Monaro. Many old timers believe Australia has not produced a better sedan driver than Pete Geohegan. RIP all of them.
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  472. Does not exist.
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  473.  @MattExzy  It was classsified as a Category 1 cyclone up until it hit Moreton Island and then down graded to a Low Depression over Moreton Bay.
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  474. Very true but also a shout out to all the voluntary SES members.
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  475. We have to ask ourselves who is the real beneficiary of this especilly at a time when a US election is not far off.
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  476.  @jackvos8047  Some of those nations had their notes printed at our Mint. Assuming our inventors were smart and patented them there should be good royalties involved.
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  477. The above car is not the same as the Bathurst winners...above is Improved Production whereas Bathurst cars were Series Production.
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  478. I hear the name McCoy mentioned during Doohan's brilliant qualifying lap. What a rider that Aussie was, often referred to as the King of Slide...
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  479.  @TechnoMinarchist  I'm amazed a rock big enough could be found for you to hide under.
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  480.  @3366larryandrews  Obviously a billionaire in terms of brain cells.
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  481.  @margaretvassallo5015  You had better explain to a Yank what a VC is...
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  482.  @AA-rc1ee  Their situation is becoming so bad with their food supply chain that they are probably paying with food vouchers.
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  483. Many of us including those of us in Australia share those sentiments... Now it is time to put the UNITED back in the United States of America.
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  484. Yes it does but can't work out where to start that war...has tried several nations...India included. All part of the muscle flexing by the CCP who need to show power to convince their own good citizens.
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  485. Yes indeed, politicians everywhere seem to be all cast in the same mould and have a gelding operation before they go into the chambers.
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  486. Most tourists can propably not name any beach suburb other than Bondi....poorly informed.
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  487. No denying PB was a great tin top driver and a nationally recognised figure. Most real Aussie motor sports fans also identify with our World champion motor cycle riders. In the 500cc / MotoGP eras we have had Mick Doohan, Wayne "Wiz" Gardner and more recently Casey Stoner. Wayne's son Remy is currently riding high in MGP2 and Jsck Miller doing well in the top class. Gardner and Doohan competed against the great US riders like Kenny Roberts, Wayne Rainey and Kevin Schwantz. Also Troy Corser and Troy Bayliss winning World championships on the Superbikes Aussies have also excelled at what is now called Speedway GP which is a global sport (national sport of Poland) with its' roots entrenched in Australia. Lastly endurance rider Toby Price has a excellent record in events like the Dhaka Rally.
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  488.  @multioptioned  and to give some balance to that question the converse is true too. European settlers soon learned a number of survival traits from the First Australians and we are still learning to this day. Recent developments in bushfire fighting is a prominent case.
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  489.  @jeffhammermill9358  That certainly does not align with Australia and from what I know of UK. Here in Australia i can walk into my local med centre and wait an average of an hour without booking. I can also book (esp in Covid times) and have to wait no more than a day. I recently had to have Xrays and this was done immediately at the clinic. Also had an ultrasound which required fasting so had a two days wait. If I have to get a referral to see a specialist I might have to wait for 3-4 weeks to see a specialist surgeon. I know for a fact that this applies across most of my state. In current times persons might have to wait for period of time for elective surgery. This can amount to up to 12 months wait (without cover). Persons with additional private insurance will generally be treated in private hopitals in 2-3 weeks. We have a "scheduled fee" system for doctors whereby the Government decides what is a reasonable charge by doctors...if one chooses to use doctors that charge above that fee then the additional becomes an out of pocket expense. Yours is a ridiculous statement that you are essentially happy with doctors charging what they like and that is primarily the reason (along with the rich drug companies) you do not have a workable system.
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  490.  @TheMetal750  How quickly people forget that for decades before Australia has a car industry everything on our roads was imported...it's getting thet way again, much like New Zealand.
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  491. Having seen three other teams playing thus far I think you need to pull another one out of the hat.
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  492.  @orwelliantimes7948  POTUS is in the same boat as the UK PM who is similarly accused of responding too slowly. There are at least eight nations (referred to as the "First Movers") that responded at least 1-2 weeks earlier than nations like yours. Modelling values published recently suggest around 35,000 of YOUR fellow countrymen died needlessly as a consequence of your government's late response.
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  493.  @ionly6805  "small island"? where were you educated?
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  494. The driveway attendant used to check the oil, tyres, brake fluid, clean the windscreen, wash the bugs off headlights all in the time to "fill'er up please"
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  495. Not all of them. The process shown here uses an induction furnace which, like an electric arc furnace, has a total charge of scrap steel.
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  496.  @SherryEllesson  given that he DID (once) hold that office he is therefore a FORMER President.
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  497. Ten out of ten...classic...you get the cigar.
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  498. Minor point...The political leader of New Zealand is a Prime Minister and not a President....but otherwise a great job of putting your deluded "Leader" in his place. I'm convinced Covid remnants are destroying what grey matter is left in his skull.
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  499. Delusional AND too well paid...It's amazing the levels some members of the human race (I give them some license) will descend to for their regular paycheck from Rupert.
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  500. With the Klitschko brothers in the scrum the Ruskies would fall apart but a great alternative.
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  501.  @lcw1980  How typical that a republican supporter would place these numbers above everything else...here's another... you have over 28% of all deaths on the planet from virus...you don't quote that one. You are also one of the most disjointed nations given previous standing. Fast becoming hated because of how citizens are treated.
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  502. @UCgXotqrfiJbllnE2AY8i8pw You had better look up your legal responsibilities in case you come across the scene of an accident. Do it quick...you never know when it might happen.
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  503.  @awd2272  Two bad administrations will never make a good one...if you want to comment on a good administration there are a few that have handled the situation very well...and the USA is not one.
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  504. With that much propulsion that truck could have broken the land speed record...
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  505. He will have no problem finding alternative employment when his political career is over....he's a shoe in for a standup comedian.
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  506. Adelaide is arguably Australia's best laid out city. You can thank Colonel William Light for the overall result. There's a dedication statue to him in the beautiful grounds adjacent to the beautiful Adelaide Oval. Gotta agree that the video only tellls some of the story which is to be expected on this medium.
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  507. @Colonel Meme Why was Trump happy with that situation for the last four years? Hypocrite.
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  508.  @WaveformV1.0  Superannuation was made compulsory FOR EVERY WORKER by the Federal Government over 40 years ago....some more facts for you to check.
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  509.  @synkaan2167  without actually seeing them how do we know the Lead that encases the surrounds of the stained glass has not been affected. Lead has a melting point of just over 300 Deg Celsius. It also oxidises over time and in an acid / smoky environment will form Lead compounds on the surface.
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  510. That reliable source that tells you Australia has had 907 deaths will also tell you Canadian deaths total 10,632. All considerations had however, the more meaningful statistic is per capita of population.
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  511. You should look up the explanations as to why utes are so named. Try searghing for "who made the first ute in Australia".
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  512.  @jeandelenfant  Most drivers and occupants would show enough concern for their fellow man and at least provide some comfort if not familiar with rendering medical assistance. It is a timely reminder for all of us to do some basic medic course. We are hearing far too often of absolute dogs causing accidents and then running off and even leaving family laying injured in cars. Far too many low lives in our communities these days.
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  513.  @Lennis01  They will print anything that sellls another paper. The solution is simple...put this shiela in charge of the health of all Aussies. seems to know how to go about it.
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  514. And just thing how he will be mumbling and dribbling later in his term if he were to be elected.
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  515. You would have no issue with doing some volunteer work assisting with moving the body bags out of the hospitals then? I will give you info on one friend of over 40 years if you really need one. I didn't get to say goodbye to him either. You are such a fool.
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  516. Great to see the "it's Time" line being used here. It was instrumental in delivering we Australians one of our greatest reforming leaders ever in Gough Whitlam way back in 1972. Let us hope it does the same for the people of the US this November. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4RbVFXjJf4
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  517.  Americans For Trump America for freedom  "he hasn't got a mine" ? what are you talking about?
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  518. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
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  519. Do you mean like the Titanic for example? Mankind has come a long way since it went down and the materials that vessels are now made of (especially hulls) has changed enormously. Just remember welding was virtually unknown of when she was built resulting in her hull having over a million rivets. A lot is still to be learned given the amount of space development happening in our time.
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  520. He was so pretty to watch...made other players look like policemen on traffic duty.
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  521. Give them time. The moon is in the wrong phase.....the lunatics are on the grass.
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  522. What a load of presumptuous crap....many of the leading researchers for a vaccine are not in the USA. Maybe the USA is hacking these nations.
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  523. No but it took out a squadron of their bombers that were nearby and couldn't get out of the way quick enough.
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  524. Most of you only think of the Snowy Mountains when it comes to snow BUT there are many more places where snow regularly falls away from Snowys. In NSW the Northern Tablelands / New England areas, Central West, Blue Mountains, Southern Highlands, The ACT, Central Victoria and Tassie of course
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  525. Do you really think Twitter would do that? They will censure and tag some of his comments but they are mindful of the loss of advertising dollars if Trump's rants are not published. It's all about theatre (and $$$, of course).
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  526. You are correct and I agree otherwise but KOWTOW...to touch the forehead to the ground while kneeling, as an act of worship, reverence, apology, etc., especially in former Chinese custom.
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  527. Does Rupert have shares in the cruise line?
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  528. Baseball has many common lines to the English village sport of Rounders...few commonalities to cricket. But, most of the improvements that have gone into cricket since the popularisation of the ODI and T20 games have come directly from baseball. Teams employing baseball coaches for fielding etc.
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  529. They can hide as much as they like and try to erase the memory of what happened but the relatives of those who were murdered and injured will never forget and will always pay their respects. The bots stating otherwise on here want to try and remove all memory of the disgraceful past records of their feudal past..it is a shocking and terrible history and no person from the Chinese nation can attempt to shun the blame by pointing fingers at ANY other nation.
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  530.  @secularbeast1751  Much longer than that. We fought together on the Western Front in WW1. An Australian General lead a force that included 1000US troops in one battle. But well said and unfortunately you are speaking of a China we no longer know.
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  531.  @theoneandonlypinkypinky8245  In that case there would be many references / reportings...no doubt you can produce one.
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  532. I just pissed myself laughing at your dribble...your CCP must have erased ALL of the documented massacres and wars conducted in tribal times. Or have you not been to school yet and learned your history of warmongering, massacring, murders and slaughter by the emperors, war lords and governments going back over the centuries. How many citizens died in the construction of the Great Wall alone? A structure made to divide and conquer. If you have been deprived of that learning and ccnnot find the documented facts let us know and we can arrange copies...you really are the absolute definition of a joker.
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  533.  @Morganlefay789  Yes, the Brits and Aussies don't hold back with sanitised speak when it comes to telling it like it is...
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  534.  @Design_no  You have an issue with him, or anyone, speaking documented FACTS?
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  535. Hello felloow Illawarrian...you are correct with the suggestion of a microclimate. Long before your time (not mine) there used to be up to five coke ovens plants in and around town, the main one being in the steelworks. Water vapour, from coke quenching, was thought to be pushed in against the escarpment and would become trapped between Mount Keira and Mount Kembla..our own Illawarra Triangle. It used to result in some amazing rainfall, so much so that much of that area is sub tropical rain forest.
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  536.  @user-bc9tp6tu4b  That would be because there is much fewer citizens to buy the stock. 120.000 and counting.
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  537. @Tommy Belciano 雷 While flying the flag of Canada....ha, ha...
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  538. Chev Monzas were part of the scene in Oz in early 80's. The one driven by Allan Grice in the Sports Car category was amongst the best in class. Humongous flared guards, monsterous rear wing that overhung back and a shovel nosed front that could have seen it work as a snow plough. Could not race as production car as insufficient were sold.
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  539.  @taIlboyandy23  Yours is the exception rather than the norm...They are not aerial images. Google's camera car actually travels in your street. Most Google Maps postings have a small insertion that even allows rotation to nearby houses. And a word of warning to anybody that posts images of houses on social media. Be very careful to eliminate any GPS references that allow tracking by undesirables. Turn settings off when tking the images.
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  540. Can Mr. Jones please do a follow up article wherein he follows the lives of, say, five random persons who were the so called "mild" cases and are now back to normal lives. Would be interesting to see how their lives were impacted. I'm talking of a legitimate factual article without bias or intervention.
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  541. The rubbish starts at the opening of the comment. Bodyline was a tactic used against Australia by England. The intention was to nullify the great Bradman. Maybe research your info before commenting.
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  542.  @ohasis8331  Have you not been keeping up with recent DNA testing developments?
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  543. You need to do a lot more "learning".
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  544. Much too intelligent a comment to be commenting on this page.
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  545.  @sallycent6598  If the Nats arre so good why not break away....
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  546. Information via a search can be found that provides details for Yield Strength and Tensile Strength for the common Aluminium Alloys. In the main there is some difference between the two. One factor not mentioned here WRT the Liberty ships is the effect of the freezing cold waters that they sailed in. Constant coldness had big effects on the Heat Affected Zones (HAZ) of the welding that were not realised in early days. Impact testing of HAZ's clearly show this.
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  547.  WT F  A very accurate summary...I'm sure there arre very good long serving journos who have mostly been handcuffed by a deplorable administration that only wants news published to their standards.
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  548.  @damianm3786  Those Falcon Hardtop Cobras did look brilliant and the finish Moff and Bond staged will probably never be seen again. I did think the Cobras lacked originality given their livery was a direct copy of the Shelby Mustangs in the US at the time. Shelby had stolen the concept of the Cobra name from the AC Cobra made in UK but modified in US.
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  549.  Raven Reyes PTZ  They are all part of the Fox network owned by the Murdoch family.
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  550. Your violin needs a good tune...sounding really flat.
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  551.  @cmdreftilon9786  Especially if Trump lost his head rug.
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  552.  @SPaul-us9ob  You should have the decency to go and visit any of the three busy hospitals in Melbourne city and learn how to show some respect to the hard working staff before making statements that insult them. I hope you are not put in the situation where you need their services soon.
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  553. The steel used in the huge pipes at the Guthega Station of the Snowy Mountains project was tested for use at minus 50 deg, C when manufactured.
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  554.  @brettany_renee_blatchley  but they are one and the same thing insofar as DT is concerned.
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  555. And Flannery was installed as AOY by Little Johnny Howard's Government. VERY strange eh?
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  556.  @sarthaksrivastava3877  That attendance was over 115,000 and it was for an AFL game...the largest attendance for cricket was 93,000 (2015 World cup) also had over 100,000 attend a baseball game (demonstration sport 1956 Olympics)
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  557. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mf2zEgNDUck
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  558. Well said...There is a beautiful reference to this bird in the Australian Indigenous peoples folklore or "The Dreamtime". They believe their God created the Kookas so that their loud ccall would wake up everybody in time to see the lovely sunrises every day.
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  559.  @joe-di6zf  Hell, it is only 1%,? So that is only 3.3 million souls in your US. Keep up your line of thinking and planning and you will soon get there.
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  560. And for all the hoax believers, one of the earlier ones to pass away back in April was a mate of mine for over 45 years. We were unable to attend a funeral. Think about saying a prayer for him.
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  561.  @DTheAustralian  Why stuff around?...put ALL US politicians and corporation heads there too.
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  562.  @matthewlogan4267  Not everybody wears the same spectacles as you do.
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  563. Amazing journey, built on a two feet gauge to manage the tight mountain turns. Has a storage / workshop house at the top station
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  564. It happened at 03:15 New Orleans time on New Year's Day...yes, today AEST time.
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  565. Both are extremely reputable food companies although Mighty Mite is a recent product addition to the Three Threes company that's been around for a century+...you will see their other products on other cars. Bega cheese is even older and it was really good to see them take over Vegemite from the Yanks.
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  566.  @sirtra  Perhaps you should have learned in that time. Your comment reads that you do not understand the submarines are totally different from the French....not a US refitting of propulsion system. You can bet that virtually all the associated componentry will be supplied from US and locally installed. Nothing new for this nation that started our car building industry by assembling Model T Fords that were shipped here as parts and assembled at Geelong. We will be fortunate if our steel maker of heavy plate material gets to supply the very technical grades for the hull.
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  567. The nation of Australia did not exist at the times you are referencing. We were a Colony of six States / Territories, all independent.
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  568. Graduated from his own university!!
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  569. Well done. You are the only person to mention the word CULTURE. That's why the AB's perform their range of Hakas. Creating an awarenes of their unique Maori culture and heritage. As another commenter states the warrior cultures of the Maori and the Celts should be respected here.
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  570.  @tinto278  Show some respect...their soldiers have been covering our Aussie troops arses since 1915. ANZACS remember.
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  571.  @Kira.user-zd4ih9fi9u  Are you worried that Vodka prices will go up?
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  572. His leg(s) were playing up because they weren't connected to his brain at that time.
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  573. Ah, yes, pinch hitters. The use of the term in cricket was first used by Ian Chappell. No surprise there given Ian was a great baseball player and a State representative. However the old baseball term is misused in cricket as a pinch hitter is one who was not originallly in the starting lineup. Consequently in cricket they should be called a "promoted" hitter.
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  574. My guess is that he would be a Chicago Old Style man....especially if he goes to Sox or Cubs games.
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  575. Great times at those old tracks with pit passes. Doubt it happens in these days of security and coverups like the fuel on the Sierras at Bathurst (87?).
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  576.  @RelaxingNatureSoundz  One of the true "smartest" nations on our planet is Singapore. It's a very multicultural nation with both Asian and British backgrounds. When visiting there some years ago we learned that there are a number of religions throughout the nation and that EVERY schoolkid has to spend some time learning about ALL the other religions. The respect they learn appears to carry them though their lives. I'd suggest there is a lesson to be learned by all of us.
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  577.  @blub5117  20kt (20kilo tonnes) per annum? Many of today's plants produce that in a day.
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  578. REAL Schnitzel at that...none of that chicken or yearling crap. Vienna Schnitzel at its' best.
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  579. Can I get an autograph ?....a person who never maeks tyops.
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  580.  @thelmarose2782  The Free State of Bavaria is exactly that, a State of Germany.
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  581. The more accurate you are, the less likely to have the comment erased.
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  582. Indeed, a magnanimous gesture on his behalf to round up Chinese product after they were the cause and then hand we taxpayers the invoice. Keep in mind the earlier masks were absolute rubbish and did not meet Australian Standards. They might as well spray the virus on masks before sending.
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  583. What a car. A masterpiece by Chapman with the side tunnels and spring loaded skirts. The Black Beauty.
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  584.  @stevenwilliams6829  He could be vulnerable to a well done STEAK.
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  585.  @kooale  Australians?...what do they have to do with his voice?
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  586. Even sweeter memories of a time when there were NO KMarts.
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  587. Is this not from a video game? If not it is totally irresponsible and ILLEGAL.
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  588. Absolutely incorrect...no complete positive test is recorded without a specific definitive test. If you want to know what that is go and speak to your community hard working testing personnel. Clearly you would not believe me.
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  589.  @bernhardwidmer886  Or in this case a Walrus Team.
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  590. We did...I know a bloke who was on the gang that dug the ditch...
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  591. Some tautology there. He both makes the news and makes up the news. Always has, always will.
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  592. Trump threatens to withdraw support like that but does not want to lose the strategic advanates of overseas operations...make them pay rent as a "trade"
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  593. Yes, an understated fact...it was built by escendants of the Afghan camelliers once they settled in Adelaide and along the route of the overland telegraph that they were a huge part of the construction. The camels were originally imported to be the ships of the desert for the Burke and Wills expedition. They latter became the real heavy lifters for telegraph and the railway line. The Adelaide to Darwin train is named the Ghan after them. Australia owes these people.
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  594.  @tonytoka4317  Let's not get into another Phar Lap discussion....Kostya became a proud Australian after being Russian born...
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  595.  @michaeljenkins7024  You'll find NO embarrassment from the FACT that he decided to become an Australian citizen and fight as an Australian citizen. He was proud of his heritage and parentage as he was to fight with the Australian flag in his corner. Listen to any intro to any of his pro fights and hear what he wanted to ke known as.There have been many other sportspersons do exactly the same in Australia and, for that matter. all over the world. Shove your sour grapes.
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  596. It is time you learned about the Battle of the Coral Sea in WW2 and learn something about why we can still call ourselves Australian.thanks to the many Americans who lost their lives protecting us.
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  597.  @christyb7455  He is not THAT old...
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  598. When that commentator references the property being like the Palace of Versailles we know he had not got a clue.
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  599.  @rkiss6114  That can't be right...you're saying US companies manufacture in China and SK...and...and...Fostering jobs there and making US great again. F$n hypocrites.
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  600. You need to understand Australia's surfie / surfing culture before associating the panel van with anything else.
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  601. Yes, and a tiny nation of New Zealand extract Iron from coastal beaches...relatively low concentrations.
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  602. You need to learn the difference between the Australian people and the Government that has been representing Federally.
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  603.  @molly0oo921  You do not have to turn the clock back all that far to reach a time when there was virtually no dependence on Chinese made products here in Australia. Have a serious think about that.
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  604. The man who gave cricket the world's best coverage was sports director with Channel Nine from around the World Series Cricket days. David Hill was later targeted by Rupert Murdoch and went to the Fox Network. He studied and developed similar coverage for US sports.
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  605. Come on....you forgot Blue Hills and Bellbird. !!
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  606.  @topologyrob  God is good..!!
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  607. @Diana...certainly the second best....the best if the Hume Motorway between Sydney and Canberra...politician's chauffeurs know it well. Ford Ccrtinas and Holden Toranas must have been before your time !
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  608. Australia had a genuine Minister for Minerals and Energy just on 50 years ago who wanted us to do a bit more than dig big holes in the ground. He wanted to see value added by having more manufacturing than what was a reasonable manufacturing industry at that time...I always wonder where we would be if he didn't get shafted.
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  609. There have been MANY National cricketers who have played baseball at a high level. Ian was a catcher for South Australia. An old photograph of the 1948 Bradman team on display in the Long Room at the MCG shows the whole team in baseball uniforms after playing a friendly. The great Victor Trumper played baseball with the Paddington Club in his off season.
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  610.  @johnd8892  Have a look at the feats of the great Neil Harvey and his brothers
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  611. Alan Davidson, who passed away yesterday, was from a family that could field a complete cricket team in local competition in the 1950's.
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  612. The falling boulders reminded me of the Seacliff Bridge, which is now a famous landmark near Stanwell Park, south of Sydney's Royal National Park. It was opened in 2005 and built because the former roadway used to have regular rock falls that took it out of service. Some great images on Maps.
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  613. Incorrect. In baseball the pitcher is aiming to get the pitch into the strike zone. This is one of the very first actions under 12's pitchers / catchers are coached in. Elite baseball player (earning lotsa money) can locate the ball within a few centimetres of where the catcher is indicating. Otherwise agree.
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  614.  @angelabaiers5055  Who is delusional? At least go and do some research on the major climatic events that are happening regularly on YOUR planet right now. Compare frequencies. You can only live in a cave for so long.
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  615. Agree that this class is very similar to BTCC.
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  616. Very close indeed, perhaps just a matter of days / weeks. La Perouse was known to be nearby when the British entered Botany Bay. He is always remembered by having the northern point of Botany Bay named after him.
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  617. He has made a highly paid career out of it...he made a total goose of himself by challenging Brett Lee in the nets at a Sydney Test, televised of course!
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  618.  @chrisallen8250  that Orange has to rub off somewhere!
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  619.  ovwpdlixxilbqwvo xilbqwvoovwpdlix  Idiot, you have no concept of distance. You're probably referring to the Trans Continental Railway which is definitely not a subway.
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  620.  ovwpdlixxilbqwvo xilbqwvoovwpdlix  You are bit behind the times, it has been there for over 60 years. There's nothing secretive given a TV series ran around 3 years ago. Tell us something we don't know.
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  621. The AFL, yes. No other nation is competitive. Go and look up the history of World Championship winners in Rugby League
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  622. Carbon fibre works well for the New Zealanders and their bonus is they don't need an engine to do 50 knots.
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  623. How can we forget the Thunderdome. The famous Bob Jane was one of the drivers of the concept. shame it never really hit any heights. Bob was a famous winner of the earlier 500 miles race though. He either won or was co-driver for two of the three Armstrong 500's at Phillip Island before winning the first two when the race transferred to Bathurst. He was part of an association with Harry Firth who gave Ford their early success with the specialised Cortina GT / GT500 based on English Lotus Cortina
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  624. Might help if you read and understand the Rules you mention.
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  625. Yes indeed, it must have been an excruciating and embarrasing time for those Sky After Dark persons to take this in. Still, Mr Murray managed to put his positive spin on his idol.
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  626. Indeed, too many are like the so called Aussie in the video and to them seeing the very common sights, and a few bars, represents seeing America. The real America can be found out in the heartlands, much like our own country folk. It is sad to see the big cities losing it and becoming more impersonal.
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  627.  @quintas66  There were many, many Australian Infantry Forces (AIF) soldiers, especially in WW1, who faked their ages to become part of what they saw as a great adventure. We are speaking of farm boys from outback who wanted to see the world.
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  628. The best of British with that one...you are intimating that there be some BALANCE in reporting from a Sky presenter (journalist?)
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  629. We agree on two points. Yes, the Euro and NZ manufactured varieties in Aldi are hard to beat. And for sure, Darrell Lea used to be the best by far but not so much for some time. Best liquorice allsorts though!!
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  630.  @tate7224  Will drink to that....certainly could put all that time to a better use in the community.
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  631. Their offering to overcome the spread of the virus is to run everybody through a sheepdip bath.
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  632. MacEnema would be the most approptiate.
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  633.  @willrobinson9767  The Japanese used two fleet aircraft carriers (Shokaku and Zuikaku) plus one light aircraft carrier in the Battle of the Coral Sea 1942. US lost the Lexington and the Yoktown was damaged badly.
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  634. If anyone wants to get a feel for the number of great inventions that have come out of Oz a viewing of the Opebing Ceremony of the Sydney Olympics will provide a lot of detail.
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  635. I remember when he was an unknown running around Oran Park (western Sydney) in his track legit Austin A30 with the Brock tuned 179CI Holden engine..he was known for his paddock bashers but he somehow got this one sanctioned for racing in the "Improved Touring" category. Improved it was, no other A30 like it on the planet. From the start Brocky knew how to make a statement.
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  636.  @chosenjacob4604  You are aware of renewables such as generated in New Zealand, where a combination of thermal steam and hydro supploes much of their power. Several nations use hydro with continuous pumping. Being from Germany you would know about these. You would also be aware that global planning of power generation systems now favours renewables over fossil fuel.
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  637. I don't see him ever becoming a Carl Barron, Sir Les Patterson or the top of the pile, S.J. Morrison.
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  638. Perhaps these people should be properly accredited in the same manner as auditers in the industrial workplace are required to be. No stuffing around with ponces there. They don't get through the gate unless proof of accreditation and proof of valid appointment is sighted.
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  639. Utter tripe...she can't get it correct from her opening statement. We were NEVER near the top steel producing nations. In the 60's we were good but production technology and crap operations saw the combined tonnage of Newcastle and Port Kembla maybe rank in the top 15. At the very best we produced some 6-8 MTPA. Then the Japanese came along and our stupidity saw us lose out big time. We used to be good at shipbuilding once too but there is no way we can compete with the likes of the brilliantly set up operations in Korea. She could easily have looked at factual info and determined a Euro based operation is largest with several Asians (China, Japan and Korea) following. Yes Aussie coking coal is right up there but so is the same product from several other nations. Same goes with iron ore. Let's not take too much notice of politicians prancing on their show jumping horses.
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  640.  @condorX2  What, exactly, is "YALL discussion"...put it into everyday English which is the general language of discussion here. Secondly you can produce as much drivel as you wish but the facts are that almost EVERY global media operation, Western and Eastern, has archived files from what happened. I saw a lot of those times and the previous decades of Communist China and the events of that day are indellibly marked and will NEVER leave my mind. I would suggest most Chinese patriots of the times who had family members killed / murdered will also never forget despite the attempts of modern day brainwashed fools to do otherwise.
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  641. Much of the loss of competitiveness by the US can be directly attributed to just one thing. The owners, management and shareholders failed disamally to replace and modernise antiquated plant. I saw another reporting that showed a Blast Furnace from around 1920 being further relined 70 years later. Every other plant in the world would have decommissioned that furnace knowing it had a life of maybe 30 years. Also had Open Hearth furnaces with 130 ton capacity which is dinosaur steelmaking. I was working around OH furnaces up to 500 tonnes in mid 1960's. Nothing in these industries lasts forvever and it is the responsibility of these people to do what is expected of them.
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  642. Remarkable, isn't it, how he comes up with these "exclusives"
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  643. Do we know if a certain person is taking fiddle lessons?
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  644.  @MrJ9191  You need to study the facts. It has everything to do with overall costs including raw materials. Look up how much of the componentry of those vehicles was brought in from overseas in the recent years and compare that to the imported parts from back in the 60's and 70's. In those times manufacturing, including labour costs, worked very well and local ownership was much higher. The globalisation of said vehicles was the killer, not local labour costs.
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  645. Fastest V8 SUPERCAR lap. The Bathurst web site and some other sources list the ACTUAL lap records. The unofficial record also gets a mention.
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  646. It is a declared crime scene, is it not? What eventually happens with the property is dependent on the wishes of owners in their Wills. Stop guessing.
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  647. While I am far from a warmongerer, I can say we all owe Monash such a huge debt. He was made a General and Commander in the field and went about changing the face of the way war is fought with his overwhelmingly decisive win at the Battle of Le Hamel.
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  648. Soon after the Banda Ache (Indoneia) tsunami of 2004 a Western Australian company was called on to send several mini plants for purification of water for consumption by the survivors. These were units that could desalinate and remove brackish contamination.
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  649.  @ALEXANDER-mx6dk  Can you please list the ingredients of the potion you have partaken of? Just for medicinal purposes, you realise.
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  650. Perth has had the best system for the population for two decades. Being our youngest Capital they have made brilliant progress with the combination of rail, light rail and buses systems. I'm from NSW and Sydney will never match it.
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  651. You do realise that they both serve the same masters who set the rules to line their pockets...don't you? Very few Austrralians watch this service knowing it is all about profiteering by sensationalism.
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  652.  @Jimontherun  Just a headache...well...best of luck with your future health...
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  653.  @chris.fitzgerald  Now that is a great analogy to the USA generally ..Gilligan's Island
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  654. When I started as a steelmaking induatrial chemist trainee in mid 60's we made Helmet Steel for our Aussie soldiers. Always reecall the specification for that grade (P8) which was around 1.1%Carbon with around 12.0%Manganese. I note the old vision here states the steel is Nickel / Chromium alloyed. That means we had not adjusted to the higher tensile alloyed steel in over 20 years. The alloyed steel was used up to the development of organic fibre materials.
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  655.  @Fenwick132  but still not as terrible as he is at being a statesman.
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  656.  @Apollonos  that's probably th only thing he hasn't been accused of.
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  657. Indeed the USA was great when they filtered out such weasels with their vile and hatefilled discourse.
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  658. Especially the type of death that results from the contact of this hideous disease. Perhaps instead of thinking of it as a hoax, those people should learn something about the way these patients actually suffer.
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  659. Great to know the background of items we take for granted. Just one point...(and I'm an Aissue)...do you have our Kangaroos in the Texas outback?. If not the premium glove uses leather imported from Oz. Keep it up because the roos are multiplying to the point where we have to have culls regularly.
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  660. I've always thought that Robert Askin was a bit of a dick but his solution to a similar problem back in the 60's, when President LBJ paid a visit. was a fair and reasonable outcome in these specific situations.
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  661. Thanks for your contribution...it explains a lot.
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  662.  @chardonnay5767  The USA Constitution has a lot of things hanging around from pre 1800 that need to be addressed. From an outsider.
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  663. If you are contemplating visiting this area why not take in one of the most beautiful areas you will see anywhere. KI is off the tip of the beautiful Fleurieu Peninsula, one of our longest active wine growing regions around Adelaide where world famous Grange Hermitage comes from. To get there take the time to drive the Great Ocean Road including the Shipwreck Coast. which has heaps of info available. The GOR and attractions called the Twelve Apostles are amongst Australia's most popular.
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  664. Laugh-in resurfaces after 47 years. Some network will sign him up...won't be long now.
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  665.  SAT KUMAR  And china has never "looted and abused" world resources?
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  666.  @alphahead2741  "Ice is pycrete"? can we have a link confirming thet?
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  667. Not forgetting we originally has one and two cents coins when change was made. They were both a Copper alloy. The original 50 cents coin was round and made of pure Silver. It was found the Silver used was valued at more than the coin which was moving overseas because of the content. It alloy coin we now have was introduced.
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  668.  @gray_mara  If you include Centennial Park, the strip that includes Moore Park and Randwick plus beaches then Sydney shits on NY for open spaces.
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  669.  @tobiaszeller1560  Of Hyde Park yes, but then look at Centennial Park, Moore Park precinct, Randwick etc. How many beaches are there around Manhattan?
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  670. Going, going....gooooooone.
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  671. And that has been the case for Federal Governments sonce around 1970...over FIFTY years ago.
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  672. It says a lot for a voting system that allows for candidates, who get a cupfull of votes, to become elected representatives.
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  673.  @wehtawnikrap  Mitre 10 are still very much in existance. One famous TV pain advertises for them.
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  674. $$$$$$$$$ and more $$$$$$$
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  675. The alloyed steel used in the production of helmets back in the 60's used to be VERY hard stuff. I performed preparation and gravimetric analysis of it and the production samples used to be so hard we would have to heat to red hot before taking a sample using a workshop type stand drill.
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  676. I think that is one I backed at Eagle Farm last week...looking at the jock I can see why it bolted from the track.
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  677. Indeed, and we all know how much of his bullsh!t goes without challenges.
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  678. We Australians waste around 20% of the foods we produce but in many places across the US, especially Las Vegas, the waste has to be seen to be believed. They don't care that so much gets tossed. And then you come across homeless with their hands out on street corners. Home of the brave, land of the free, need to spend some time sorting their own problems out.
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  679. You do realise how shipment ports work? While this one is seemingly an issue of pathetic storage processes there are many ports around the world where this product is manufactured from materials that are shipped in, combined with local product and then distributed, often to the agiculture industry. It is bagged, usually 20 Kg per bag and transported in pallets.
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  680. Gotta agree re Muster Dogs....brilliant short series.
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  681. Fargone Bewdy !!
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  682.  @willborzatti7044  Observtions and the recording of same are the very basis of science. So called common sense is the ability to interpret the observed.
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  683. There has still been no Declaration.
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  684.  @trevorarthurson6815  You do realise this is a US video? Since you are a believer in statistical data (?) do yourself a favour and look up the just released (Australian) BOM info advising 2019 as the hottest and driest in their 109 years of Standardised records. While you are there make note of how many of the hottest years on record have occurred since 2006.
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  685.  @danferguson71  Twitter rules for use are the same for ALL users.
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  686. That would be borne out by him seemingly working on an ability to claim insanity.
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  687. Argon, alone, composes just less than 1% in general. There are other inert gases like Neon. N is more like 78%.
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  688.  @timothyblazer1749  And irrigation, natural and artificial, has nothing to do with that? The interior deserts of Australia have been greening regularly for years...a consequence of climatic conditions. The deserts in China and Africa are being irrigated more and more.
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  689.  @celineayo9046  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnB8jLCznHI
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  690.  @Prophecynut  Is it not the USA's policy to not bow or courtesy to anyone ?
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  691.  @jacksons1010  So very correct. We Aussies saw the writing on the wall when, in the late 60's-70's we had endless "visits" from Asians learning from us. We were dragging the chain but got our fingers out and started modernising with BOS operations and slab casters from the early 70's. Old Open Hearths and ingot route steel was retired. The plant changed to output of more niche grades especially for coated steels. In a good outcome several finishing plants were established throughout Asia.
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  692. Sadly, yes. Failure to keep up with modernisation and production efficiency had much to do with it. Some of the plant even made its way to Asian plants.
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  693.  @kentuckywoman9863  Apostrophe is not needed in Aussies. https://www.google.com/search?q=apostrophe+use&oq=apostrophe&aqs=chrome.1.69i59j0l7.10220j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
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  694.  @jimohara  You just reminded me of a chap who had the nickname of Mudguard...bright and shiny on top but full of shit underneath.
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  695.  Tyg Rahof  A swamp has a bottom.
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  696. I saw and tasted some cups of coffee when touring USA in 1991. Several diners etc (one in Chicago) and basically all the same with their stewing pots on the stoves. I soon learned why the cowboys in the movies always put out their campfires with coffee.
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  697. I recalll there was a big effort to raise funds for Dick's team and enough was collected to keep him well and trully in the game....that was along with his sponsorship with millionaire Ross Palmer (Palmer Tube Mills)
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  698. He does.
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  699. Died or dying.
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  700. The second man interviewed summed it up totally...it has taken two IRRESPONSIBLE persons to create this whole problem...and in addition to what he says the outcome is currently affecting 250,000 residents of that area not 10,000. Complacency is the real killer...we have to assume the virus is ever present for at least the rest of our summer.
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  701. @taxid3rmy As I recall it the British force that was sent required so much support over such a long haul it would have been logistically near impossible to send the combined force you suggest. The Falklands are an isolated and desolate place and let us not forget that the islands were originally part of Argentina.
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  702. Greg...the vision was shot in England where balls made by a local manufacturer would be used. Given the cost of a game ball at arounf 60 to 80 POUNDS one doubts they would be wasted in a bowling machine. Thosemachines usually destroy a ball much quicker than in a game. If you have not noticed cricket, especially T20, has adapted the grips used in baseball. The knuckle ball is a recent classic. The nature of the seam on a baseball allows for more "action" on a ball compared to the two sided cricket ball and the cross seam deliveries. You can find details on grips and the science of ball movements on YT. Pink balls are used for night time TESTS only. There are no yellow balls in Australian cricket unless they are old white balls.
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  703.  @lorietaylor4665  Wrong...look outside of your nation....many leaders of other nations set far better examples of leadership and did not sit on their hands while citizens died in their thousands. Learn something for once in your life and read about the first countries that did something effective...Taiwan, Singapore, South Korea, New Zealand, Australia. You people are so, so stupid by believing the crap you are spoonfed by self serving buffoons.
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  704. The Opening Ceremony of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games held in the then 120.000 capacity Olympic Stadium was a brilliant exposé of Australia's inventiveness and innovation in manufacturing. Well worth a look. Little Nikki Webster's performance dngling from wires above the Stadium is also something to behold.
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  705.  @youarecreatedforapurpose  You should think about reading your Good Book and the passages where it explains tolerance.
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  706.  @arnulfo267  A lot of "booming" activity going on after cessation of WW2 ?
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  707. Cane toads have a good reputation for killing Cockroaches in their annual meetings in Australia. But seriously there is a resemblance between the toads and the Donald...https://australian.museum/learn/animals/frogs/cane-toad/
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  708. Maybe you should learn a thing or three. It is not that difficult to find that Australia has produced steels for many applications in up to four integrated steel plants since 1915. Not only that but there were very good shipbuilding industries located right beside two of these plants. We still have very professional niche shipbuilding operations in two States. Vessels for all over the World and the US MILITARY are amongst the recipients. There is no way we could convert the nearly 1000 million tonnes of ore we export knowing total steel production is less than 6 million tonnes per annum.
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  709.  @timblizzard4226  Yes, there were about 10-20 and they were wearing Australian shirts.
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  710. You can thank the imbeciles in various governments for that. Australia, through necessity, was at the forefront in the development of local vaccines. Snakes, funnel web spiders and other venimous nasties used to be "milked" for their venom which formed the basis of antivenines made by the Commonwealth Serum Laboratories before it was PRIVATISED.
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  711. Would it have anything to do with Hanson not knowing (or wanting to know) that the Australian Matildas as a team sung their National Anthem while their Ntional Flag was proudly flying before the start of the game. See the WHOLE picture.
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  712.  @Kingfisher1215  Ah yes......six foot .........and three inches....too easy.
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  713. Is that penal or penile....lots of them in high places these days.
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  714. That reminds me of a thoroughbred getting around.....Ineighfor hay
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  715.  @jarrodangove1921  Sulphur was an issue for some types of steels until ladle desulphurisation was introduced in the 1980's. The torpedo ladles of molten Iron transfer via a small plant in which desulphurising treatment is done. Levels are detected via analysis pre and post treatment.
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  716.  @jean-pierrevandermerwe7604  In the BOS process the composition of the hot metal is determined pre adding to steelmaking vessel. A sample is also taken at completion of the Oxygen blast and full analysis performed in a matter of minutes. Generally the Carbon content will be very close to required content but additions of C (as small quantity of powdered coal) and other elements is made to ladle before proceeding to ladle treatment / mixing prior to casting. The same method of adding Carbon to the older process via Open Hearth was virtually the same. From memory with the Electric arc process if Carbon is needed the Graphite electrodes are dipped momentarily into the molten bath.
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  717.  @jean-pierrevandermerwe7604  "you add carbon to iron to make steel. " The VAST majority of steel production today is by Basic Oxygen Steelmaking where it is exactly the opposite. Molten Iron as cast at the BF will contain around 4.5% Carbon. Steel as refined in a BOS vessel ranges in composition depending on the specification of the end use product. Common 250MPa grade structural plate will contain around 0.20% Carbon (plus approx .80%Mn). Having been in chemical analysis and metallurgical mechanical testing and specifications for 44 years I consider I learned something. USA appaarently has higher number of Electric Arc furnaces but is dependent on cheap electricity of which the furnaces use a huge amount.
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  718.  @briandesormeau2643  Nice and sneaky play on words there!
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  719.  @protorhinocerator142  If you knew the history of the Murray / Darling rivers system and what was done there well over a hundred years ago you would realise your comment is pointless.
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  720. Pretending....come on, you can do better. a superpower for supplying the best quality Iron Ore on the planet. a superpower for the best metallurgical coke for China's Iron and Steel making future. a superpower for large quantities of Uranium a superpower for Gold There's over $700 million worth of thermal coal waiting offshore China. How's them apples, puppie?
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  721.  @IcanBePsycho  US gallon = 3.785 liters, Imperial gallon (in the real world) = 4.54 litres
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  722. I can recall just one stadium where Olympics were held, World cups in several sports have been played, apparently held the world's largest baseball crowd and held 97,000 when an exhibition football / soccer was played. The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) was not originally built to host the 1956 Olympics, the main arean being there for over a century earlier. The massive stands seated over 110.000 in 56. The baseball game was played on the opening day of Olympics as exhibition sport. World cups in Cricket, huge crowds for Ashes Cricket Tests (98,000). World Rugby and Rugby League (including SOO) games..and same size crowd when the mighty Liverpool FC visited. AND in normal circumstances there are several AFL games where it is filled to near capacity for regulat games in the winter season. I doubt even the great Wembley has these numbers. Forgot...the Rolling Stones filled it up too..
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  723. That is a really politically correct way of saying it was a heap of sh1t and a bucket of bolts.
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  724.  @steveskrobot9496  Bewdy...Deja Vu all over again.(apologies to Lawrence "Yogi" Berra.)
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  725. Don't forget the famous Tyrrell P34 that was introduced in 1976. It has two pairs of front wheels around ten inches in diameter. Fabulous looking Formula One car.
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  726. Not forgetting that many received the original (Labor) promise of fibre to the house so there is a decent percentage that have the capacity for high speed.
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  727. Buckin' Bewdy !!
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  728. You do realise that the "church" you refer to is a National Monument of the French people / nation?
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  729.  @dixonpinfold2582  I recall reading that the re-dedication is set to coincide with the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. I think we should leave it to those performing the great work
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  730. For those wanting to feed and encourage these lovely birds please do not feed them (parrots and cockies) white bread. It has absolutely no nutritional value and merely fills little tummies. Most good Produce stores stock Wild Bird seed mix which is ideal. Some larger supermarkets stock it. Kookas and maggies love their meat but avoid minced meat. In nature they forrage lizards and other crawlies so it is better to feed them sliced meat which most butchers will provide good scraps for. Also be warned that feeding Sulphur Cresteds can turn out nasty (especially when 40 turn up) because they can easily become very destructive and take to balcony wood and destroy it. They also love my oranges in season so keep a hand clapper nearby
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  731.  @TheHistoryGuyChannel . General Pershing had something to do with that.
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  732. Now that would not be difficult given baseball was not officially a game until the rules were compiled in 1844. Cricket had been around so long that USA and Canada played the first ever international game in NY the same year, Cricket had been played virtually since the English landed there.
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  733. We will know if he's embarrassed when he contacts his legal team.
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  734.  @Anthropomorphic  Hear, hear...somebody who knows. There was never an exception made specifically for the Owen gun....ALL semi automatics were recalled by the Howard Liberal government under an amnesty that was in response to the Port Arthur massacre. 35 citizens were mowed down by a fool and another 23 were injured. Ironically, any Owen guns that were part of some 25,000 turned in (in total, not all Owen guns) were charged into steelmaking furnaces no more that a kilometer from where they were made. And before the mad Republicans start frothing up, our Australian Liberal / Nationals are the equivalent of Republicans.
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  735.  @GenShark-gh8en  And that is exactly what hapened to the Owen guns that were in our museums. It was 50 years after manufacture that the gun control laws were introduced.
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  736.  @jamesdavis5729  So you don't accept that the USA can learn from what other nations do? I'm from Australia and we took a leaf out of Britain's book when a progressive government here introduced our Medicare system way back in 1984. There have been issues but it has worked very well on the whole in all that time. Some very expensive medications for cancer etc. are covered and on the whole patients pay little. I have been to the USA and learned of a number of things Euro nations have that are laughed at in the USA. Your worker benefits are pathetic by comparison. The biggest problem I see is that your countrymen know very little about other nations...you are not a worldly educated people on the whole. The very basis of your system where hospitality workers expect to be tipped is a poor reflection of a broken system.
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  737.  @dustigenes  A simple search of the name will find you a suitcase of information but, interpretation varies hence the ill feeling towards him. Goodes plays a game that has very deep roots to his indigenous heritage. Racism just does not "belong" to our Indigenous. In over 65 years of observations and experiences I grew up in an environment where our First Australians were made to settle on the perimeter of our towns in shanties. I have worked in multicultural situations in large manufacturing industry that "attracted" a vast numbers of immigrants from after the WW2 years. Also saw the attitude of fellow Aussies towards the "boat people" in the 70's and other refugees since. Have travelled all over Australia and even experienced being treated racially, largely due to the accent, in our own motherland. Any real Aussie who thinks we are not racist is a sandwich short of a picnic.
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  738. Are her eyes glazed for a particular reason?
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  739. Yes, intriguing, isn't it?.And his next sentence is to demand respect. Third grade name caller at best.
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  740. "When you come to a fork in the road, take it". Lawrence "Yogi" Berra
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  741. Can you please provide tonnages for iron ore mined in New Zealand?
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  742. Victorians are well known for their ability to walk around with their heads firmly planted up their arses. They are generally pissed off because Melbourne's population is smaller than Sydney and their whole State is hardly bigger than Greater Sydney They get good crowds at their sporting events in winter because it's so bloody cold they flock together like their penguins to keep warm.
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  743. Total bullshit you foolish person. Huawei product is being sold at every stockist all over Australia. Do your checking before making a fool of yourself.
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  744. 70 million voted for him and will no doubt back that up with their hard earned (perhaps). So far over 300 million extracted. Another day in denial, another 20 mil in the can. Say no more...
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  745.  @Truthtellerhere666  Have you checked the price of Australian Iron Ore lately?...if you do you will pull your head in.
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  746. It is still a true statement, just that we had a different ringmaster and his clowns.
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  747. We hope the colour / texture of Tim Tams is not related in any way to the horsie they are named after.
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  748. Holy sh1t....former Labor leader to (self proclaimed) ON leader to LP leader....what a CV !!!
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  749. Merlin, there is nothing magical about your knowledge of Australia. Our national Capital is not named after the Kookaburra...that was the name of the yacht that helped take your America's Cup from you in 1980's. Our national Capital is called CANBERRA, an Indigenous word that means "meeting place". I'm wondering how many Aussies would call the Capital of the USA Washingstone
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  750.  @ChatPOPPAT  One could equally state that the patriotic effort by Nathan Lyon to bat, as he did, and contribute to a 21 run partnership could have amounted to a game winning effort.
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  751. And yes, Indians have never contributed to such an action? People in glass houses........
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  752.  @ThinkEagle7  and a good one at that for exposing Murdoch.
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  753. Where's Pauline? We would love to see her out the front asking some questions of the good Professor.
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  754.  @peterfromgw4615  They are as tough as the specialised grade of steel they are made from and that is made not in Bendigo.
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  755. Small things amuse small minds....old proverb...
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  756. Are you familiar with the complete scene here in Oz? Have you read reports on likely scenarios in the event of the loss of control of the vaccination of the population generally? Several Aust Universities and our excellent Governmant Health systems, that so many of our population othersise rely on, produce reports daily and update regularly. They also provide great medical services through a wonderful scheme only Americans with fat wallets would know of. By and large the mass population of this nation is doing the right thing and not acting like clowns who threaten those taking responsibility for their fellow citizens. But of course the news body represented here won't attract advertisers by telling that side of the story, so you are left with their rubbish.
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  757. Can't throw straight, can't catch, can't think...Warnie would love the bloke.
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  758.  @Ucandoit-y3q  Prisoner swaps was a Trump's idea? That's about as believable as your poor grammar (THEIR)
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  759.  @IWrocker  It is a fairly well known fact that the first National Park in the world was the lovely Yellowstone by President Grant but one little known fact is that the Royal National Park on Sydney's southern boundary was the second one created a few years later in 1879
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  760.  @sylviaelse5086  Sylvia...Some words of wisdom, learned recently. "Don't argue with an idiot. They will bring you down to their level and beat you with experience" Mark Twain.
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  761. I'd be in favour of a swim off over 1500 metres....after a drug test of course.
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  762. 100%...something like Ringo Starr did on his 80th. Birthday in July...at midday everybody gives the "Peace and Love" sign only it gets changed to just one finger and "Truck Fump" vocals.
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  763.  @hantaoj1911  That's all well and good but how are they going to produce steel without Iron Ore.
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  764. For the record you can still see the places where Hargrave did his work with box kites. Look up the beautiful NSW South Coast town Stanwell Park and you will see a place called Bald Hill where modern day big kite flyers catch the breezes that Lawrence used to.
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  765. Is that DRONES or DROVES.?...last one remaining turns out the lights.
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  766. You would know that the Bathurst circuit is a public road when not used for races and practice days.
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  767. And when they do we should treat them like Canada did with their grain.
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  768.  @bvdo386  China has been importing coking coal from the US for decades so think about who the imbecile is. Facts are US coal is not of the same quality as Australia in terms of several physical attributes. China is moving away from reliance on coal in any case.
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  769. @Rod Williams another ccp bot who knows jack shit.
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  770. The Bears deserve more. Let's hope this iconic little piece of Aussie history never loses its' charm.
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  771. Do you mean she said more or told more truths in that time.
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  772.  @awzomeman100  and he fits the very nature of that organisation to the core.
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  773. I challenge you to find the exact requirements and rules you are talking bout. Read them thoroughly and comment back when you understand what they state.
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  774. Hear, hear and we should remember what we did it as a nation in the way we treated Covid...one of the best responses on the planet. Absolutely no reason why we cannot retract our resources progresssively....China will choke slowly. Look at their responses to rising iron ore prices in recent days..
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  775. Perhaps if Ian knew the details he might replace the sound with an alternative but there is no real point in hiding the facts. Mr Harris paid his dues to society after being found guilty. He is now over 90 years old. What are we supposed to do as a society?
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  776.  @Kalifornia-Screaming  That is because the RISK FACTOR is much higher in an operating theatre and ward where multiple patients are being processed over a period of time. Mutations, particularly bacterium, are therefore more likely. Same as an International airport where travellers from many nations are spluttering during transfers.
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  777. You must have missed the recent analysis that, as a nation, we produce 70% more food than we consume. That's SEVENTY PERCENT.
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  778. There were two Z28's that year. KB won the shootout in the Nine Network car and one driven by Ron Dickson finished ninth outright for the top ten shootout.
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  779.  @jimrogers6138  and the drive in "customers" were hand picked.
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  780. Since when is the Australian cricket team officially called the Kangaroos? Blatant ignorance. Get it right. Since 1908 the Australian Rugby League team has carried that name.
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  781.  @judithbereczky4114  Interesting that you say he is socialist. Given that the Pope is Christ's representative on earth, have you ever thought where JC would fit in your political spectrum given many of the miracles He is credited with doing. The miracle of the loaves and fishes or the changing of the water into wine at the wedding feast...do these not display socialism?
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  782.  @DineshTwanabasu  Show us the money...and some facts that are backed up
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  783.  @derektay9828  You mean to say you bots are bereft of global news and need to ask here to get your latest news?
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  784.  @HelloWorld-ns7gt  Go ahead, make our day...We can find a box just for you in about three weeks time.
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  785. What?...you've only heard of it?...assuming you are a Yank (!!!) you do realise that the USA plays Rugby Union at International level, don't you?
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  786. So it's "not a chemical irritant, it's a chemical" . Who is this imbecilic wally? Will one of his aids show him how to perform a search and learn sommething. In his terms they might as well use distilled water which is also a chemical.
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  787. BOSS 302 CI
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  788. We have dealt with worse than charging bully elephants and always managed to look after ourselves....what is it about you people and your liking for fairy tales.
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  789.  @dariondonte8386  Or transferred to a wing seat.
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  790. Northern Beaches Peninsula / Bilgola Plateau is NOT the North Shore. Would not like you to get lost.
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  791. If you mean the "cups" that the molten steel is transferred in to for transfer from the furnace, they are ladles (maybe also called pots). Refractory brick lined steel outer cases.
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  792.  @nickfielding5685  Do you have a dart board for screen names the same as the one used for dictionary.
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  793. Your older Honda was made from mass produced steel bodywork and probably an engine with a cast Iron block. These F1's use purpose moulded lightweight Carbon fibre with some Aluminium bits and lightweight engines. The superfast all electric Volkswagon ID.R that holds the record for Pikes Peak does not get a mention here. Would have to be a candidate.
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  794.  @user-ss7rf9gd2l  Did he get a supply of daipers from his good pal.
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  795. The OFFICIAL weather recordings for Moscow are not that difficult to find. When you get there it was not raining and the temperture was nowhere near freezing point. And yes, who cares bout a blanket.
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  796.  @NoNoNoNopeNopeNopeNo  Thanks for bringing back memories of the overwhelming margin gained in the previous Russian "elections".....
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  797. I believe he changed to disinfectant only recently. His idol Don personally signed the script.
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  798. Evidence??..Comic books are not acceptable.
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  799. Rugby Union..15 players per team (plus bench) on the field at any one time / scrums that are meaningful and two additional "breakawy" forwards. At elite / international level the two teams would have packs with a weight of around one tonne each in the scrum. RU has more stoppages in play but does not have the tackle (6 downs) limits of RL. CAn be really technical with many "phases" of continuous play (providing stoppage isn't needed for injury). RL is `13 players per team plus bench, six tackles but tends to be more predictable. Both codes have become faster with more agile players. Sometimes attributed to the much faster games of Sevens and Touch football which uses 7 / 9 players over only half the playing time.
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  800.  @shenzhenzhong  Why would any of them want to go back knowing it is fully controlled by the CCP now and their fate is sealed.
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  801. That makes one realise how scary it would have been in the centuries before the opium wars...but you would know your history during those times. Indeed it was shameful.
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  802.  @jakerubino3233  CAINE
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  803. 2:03 ?..a tin top (prob fibre) has done 1:59.+
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  804.  @velo8784  Not in the US where the former is always used.
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  805.  @richardsmith6995  Is Hawaii not still a State of the USA? The Maori are brothers to the Hawaiians and south Pacific Islanders. Have there not been some divisions of Indigenous first Americans that fought for the nation in WW2. One would expect there would be millenia of culture amongst them. Didn't the early Irish Americans make up a division that fought in the Civil War...it's hard to imagine Irishmen not having at least a couple of traditions like drinking, music and jigging.
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  806. I'm not sure who to believe...information coming second hand from the mouth of a pathological liar or that coming from a peron who has spent much time attending to suffering patients in the hospitals...
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  807. When we coach to catch an outfield catch in baseball kids and players are taught to use both hands. Thumbs together for over the head and pinkies together for waist high. Cricketers are coached the same technique. Infielders will catch (or try) a line drive using the pocket of the glove. There are four main gloves...catcher, first base, infielder's and outfielder's. You WILL find details of the US International League with a search. It was AAA Standard.
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  808. then or THAN ???
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  809. @The XY Report The records of the day are readily available for those who want to check on those "stoic" men from bygone times...search of 0.51 seconds yields almost one million results. Very good reading on how they reacted when the Pneumonic Influenza (Spanish Flu) pandemic hit Sydney region, country NSW and most of Australia just over one hundred years ago. Suggest commenters here contributing little have a good read given they appear to have little else to do.
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  810. To clarify. When a pitcher delivers he / she utilises the pitching plate and physically drives hard forward with a longish stride. That stride averages 1.1-1.2 metres and with pronation of the arm the ball is released closer to the hitter. Clearly if the distance travelled is shorter and speed of ball is equal then the ball gets there faster. Pitchers rely on leg drive and arm speed develop their velocity whereas the bowler, especially quicks, sometimes has a 30 metre run up. The great Lillee used to take a long run up but after injury he shortened it and sometimes bowled from 1-2 metres back of the bowling crease. I'm sure some of the great Windies quicks I saw used to hurdle the fence. With many decades in both sports I have to say I find videos like this one very tiresome and schoolboyish.
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  811. "never had much of a presence in international boxing"? Man, go and learn something about former Australian World title holders.
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  812. If you are into the feats of Aussie drivers / manufacturers you should think about looking into the story behind the great Sir Jack Brabham, the first man to drive a car of his design to a Formula One championship. Sir Bruce McLaren from New Zealand is right up there too. Sadly there was no live TV, Internet and YT in their day.
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  813.  @matt45540  Matt, not melting but certainly buckling and losing load bearing ability from heating.
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  814.  @varelmarais2222  That shows a complete and utter lack of knowledge of what the indigenous people did. Their procedure was to burn back in much the same manner as fire experts have started campaigns to do more recently. The concept means the carbon produced goes back into the soil as a soil conditioner and improver. The nomadics would return to former areas a year or so later knowing the bush would be regenerated.The first settlers also used the technique by burning off the brush they cleared and tilled the ashes back in. So the indigenous were actually treating their land much better than us. They had no reason to clear the land as we did, they were not cattle or sheep herders and did not need huge stations.. Go and speak to any bush fire brigade or better still join up.
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  815.  @DH-kt8st  Pieces.
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  816. The Geoghegan brother also shared one of the highly specialised Ford Cortina GT 500 M1 in 1965. Their Falcon GT famously won pole in 67 (?) but that race beccame a total chaos when two cars ended on their roofs at the top of the mountain on the first lap.
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  817. Back in the days when politicians were real paople who spent time at the coal face....none of these prissy career wannabees.
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  818.  @johnsergei  Do you know which type of moths they were?
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  819. Please do not wish that on a great and historic sport
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  820.  @TheRealAbraxas  Good response. We have to convince some out there that it is not a video game where you can turn it off and get off their chair and grab a coffee.
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  821.  @ExploderIlu  Later ?...what "later" might that be.
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  822.  @omoikane8961  It is a celebration of culture and family...something that is clearly missing in much of western society this day. It is not a laughing situation as these are warriors and the haka represents spitituality to them.
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  823. and some people are illiterate...there is no claim that she is black..
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  824. Do yourself a favour and look into the nominations lists for Oscars and BAFTA for recent decades. Not just the winners but nominations. Note the numbers of Aussies in numerous categories over that time.
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  825. Especially China...and they are bullying everybody in the knowledge the US has imploded.
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  826.  @aeroflopper  A rocket scientist.....they have around 20% of the world's population...hello.
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  827. They produce around 65% of all electric power from coal.....nowhere near Australia's 75%
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  828.  @scottiron6444  He shouldn't need to if you learn to read his comment correctly.
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  829.  @brynawaldman5790  We witness breakdown already with satellite communications in heavy storms. rain, hail and snow. There is no reason the particulate matter from fires and dust storms won't have the same effect.
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  830.  @MrReachashish  And a cricket bowler cannot use the vastly different seam that exists on a baseball and that elite Little League kids are coached to use. You have to accept that the Laws / Rules of the two sports differ in delivery mechanisms so it is pointless bringing up points such as you did.
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  831.  @partimeninja5388  exactly that happens regularly in both cricket and baseball although a cricket ball WILL lose some velocity when it contacts the pitch.
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  832. Beaches and associated walkways / shared pathways tend to have grab rails and the like. You are aware that efforts are made by supermarket chains to reduce / eliminate the spread, say, by the disinfection of carts etc, from touch? This is part of the reasoning behind causes of spreading. Realise the contageous nature is an unbelievably fast one which was evidenced in the fact that there are now over 30 cases having started with one or two just over 72 hours ago.
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  833. His whle political approach has always been what he had as ringmaster of a tv show.
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  834. Probable that Brian will be shelved for percieved racism following the shelving of the "Germans" episode of Fawlty.
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  835.  @theactualtrokz  Especially when we are seeing many of them walk into the big jobs they are setting up while being in Parliament.
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  836. Intresting comments coming from a man? who obviously tries to change the colour of his skin.
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  837.  Jo Black  Can you please provide a link to further detail.
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  838.  @janmacky6511  So very 1970's when time and motion studies were popular because the bosses didn't have a clue.
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  839. Aged pensioners who paid record levels of taxation when in the workforce and now pay GST in retirement have been screwed for some time....the workers have now been alllocated a sector on the dart board while Scomo and his Sharpshooters get their Gucci darts ready. Who''s next? We have seen we can operate without these Feds...let's send the arrogant tools packing by refusing to vote at the next election.
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  840. says somebody who wouldn't know the first rule of baseball.
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  841.  Befist Time  And why wouldn't you?
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  842. The Australian F1 Grand Prix was held on the Mountain in 1938 and three other occasions up to 1958. ...it was famous for the Easter MC meetings pre 1940.
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  843.  @superstorby  Who needs battleships when they developed World's best technology catamarans that outrun anything that floats not to mention their home grown Shotover jet engined boats that go anywhere.
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  844.  @superyamagucci  They have their priorities correct though when they spend around $300million on the America's cup
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  845. Evidence ?
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  846. That would be the PRINCES Highway.
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  847. There is a third "livery"....the invisible one....
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  848. Mate, there has been only a handful of MLB games this season and already there has been several batters hit in the head by allegedly misgripped balls. We have all seen heaps of brushbacks in the past. What happens in cricket is basically the same...sending a message to the batter that wants more territory than he should have. In cricket the umpires WILL penalise the bowler who bowls high or tries too much chin music per the Laws of Cricket. Baseball umpires have the right to eject the pitcher AND manager if a pitch is thrown through the batter's box.
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  849. Sadly, she is a politician who is from the nation that wanted Assange's guts for garters.
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  850. Wasn't it R.F.X Connor who wanted to create a more Australian Australia by value adding to all those mineral commodities mentioned...real Australian jobs. That was around 50 years ago.....look what has happened to our manufacturing since.
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  851.  @zion3335  Stop guessing. Learn exctly how cricket balls are manufactured and then graded. FYI you will find articles by manufacturers like Kookaburra and Duke on YT that explain thouroughly but they do not align with your comment. The outer leather cupped case of the ball is covering a core of rubber composite matterial that is wound with a string material once made from wool. Specifications and Standards exist and have to be complied with. Baseball hitters are coached to roll their wrists in a similar manner to what cricketers learn for the flick shot off their pads or play a pull shot.I speak as a person that coached both sports for several decades. They are also coached to swing the bat such that a pitch strikes through the cross grain of the wood. Your comment re hardwoods not flexing is also garbage given MLB baseball bats must be made from American Ash to comply with records being legal. You can easily find an old image of Mark McGuire swinging at a pitch from the 1980's and the end / head of his bat is literally four inches / 100mm bent along the shaft from the velocity of his swing.
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  852.  @tajj7  How about you quote us the specifications for both of the balls and produce testing results from a calibrated hardness testing device. Any perceived difference in hardness relates to the cricket ball having a lacquer on it at the start whereas the Rules of baseball require the sheen on all game balls to be removed (with a Standardied mud material) before entering a game. If you are so confident that a baseball is less hard then how about I get a talented juniord to throw both at you at 70mph / 110kph and we'll see how you hold up. Cricket balls are changed much less than balls in baseball games so therefore baseballs do not get the opportunity to soften anywhere near as much. A baseball also has a longer seam and with more proud stitching which is more damaging to the skin. Baseball bats vary in barrel diameter and length but their diameter is approximately the same as the ball making for a smaller sweet spot for contact. Nobody here arguing their points has yet mentioned the very nature of the handle of the cricket bat. The flexibility of the bats comes largely from the cane veneered handle which is layered with rubberised layers. Willow bat blanks are compressed because that wood, by nature, has thicket cellulose layers than the actual growth ring layers. It's clear you know little about baseball so don't go belittling that sport.
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  853.  @reddyuta  True and can be verified by looking up the manufacturing specifications. What cricketing people do not know is the regularity with which baseballs are turned over in elite level games. It is not uncommon to see 30 or more being used. Cricket balls always soften even in T20 games where two are used per innings. It is the lacquer on new cricket balls that makes the leather feel harder.
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  854.  @qwill8254  He is and he is correct. It is easy enough for you to check the specificcations. Don't show your ignorance just because you are too lazy to look it up.
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  855. @Ser Al Han What an asinine statement. Do you see any type of leash of anything like a head hood?
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  856. Those tram carriages were made by the exact same Spanish manufacturer. Several in other nations.
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  857. Elon MASK...
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  858. He will only be 78 by then. Great idea.
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  859. Americans, like the young lady here almost does, pronounce Kosciuszko in the correct manner whereas we Aussies have bastardised it. If you take the connecting road between Soldier Stadium (go Bears) and the Adler Planetarium in Chicago you will see a grand statue honouring Thaddeus Kosciuszko in recognition of a great soldier / engineer and explorer. It was countryman Paweł Strzelecki who named our mountain when exploring here. The desert track in central Australia bears Strzelecki's name.
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  860.  @YD-uq5fi  and how do you know you are not interested without knowing the finer points of the sport...you sound like the old ladies who used to go and watch one paricular code of football in an era when the players all wore very short shorts.
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  861.  @mattyey  ANY code that uses the foot to promote a ball can be called football. These sanctimonious people why say some codes use the hands are right up themselves given their game also uses hands albeit less regularly.
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  862. Stockade.
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  863. Adelaide, Townsville, Newcastle, Sydney Olympic Park.......
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  864. Are you for real? Is that the best you can come up with? The word SHALLOW comes to mind.
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  865. What is written on paper means very little to Chinese Government in the long term
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  866. Have you ever been to watch elite baseball hitters taking batting practise onfield before a game ? Suggest you do so and appreciate their skills. If you look at statistics you will find averages for hitting as a right handed batter and then as a left handed hitter. Most are called on to switch in a game
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  867.  @claudiaz5152  19% only...for God's sake that brainwashed fool had us believing it was more like 99%. Thanks for confirming.
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  868.  Tom Jones  You are sadly out of touch...this may well be an elderly lady who is recalling the 50-60 era. In those times racism was rife when every immigrant was called names now deemed racist.
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  869. Ah, that comment brought back some memories of another bygone crazy time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFeJJAQPiK4
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  870. I'm no fan but one thing he is correct on is the exploding trees. We see it all the time with our fires in Australia. Most commenters would not realise that the canopy (not trunk) become completely volatile as the heating of the flames causes the release of natural oils in the greenery. Ours is usually Eucalyptus oil but other species are every bit as volatile, I expect yours would me Pinus / Fir species. You will see this in vision taken where the whole canopy literally goes up very quickly as fires pass through. Totally devastating and scary result.
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  871. Noice one...and the Splendid reportedly "almost caught up to the 25th of May"...presumably at the International Date Line!!!
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  872. More fodder for the machine...when will this loose cannon learn? Send him a bag of marbles so he can replenish what's remaining.
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  873. Clearly we need to move very fast with the development of AI
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  874. Hear, Hear...from Australia too...What a remarkable American patriot and Lady. Let us live in hope her dying wishes are followed through. Hard to believe she and your leader are from the same nation. A true person of the people as opposed to a person for the rich man. May she RIP.
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  875. Hang in there our Maple Leaf mates. Xi is smart enough to know he has a revolution of those 1.3 billion Chinese people on his hand is he doesn't provide food and soon.
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  876. Get with the times re car panels.
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  877. What a bunch of wankers...both Google and Apple collect more info than this app ever will and they have been doing so since you operated one of their phones (Android phones are Google based). So if you don't switch the functionality off when you carry a phone then don't come here whinging your arse off.
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  878.  @CyrusCageSCWS  You are referrring to some limbs of the Eucalypus species that grew in the Mall earlier. Some Eycalypts (e.g. Citriodora) are called "widow makers" because they are prone to dropping large limbs and killed timbergetters in pioneer times.
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  879.  @moonsunloved8405  if it's anything other than Tin it's not Tin foil, is it?
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  880. A good point...these two candidates are proof that the US Constitution needs to state an age limit. Face it, these two have lost the plot...and their marbles.
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  881. @Question Everything I think he needs a recommendation for a game he can play relate to that !!!
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  882. In listening to this one can only feel a great sense of pride for the early pioneers of flight who started to gap the long distances between England and Australia. All goes back to the Smiths in 1919
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  883. Apart from the fact that there's a couple of bulls loose in the top paddock, this fool is a traitor. He has committed treason and derides the US Constitution. Send a message, invoke the 25th., NO individual is above the law.
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  884.  memymo momo  Apparently you do not know that this ABC is "owned" by the Australian taxpaying people
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  885. Hope it is not contageous...
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  886.  @davidhynd4435  You nailed it David..... "Craftsmanship"
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  887.  @grahamj1935  Close...the Singapore based parent company that owns the LV name bought out RM in 2002
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  888. He was called back for a recount of the card he submitted...he had cheated, again...
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  889. Solo is a LEMON flavour...originally marketed as a "man's drink"
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  890.  @ronblack7870  You should familiarise yourself with some of the Euro / Scandinavian plants which are more unionised that the US. There is far more communication and higher productivity because management and workers work with greater unison. Another issue has been that US generally is terribly inwards looking and allowed other steelmakers to develop far greater processsing techniques...vacuum degassing being just one.
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  891. Vitamin D ?...do you take that with Hydrochloroquine?
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  892. You'd better explain that they were two of Australia's MotoGP World champions in the days where US riders were their strongest opposition. Also Casey Stoner who did it against the world's best. We also had a World Superbike champion
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  893.  @ogivecrush  Indeed, fortunately for all of us the thinking of the church has chan
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  894.  @ogivecrush  Indeed, times have certainly changed since the 15th. century. Don't forget the persecution some of those believers, like Galileo, were subjected to when attempting to advance their science.
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  895. For the record. The Spirit of the game is NOT written into the actual Laws. It appears as a preamble to those Laws. Such as a preface would in a book.
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  896.  @jonathanoxlade4252  Absolute crap.....they primarily source their foods from the ground where they swoop from high above. Small reptiles, small snakes, insects, worms, snails, frogs, rodents. They ARE birds of prey and will occasionally attack smaller bird. They are a common pet in fringe suburbia where small families of them fly in to back yards and are known to take minced meat from human hands.
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  897. In the 1966 Bathurst 500 where the original Morris Cooper S's run rampant there were two Chrysler Valiant V8 Auto in the top 12...tenth and eleventh
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  898.  @andrewforbes146  They were required to race with the braking arrangements that were sold with th showroom vehicle. Front dicsc / rear drums had been commonplace from the first Bathurst 500.
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  899. Journalists asking queestions without questioning themselves first. The two Sydney franchises of the BBL have more players of mixed races and nations than the complete Indian squad. The Sixers have played at the SCG for a decade now and always had players who were non Aussies. Visiting opposition teams are in the same boat in respect of imports. NEVER once in all those years have we heard of racial abuse towards ANY of those players at the SCG.....why is that so?
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  900. So what is the difference between what is happening in cricket and what has been experienced in Rugby Union for some time? The USA has had a National RU team (the Eagles) for decades.
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  901.  @Kira.user-zd4ih9fi9u  Pyro-technics....learn the full meaning of that word....it is not limited to just celebratory fireworks...
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  902. Given this vision and the litigation and class actions around both codes of Rugby is it any wonder officials have been forced to get this out of sport? We only have to look at what happened to the world's greatest ever boxer and the vegetable he became before an early death, to realise it does not belong in any sport.
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  903. Johnny Lewis was probably the largest reason why Kostya migrated to Australia.
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  904. In 1966 race Morris Cooper S's (1275cc) finished in the top nine positions outright and in Class C. A Morris Cooper (998cc) finished 12th outright and first in class B..also 2nd and 3rd in class. Morris 850 and Morris Mini deluxe were in class A and finished. All were not same as today's Minis.
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  905. Sir Sidney Kidman.
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  906. Unbefu@#$kingleivable....someone, please certify her and sign her release.
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  907. Many modern bridges do have protective surrounds of piers. A very similar event happened to the Tasman Bridge in Hobart Tasmania decades ago. It was / is made from reinforced concrete not shabby looking steel sections.
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  908.  Paul Martinez  I'm sure she can get all the help she needs by making decisions based on YT comments.
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  909. That is exactly what is happening with our iron ore and they are not happy little vegemites.
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  910. Too right. Let the sub continent nations play their own games and let the original FIVE nations play theirs
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  911. Trump knew the rules going into the election, they were the same that got him past the winning post last time. Now he is being run down as the post gets nearer and he wants the post moved closer. Take your medicine, the people have spoken.
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  912. The translation "from COAL to art" is probably too literal...the reference is to the charcoal of the burnt out timbers that have been renewed.
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  913. Can you all please use the correct terminology when referring to Fox News...they should be called Fox Entertinment News which is exactly what they are. The type of questioning by this reporter hers is exactly what we get in Australia when Question Time sessions of our House of Representatives is televised during sitting times. Government members questions, referred to a Dorothy Dix's, are obviously aimed at giving relevant Ministers the opportunity to do exactly what the Trumprter does here.....verbal diarrhoea...Questions alternate between the members of the House. Hard to watch, the horse races are more entertaining.
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  914.  @scottbradley379  Yep, the grading of a cyclone / depression is done based on the windspeeds. https://www.cairns.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/185920/CyclonesAbtJ.pdf
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  915.  @Crazy--Clown  Cyclone Zelia was Category 5 cyclone in Pilbara region, Western Australia on February 14, 2025, with maximum sustained winds of 290 km/h.
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  916. Nutter.
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  917. Quasimodo has been booked to ring the bells ay the opening ceremony.
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  918. Indeed. What a great transformation that was. Beautifully designed sail like stands. The inclusion of the walking bridge over the Torrens connecting to the city is bloody marvellous.
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  919. I recall one that came inland at The Entrance on the NSW Central Coast in mid 2009. It severely damaged the Catholic Church and other buildings in The Entrance before crossing Tuggerah Lake and cutting through bushland around that area. It petered out after being active for approx ten k's.
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  920.  @stever285  If you are referring to Darwin being demolished over Christmas 1974 it was caused by Tropical cyclone, Tracy, a much higher category than any tornado. TC's have also caused very severe damage on the Tropical Queeensland coast.
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  921.  @JamieS1992  Not true...think about the damaging Cyclones that have torn apart numerous towns etc on the Queensland tropical coast and in Western Australia mining and agricultural areas.
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  922. The "Mini" is a Morris Cooper S which was assembled in Oz by BMC (British Motor Corp.). The Cooper name is from John Cooper, famous for the Cooper Formula and Sports categories. The Bathurst winning car was driven by Irishman Paddy Hopkirk, the factory driver who also won the Monaco leg of the World Rally championship that year.
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  923. NO...or not at very least without serving several season in F3, F2 and preferably aftter driving a GoKart from a young age.
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  924. Found this interesting. Around ten years ago I was researching information for the 75th. anniversary of our regional baseball League here in Australia. I was given an older photo that had been taken in 1928. It showed a visiting team and their families playiing a picnic game against some locals. They were from Sydney and were from a well known USA car manufacturer that had a local assembly operaion at the time. Many of the family members were wearing armbands that clearly displayed the swastika. From what I could find it had a very different purpose in that application.
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  925. Why bother even asking, it's not as though we will be around to record it into history.
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  926. But if you look closely at his "Bible" it is actually a hard cover wrapped around a collection of his porn magazines.
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  927.  @mdancey19.37  do yourself a favour cobber and grab a dictionary and read up the definition of half cast.
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  928. Yeah, it's a sh1t of a country where nuffin ever gets done right.
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  929.  @Known-unknowns  Fmiliarise yourself with the outcomes of elections held over those years...
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  930. We should not be picking on the Yanks for their pronunciations etc.....telemarketers are much worse.
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  931.  @Her.Serene.Feline.Cuteness.  ZStandard is correct. She IS an elected Senator regardless of the Party she was/is a member of. She is not the only Parliamentarian that this applies to. They can only resign or be removed at an election.
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  932. The 1971 car above ran in class E whereas the 1972 car was a class D. Classes were decided on price at floor. Definitely has the smaller spoiler on above '71 car. Both cars DNF in either year failing early in races so spoiler was of no help...
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  933. First Australians also did not invent or even use a wheel on a cart but that says nothing about what they actually did do. It's all well and good to criticise them but ask yourself how they traversed much of this island nation without the use of a compass or why is it we whities are now employing their techniques for control mechanisms of our bushfires. We underestimate them if we continue thinking they were behind other indigenous peoples.
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  934. And who owns this "Aussie outlet"?
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  935.  @kernowforester811  "officially...about 10Deg. C" ???...Official recordings are never "about" they are recorded on calibrated equipment. Actual recording was 8 at midday with a 7kph NE breeze.
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  936.  @simovlogs9752  Which parade was that? Official Moscow Bureau recording was 8 Deg. C so a long way from freezing.
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  937. That goes back to the days of the gold fields when many US gold diggers from their fields came out here. Some found "gold" using tactics used in the US and Canada too...Also our soldiers fought beside US troops in many wars since WW1.
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  938. They disrespected nothing. Did you actually view what happened? There are at least three proud Indigenous women in the team who stood proudly and sung their National anthem while their flag was flying. You should look at the whole event leading up to the start of the game and not what these dastardly news entertainment specialists select to influence your thinking.
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  939. He "took a bullet for democracy" but when it came to actually fighting for his nation, well, that was a different story.
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  940.  @faithrada  Faith, here is an example of what you say...Early in the spread of the virus a shipment of masks marked as N95 arrived for medical distribution from a supplier for use here in Australia. It had been shipped at a time of exceptionally heavy demand. On arrival samples of the plane load were tested and found not to comply with the local and Interrnaational Standards. I am not sure if they were sent back for replacement or used for a lesser Standard.
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  941. I take it that Steve Winwood was classified as a soloist ? His memorable work with Spencer Davis Group is amongst the classics.
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  942.  @DieHardRugby  Poor ol Bakkies spent more time suspended than he had game time. But a legend.
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  943. Are you aware of what the situation WOULD be if these dramatic measures were not being taken by our Federal and State Governments. This might enlighten you...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3FZ-M6ECsg
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  944. And I thought most Asian people especially those from the sub continent would know something about the Silk Road.
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  945.  @vikthought  And what about the selling out of some coal mines to India?
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  946. You should have a serious discussion with many of the commenters here who clearly think their shit does not stink.
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  947. If we are going to mention drumbeats associated with surf songs there is one that's been around as long as Wipe out but I'm not surprised Americans would not have heard it...Bombora by The Atlantics from 1963. See them on Youtube playing at Bondi...Peter Hood on drums.
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  948. I think her's was a classic case of the "kangaroo being caught in the headlights". An old saying from when one freezes up from being dumbfounded. Comments relating to being on drugs etc. are totally uncalled for.
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  949. If that is the case then the manufacturer has taken shortcuts. Proper Colorbond steel is metal coated with Zn / Al before being painted and the coating remains adhered when extruded.
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  950. "And when the wind stops blowing" he has probably managed to stick his cranium up his derriere as far as it can go.
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  951. And also the world's highest skin cancer rate...to go with the beaches.
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  952. God, don't start on NZ...their list is endless especially if contribution to science and Oz arts is included.
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  953.  @olafzijnbuis  Krupps machinery.
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  954.  @iancanada6875  it is an Integrated Steelworks meaning it performs the full process from unloading of raw materials through to loading of finished products.
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  955.  @clintongriffin2077  Steel was being produced for centuries before the USA was founded. If the USA was so advanced why were they using such ancient technology until 50 years ago.
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  956.  @bigjoe8922  ????
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  957.  @Nomad_Wanderer  it is certainly soft while it is molten and on the way to being refined into steel.
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  958.  @lookoutforchris  Real pig iron is actually made when molten iron is cast into small moulds and solidified in a pig mill. This is done rarely these days and allows for transporting and remelting in say, a foundry.
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  959.  @JohnSaccoccio  Yes. The Sinterng process generally fuses cold return fines into a more lumpy material that can be charged as blast furnace feed and hence not clog the furnce up. . you can see beds of materials set out here that are being blended in preparaton for sintering.
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  960.  @ae4164  I can understand why hence my additional info. The term is a hangover from WW2 when nations that produced excess sold piggies to other nations. We Aussies had a wartime Prime Minister Bob "Pig Iron" Menzies who approved the sale of pig iron to then warmongering Japan. Sensible maritime workers stopped the transportation. Best.
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  961. You mention Pikes Peak as the only US facility that comes to mind as being similar in concept to Mt. Panorama but as an American I'm surprised circuits such as Watkins Glen in NY State don''t raise a mention. A lovely circuit where the USF1 GP has been held amongst many other classes. Two Aussies also hold class track records for the circuit.
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  962. An Australian that agrees. We have been playing baseball for almost as long as USA and would be in a better position that most others. The Brits like to think so but they played to different baseball rules..ones that existed for rounders beore baseball was codified. Both are excellent sports evidenced in the fact that numerous Australian Cricket Captains have been elite baseball players and many more test players that have played both sports.
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  963. The nearby Notre Dame Cathedral received a huge injection of public and government monies when it suffered the disaster it did recently. It is a declared Natonal Monument and hence subject to grants by the French government. Surely the ET is considered in the same manner and there could be a public apppeal for the restoration. Being such a tourism attraction the economics definitely stack up.
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  964. Yes, he did set up good working relations at a time when China was more respected and certainly not a dictatorship.
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  965. Don't forget to remind our friends that Sky Australia is owned by the same individual as the US parent.
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  966.  @LyndaHill  Good luck with that one. Been using coins since the Romans and the coming of electricity didn't change anything. Computers have been around for well over 100 years.
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  967. His suit won't be orange, that's for sure...they want to be able to see him in it..
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  968.  @Harldin  they are currently building a Tower just for him.
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  969. I do not know an outcome but there was a proposal in the USA to classify their product as "News Entertainment". That would mean that they become to news media what farsical wrestling shows have become to that otherwise great sport.
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  970.  @philipgerlach-qt1xs  You have to stop watching so much shit on TV.
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  971.  @sontalks  the first thing they should learn is the difference between the two words.
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  972. Very much looks like he "borrowed" one of his mum's resealable fridge bags and slotted it over the existing microphone sock. Ten outa ten for innovation.
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  973. I'll give her a pass...she has all the attributes to become a fully fledged member of "The Family".
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  974. Attention defecit disorder is becoming a real problem in society.
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  975. Do you not consider that the stumps are effectively the same as a strike zone...and spare me the reply saying bowlers are not always aiming at the stumps. Your flippant comment re "nice" strike zone says you are not conversant with how a pitcher uses the three dimensions of that zone. Try to learn.
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  976. Sir Jack won those titles in a car he designed and manufactured. Only one to do so.
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  977.  @dannowatimdoin  Better explain difference between Australia and Austria while you're at it...
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  978. The 1967 AGP at Warwick Farm featured names like Jackie Stewart, Graham Hill, the great Jim Clarke, Jack Brabham and numerous other Formula One drivers in their imported formula One cars. You are referring to the time when F1 was taken over by Ecclestone but the Formula was raced in Australia from around 1928 on several circuits including Bathurst in 1938.
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  979. For sure...you have the best water and best hops. Nothing wrong with Tassie whisky either...awarded better than Scotch
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  980. I assume you are working a rotating shiftwork pattern so we are not getting direct comparisons. Be mindful that shiftwork disrupts your life patterns and you will find factual reports that determined your lifespan is marginally shorter (<5 years) when compared to normal working times.
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  981. that should read MARTYR. If you look a bit more there is probably an emoji to save you from spelling it.
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  982.  @TheMono25  Do you nuke those oil well fires to put them out ?
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  983. The fines can be hefty if you don't stop and shovel up their sh1t though.
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  984. Brett Lee was timed at 160.8kph, the third fastest ever recorded. Brett holds the record for the fastest OVER ever bowled (2005). There are only six bowlers in recorded history who have clocked over 159kph.
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  985. You are fortunate it has to be a US citizen, otherwise Putin would be a certainty.
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  986. "Pete" Geoghegan ?
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  987. Australia has had an Australian Baseball League since 1989...that League and many clubs in all States with around 30,000 registered players generally play summer season.
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  988.  @keynesianeconomics4113  The statistics that have been given are freely available to the general public. While the specific link is to a non government provider the original details are available at APH site. There is no bias when ALL politicians are displayed and method of compilation would be to a Standard. We must have good and proper accountability by all Members who, after all, are our elected representatives and the monies they spend are paid for by you and me, the Australian taxpayer.
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  989.  @petercraig4648  Peter her first name is Leigh...Otherwise a great and accurate statement imho.
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  990. "Thunderous sounds"...not half !. If you want to see something special look for the Beast of Turin amongst other beauties running at the famous Goodwood Festival of Speed, an event held in England every year. The Beast is a Fiat S76 open wheeler with a 28 litres donc and four cylinders. Engine timing is done with an egg timer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhbqxEXYnTM
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  991. Deja Vu all over again....an example of what will be seen over the coming years. Scarily reminiscent of speeches made by another frightening indiviual circa 1938.
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  992. And congratulations for using a small p in addressing that individual...no capital P's for someone who does not deserve it.
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  993. England 70%+ vaccinated, Australia <30%..
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  994.  @Stoicijnsestemmen  Hang on...they are not too bad at rowing their canoes...get a lot of training in rowing over the Ditch to Oz...well over half a million sheepish buggars.
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  995.  @sinbrando3234  You forgot # ONE America's Cup...
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  996.  @Dawn-of-the-dead-13  Update from Tokyo... Japan win softball gold...NZ a no show...
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  997. Can you wake me up when that happens...
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  998.  @statslabs  the ball moved 17 degress after that contact...you are saying that much of late movement happens as the ball was in a final stge of its' trajectory?
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  999.  @rosehill9537  Rosie, what's going to win in the next meeting at your lovely Gardens?? Wink, Winx.
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  1000. Give them a break and stick your agenda. It is a tough enough time for all of the family without certain media attempting to set themselves up with more bullsh1t stories. You people are below gutter level.
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  1001. Do you have a link to one of his speeches?
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  1002. "Supporting blindly" ? Learn your facts...Australian values and society generally was founded on British principles. It has fought beside English and US in two world wars and a number of other conflicts. The ANZUS Treaty celebrated 70 years of existance this very year.
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  1003.  @moonhead5967  Your name implies you look up your own arse and observe the phases of the moon.
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  1004. A really sad and sorry way to bring attention to yourself by attacking those that have given their lives in service for their nation...then again he is a narcissist.
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  1005. The best series to learn about the real Australia...Ernie Dingo...Going Places and the Back Roads series.
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  1006. You nailed that one...she's the real flower here.. The other two are just eye candy for the pensioners.
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  1007. The more pressing question is this...does the flushing water circulate in the reverse direction when the ship is in the opposite hemisphere?. Known fact that in the north the flush circulates in an anticlockwise manner and in the south it goes down the gurgler clockwise. Shitty science.
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  1008.  @davidwilton1775  Stop embarrassing yourself with your pathetic spelling and grammar and misnaming. AND Phar Lap NEVER once even entered a race in NZ. He was foaled in NZ to a British sire and NZ dam. After becoming a remarkable Champion in Australia everyone in NZ wanted to lay claim to him.
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  1009. Never let the facts get in the way of a good old rant.
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  1010. Did she attend Trump University?
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  1011. The term plumber is derived from the Latin word for the chemical element Lead...Plumbum. Lead was used by the Romans for their water delivery pipes.
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  1012. These so called reporters are paid by the same person who runs your very own Sky network...they operate from the same business manuals.
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  1013. So, the Americans are learning about Mr. Murdoch?
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  1014. For how long has the US had more coal than anybody else. This embarrassing nutter needs to check his info occasionally.
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  1015. Such explosions, as you state, also cause devestating peripheral damage through their shock waves.....that Lebanon one demolished most of the harbour region...do you see that here?
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  1016. Americans have several places named after Thaddeus Kosciuszko. They tend to pronounce the name in the manner of his native land Poland. (KOS-SHOOS-KO)...
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  1017. Buckin fewdy...judging by the comments the Commies in the Shaky Isles will take over and I guess there will be no All Blacks.... I tell ya it's all a plot to allow the Wobblies to win the occasional game...God knows the only way they will win is if the Blacks don't turn up.
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  1018. I hope he doesn't dye his arse hair as well, he would need several pairs of undies on to filter out the follow-through. I know it is a perfectly normal function but can't he put a cork in it when microphones are around.
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  1019. Thighland, you forgot Thighland.
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  1020. Is it crap or Murdoch dollars?
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  1021. We need to see some fair dinkum advertising that reminds voters what this fake was like just weeks after he came to power. Remember the down and outers who had lost everything in the south coast fires and refused to shake his hand. It has been all downhill since then...
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  1022. That's to be expected when 10% of their so called "citizens" actually live in Australia. Also a disproportionate number in our jails.
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  1023. Kelly is the moron who once spelt out to the voters that his electorate is the only one in Oz with a nuclear reactor and hence promoting safety thereof. No disclosure that the reactor served for nuclear medicine purposes ONLY. Some of the radioactivity obviously ecsaped and damaged someone's brain cells.
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  1024. So what about the State Flags and the Naval flags, and the Territories flags and, and...they are all flown beside the National flag. State flags existed long before the Aussie flag came along.
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  1025.  @owainw3501  For future reference....."per se".
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  1026. Not quite...that Button time is unofficial being done on a closed session. The official lap record, from a race or official practice session for a race, is 1:59.2910 set during a Challenge Bathurst event in 2018, driving a derestricted Audi R8 Ultra GT3 car.
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  1027.  @ilikevines  You are barking up the wrong tree here...the NSW administration stuffed up big time much earlier than Vic did.
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  1028.  @buildmotosykletist1987  He states they were made by subsidiary company to the Spanish manufacturer..
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  1029. Not entirely correct...the only thing special about the top coat of paint is the colour.Sydney Harbour Bridge Grey BUT since it was built all Lead based paints have been outlawed in Australia just as Leaded fuels are. The composition is therefore different as are the three undercoats
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  1030. The Laws that were introduced in 1997 are working perfectly....there has not been one massacre since...how about you learn what they are and what they do.
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  1031. Indeed, some literally took off. It was also used regularly for car racing..the 1938 AGP was held there and another three times before 1958. I stand corrected but think the motorcycles started using it about three years earlier.
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  1032. That's rubbish. how can a batsman expect to react in that time. In cricket we coach kids and newcomers to focus on the ball in the bowler's hand and to observe the grip at the point of release. Learning to read the grip will tell a knowledgeable batsman what the ball is likely to do in the air, for a pace bowler, and then off the ground for a spin or seam bowler. So any competent batter is reading the ball from the hand. The same goes for baseball. Read up on terms called "hard centering" and "soft centering".
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  1033. And the chinese goldfield workers of that time have reason to never forget English and indigenous for what happened then. These modern day idiots have no idea of the contribution of those workerrs well over 160 years back.
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  1034. Explain what you mean by that statement. Read up on some facts before you do paying attention to other nations that also said NO. It was not banned, we never had it to ban it. Huawei smartphones and devices can still be purchased anywhere but we have long standing arrangements with our service provider companies....and Huawei is not one of them.
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  1035.  @katl6426  Quite the opposite. His Murdoch Media mouthpieces have been mostly praiseful of him.
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  1036. Tweeting like a bird to the judge.
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  1037. Look up the Lyre Birds.
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  1038.  SAMUEL JESSE  How very original...if YOU don't like something it must be closed down...no consideration whatsoever for the positives and the long serving record of the ABC for providing REAL service to the community in times of disasters and so on...It has operated as such since the early 1930's...how does YOUR preferred network stand up on such issues. You Citysiders have absolutely no idea as to the value of services provided by the ABC to persons outside of YOUR little world and small minds.
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  1039. I AM SPARTACUS !!
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  1040. Incorrect...the charging process requires the photograph be current and taken at the Police station he had to report to...same applied for all his mates.
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  1041. Oh no....does that mean coissants and macarons at twenty paces ?
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  1042.  @gdiwolverinemale2745  Voters are slow learners. Morrison is doing what he learned from Abbott did by taking a hard line with refugees. Abbott learned from pipsqueak Howard with the Tampa saga. These clowns have no policies for advancing the nation but seemingly intent on making stuff ups.
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  1043. I guess we all would be in today's world...there's always somebody with a phone camera aimed in your direction.
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  1044.  @joev8658  Khmer Rouge - Kampuchea then Cambodia.
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  1045. Donald Dutton?
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  1046. One of the biggest reasons for inability to host anything larger than the 1000 is based around accommodation and area to locate the circus that travels with the overall group. In my lifetime I've seen accommodation other that tents etc going mad to the point where a large Rydges hotel has appeared. Just imagine trying to house the record crowd that attended the last race held in Adelaide. They had 210,000 on race day and over 410,000 over the carnival...numbers that have not been bettered yet. The AGP was hosted at Phillip Is from 1928 and distance from the city became the issue for everyone going to Melbourne.
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  1047. There's no need to waste time and money on an investigation by the experts, a Presidential inquiry has been done already and report tabled....God help America.
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  1048.  @StephenMiller2001  The Canadian contribution to the British empire forces in WW1 should never be underestimated or unnoticed. There are memorial cemeteries all over the Somme Valley dedicated to the dead from many nations that took part. Such forces were fighting long before USA was involved.
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  1049. There is NO scientific evidence of that. Both balls are made to a Standard with tolerances for slight variations in manufacture. Weights might show cricket ball is lightly heavier on average. Diameters are similarly close. At elite level the ball is replaced regularly whereas cricket ball is used a fixed number of overs. I notice you only comment re a cricket ball...have you experienced the same with a baseball?
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  1050. What? When there are official World Chamionships sanctioned by the global peak bodies and played between affiliated nations in each of the sports.
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  1051. The infection rate of Covid is well established and documented. Why don't you go and look up how long it would take for it to progress from four to four thousand if left unchecked.
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  1052. If he ate more penguins and got the protein he would have been taller.
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  1053. Yet another example of a representative of this Federal government that sees the Australian taxpayers as a bottomless source of funds. Their attitude over the course of their tenure had been diabolical and hardly dissimilar to anything else that have been in control of.
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  1054.  @RSLpunk  How many footy players have signed contracts such as Liam Hendricks (referred to by Ian) have to play at the elite level in US MLB????
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  1055. Radar was invented way back in 1935.
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  1056. Invoke the 25th. NOW.
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  1057. That is what happens when people basically post selfies as travelogues.
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  1058.  @oobermackn  it is NOT an inaccurate comment...know your history even if you dislike it.
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  1059. Is that what he calls it?
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  1060. You must be an Egyptian...living in da Nile.
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  1061. A Judge who had the guts to slap a $50K fine would be appropriate.
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  1062.  @todddixon1005  "It ain't over till it's over" is a famous old quote by a very famous NY Yankee BUT in this case the Laws of cricket state (as any umpire would know) that the over is complete when the umpire calls "OVER". p.s. being an umpire you can, no doubt, pull out your Laws of Cricket and quote the Law relevant to your statement.
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  1063.  @raymckee2450  Morgan has held a bat, rather competently, and challenged Aussie quick Brett Lee to try and "scare" him a year or two ago in the nets during a Sydney Test. Typically all piss and wind of course and the cameras had to be present. Binga could easily have killed the goose but he remained withing a comfort zone and put one into Morgan's ribs.
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  1064.  @AdrenalineConcept  Being pedantic, the game of Cricket only had "Rules" when a tournament is applicable. The everyday game is played and umpired to the LAWS of Cricket as set down by the MCC based at Thomas Lord's Ground. This "Spirit of the game" is documented in the LAWS as a preamble and can be found with a search.
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  1065.  @Rob-fx2dw  Can't throw straight, can't catch, can't think.....Warnie would love the bloke.
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  1066.  @ThePhotofit  If Morgsn had any balance about him he should also mention the misdemeanours the many other nations that have documented cases of cheating / ball tampering. There are too mnay to list here but a search will find many. South Africa is right up there as a constant offender and even English Moeen Ali was finded by ICC for his effort in the First Test.
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  1067.  @todddixon1005  Were you an accreited umpire. how so? I have coached and umpired (two sports) and one of the first points we teach kids is to stay in their crease until the over is called. You should know that. It was YOUR responsibility to make the call thus making the ball dead. Look at the vision, NEITHER umpire has moved because they know the ball is live.
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  1068.  @todddixon1005  I do not need to "speak for every umpire". when an "umpire" would know what the Law states. Stop making a total arse of yourself and pretending to know a Law you obviously know nothing about
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  1069.  @jamesjones-z4u  Indeed and there is evidence that Bairstow tried his luck at throwing down the wicket also. It turns out his throwing ability is about the same as his catching.
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  1070.  @MakindoLearning  And you are in a place to make that evaluation? You missed your calling.
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  1071.  @michaelparker2449  Could easily end up with a situation with pro tennis where the pros hae their contracted supplier's logo sprayed on a blanked favourite for use.
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  1072. Hydrogen Peroxide is nasty stuff. A reading of a properly written Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) will tell you that it "can cause irritation of the eyes, throat, respiratory airway, and skin". MSDS are compiled by manufacturers of chemicals in general for persons who are not schooled in the everyday use of the materials.
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  1073. We Aussies call them KOOKA-BURRAS not KOUKA-BURRAS. To our indigenous Wiiradjuri (wir-ad-juri) people Kookas are symbolically known as Guuguubarras and the Dreamtime forklore tells how the Kookas were created by their God with the beautiful human-like loud call so that mankind would wake up in time to observe the beautiful rising sun.
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  1074. Yet another poor call by the Show Pony Trump....to draw parallels to Mutiny on the Bounty. Bounty's Captain Bligh's record with open cruelty and getting on with his officers was pathetic and even after the episodes with the Bounty Bligh created hell as Governer of New South Wales. He was the main reason for the so called Rum Rebellion in 1808 that created the only successful armed takeover of a Governemnt. Bring it on Donald.
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  1075.  @poppete  Given the massive Metro project throughout Sydney and the asssociated Sydney Harbour tunnelling projects one has to question the intent of reporting on a gamnling facility. Controversies come to mind.
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  1076. Go away you Loonie...readers can easily prove you are full of shit by running a fact check. In short, if a person tests positive on a broad spectrum test they are then given a Covid specific test for confirmation.
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  1077. And the USA was headed for a plan that would have been more advanced than the WHO's. Trump didn't like it because the previous administration had passed it....go looking for the facts.
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  1078. Australi has had over 40 players contracted to MLB teams over the last 40 years and over 100 players playing with NCAA teams. There are also many playing with best teams in Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Germany, France, Italy. etc. We have had a National League since 1989 and there arre thousands of kids playing Little League and T Ball. Not bad for a sport that did not take offf.
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  1079.  @unconventionalideas5683  Those tactics as described were first used in 1918 at the battle of Le Hamel. It was the first engagement of US soldiers on the Western Front. Well worth following up for those interested in tactics.
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  1080. Only cars that met the stringent homologation qualification rules were allowed to race.
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  1081. it is actually iron ore fines...the rock sized ore breaks up with handling and in transit. Why would they use a much less pure material over purer ore from Australia or Brazil.
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  1082. Great Aussie and fine man...burnt the trail for the many who have followed since. Another Aussie icon in the spirit of Les Darcy / Phar Lap / Dave Nilsson.
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  1083. The very essence of drumming is deep seated in tribal Africa and there are fewer better examples of tribal an driving drumming that that played by Fleetwood Mac on Tusk.
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  1084. Rush won an Academy Award for his role in Shine.
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  1085. World Series Cricket was played between 1977 and 1979 and a number of the nations that now play ICC governed cricket did NOT play WSC.
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  1086.  J M  You mention hypocrisy?....go away and educate yourself re the huge number of trade marks Trump family has taken out in China in the past few months. Conflict of interest, hypocrite and traitor.
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  1087. Bring back Warwick Capper
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  1088. Finke River race has been abandoned due to severe flooding !!!
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  1089. Aussie slang has become Americanised in recent decades and especially since we started getting so many US tv shows. I note the explanation for "cheers" here. That word was not used in the way that it now is before the tv show of the same name appeared here. The English equivalent "bottoms up" was commonly used.
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  1090. I cannot believe this comment....I suppose it says something, but it got me mesmerised in the first sentence. Very uninformed.
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  1091. One of our Australian best known artists (1980's) had a saying....."Bewdy Boris".....very applicable here.
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  1092. That's rocket science given we have 26 million population and India has 1.3 billion. Of bloody well course we are low emitters in total sense but go and check our emissions per head of population
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  1093. Yep...have been in Hobart in January and experienced fairly heavy sleet on Mount Wellington.
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  1094. It happened eleven days ago and was reported on back then.
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  1095. Have a look at the winning records of the early Cortinas at the Bathurst 500. Driven by some legendary Aussies in cars modified to near English Lotus Cortina specs. Cortina GT and GT500.
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  1096. AMONGST the leaders.
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  1097. The Australian business is GREYHOUND, founded around 1930. The former Pioneer Coaches is one that was amalganated into Greyhound.
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  1098. I can't believe you didn't mention the one that started the GMH run...the LJ Torana XU1 and even predecessors the Ford Cortina GT500 / Lotus Cortinas and the Morris Cooper S
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  1099.  @notthelastman9107  There are very informtive explanations as to what constitutes a Decaration of War available with a search.
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  1100.  @dragon723.  You forgot one major nation that declared WW2 on Germany...Great Britain. And technically it was Japan that declared war on the US on an oversight.
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  1101.  @notthelastman9107  Then go and learn about the prosesses for Declaration of War as done by Great Britain against Germany in WW2
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  1102.  @billwick1285  Have you still got your Civil War uniform in mothballs? Better go find it.
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  1103. And what is wrong with telling the CCP to stick their spyware network up their shitty arses. Several other nations have done the sme.
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  1104. That's so sad that an alleged Cubs fan makes that statement. I've followed the Cubbies since 1984. BUT Cricket does not have a World Series. There are World Cups played for in each of the three vatiants. NZ are current Test champions, England are ODI Champions and good ol OZ are T20 Champions. Global baseball plays for the World Baseball Classic where Japan is the leading nation. There is certainly no problem with playing off between so many nations for the final eight. The snide reference to MLB (World Series) is also misinformed given the MLB teams contain the very best players from all over the world. I believe some 50 nations are represented and we have had over 40 Aussies over the years.
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  1105. Are you even familiar with the contagion rates in both States. Clearly not to be making that ludicrous statement. Learn something about the infectiousness before making such an arse of yourself.
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  1106. Have you never seen the same at the WW1 western front in France. They still find remains in the beautiful fields.
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  1107. Two things...Cricket does not have Rules...you can look up what they are called. Secondly, Americans / inhabitants of America were playing cricket long before Australians. The English introduced the game during their occupancy. There were literally thousands of players and hundreds of clubs. Look up the history.
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  1108.  @theavocado6061  Great design for a piss pot too!!!
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  1109. The oldtime DOWNBALL players out there can go into training and prepare for the upcoming inaugural Downball Australia championships...details at their site.
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  1110. How about going back to the start of the race at Bathurst and follow up on how special vehicles were literally hand blueprinted for the Armstrong 500. The amazing Morris Cooper S's (modified by John Cooper of Cooper works in England fame) that absolutely dominated the race in 1966 to the point where organisers changed rules for the following year. But the first three races produced wins by highly modified Ford Cortina Mark 1 GT / GT500 similar in concept to the famous English Lotus Cortinas. This was before Harry Firth left Ford for HDT. Also an interesting fact not reported here is that the very first year of the Toranas (1967) saw a four cylinder verson named in respect of Sir Jack Brabham who had won the World Formula One Championship in 1966. Sir Jack did this in a car he fully designed and he used an Australian engine engineered by Repco. That car was designated a Repco Brabham. Jack's sons have raced in USA and driven at the Bathurst race.
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  1111.  @MrPr1nglz  Interesting comment...one would think that in the "Land of the free" more of the population would get out there and vote to exercise their democratic right.
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  1112.  @gearrazkarraysgyfarnogod8554  So disgraceful to make that statement and disregard what really happened on the eastern front...learn your history before commenting.
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  1113. Yes, I see that US Courts have labelled Sky / Fox as a "News entertainment" operator....somehow reminds me of what happened with the sport of wrestling which is classified as Sports Entertainment. So that designation creates a very broad brush for whatever these "commenters" want to say. Believe me our Australian equivalent are not that far behing the parent operation with Mr. Murdoch in the driver's seat.
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  1114.  @reasonableguy9090  Bloody oath...a bit of Nasho would fix up a lot of issues we have in Oz...sort out the REAL patriots.
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  1115. For future reference it is the Australian Broadcasting Corporation...
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  1116. There are two codes of football portrayed in the above vision...do you know the difference?...other than the pugilism that is.
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  1117. BY CHOICE.......How many of the 3300 souls that died in the USA yesterday CHOSE the virus.
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  1118.  @darrenslawther9075  Can you post the link with that valuable information.
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  1119.  @darrenslawther9075  Global systems try to EDUCATE porential victims. What is the issue with educating the population as much as possible re the virus.
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  1120. Might there not be a big issue with Trump entering Canada now that he is a convicted felon.
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  1121. Would you like a reminder of China's feudal past and the number of documented massacres conducted by warlords and tribal leaders, and emperors in the past. I'd love to provide you with the details if you are struggling to find it in your censored history.
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  1122. Doesn't he famously carry his brain around in his pants.
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  1123. With just a little bit of guidance from a TV person this guy could easily become the Harry Butler of mining engineering. Look him up from the 70's...Harry Butler In the Wild. Hope he gets a network show too....
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  1124. There are certainly a lot of sh1theads parading as journalists these days.
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  1125.  @JOSEklipfel  It is ridiculous that all these nations all over the globe can work with affordable health care operations. So why is it that the nation with the best economy in the world has not been able to come up with one. The thought process by those who "have it" towards the less fortunate is utterly despicable.
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  1126.  @_josephbogdan_  Hear, hear...you have nailed it...are US citizens so snotty nosed that they think that nobody outside US boundaries knows or does better than they do...
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  1127. The inmates have a remedy for that ailment.
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  1128. The car shown is a Morris Cooper S...today's Mini Cooper is made by BMW and handles nothing like the original.
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  1129.  @missionpupa  Indeed, and to think of the salary packages these clowns are raking in for their same old sh1t.
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  1130.  @Practicingpreparedness  So how does an unknowing person distinguish between a former President and the current President?...nations that use non American (proper) English refer to the previous President(s) as former President
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  1131.  @Practicingpreparedness  That is not PROPER English at all...look up the definitions in the Concise Oxford.
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  1132.  @Me-qp8vz  He is obviously speaking of proper Americanised English whereas proper English is exactly that.
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  1133. The Post Master General's Department should not have been privatised along with bodies such as Births, Deaths and Marriages Registers.
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  1134.  @IWrocker  I totally disagree with him...he clearly has no clue that NASCARs have road races on several excellent tracks just like Panorama.
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  1135. SA was certainly not underrated during and after WW2 when it was trashed by mother England for their atomic bomb experimentation. So much Indigenous lands turned to rubbish heaps as a result. In those times absolutely no recognition was given to the traditional land owners. That Woomera region is also famous for the development of Australia's Jindivik missiles. The outback regions are brilliant and Wilpena Pound is a must for any bucket list...what a sight of mother nature at work. The nearby Lake Frome is anotheer marvel in that as a salt lake the salt is so pristine white it is spotted by NASA as a reference point on the Earth from space. I'd love to cover the Floreau Peninsula but I've taken up enough space and will let others go for it.
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  1136. Not sure that the info given on blending is completely correct. Pilbara ores are the second best quality in the world but easily the largest quantity mined. Brazil ore is around 3-5 % higher in Iron content. Don't see why it would be blended given these are mostly from the same region and would be very close in chemical composition. Those fines mentioned are also valuable in the ironmaking process where they are sintered with other materials to produce feed for the Blast Furnaces.
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  1137. "they can't get it (iron ore) from anybody else"...Mr. Greenwood needs to learn something about production of that commodity in Brazil. Despite that nation's issues with virus they are close to overtaking Australia's global leading export. Not ony is their production volume near Australia's but the quality is as good meaning the Chinese furnaces and steel production would not be slowed down using inferior raw materials.
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  1138. South Africa is / was relatively strong at baseball. So much so that they were one of the eight teams that participated in the Sydney 2000 Olympics where I was a volunteer. Baseball has been an Olympic sport for at least five Games and the USA are far from the most successful nation. I have been involved in cricket for over 50 years and baseball around 40 years. Given SA's strength can I suggest to get along to a baseball game and try to develop some balance. The actual tactics and strategies used in baserunning alone are something cricket has no requirement for and these skills make baseball as heady, if not more tactical, than a cricket game.
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  1139. The best help you can give him is to vote him out of office. Tell all of your friends who can also vote.
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  1140. Wherever money is to be had the conspiracy theorists gather like flies.
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  1141.  @JIMDEZWAV  It's a big world out there and Australia competes globally at so many sports, even unheard of ones. The results from the Paris Olympics is evidence of that.
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  1142. Do you realise that is no better than back in 1938 or thereabouts. Especially with the original (and beautiful) Spirit of Progress running to Albury or Geelong.
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  1143. The glass like subsance is exactly that,...glass. The Silicon Dioxide is what is used in glssmaking. Sand is Silica SiO2 and has fused here under the intense heat...same as glassmaking.
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  1144. Time your bubble was burst...Sky Australia is owned by Murdoch and his modus operandi here is no different to the way he does elsewhere. We were sooooo happy when he left us for bigger shores...unfortunately left his scent trail.
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  1145. Correction...the virus is killing everyone...in USA...it's no coincidence that Australia's virtual snuffing out of the virus has meant China has had to go about other ways of doing "things"...in the USA the original plan is still a goer.
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  1146.  @ionly6805  Your logo looks like a leaf of a well known hallucigonen...probably explaing a lot.
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  1147.  @paulmcgrory5165  You. had better check your claim. China does not even have the largest plant.
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  1148.  @hikingviking859  One curtseys to a Queen....not sure about a queen.
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  1149. Raymond,,,you are an imbecile if you believe that crap. If the coal we send, be it coking coal or thermal coal, all of a sudden does not meet your so called Standard then the issue lies with you. Coals are being mined at the exact same locations and quality determined and product sold based on. Australian mined coal will never collape in the forseable future even if China decides to totally pull out. Many of these mines operated for 100 years before we exported to you. So go away and do some real research and realise what an asinine statement you've made.
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  1150. The fastest way to get some strong sunlight is to get Trump to bend over and it will shime out of his ass.
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  1151. Huawei products can still be procured at retailers...it is their proposed 5G monopoly at fault. There is another isue in that they took enormous offence when Oz called them out on origins of virus.
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  1152. Your knowledge of climate science is about par with your knowledge of tree growing. Any wood is strongesst when the grain layers are closer together...the closer, the stronger. Close growth rings result from slow growth in times when lower rainfall is recorded.
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  1153. The observation I always make with the Maraliga videos is the fact that the "test pilots" in uniform protected themselves by turning around so as not to see the ignition flash. Seemingly the Pommies didn't give the proverbial about the effects of the radiation. Needless to say many of those poor bunnies suffered various cancers and many died young. No such a thing as safe radiation.
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  1154.  @MattJesuele  Are you aware of some of the complexities medical science specialists are discovering with the long term effects? If you bring yourself up to date you might want to withdraw that comment.
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  1155.  @tooleyheadbang4239  Correct...there is a massive control operation for the dampening which can be seen with a visit or by searching relevant material.
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  1156.  @shreyasjamdade8549  Where did you get this rubbish that left handers are dismal?
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  1157. The Colorado River is much longer than what the Grand Canyon is and there are more than a dozen canyons the Colorado flows through. We even have two Grand Canyons of our own in Oz.
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  1158.  @kelltic100  https://www.amazon.com/Novelty-Absorbent-Political-We-KT00090/dp/B076VLP3WP/ref=sr_1_11?crid=1Y1HVI105B65O&dchild=1&keywords=donald+trump+toilet+paper+roll&qid=1597569057&sprefix=donald+trump+toilet%2Caps%2C365&sr=8-11
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  1159. These people are not intelligent enough to work out the numbers that passed away during the time voting was open alone. The US Covid death rate has been over one thousand A DAY and that's on top of the normal death rate. Also one hundred thousand being detected as carriers EACH DAY. Wake up America, it can be controlled.
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  1160. Can you give us the reference that proves your statement.
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  1161. What area is Hong Kong?
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  1162.  @sardarahmed3780  It would make more sense if sub continent nations played their own series and the original FIVE Test playing nations played theirs. With more nations lining up for Test status something will have to happen in any case. No other global sport plays on non standardised areas of play with the exception of tennis.
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  1163.  @davidbrowning9409  No, it is not. Time to look at a map.
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  1164. Castro had a far better batting average.
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  1165.  @harrygray1301  sorry mate but you cannot properly analyse quantatively for an element that did not exist. The Chinese are good, but....
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  1166.  @DavidFMayerPhD  In fairness it might not have been officially named back then but it would have existed like many other elements were prior to being officially named per periodic table.
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  1167.  @NagarajanVenkataraman-q7i  definitely not pure Iron or is it kept in oil. Even the purest of Iron Ores (approx 66% Fe2O3) have a rust coloured surface when exposed. The Eiffel tower is made from (puddling) Iron which has had innumerable coatings in its' life.
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  1168. Trump is only interested in the daily amounts that are filling up his survivor funds. Mindless supporters are continuing to shell out their hard earned. Can we see a daily statistic for the fundraising and perhaps draw a second graph indicating the increasing virus deaths from the pathetic attempts to get a dornwards trend.
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  1169. Name one nation that is innocent of cheating in one form or another. A simple search provides all the answers.
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  1170. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
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  1171.  @_nezmo_  That reminds me....must cancel.
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  1172. There's only ONE Navy on the planet with that number of ACC and even the Chinese do not. the bloody Pommies have nowhere near that many and the only one we've ever had came from the Pommies....get real.
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  1173.  @B61Mod12  Who needs a moon base when they control Antarctica.
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  1174.  @rogertull8888  In which case they are not called Aircraft Carriers but commonly called Helo Carriers.
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  1175. The Ukranians would be counting all that scrap value of the 100% recyclable steels towards the rebuilding of Avozstal works.
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  1176. Onf Australian bat maker started in 1855 and another in 1890...they don't have issues with longevity
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  1177. Serviette is French.
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  1178. F111, A USA made aircraft???
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  1179. So you don't make the same mistake again do your homework on the REAL system by which Royals are funded.
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  1180.  Triangle Automotive, Inc  It has hit the Wall already.
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  1181.  @ChrisBrown-or8ky  Does the same apply to Brendon McCullum?
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  1182. There's lot of Ibis to be found at the moment. After the rains many sporting fields and parks have turned into swamplands, the Ibis have moved in knowing there's lots of food to be had.
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  1183.  @lcw1980  Dow Jones implimented 1896, GDP first used in 1934...First President of USA 1789...Oh, that's right NOTHING happened before Trump.
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  1184.  @donny234  and added another crime to his list in doing so.
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  1185. Handball is an official Olympic sport and has been Medal sport since 1936. It is played on a volleyballl sized court indoors but with goals at each end, much like soccer with 11 per team.
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  1186.  @USPatriot-dq7kd  Don't judge us by your standards. Your track records are pathetic when it comes to guns
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  1187. One of the best assets Labor has....please let him be. People of today see right through this sh1t.
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  1188. There is a wedge building not unlike the one shown on Broadway NYC but Sydney Dental Hospital, Elizabeth and Chalmers Streets, shown here is very art deco and not as old. You let the warning sign relating to the Box Jellyfish go without comment...visitors to North Queensland or the North in general must know about this critter. It gives off the most deadly venom on the planet because of the complexity of the still unidentified components. Many beaches have protection with netting to guard swimmers but it causes a number of deaths each year...Read up on it and while doing so also read about the Irukandji Jellyfish which is much smaller but every bit s deadly. The Australian bank notes were introduced during the year of our Bicentennary 1988. They were World's first technology developed in conjunction with our CSIRO. Canda introduced similar some time later and other nations have followed. Some remarkable features are built in with each series. I recall that during a break in the USA in 1991 I was asked by a taxi driver if I had any I wanted to sell him.
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  1189. There's a few additional Wallabies hiding out down that way after they got hammered by all the northern hemisphere teams in their recent tour.
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  1190. May he Rest in Peace. Captain Sir Tom has left us all a wonderful legacy by showing us what true greatness is all about without any slogans relating to that greatness.
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  1191.  paul rangi  Rangi?...so why are you criticising somebody with a name just like yours?
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  1192.  paul rangi  Go and read an electoral roll or a phone book.....idiot statement.
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  1193. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY0WxgSXdEE
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  1194.  @marty9376  I think you mean the HOLEY family.!!!
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  1195. "all rear wheel drive"...how was that managed with the Morris Cooper S?
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  1196.  @andyturbo  Great, you cn have the population but you need to start digging out a decent harbour soon.
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  1197.  @Echidna23Gaming  And how many times and dollars would the great US conglomerate, that has been around for over 120 years, have supported political parties in that time. Goodyear is a great company and it has every right to set the rules for the safety of their plants. Their practices of producing in other nations are not exactly unique to US industrialists.
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  1198.  @WaveformV1.0  "forced to buy shares"...by whom? Everyday Australians have been investing in shares such as BHP since the operation was listed over a century ago. BHP has also had Employee Share Plans for shop floor workers to upper management since decades ago. Go and check some facts before making such ridiculous posts.
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  1199. Holden /GM had a testing facility located in the then country area of Lang Lang a couple of years before this Ford facility. The facility was sold around six months ago for almost $40 million and there will probably be many developer;s pieces of heavy equipment racing around soon.
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  1200. I'm surprised the Senator isn't advocating the closure / non start up of all Chinese restaurants. They can shove their Peking ducks and shark fins right up their fat clackers. Gotta make them hurt.
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  1201.  Terncote  Even better in neighbouring New Zealand. What Ian is trying to say is that the incidence of Influenza has dropped (slightly) because of early regulation of Covid19 virus distancing.
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  1202. And while you're down that way you will be very close to the former GMH test track and facilities at Lang Lang which was recently sold off for development.
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  1203.  @crisalcantara7671  Sad signs of the modern day world.....comparisons being made to video games !!!
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  1204.  @fcapio  yes, and then he backed down and stated he wanted 100 days of leeway.
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  1205. And for safety reasons the chicane was introduced. Several good drivers (and motorcyclists) have lost their lives when they became airborne on the hump of the old straight.
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  1206. It will have to be a trilogy....just like The Godfather.
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  1207. There used to be two types of shading / sun protection in those times. Internally the option was a Venetian blind which apparently is still available (I did a search). Also very popular was the external screwed down plastic louvers which every rev head had to have to convince themselves they would race at Bathurst next year. In today's world they are a fan like shade screen
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  1208. Yes, Liam Hendricks is amongst our latest to play in MLB although he had some time with OA's. We have had around 40 play at the MLB level going back to a man who played in the pre MLB days around 1895. Hendricks' fellow West Australian Graeme Lloyd is a World Series winning pitcher with NYY back in mid 90's. As with basketball numerous players also play with NCAA teams. We have had an Australian League since 1989 with strong ties to MLB and affiliated teams with exchange players. Won Silver Medal at Athens Olympics.
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  1209. Simply transfers the problems with emissions / waste to future generations. The waste product has a half life of tens of thousands of years.
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  1210. The crazy fascade on the Sydney building is on the University of Technology (UTS) not far from Central Station. I'm surprised you didn't recognise the amazing architecture because it was designed by world famous US / Canadian architect Frank Gehry. Look him up and see the famous buildings around the world he designed...there's even a couple in central Chicago. He is also known for his work with Turnaround Arts for kids in NY..seen here amongst many others you might recognise. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUXSVnGsYyY
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  1211. Adelaide, Gold Coast, Townsville, Sydney Olympic Park. Newcastle are also places where street circuits have been used.
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  1212. It was originally called Main Straight...read up on why the name was changed...
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  1213. It is no wonder some products produced in third world nations can be purchased for next to nothing. There is virtually no adherence to any safety policies, workers are poorly equipped, Lives mean nothing.
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  1214.  @robb5642  While you are looking at that statistic can you inform us how many were signed by the latter three in their last 4-6 weeks in office.
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  1215. Those who saw the Cathedral previous to the one you speak of might well say the same of your Cathedral. Times change, the world keeps revolving.
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  1216. They OWN half of the Queensland coast and ALL of the mineable interior anyway !!
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  1217.  @guillermoelnino  "grammAr" ...for the orthography challenged.
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  1218. R U OK?
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  1219. A misdirected shot from friendly fire tank
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  1220. Far canal, great suggestion...I'll volunteer my services to be the censor...
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  1221. A lot of media hype and misinformation on this. Netball has been around for almost a century as the sport of netball. They have gone from strength to strength and right now their high profile Test games against NZ and England are being televised in prime time free to air. Broadcasting rights do not come cheaply.Easily the most populat female sport in this nation.
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  1222. Your hurricanes are termed cyclones / tropical cyclones in Oz. We've had some doozies since records have been kept the most dangerous being Cyclone Tracy that turned Darwin into a pile of matchsticks back in 1975. The population was airlifted from Christmas Day and moved south. The Tropical coast of Queensland iand occasionally Western Australia are other areas where it appens.
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  1223. I had been made aware of this some time back. It is significant in as much as Murdoch had taken his disagreement with Monash to Billy Hughes when he visited. Had he been listened to it could have been the end for Monash. It can be imagined what would have happened after that with the great thinking of Monash shoved aside all because of a hate filled racist war correspondent. I believe Murdogh's knighthood should have been rescinded if this is true.
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  1224. Team McLaren was founded by the great Bruce McLaren who started up in New Zealand. You need to go to school on Australian drivers. In 1966 Jack Brabham became not only World champion but did so in a car of his own design and manufacture. He won the title three times and remains the only one to drive his own car to titles. In 1980 Alan Jones won the title, the first for Frank Williams Team. Daniel Ricardo is current driver and Mark Webber retired after finishing third three times.
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  1225.  @Aussie_Damo  Our American presenter should be interested that movie because it tells the story of the part we Aussies played in the 1969 Moon Landing...it would not have happened without the Aussie input. Let's test his understanding of what happened....guarantee you very few Yanks would have a clue.
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  1226. absolutely DUMB thing to say given cricket is not baseball...end of story.
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  1227. Sherlock..you'd better bring yourself up to date with what the Chinese have been doing to Aussies for a couple of years. Time you gave up smoking dope.
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  1228. Indeed, as if a suit was going to determine the outcome of the planet!! Look at what some leaders of the past have worn....
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  1229. It is absolutely unbelievable that international airline crews would be exempt / allowed to self iso;ate. These are people at the very centres of potential cross contamination. Mutations occur as a result of virus jumping between passengers at major hubs around the world...Crews should be in space suits all the time.
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  1230.  @Justice_Hammer  Incorrect, there has been several reports with updates virtually every day
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  1231. He can take advice from his fellow cronies President Putin and Chairman Xi who have both recently given themselves lifetime careers. Order the cakes and tea now.
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  1232.  @sherrysnyder4195  Perhaps stick to relevance given this is not about the US....and please learn when an apostrophe is necessary.
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  1233. Are we not talking about regional rail systems here, that is the equivalent of what is termed intercity railways. In this regard Australia is pathetic when compared to northern hemisphere minus the US. It is one thing we stuffed up on in the 60's up till which time we had brilliant services to places that have since been closed down. The influence of the big road haul companies started to impact. We commenced a fast rail (>200kph) plan back in the 80's with a selected route from Melbourne to Brisbane but it fell apart while signalling systems were being worked on by programmers. Such a system (but VFT) today would work well particularly if supported by networks of HSR's.
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  1234.  @AUmarcus  Because they are all wearing the World War One flannels they were issued with.
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  1235. Oh for a return to the days when an undesirable performer (village idiots) in the village square was put in the stocks and pelted with rotten tomatoes and rotten everything else. Those were the days......... A sudden "running of the bulls" in the city square as per Pamplona would also be a good way of overcoming the village idiots.
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  1236. It was introduced for a reason...several cars had become airborne at the Hump that was the smaller hill. Fairly sure one or two drivers were killed there in a total of around eight killed around the track. A similar number of bike riders also killed. It was extremely dangerous especially before safety fences started appearing. Look at photos around from the first years of the race transferring to Bathurst...bloody scarry. Imagine what the track was like for races like the 1938 Formula One AGP.
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  1237.  @Andi131Cee  Know your history you fool and learn what Australia's leader did back in 1989.
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  1238. Is there any detail about the protests that were held in Sydney...has there been a rise in Sydney cases? Does Ms Cretin and Sky believe that Victorians won't put two and two together? At the time it happened Sky made a point of reporting that only a few hundred turned up to protest. Methinks they like to have a lend of us good people. Sh1t stirrers.
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  1239.  pyropulse  Not too sure about that. Have a llok at the technology of the vessels used in the SailGP global racing events and the America's Cup events. The future of ships right there.
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  1240. Well done...great to see somebody else appreciating the skillful driver that Bondy used to be. Not fully recognised for what he did. Not a Ford person BUT that staged 1-2 finish at 1977 Bathurst made the front pages of many papers.
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  1241.  @MrSupersunbeam  And moved into "retraining" camps?
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  1242.  @amalkumar2775  is that like pocket billiards?
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  1243. Indeed...as the Village Idiot...
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  1244. "Buying many companies cheap" ...they have learned a lot from Mr. Warren Buffet and other global tycoons.
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  1245. Brought back memories of the wonderful movie Shine an award winner from 1996.
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  1246. The race has lost all concepts of what it was originally intended for. Have a look at the winners of the event and you will see what I mean. Jags, MORRIS Cooper S, Mazda, Nissan, Vauzhall, Mercedes...the list goes on. The concept was to give the average bloke on the street an indication of the vehicles he could go into a ahowroom and buy. It becme a farce with the V8's which were made up of components from everywhere and probably tractors from Antarctica. I gave up on it ten years ago after following it since inception.
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  1247. What about him?...He is not the subject of the discussion here...POQ.
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  1248. No amount of training will create a situation whereby unsupervised schoolgirls / boys do not react with a pack mentality.
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  1249. There has been a huge focus on the Foulcans in the Bathurst race and people forget that the first three 500 races there were won by Cortinas...the GT and GT500. Products of the Firth / Jane operation and based on that remarkable Lotus Cortina produced by the Poms.
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  1250. And that was just watching the pseudo news services...he went stright to the wrestling channel next..
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  1251. Do you not mean Kiandra motel, Kiama is on the NSW south coast. Of interest is that Kiandra was the first place where people took to the snow in Australia. It was during the gold rush years when prospecting there was not uncommon. Of course that was long before Lake Jindabyne existed and Old Adaminaby became submerged.
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  1252. For whom the bell tolls.....Ernest Hemingway (1940)
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  1253. Not personalities but specific skills.
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  1254. It is NOT made from Steel and it is riveted.
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  1255. These two are long standing historic brands and fair to say working man's brews especially around WW2 years. The States are very particular and it wasn't until the 60's that VB was popular in NSW. At one time we had two huge breweries on the south eastern fringe of Sydney and the smell of the brewing was always strong enticing the lads into the pubs. If you can find Tooheys Old or Black it is closest in formula to their original brew.
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  1256. Think this over...if every one that voted for him was stupid enough to send in just five bucks....better than Lotto.
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  1257.  @MrPapalenlen  Whatever you do...don't take up gambling.
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  1258. Well said, but...is our nation not guilty of being overly greedy in our dealings with China..have we not brought much of this by taking an easy path to the pots of gold. Our Politicians AND business leaders AND mining magnates are all equally guilty.
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  1259. Comparisons to alleged recordings made pre 1900 is for people from Dodoland. There were no documented Standards in those times and temperatures were recorded on verandahs or under trees or in the outdoor dunny. Rainfall measured with a "calibrated" stick in the drinking trough or observation of a tank. We went through establishing Australian Standards to maintain conformity and consistency long ago so it's time to get with the science. Windsor town was largely farming land where soaking of the land would have to take place before runoff to creeks, a process that took days if not weeks. What do we have today...rooftops, sealed roads. paving. meaning the creeks run earlier and with greater volumes. People like Peta Credlin have their political agendas with TV show comparing to keep their pockets filled while the poor citizen out there has to cop all the backlash from property developers' greed.
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  1260. There is no way you'd expect a reaction to all of the LAWS of Cricket. The complete set can be accessed at the Marylebone Cricket club site, that Club being the traditional Authority that is responsible foe the Laws. The MCC operates out of Lord's Cricket Ground and that establishment is the global Home of Cricket
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  1261.  @IWrocker  I hope you follow the Cubs.
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  1262. Yes...had the same thought and also how the balls with the stitching that is more proud / elevated above the leather. I am referring to elite level balls which are specifically made to give the pitchers a higher level of grip.
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  1263. Well done to get the pronunciation of Barangaroo correct but Nagoya needs some work.....in English it's pronounced as it's spelt.........na-goya
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  1264. Not sure who should be in the sights here. Yes, advertisers are a pain but YuufnT$be is the organisation making bags of chaff out of people making posts that they capitalise on. Imagine that, people wanting to help their fellow human beings out and the money men want to capitalise. How very American.
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  1265. That is amazing Kristin..is it a time zone thing or is there something going on. Even an interview I saw had Trump acting as though he was surprised. Surely the chain of command should have had him in the know.
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  1266. Much of the attraction of the Tower lies in the history of its' manufacture. It was the largest metal structure erected prior to the advent of steels and the resulting use of welding instead of riveting or bolting components.The main foundations were all hand dug and that area was a river swamp at that time The reconstruction of Notre Dame sees the use of the old with the new where very old Oak tree rafters have been milled and placed while new technology with organic coatings is being used on other applications.
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  1267. Make note of the male nurse nearest to the flag and directly left of Prez in the vision. He can't stop twiddling his thumbs and the twiddling seems to get faster as the lies get more and more nauseating. Needless to say his twiddling is incessant.
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  1268. Boy, I am glad he took his six shooter out of the hip holster before walking our streets. If there are no Citroen or Peugeot cars imported in US what about the other French maker, Renault. Skoda is an excellent manufacturer from Czech republic. Big time sponsors of one of the world's great sporting events...Le Tour de France. The 2022 race finishes in Paris today and is a spectacle not to be missed.
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  1269. If you're a Yank you can easily take yourself to one of the many hospitals that are currently overloaded. The reporting heree relates to an issue in Australia where our population have mostly done the right thing.
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  1270. No way...he could not last seven furlongs !!
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  1271. What...Nathan Lyon?...... GOAT
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  1272. The despicable POS should be up on terrorism related provocation charges.
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  1273.  @realtimebiblicalinterpreta6972  He is likely to be charged by the Trump circus with having too much knowledge.
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  1274. I would like to invite a flock that regularly drops by our fringe bushland home but that flock is sometimes up to 30 birds so they stay outside. I got some wild bird seed mix which they love and fight over but they seem to like chunks of day old seeded bread best. I try not to encourage them because they can be very destructive with anything wood.
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  1275.  @blackwatertv7018  It's the suits he wears that covers everything up...
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  1276. The Indianapolis 500 was a Formula One race for ten years back in the 50's. Sir Jack Brabham was the first to race a rear engined car. As with many car races we all benefit from racing. with new materials and components such as brake linings always being tested.
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  1277. Indeed, most comments have not recognised that the flexing and impact deadening of ALL bats comes from the construction design of that cane / rrubber composite layered handle.
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  1278. The Digger's brew....made to the original Tooheys Brother's formula.
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  1279. For those who are not aware, this term "Spirit of the game" is actually explained and documented in the MCC Laws of Cricket as a preamble to the Laws. It should be read by everyone BEFORE making comment on what they think it means. One quality identified in it is the showing of respect to the umpires by accepting their decisions...Perhaps the preamble, or at least parts of it, could be documented as a Code of Conduct for supporters of the game also.
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  1280. What do you expect from the losers at Murdoch Inc.
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  1281. You mean sports PLAYERS? The FANS are regular everyday working folk like you and me. You have as much opportunity to grab some golf clubs or tennis racquet and put in all the hours they do rather than be whinging all the time.
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  1282. SPHAGNUM Moss and PEAT Moss.
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  1283. Please...Monty Python members are / were known for being clever and hilarious....this individual is a simple joke.
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  1284. Think about this ccp man...if we were to lose any war you certainly will not be here making asinine comments.
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  1285. Can you please do a reaction to the top ten UNMARKED cop cars.
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  1286. This is all straight out of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus clown school.
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  1287. So now we can all revert to taking our soap boxes down to the Domain (that's the park, not your computer thingo) and spruiking whatever you like. That's until some big bruiser turns up and yells over the top of you or kicks the soap box away.
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  1288. Indeed, I thought I was watching a replay of the helecopters evacuating just today...
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  1289. Is it right they are making a comeback with ABBA on the first show...how good is that? Something to watch on TV again.
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  1290. Going green?.....Has he graduated to watching Kermit?
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  1291.  @stuarthancock571  It was not all that long ago that US favourites such as Mountain Dew and Doctor Pepper were unherd of in Australia. Traditional makers like Schweppes monopolised local market.
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  1292.  @ericgwalsh  So Eric having all that knowledge, can you let the readers know the total area burned out in 1939 as opposed to current fires.
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  1293.  @Puddleglum83  Did you say the same of Trump when he lost it going down a ramp?
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  1294. Huh?...you need to learn something about the Australian steel production industry..
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  1295. Do you think that baseball pitchers who pitch knuckle balls and palm balls and many other low speed pitches might also be included in the baseball stats? Have you REALLY studied the number of bowlers who can reach 150kph in today's game? Cricket is NOT the second most popular sport especially in terms of the nations that play. ...sub continent people like to state that because of their population but many of them don't even know what cricket is let alone attending a game or being a registered player.
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  1296. Amazing that with all those "eyes" all over the world that the Russkis were still not able to come up with an acceptable sh!t paper making plant.
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  1297.  @janehawkins3287  You need not worry about offering to send a tutu...
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  1298.  @heresmytwocentsworth  Most people do not stick bubble gum in their arse.
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  1299.  @jimcoulter5877  Nothing to be gained by speaking out about dumb leaders to Australians.
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  1300. Re the dimensions of cricket and baseball balls. Both are made to Standards and manufacturer's specifications. Yes, a baseball is lighter..by a whole five grams on average !! WRT the circumference, the LARGEST tolerance for a cricket ball is slightly smaller than the baseball. It all amounts to Jack because both blls act totally differently especially given the object in bowling is to bounce the ball off the wicket. Baseballs also have a larger percentage of the overall surface area occupied with stitches, all 108 of them, which translates to more coefficient of friction being enacted. The specs quoted are not for the cricket ball used in ladies cricket which is slightly smaller than traditional dimensions.
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  1301. If you have the evidence why do the umpires not?
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  1302. Wondering if this could bring Russia to want to buy Alaska back.
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  1303. It's simple...viewers need to be more discerning with their choices in viewing and not assume commercial TV is good for them...
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  1304. She makes a gratituous appearance every now and then to remind us she is still around. The only other way we know she is there is from the huge cheques she draws from taxpayers and the fast disappearing supporter base.
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  1305. Back in the days when MG (Morris Garages) was a repected British car builder. They even build a GP car at one time. Gone down a bumpy road since the name was bought by very different operation.
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  1306.  @zaneaussie  Not only Governments. Look at the crop of elitist and entitled CEO's we have. The Optus CEO is now top of the list. "I sorrow for those owners of the faces in the street".
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  1307. However, the Iron used in the ET is a modified version of Cast (Blast Furnace) Iron in that it is Decarburised to what is called Puddle / puddling Iron. You can find good detail re this with a search or visit rhe ET info site.
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  1308. The PRINCES Highway is the all coastal route from Sydney to Adelaide. Not a trans continental road.
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  1309.  @deauthorsadeptus6920  Perhaps so but there has to be a balance until direct reduction is economically perfected.
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  1310. This is the reason the USA taxpayers shell out so much for the best defence forces on the planet.... protecting this rabble.
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  1311. I don't think I'll be buying one...better to wait until they give them away in corn flakes packets.
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  1312. It was an absoute disgrace and the POTUS shows how he will NEVER be a diplomat or statesman. Same goes for his mouthpiece of a shameful VP. Everything evolved about it being "great television"....he still thinks everything is a freaky tv show. Putin must have a smile on his face as big as the man in the moon.
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  1313. The Galants were rebadged Mitsuibishi.
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  1314. Five litres Torana LH SLR 5000 Repco L34...Torana A9X 5000 Repco L34.. The XU1 designation applied to the LC and LJ models.
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  1315. Campbelltown was declared a City in 1968 after being a Municipality from early 1880's
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  1316. The MotoGP branding did not commence until 2002 and no MotoGP race has been held at Bathurst. Australian 500cc / 250cc and 125 cc Championship races hve been held there and for a lot longer than many think. Aussies should not forget that the Speedway GP originated in Australia at the Maitland track and we have had many World champions since. The sport is a national sport in some European nations.
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  1317.  @bikerjk1205  Most readers would not realise the importance of what you say. Aussie ore is slightly better quality than Braz (analytically) and the Ironmaking processing time is geared to the better raw material. If that process (in Blast Furnace or Sinter Plant) is changed chances are a slowing of process times. That equates to longer times to produce each tonne of Iron and hence steeel. Same applies to coke or pulverised coal in the BF where Aussie coking coal produces a better product in coking ovens. It woud be very interesting to see how their operations would perform without quality of Aussie product. And don't listen to their bullshit about coal quality, ours is still right up, if not the best. Always has been and will be. There are numerous coal mines owned by India here.
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  1318. Apologies to our British friends for this indivisual. He is the MP for an electorate that houses our one and only nuclear reactor...albeit for medical science applications. He will tell you he knows everything about nuclear power generation as a result. In any case we believe several rogue electrons have escaped from our reactor and have found their way to the Honorable (?) Member's head space. The old Aussie saying relating to "bulls being loose in the top paddock also comes to mind". The reference to bulls being most apppropriate.
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  1319. If you arre so good at cricket then why not go back to being a most sports minded nation and focus on sports that other nations also play. Start by trying to win at least one gold medal at the next Olympics.
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  1320.  @luther1546  Has the once mighty British Empire moved on, especially former members?
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  1321. Billy the Kid, John Dillinger, Capone and so on also fit that description.
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  1322.  @gjulius2542  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUdhaDCvPWY
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  1323. A Formula One car winning at the Indianapolis 500...like to see that. But didn't it happen in the early 60's? The Cooper Climax was the first rear engined car to race there.
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  1324. Check that track...there has to be a steam catapault set in the track.
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  1325. She is just one mouthpiece of an organisation that feeds News Entertainment to its' viewers. Who recalls the criticism the Fox / Sky "After Dark" presenters gave to the Four Corners reporting of this when it started coming out several months ago.
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  1326. What a compliment.....
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  1327. It is a damn shame that there was not a debate between these two in the leadup....that's assuming Trump would have agreed of course.
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  1328.  @phiksit  The powder material in a Thermite mix is the flux agent. The metallics, which is Iron and Aluminium, are in the form of filings / small particles mixed in with the fluxes.
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  1329. If you go to any MLB game and get there around two hours before start you will see hitters taking their BP on the field with a netted cage behind them. They use "live" pitching to not develop bad habits of pitching machies. Cricketers of high standard also do on field hitting as well as nets.. On the better bowling / pitching machines the speeds of the wheels can be set independently which allows for variations of swing / dip for cricketers and sliding / tailing / curve for baseball..
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  1330. Formula One races were held at several other Australian tracks long before Adelaide. Look up during the 1930's. Then look up wht Paris is known as the City of Lights.
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  1331. There is ONE common thread in EVERY definition of an island that appears in every dictionary. An island is always defined by being completely surrounded by water. Now we need to know which part of Australia is not surrounded. Every piece of land on this planet is connected to one or other plate. Greenland has a continental shelf
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  1332. preferably a walled out house where he cn expel his verbal diarrhea
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  1333. Definitely not a "dyed in the wool" human being ...evidence has caught him out as being a FAKE.
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  1334. We are on the edge of escarpment bushland and get maggie families most days. Usually three families but one young per family, they appear at different times. They fly in under a covered area and generlly go into their chorus singing for their supper. One hint...do not feed them minced meat, I read that it s not the same as thin slices / strips for their chewing habits. The same applies to Kookas. We never hear of neighbours being swooped on. Fairly sure they do the rounds of the 'hood which would explain their lack of agression.
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  1335. "if they are not going to pay, we're not going to protect"....does this mean all those nations should start charging rent for the American occupancies...what an utter lame brain this pretender is.
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  1336. So can you give us the listing of names of other nominees for the award? Go and look them up.and also look up those who were given awards at States level and those who were nominated. The decisions incidentally, are not made by the media or the government.
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  1337.  @dominicwong6592  I believe that has been changed to a bowl of noodles...the CCP is broke and the poor citizens are hungry.
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  1338. Try playing your football without forward passing.
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  1339. Stromberg carburettors
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  1340. The 1970, 1971 and 1972 Hardie Ferodo 500 races did not have co-drivers. Moffat won in Phase 2 in 70 and a Phase 3 in 71 while Brocky famously won in the LJ XU1 in 72.
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  1341.  @ALFgold  Especially the guns that were handed in under that amnesty back in 1996-7...think about how old they would be now....owners only handed in ones that they didn't want.
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  1342.  @shreyasjamdade8549  Greentops in the nations mentioned have been part and parcel of the game since interntional cricket started and especially in the days of uncovered wickets. Long before India came along.
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  1343.  @maureeniustini2219  SA town Whyalla has had a steelworks since around 1940. Now second largest in Australia. Learn about minerals extraction including one of the largest Uranium operations in the world.
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  1344. Yes indeed Nicole...with NZ's size you could have adopted same approach as Sweden...and look where they are.
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  1345. So petty and infantile.....to a legend in his own lunchtime.
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  1346. One of the worst areas for bugs and critters is basically anywhere affected by Ross River virus. Not as prominent as it was but still has debilitating effects which sometime last several months. Spread primarily by infected mosquitoes in tropical areas. Wilson's Promontory region has many remnants like the boulders from a time when there was no Bass Strait and Tasmania was part of the one great southern land. Beautiful weathered rock formations, the Remarkable Rocks on Kangaroo Island.
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  1347. Is he related th Donald? You find something new every day..
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  1348. You might think about gaining some credibility by going back to third grade and learning some basic grammar.
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  1349.  @Boozoobajou1  Did you listen to the information...one journalist is NOT ABC but the one who is has been in Hong Kong giving regular reports ever since they've had the disturbances and head treading by mainland. We should be thankful to get such reports and not be spoon fed by China media. How often have you seen Sky reporters on site in HK?
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  1350. Thank the Lord that the Royal Evhibition and the Madison are intact.
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  1351. 306 EC votes to 232...51.4 % of vote to 46.9 (current) Majority of SEVEN MILLION votes.....and you state MORE believe...do you understand simple statistics. Prove your illegal votes.
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  1352. A baseball hitter is NOT aiming to hit the ball out of the park. A ball that goes over the fence is a mishit because the hitter has hit under the ball. The real intention is to hit a hard line drive through infielders for a safe hit. The situation varies and is dependent on runners on base and the count situation on the batter.
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  1353. ...would you really want to see an Australian flag flying on the tender sidecar? Now THAT would be the disgrace. It would be an utter dishonouring of people like our soldiers whose caskets are covered with our great flag.
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  1354. This belongs in the comic section.
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  1355. You miss one of the key points...access to fishing rights. Also please learn the correct pronunciation of KIRIBATI
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  1356.  @LionelMessi-nw1cb  Lionel, I would expect a bit more decorum and knowledge...Cricket anf football codes and even the original baseball derivative all come from England....now Yanks would not be what they are without the links to mother England...
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  1357.  @saadwaheed465  So you know all the rules of the game, what is going on in any one play, understand all the skills...stop having a lend of yourself...every sport has its' own intracasies and the REAL challenge is to understand what is going on...so if you are dropping off to sleep you remain clueless and make asinine comments.
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  1358. That is a very sad indictment on his actions to now say "we are starting to get good marks" That's six months after the event. Very recent developments in nations like Israel and France should be noted strongly by USA residents. Israel now on it's fourth total shutdown...while USA runs rampant but "STARTING to get control"...Yeah, right. You cannot let this man convince you that a vaccine is just around the corner.
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  1359. And the story of the Dog and Gundagai use a bit of geographical license given the statue is actually located on the Hume Highway five miles north of the town.
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  1360.  @Shooter-The-Emu-With-A-Gun  Overloaded?
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  1361.  @daviddou1408  David, my comment relates to the second half of your comment re music being composed by persons unknown.
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  1362. In the same manner that Sir Donald Bradman played baseball.
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  1363. Ins-Hannity...
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  1364. It is an annual Rugby LEAGUE series and the State of Origin references the States from which the players first played. States other than the two that participate would not have the playing strength to compete.
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  1365. We can excuse him given that people in higher places struggle with lesser words.
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  1366.  @donquattrocchi9472  I'll accept your numbers but realise that is for a Corona type virus mankind has known about for over 100 years. We have a vaccine yet thousands still die. We have to alter the vaccine every year due to new strains developing hence the reason for the numbers. We don't have a vaccine for Covid19 and until we do people must learn and understand the highly contageous nature. It is not something we know how to control because it too, is mutating regularly.
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  1367. @Derek Fisher Now which media is that...UK, Euro, NZ, Australia, Brazil, South Africa. Are the people of the US capable of thinking logically? EVER.
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  1368.  @MelioraCogito  In that case we are witnessing more of his disingeniousness in the hours seen attending Churches, holding Bibles and the like ?
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  1369. You are very confused with your trivia. It was Englishman Edward Hargraves who discovered gold in that region in 1851. English born Lawrence Hargraves, who was born in 1850, performed most of his innovative work with box kites at Bald Hill, Stanwell Park, north of Wollongong.. Lawrence died in Sydney in 1915.
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  1370.  @shanehansen3705  I would not have posted the information without confirming it first and I live 20 minutes from Bald Hill. I have studied Lawrence Hargraves and early Aussie aviators for around 50 years. If you know how to perform internet searches check it out to save yourself any more embarrassment. A search for Edward Hargraves will yield over 50,000 responses in 0.60 seconds...more info with searches for Lawrence. The two men were born around 50 years apart. I'd recommend you reference an online dictionary as well and learn some proper spelling.
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  1371.  @NikkiSky573  https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7818275/Queen-faces-costly-86-million-repair-bill-Prince-Charless-London-home.html
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  1372.  @thomasjacob7235  it beggars belief that anybody would consciously decide to move to this "tiny island" knowing they disagree with the conditions under which they would be living.
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  1373. God there are some really stupid and uninformed comments here...why make comments when they don't have a clue. Evelyn Owen was thought to be a genius of inventions and had tinkered with several other practical devices but guns were his specialty. Despite what is stated here he was not a "kid" being around 20 years of age when his gun was first developed. A search using his name will yield millions of results.
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  1374. Is the Gabba not being levelled and totally rebuilt? That sort of thing is definitely NOT what happened in Sydney and later on in London (as seen in above video). Sydney Olympic Park was built on a former pit used for brickmaking, an abbatoir site and other wastelands. There are lots of parallels with the rehab of the London site later on.
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  1375. And now we have the problematic F35's to look forward to
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  1376. If you study the story the answer is no. Tennis Australia gave him permission on the basis of information provided to them as the peak body and tournement organiser. It is they who sent their contracted security people to ask that the fans remove signage that supposedly contravenge their policy. It is the Australian Federal Government that disallowed the permit which he is now challenging in court.
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  1377.  @jaknkee  Indeed...he sits on it...
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  1378. The next shipment we Aussies are sending will have some cardboard boomerangs plus a few Woomeras.
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  1379. Nothing new there cobber. The same Party had a Premier who was also the Police Minister around 60 years ago.
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  1380. Here is a link to the information published by NBC a day ago. You will, no doubt, find something "criminal" in the contents which I'd suggest is indicative of your brainwashed mind. Many of us, especially here in Oz, are completely sickened by your attitude. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/robert-trump-younger-brother-president-donald-trump-dies-new-york-n1236882
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  1381. Please provide details of your last sentence. Names and DATES.
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  1382. 1966 also..when the mighty little MORRIS Cooper S won outright against the bangers. Factory spec cars that also competed in the World Rally Championships. Winning car driven by WRC winner from Finland.
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  1383. One could say that is very evident given how India performed at the Paris Olympics...the REAL barometer of sporting achievement.
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  1384. THAN.....You do realise that NASCAR also use road circuits on six or seven fairly famous tracks like Watkins Glenn?
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  1385. Lawyer? Is that so?. The good ol' American way is clearly and utterly farked.
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  1386.  @harry130747  That is like saying the techniques and skills associated with building the very old churches no longer exist BUT a visit to, say, York Minster will show you otherwise. They have workshops on site where skilled workers are showing youngsters in developing skills in specialised stone masonry / carpentry / etc can be viewed by tourists. This is also happening with Notre Dame.
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  1387. Reminds me of hopscotch with all those squares. What a great old fitness activity that is too. Have seen the above played at schools and in carparks. Can be very active and fun for kids. There are two other games called handball tht I know of. The variant played at the Olympics is Euro based with 11 per team and ball advanced and thrown at net / goal. Not unlike football / soccer but hands only. There is also the really old variant some call Gaelic handball which came from Ireland around 1500's. Played with bare hand on a squash type court (squash might not be popular in US but Racketball is and is played on a Squash court). Shorted handle racket and bouncier ball used.
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  1388.  @habib6499  In what sense? Are you aware of what the Sydney facilities are being used for?
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  1389.  @caydenlum  The main stadium, the MCG, had been there long before the Olympics so not specifically built. Critics should know that it had been used several times a week during that season with attendances averaging over 60.000 still. The MCG remains the most attended stadium per head of population in the world.
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  1390. By all means...punish them for their actions in the South China Sea and them trying to give the bird to many other nations. BUT Latham's suggestion is typically badly thought out, if indeed there is any thought process at all. The iron ore Australia exports there can easily be substituted from a combination of nations including Brazil. Sure it would be costlier to ship it there and the ore is not up to the Aussie quality but it would not take long to take up the slack. Shoot ourselves in the foot, it's the Latham way.
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  1391. Be very careful then becasue luck is running out and you must be a good chance to be bitten on the funnel by a finger web spider.
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  1392. 165 kph has not been measured on any fast bowler recorded yet and Brett would have been over the moon if he got within 3kph.
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  1393. Another slow news day with the Seven Network. Snowing events are better than annual in the BM's and Central Tablelands. There were good falls all the way down the Divide with the Dandenongs in Victoria getting decent cover.
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  1394. This reporting really is poorly researched. Cricket was a popular sport in the developing USA almost 200 years ago following the British occupation.
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  1395.  @annviolet4727  So that would place his "Australianism" at around 1840? When do you reckon he will be accepted?
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  1396. They gave it a run in the America's cup and sunk the fleet.
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  1397.  @grantsmith8083  They're............their country.
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  1398.  @JohnSmith-fe5br  free fallen...... like the recent Russian space junk in Australia. Burned to a crisp.
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  1399. Jim came to Australia at least twice, I remember seeing him race at Warwick Farm, Sydney in what was called the Tasman series. It was a series raced in Oz and NZ where other well known drivers raced. Jack Brabham participated as did Jochen Rindt and Denny Hulme. I think wee Jackie also raced. Vision of Jim at Warwick Farm can be found on YT.
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  1400. Why is your President responsible for that?. There is a properly convened Court that is fully responsible.
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  1401. There is a term "The Ugly American" which emanates from a 1958 book tht some commenters should read.
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  1402. Substantiates the fact that he is a w@nker.
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  1403. No surprise here that comments made by Sen Keating are factual. From a long way away, there appears to be a general lacking of reporting and knowledge of what other nations are doing to assist the Ukranians. Are Americans told of the efforts being made by smaller nations such as Australia? I very much doubt it.
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  1404. So why do you bother coming to their page?
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  1405. Commenting from Australia...it is really great to see some expertise in the interpretation of factual data. Perhaps this should be mandatory viewing for certain armchair experts in mainstream media front desks...and we have the same here Well done..
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  1406. At least in Bob's case we got to value add to the raw product.
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  1407. So why would an American be calling Oz out for being hot when the hottest place on Earth is in California? And we should make sure we keep up all of the reasons stated to make sure we do not end up a nation that sounds like Kermit the Frog.
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  1408. Since 1979, the final year of Packer's World Series Cricket, there has been no reference to games since that time being World Series. In fact the statistics compiled during those years were separated from those compiled when playing traditional cricket (i.e. ICC sanctioned games) which continued to be played. Packer was prepared to introduce an evening time baseball tournament if his thrust at the cricket establihment had not come off. In any case the MLB World Series is legitimately named having been in existance since 1903. The MLB Commissioner at that time agreed with the League Commissioners that the winning teams from the National League and the newly formed American League should play off and be named Champions of the World. It was a fair call given there were anly 3-4 other nations playing the game at that time....Australia being one. There should be no concern re the name given MLB created the World Baseball Classic two decades ago and in that very strong tournament the best players from the world actually play with their nations. Japan won the first two events and is also the current Olympic Champions. Also a World Championship under the auspices of the former IBDA has been played for since 1938, Cuba being the most successful nation by a long shot.
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  1409. Pedestrians used take a trip when that car was moving slowly along the road.
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  1410.  @katecourt9896  You are going to need to be like Elmer J Fudd and be vewy, vewy, vewy careful this season...snakes (balck and brown) already out and about and this wet will bring out the funnel webs...you wouldn't want to be relying on a vaccine if you got bitten. And watch out for rabid dogs, don't get tetanus and keep away from poxy.chickens
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  1411.  @valitademaricedelacouvrier2617  Wikipedia ? Really? Is there documented verified evidence to substantiate? Donald J Trump, or his cohorts, could easily have created that information.
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  1412.  @peterhope9706  And Ms. Divine...don't forget that her opinion is so sought after.
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  1413. Ford perhaps but Zeta Sports and Goggomobil Dart aficionados might have something to say about that. Aussie greatness.
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  1414. Such a sad state of affairs when justification of employment is done by such means. Have been seeing this for some decades and it as a very poor reflection of management. And don't forget that annointment of the sick is also carried out during death rights.
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  1415.  @stony4646  correction...our previous Government....most or whom have resigned or getting ready for trial.
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  1416. ..what goes around comes around. There have been Mustang vs. Camaro and even Mustang vs. Mustang clashes since pre 1970.
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  1417. I thought it was an N on the side and that it appeared to be a Z because so many were overturned or on their side .
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  1418. If you were here and going to a cricket game against England you would soon find out who the Barmy ones are!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ozokay-aEY
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  1419. His supporters and the Aussie car racing fraternity generally didn't like seeing what happened to Johnson in this crash..Johnno was a privateer at that time sponsored by some Queensland businesses. There was a huge effort to raise funds to help him which ended up being a big success. When it comes to bad crashes in the race over the years there are two really "memorable" ones...1970 Tony Roberts in a HO followd by Bill Brown the year after. The latter is spectacular and came close to spectators being involved.
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  1420.  @johnl6176  Not when they give you diarrhea !!!
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  1421. My wife and I met an American man from NY when we did a tour of Lord's Cricket Ground in London ten years ago. He is an absolute fanatic on cricket and a very cluey person. He even came to Oz for a World Cup some years later and we have maintained contact since.
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  1422. Not real hard to see where the real dumbness lies.
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  1423.  @AlanWhitlam-ot2ds  Same here in Australia but the great Brett Lee legally broke a few of his bones and sent hime home to his mummy. Haven't seen him since....what a pity. Vision on YT....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCgAqNSAD1U
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  1424.  @fluffybabypolliwog  Yep...he'd have to be good at that too.
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  1425. People seem to forget just how disunited the UAP became soon after their 2013 attempts...who remembers Glenn Lazarus?...and look at Jacqui Lambie.....United.... my arse.
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  1426.  @diegojines-us9pc  Heaps...given our national broadcaster, the ABC, has officially been the most trusted news source here for almost a century. The loacl Fox operation, Sky News, had to go to free to air broabcasts to gain audience.
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  1427. Andrew will never join the Catholic faith. Catholics are historically and numerically people from the left. I doubt I need to explain where Mr. Bolt's allegiances lie.
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  1428. Very informative...having being involved in the metallurgical High Temperature Tensile Testing (HTT) of steels we have measured how much strength of the steel is lost when Standard test pieces are subjected to that testing.
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  1429.  @johncunningham4820  Given that the store you mention has been around since the 1880's your statement is a reasonable one. Aussie gun control happened more that a century later.
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  1430. Australian steelmaking plants produce around 4 million tonnes per annum. Used to be over 6 million pa.
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  1431. The 50 cent coin was not always dodecagonal (12 sided) in shape. It was originally round and was made from pure silver until our boffins found the silver was worth more than the coin and was fast disappearing to profiteers. Was changed to Copper / Nickel.alloy soon after. The ten dollar note has an image of an iconic Australian named Andrew Barton Paterson whose pen name was Banjo Paterson. About our best ever writer in the later 1800's and in World War 1.Also wrote many great poems so if you want to learn some Aussie culture read up on his most famous poems "The Man from Snown River" and "Clancy of the Overflow.. Banjo also wrote the words of our most recognisable song..."Waltzing Matilda". Each of our notes in the collection has portraits of very famous Aussies.
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  1432.  @shagged-kf7nj  That is the Australian Rugby League representative team. The real Rugby Union team is the Wallabies who are much better known globally.
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  1433. No..Moffat did not always drive Fords.He won the Bathurst race in a Mazda RX7 in 82 & 83 in Clas C and he also drove for HDT at one time with Peter Brock. No denying the track was a public road in those days and from around 1937 but today it is a racetrack where the homeowners and public can access. Whoelse noticed that some of the vision here was done by a cameraman sticking his camera above the cabin of a car...it comes in when Moff is speaking at the wheel. You can see the shadow as vehicle approaches the Esses. Cleearly different vision that is spliced into the final produce. Also this was shot at non practice times....notice some public vehicles move over as he goes through....Hmmmmm
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  1434. AND...in 1987 a team named Moffat Enterprises raced a VL Holden Commodore SS GP..A at the famous Spa circuit in Belgium. It finished 4th. outright and 1st. in Class completing 468 laps. Moff drove with co-drivers Johnny Harvey and Tony Mulvihill. A year earlier at the same venue a HDT entered VK Commodore driven by PB, Moff and Harvey raced completing over 410 laps.
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  1435. Probably a bit more that she knows about cricket...and she is also a much respected cricket commentator. She was also high ranking officer in the forces in "her" previous like.
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  1436. I would have thought that military service, or lack thereof, was the very last thing anyone in the Trump camp would speak of.
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  1437.  @Ahmed-fd3wm  **HIS Lord.**
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  1438. Is that Ti alloyed steel or pure Ti? The BisAlloy steel they are made from already contains Chromium, Molybdenum and a level of Boron for tensile strength and hardenability.
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  1439. He is clearly concerned that NZ could capture and export all their sheep fart gas and completely destroy the rouble.
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  1440. The vision is shot in England so even if the balls are "stock" they are not the same as Australian made Kookaburra balls.
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  1441.  Carol  I will second that one BUT please do not send Murdoch the Fox back to Australia.
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  1442. That has been done...learn what Murdoch the first did to this nation's greatest military strategist at the Somme in WW1.
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  1443. But hang on a minute...it was only last November that the Chinese bought out one of Aussie's largest formula companies for billion bucks. Hope they have not beaten us to the punch...shock horror.
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  1444. Might that "Daily Telegraph" be a Murdoch owned paper ?
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  1445. Trump appears to know an awful lot about all things "fake"...he's a walking encyclopedia on it. His mate Chuck is named as such for a reason...he's always "chucking" curve balls
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  1446. Would you like a baeball so you can get an understanding of it?
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  1447. And there was Casey Stoner, World Champion for two different manufacturers and six times Australian GP winner. Superbike World champions Troy Corser and Troy Bayliss. Speedway GP (Australian sport) three times World champion Jason Crump.
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  1448. I started junior cricket over 65 years ago and got into baseball when my son was asked to play baseball in the off season just over 40 years ago. I became accredited coach at both, and also umpires accreditation and generally a dogs body for both. Took me to the Olympics as a technical volunteer. Both sports are brilliant in both strategy and skillsets and if you ask a kid which is best the answer is predictable...the one they play. Why do we need to haggle over which is best anyway? From what I read on YT comments the haggling has mostly emanated from people who, at best, might have seen some on TV. They home in on points like weight of ball, size of ball not recognising the seam is totally different. They mostly are clueless of rules, skills etc. Since the advent of the T20 game many, many attributes have crossed over from baseball. This was really evident around last 90's early 2000's when Cricket Australia employed the then Australian Baseball Head Coach as the fielding coach. This man has since been employed in the IPL in a similar role. We are very fortunate in Australia to have such a long history of involvment with baseball given it was played back in the mid 1850's. We had one player in a US Leagye before MLB was former in 1903 and since then over 40 have played with franchises. Ian well knows that at least one pitcher has played with his beloved White Sox. Cricket fielding has improved immensely as has variation in bowling where grips from pitching have moved over to cricket's benefit...Knuckle balls, circle changes, fork balls are some examples for the slow learners. Anyone who attends an international cricket fixture will observe both teams warming up doing fielding with baseball gloves on and employing skills and drills for those who might recognist it. So everybody needs to grow up and appreciate both sports. Apologies this is a bit long but I reallly do become pissed off at those who have little understanding but like to work their fingers on keyboards. p.s. the 1948 Australian Cricket team, who are known as the Invincibles after their unbeaten tour of England, can be seen in a photo at the MCG. They are all wearing baseball uniforms after playing a game. Many of these guys played baseball in the off season. At least two of them could have played in the US or also for their nation.
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  1449. Many memories of seeing these when I was a regular at Oran Park after Warwick Farm closed. Some of the big mothers used to pump out so much crap it was worse than the steam locos on my old school train. That would have been around 1980. They were very popular on English tracks and in Europe as well as the US. Always remember Brocky in his A30 / 179 screaming around OP (but not against the trucks). Great cars and times.
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  1450. There is also a category for large trucks in the famous Dakar Rally held in January.
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  1451. Those vehicles were Morris Cooper S and one Austin Cooper S...other than the fact that they use John Cooper's name today's minis are FAKES. The winning driver Rauno Altonen from Finland was a famous World Rallly car driver
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  1452. Apologies...Bob Holden was his co-driver...
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  1453. They are currently testing our F35's for underwater use...thought is they would be better in water than they are in the air.
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  1454.  @stallionstallion5641  I'd say they manipulated things that way. We traded much more with Japan 60's and 70's.
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  1455.  @chenyng2970  Now there's irony for you from a nation still full of very poor peasant people. The stove calling the pot black if ever I heard it.
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  1456.  @dannyesse3043  Infantile......
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  1457.  @RacheWA1  True and that applies to ALL conspiracy theorists.
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  1458. @user-zx4wy6kn7d we will never know but remember he has connections to a sport where fake blood capsules are known to be used.
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  1459. What are your achievements in the game ? He will leave a stronger legacy than yours.
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  1460.  @TheMauviet  Does that implicate that the left stone has never thought the same as the right stone?
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  1461.  @ajv802  Would be a good idea to learn about politics, my man. The first part of ivanhoe's comment is absolutely and completely correct. Read up on factionalism within political parties...anywhere, any party.. Australia had a Communist Party and it most certainly was not absorbed into the (then) Labour Party.
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  1462.  @bananaman420  "Peer review" of something that has existed as long as politics and political parties? And having little idea of the difference between Communism and socialism....I can find over 25 mllion responses in a search taking 0.55 seconds. Think about reading up on say, the first two or three so you know what you're talking about.
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  1463. me, me, meeeee...do rei mee.......time this galoot changed his tune.
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  1464. Heads will roll.
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  1465. Not quite..but I share the sentiments. Eden Park, Auckland capacity is 50,000
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  1466. Sydney = 90% humidity.....far canal.
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  1467. Who was that fool of a journalist who attacked Zelenskyy for not wearing a suit ?. Really ?. Is that the standard journalists of any standing can come up with?.
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  1468.  @davisgiltner9485  The technological change in steelmaking alone has allowed modern day man to do much more than 80 years ago.
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  1469.  @Habitual_Liar  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsBqU1RzV7o&t=166s
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  1470. @John DoeI believe so with your latter point..apparently there are only 2-3 manufacturers of television panels / screens on the planet...all in China....so regrdless of what we buy the majority of components are Chinese.
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  1471. Thanks for that...I hope you are not intending to become a reporter at Sky...you're too bloody good.
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  1472. Looking at his henchmen it would seem a minimum age of 70 is a prerequisite for the Club. As chess pieces go his soldiers are his pawns.
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  1473.  @newsgetsold  There is probably more speed cameras per capita as well....oh how the money rolls in.
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  1474.  @newsgetsold  The NSW / Aussie public were the biggest losers with the allowing of the Barangaroo casino. That beautiful reclaimed section of Sydney had been mapped out to become a great park area for EVERYBODY to enjoy themselves
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  1475.  @chrispalko9483  Given that many readers here are taking the advice of information presented within as directed by professional health persons who identify themselves can we ask that you identify at least your qualification to contradict what we understand to be experts
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  1476. Your vast knowledge and experience should see you at the forefront of advising people who you clearly see are not doing the right thing by the population expecially the aged sector. And I have a profound interest in all matters related to this having worked in laboratories for 44 years and following related matters in more recent times since retiring. I regularly speak with a lady who works in a large Covid testing lab (was performing overflow Victorian tests at peak times) and get regular updates relating to their busy work with mutations etc. Is there not some mechanism for calling out the rubbish reported on that you know is inaccurate...it is shameful practice. (but not untypical) But regardless you should be thanked for the tedious work performed at what has been a monsterous time.
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  1477. An umpire calls "over" for a reason...it signifies the ball becomes dead.Applies in junior cricket through to the very top.
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  1478. General rule...stainless with Ni + Cr (300 series) = non magnetic...stainless with Cr but no Ni (400 series) = magnetic
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  1479. Wrong and wrong for the first two points. Learn about brushback pitches but remember hitting a batter results in free passage to first base Bowling above shoulder height is limited. And baseballers also wear a box
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  1480. Aussie band at #1 with the Young Brothers but no mention of our very best...Tommy and Phil Emmanuel....the Emmanuel Brothers They had sister Virginia on slide and brother Chris on drums as the Emmanuel Quartet at one time. Vale Phil who received the Order of Australia post-humously.
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  1481.  @suffern63  Indeed the Dodgers were iconic and not just for film portrayls. Their reloccation caused a national furore in 1957 when the owners decided to move. You seemingly forget that the move was largely brought about as a result of the expanding west usa and the thirst for sporting teams. The Giants franchise did likewise in their move to SF a year later. Fans can still attend games at reasonable prices in outfield areas.
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  1482.  @GalaticPanda  With any due respect it is you that does not "get it". The very reason the teams you nominate have been stable is because of the support they get...they are all viable and financiallly profitable businesses...and that, unfortunately, is what they all are. Many usa teams in most codes have relocated simply because there were more promising markets elsewhere.
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  1483.  @mikespearwood3914  Familiarise yourself with the overall structure of sporting organisations in the use (i am an Aussie). MLB alone attracts over 70 million spectators per annum...you won't be able to get into a NFL game unless you purchase pre season...NBA same, NHL same...all pre Covid of course. By far the largest drawcards are the NCAA (College) Football teams.then all the other College sports.
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  1484. Australia has only been producing steels since 1915 and our processes are as good as anybody else. We've had Krupps slab castter in production for around 50 years now. We used to produce over six milion tonnes p a and were world leaders in some grades. Specialised Electric Arc furnaces used to produce stainless steels and highly specialised steels. Also learn about the Aussie manufacturing industries that once produced some of the best farming equipment, shipbuilding, locomotive building. I cannot believe our young people seemingly have no clue.
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  1485.  @JohnJ469  Foundaries do NOT produce steel plates. they are rolled from steel slabs into plates via a rolling process at a plate mill. And Australia DID succesfully produce / supply 70mm thick plate for the Collins Class submarines. There were some technical issues in the outset of fabrication.
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  1486. Canberra / the ACT have their very own piece of the NSW Coast. The Australian Capital Territory includes parts of Jervis Bay. Canberrans have a purpose built Highway to connect to the coast.
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  1487. Yes, only Australian designed and manufactured five litre V8 but nor only Holden made V8.
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  1488.  @Mr-Ad-196  That is what is called a choir.
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  1489. Indeed and the most famous media mogul in the west has already shown himself to worship power and to try controlling people's minds with false information
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  1490. The officially recognised rules of baseball were compiled at the Nickerbocker Club in NY in 1844-45. That makes it an American game. Cricket was played in what became the US New England Stated from around 1780's
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  1491.  Patriot Spring  That might be the case in the US but get yourself some knowledge of the many nations that have overcome / are overcoming the problem. They are the nations that took early notice of the medical experts and not politicians. Open your bloody eyes and stop being so inwardly thinking. And before anybody places a mask on their face please make sure it conforms to your local Standards. There are many shonky ones that do not meet Standards.
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  1492.  @Harldin  Did you collect any snow flakes? would be valuable for climate science research.
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  1493.  @suntzu7727  And guesss what...there are NO weight restrictions in both codes of elite level Rugby so once you step onto the field you are fair game...within the rules...the use of a shoulder in a tackle was not oitlawed without reason.
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  1494.  @Elias-ls3nm  You had better do some research...several Rugby League teams in the Australian NRL actually employ wrestling coaches to school players in various techniques applicable to the sport.
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  1495.  @jomarmanatad8832  Wrong...read my comment to Elias.
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  1496. KFC are no angels...they didn't rebrand themselves for no reason.
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  1497.  @cumminsk19power88  The bigger the joke, the bigger the renumeration package....Rupert's rule #1
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  1498. They should but you have to bring along your own flag....
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  1499.  @sheavague7058  Accept is the word you should have used unless you wanted to ask about being excepted from something in particular.
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  1500. Do yourself a favour and learn the correct pronunciation of Kiribati.
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  1501. @MUFC You have posted this so many times you must have a terrrible inferiority complex...nobody disputes what you state...but so fn what?
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  1502. Up until 1988 two small Electric Arc furnaces (25T + 50T) the latter coupled with an Argon Oxygen Degasser, produced all of Australia's Stainless Steel. Some of the most complex SS grades were produced with the obvious high alloy content. There was nothing difficult with this production and when SS campaigns finished other difficult to make steels were produced. All steels, incidentally, are produced to a specification set out by the relevant Standards organisations. There is little difference between the global Standards organisations insofar as steels are concerned.
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  1503.  @carlosdgutierrez6570  To clarify this use of the term Pig Iron. It is incorrectly used a lot in the USA. Pig Iron is produced in a Pig Mill when the molten Iron ex the BF is poured into small moulds and solidified. The resulting product is called Pigs due to the shape of the ingot which weighs maybe 10Kg. This process was done during WW2 as a convenient way to store and transport any excess of Iron. So the molten Iron as released at the BF taphole / runner is also referred to a the cast or cast iron. As a young trainee in mid 60's our integrated plant had a Pig Mill which had been in place since WW2. We had a famous Aussie Prime Minister named "Pig Iron" Bob Menzies and I'll leave it there for others to look up why he had that name. With the chemical "adjustment" of hot metal to steel there is no difficulty given the metal is blown to near the Carbon content required. As with EAF production further alloys will be necessary to meet the specification.
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  1504.  @NorbRetEngineer  Sounds like great salesman speak. Scrap metal dealers usually have hand held spectrometers that will give then qualitative analysis to identify elements present. Yes, ALL Intternational Standards are flexible BUT there arre limitations on high concentrations of some elements in many grades.
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  1505. Try a search...cheating in India cricket.....might help develop the other side of a brain.
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  1506. Totally meaningless comparison, not even apples to apples.
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  1507. Back to the calculator you go. US Steel did not produce half that amount based on last year's production. You are also stating a statistic for steel and then comparing to Iron production at a time when there was very little science known about iron or steelmaking processes.
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  1508.  @AAAA-vu7fp  but you can loosen it.
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  1509. Please, none is more worthy than the Honorable? Attourney General.
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  1510. If you recall correctly Sydney was proposed when the Rio committee started falling apart and many venues were late in their construction. It was not only the Homebush facilities but several outer city venues such as Blacktown Olympic Park and of course, Bondi Beach.
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  1511. Incorrect...the 001 vessel was manufactured in Russia and later refitted in China.
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  1512. It was an Australian journalist that made Trump look like a sideshow clown and ball game with his pretty graphs and now another one makes this look like a lame duck in the tent next door. Top shelf prize for Sarah.
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  1513. A politicial system the same as Singapore where politicians don't get to play God when it comes to funding projects. Their constitution MANDATES that when a new area is developed the necessary infrastructure automatically becomes part of the whole deal. Hospitals, schools, housing, parks, shopping complexes, service stations, you name it, there is no stuffing around.
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  1514. You DO know you are watching this via the Sky internet site? It was recorded for all their outlets.
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  1515.  @stco2426  If you read up you will find we used to export steel products up until the "neighbours" stated producing more of their own product.
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  1516.  chrissmith8177  Would be a great idea is you got some REAL information sources. To say we have NO steelmaking plants shows just how poorly researched you are.
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  1517.  chrissmith8177  and a high proportion of that coal is not used in steelmaking so learn about thermal coal and metallurgical coal.
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  1518. They are all roaming the desert, waiting for Moses to make a comeback....
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  1519. Was everybody not warned months ago that changes were likely to happen as the weather became cooler.
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  1520. Why not thinking about some of the more classic guitarists and say, virtuosos such as Tommy Emmanuel. Mike Oldfield is another who is respected enough to be given a spot at the London Olympics opening ceremony.
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  1521. I believe there is a mechanism for doing that. TY also provide an option to register a complaint. Twitter do actually flag some of his posts with a disclaimer that the content is fake / laughable / complete shit.
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  1522. I understand she has sent them a blank cheque.
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  1523. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II makes annual awards to her subjects for services to the community on her birthday weekend which, coincidentally, is the weekend just gone. We should nominate the lady with her honest comment to receive one of those awards even if she is not a British subject..
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  1524. Tony was the first IN Australia...the bloody Pommies beat us at that one.
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  1525. Too late, it has been "in circulation" for some time.
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  1526. I don't recall that hardness tests have been performed on them but given the cricket ball might be slightly heavier the resulting bruises are not that different. Remember the cricket ball is replaced during a game and softens as it wears. At the elite level baseballs are replaced several times in a game...average is nine balls.
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  1527. Has to be the most laughable commment here, unless you mean junior baseball. So explain why so many skills and techniques are being coached by former baseball coaches with cricket organisations. Australia's Head Coach was contracted by Cricket Australia way back in 1998, has since coached in IPL. There has been over 40 Aussies play with MLB teams since 1985 where are they going to find time to play cricket even if they wanted to?
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  1528. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mf2zEgNDUck
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  1529. What's this, no hair protection and he is leaning over the chips / fries? or does his hairpiece qualify?
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  1530. That basic presumption re handling is questionable, if not outrageous.. There were many tracks around Sydney in operation during the Morris Cooper S era. Some vision on YT with the Improved Production "Bricks" leaving the Mustangs, Camaros, Novas in their wake. Circuits like Warwick Farm, Oran Park and Amaroo Park with the tight cornering was a big advantage.
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  1531.  @johnreynolds6878  Yes, the priorities of people hand picked by that administration to be in that Room must say something.
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  1532. Our friend has a good grasp of the level of increase that IS happening on a daily / weekly basis and of what is going on in his own back yard. Can he similarly quote the levels of CO2 that have existed, in particularly in the southern hemisphere, where the Ozone layer has been affected since the 1970's. While it is now in slight recession he should know the concentration it was and the concentration it now is. He should also be able to quote the ramifications of not taking measures to counter the buildup.
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  1533. Thanks for that...now our Bible bashers know which team Jesus plays for.
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  1534. Mr. Latham missed his calling after he famously almost shook the shit out of Little Johnny Howard with his "Killer Kowalski" grip of a handshake. Clearly would have cut it in WE as per DJT.
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  1535.  @ThisisKyle  if "zielinski" were to turn up he would need a passport. Show some respect by learning his name.
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  1536. You should do some very basic study so you don't make a total fool of yourself. The Queen appears on ALL Australian currency for a reason. She is the Head of State for ALL Australians.
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  1537. So how about the AUSTRALIAN Fox / Sky channel focus on what OUR politicians have done / not done towards getting the locals that assisted OUR troops out of the area. It is shameful that we have dumped on them.
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  1538. And that is exactly what he wants and needs his mindless supporters to do..... so his salvage fund keeps skyrocketing.
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  1539.  @davidvanderbrook3988  I'd say he might have done that deal already.
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  1540.  @bobbyb9757  Now there's a good suggestion with a lot of poetic justice. I can think of a decent undercard.
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  1541.  @francelafond2772  Mon Dieu....I'm a bit worried about a Frenchman having too much say on this one.....
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  1542.  @oscarsnr  The sight of the extreme technology in those wonders of science and engineering on and above the waters is a FAR better sight to see. The idea of a good old keel haul springs to mind though.
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  1543. I'm fairly sure his knowledge of where his golf courses are located has improved.
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  1544.  @williamavery9185  100% correct....your last sentence, that is.
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  1545. What? Do these subs run on orange juice? ("navel power").Gotta be worth a go...
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  1546. But the tactic was to bowl AT THE BODY, particularly near the heart. It required bowlers who could bowl at a pace that could see the ball rise that much. Without Harold Larwood and Bill Voce it would not have happened.
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  1547.  @zeropoint546  How bout some credit to the great fast bowlers from the West Indies during the 80's. Read about them.
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  1548. Yes, neither the GTR X or Hurricane got off the ground. The success of the LJ XU1 put paid to their futures. The X had same hardware as the XU1 whereas the Hurricane had the 253 V8 for power.
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  1549. You need to brush up on that information. There are bowlers whose action was evaluated (it is ongoing) and their action was passed despite having some delection in their arm...Read up on it. There is absolutely no denying the baseball delivery is a pitch / throw and is perfectly within the rules. Asian pitchers (especially JPL) have developed a style called submarine pitching whereby the releast point is roughly level with the calf of the leg. It cannot be compared to the regulation softball pitch. Look up a former great MLB pitcher Dan Quisenberry.
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  1550.  @TheSilmarillian  ALL Australian Stainless was made at the Port Kembla plant. There was an Electric Steel operation with two furnaces (25t + 50t) 1961 to 1988.An AOD vessel was added in 70's.Production was ceased due to start up of caster and slab mill closure. Given today's technology it could operate with now existance of direct cast strip. A great achievement for Aussie SS is the huge 220 tonne flagpole that sits on top of parliamentarians at our magnificent Canberra Parliament House.
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  1551. ".05"
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  1552. Vote early...the earliest you can.
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  1553.  @birnamdown  "Because of colonisation we were all severed from our histories, lineages and cultures so many of us are left with this big cultural void in our hearts." What? Do you actually know the history of the Fllag that took on the symbolism of the Southern Cross constellation? If colonisation did as you state how is it we know virtually ALL of the history of the Flag.
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  1554. When we actually had one and two cent coins they were no bigger than the five cent coin only they were made of a cheaper alloy. Went out of circulation 1990.
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  1555. Same old sh1t...every war games ever played on our coastline where the allies have joined forces has been "monitored" by the opposition....wish this clown of an excuse for a reporter would hit a land-mine somewhere.
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  1556.  @condorboss3339  How different is that to the West Indies winning World Series Cricket during the years it was played for?
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  1557.  @ahorsewithnoname643  Nope...it's the exact same metal...look up your periodic table. You have tomartoes in UK and they have tom-A-toes.
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  1558.  @BlackPill-pu4vi  It is all well and good to be patriotic and sing his praises but he did not invent steel or refine it better, cars were being produced for decades before he came along and he did not introduce mass production but rather he introduced production lines for cars.
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  1559. Produce those rules with a link..
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  1560. How much more of this lunacy are US citizens going to put up with. Do you need any more proof that he has a few bulls loose in the top paddock. Invoke the 25th now.
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  1561. Read today's printed statistics and you will learn there arre more jobs available that there are people registtered as being out of work. You cannot point the finger at the current government in any case given it has been done virtually since WW2.
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  1562.  @katehobbs2008  Kate I had to confirm this but they ARE found in the Cape York Penninsula in Tropical Queensland...lots of jungle there.
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  1563.  @tomryan914  Why would they do that when Africa has numerous birds with louder calls? One native African bird has the loudest call ever recorded.
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  1564.  @intermilan9731  Are you suggesting that all leaders be Professors and the Academia many of whom have never spent time outside of a University in their lifetime
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  1565.  @EchoesOfHeart4  Correction. Chloroquine is a SYNTHETIC drug based on Quinine. The chinchona tree from which Quinine is derived is native to Peru which is located in South America last time I checked.
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  1566. Many US long standing allies have had female leaders going back decades ago
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  1567. Trump's think tank have slipped up BADLY. They could easily have done what is happening at our NRL football games here in Aussie. Fans are not allowed to attend BUT they can purchase a cardboard representation of themselves and have it located in the front seats. I'm sure Trump could fill his stadium easily with cardboard people....who knows, it could be happening already. Here's a sample - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98XJTQsnRsU
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  1568. Ah, yes, but does it have an inhouse McDonalds?
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  1569. Morgan's modus operandi is so very typical of Murdoch's clan....they are all cast in th same mould and so very predictable
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  1570. When in Paris in 2015...eight years ago...I noticed some park and charge parking places at a popular Metro station. That's how bloody hopeless this "progresssive" nation is. They also sh1t on us with their HSR's and VFT's
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  1571. If you check the facts.Australia has a healthy steel manufacturing industry. It did suffer a setback 2-3 decades ago (before you were born) when excess production in China was DUMPED around the world, almost destroying local manufacturing. The world did not start revolving when you were born.
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  1572.  @terrykane9882  We arre very proud of our ABC. It is owned by the Australian taxpayers....hated by the right and even moreso by Mr Murdoch Foxy operations, doing his best every day to get it thrown off the airwaves. So you get a sense of how important it is for fair mindedness and balance.
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  1573. Trump did not really do a good job of de-baiting everything that Harris threw at him.
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  1574. The Princes Hwy. runs from Sydney to Adelaide ONLY. The rest of National Route 1 is made up of Highways that existed before the declaration of the NR1.
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  1575. Lots of nations are getting richer...China has a lot of catching up to do to reach the standards enjoyed in Europe and the like for many decades. So you believe that because you have gained more power you expect a long developed nation like ours to bend over to take a whipping from yourselves. Get real.. that style of operation went out when your feudal lords were put to the sword. In very recent times china has been bullying a number of nations...India, Canada, UK..there are now many more ememies than friends. Local media IS frequently reporting on chinese achievements in respect of infrastructure so perhaps your understanding of the world is blackened out by the censorship imposed by your politicians.
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  1576. I had to double check "we're like a third world country" @ 1:40....one of the few believable remarks he's stated....and he is responsible, he IS the President.
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  1577. BlueScope Steel is not supplier of iron ore...they are consumers.
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  1578. I think that is a number someone has plucked out of their derriere. There is still lots of steel out there doing exactly what it was doing over a century ago so who is keeping stats on what has been produced as opposed to what is being recycled. It is near 100% recyclable over time
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  1579.  @4570george  If you were better informed and did some minimal searching of documented facts you would soon realise who the ignoramus is.
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  1580. There's nothing like several million bucks to flush you out.
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  1581. Doctor Flynn's remarkable legacy is nearing 95 years of service and they recently added some state of the art aircraft bringing their total aircraft to almost 80. Very worthy of the support they get. We never know when we might need them.
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  1582. Two points...there was a magnificent presentation of WM done by an Aussie bushie named Noel Watson at the 1988 Grand Final of the VFL (AFL). Really worth a listen / look on YT. For those wanting to get an idea of what it was like for the swaggies / itinerant workers of the era suggest looking at the paintings called "Down on his luck" and "On the Wallaby Track" both by Aussie painter Frederick McCubbin.
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  1583. They can have the dregs...it has done its' job by providing ore to Port Kembla and Newcastle since eearly 1950's.
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  1584. In a way it compares to our attitude to burger joints. Franchises of US operations started popping up in around the 80's. Aussies were used to their fish and chip / burger shops (with REAL burgers) which were often owned by hard working immigrants. We soon grew wise to the so called burgers and chips but the younger set established their culture.
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  1585. Oh, another table thumper...now go and read up on how dependent you are on a number of resources from Oz.
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  1586. The track for the light rail is NOT the same track used previously...different gauges.
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  1587. Designed by the world famous US / Canadian Frank Gehry winner of 1989 Pritzker Award. Look him up and appreciate how lucky we are to have one of his works.
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  1588. The Morris Cooper S won outright just one year 1966,.driver was Rauno Altonen a Finnish WRC driver for BMC. Aussie Bob Holden was co-driver.
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  1589. "Red leather shell" ? Time to catch up a bit. And the core is rubberised cork compound...on the four piece Kookaburra ball at least.
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  1590. I wouldn't be recommending anyone visit some billabongs after the scene in Crocadile Dundee .
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  1591. "I will be all over the country".....LIKE A RASH...
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  1592.  @grandslapper  Or some COAL and iron ore to value add and return to us.
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  1593.  @mareksicinski3726  Molten Iron, as cast at a BF is normally around 4.5% C whereas everyday mild (plate) steels are around 0.20% C on average Totally different metallographic structures.
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  1594. Yeah, right. And some drugged up gym junkie will teach you a lesson or three.
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  1595. It is a real tradition with pies around the nation. We have regional and big city Annual Shows where awards are given for the best few in each category. A tradition that goes back well over 150 years in some cases. The sauces probably have markings on labels for awards won at the Adelaide show given they are from nearby. The old Fountain brand tomato sauce is probably the most ancient and best known here. Speaking of pies, a great signature pie is produced in Tasmania. It is baked along the north eastern coast around Bicheno where they use locally caught Tassie scallops. Unique.
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  1596.  Michael Kopischke  An Aussie, Lawrence Hargrave, is known (and recorded) to have become airborne in his box kite contraption in 1894. Facts documented in Australian Museums.
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  1597. Not hard to see that he even recognises he is in deep sh1t by the depth of nastiness he resorts to. He has tried the same old trick with previous opponents. Her heritage is that she has a Jamacian father and Indian mother....well hello..surprise, surprise...she has dark skin. Any vote for him is a vote for racism,, narcissism and misogyny plus a list of other traits.
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  1598. Why bother making a comment at all when you are trying to convince yourself it's real. Owned and operated by the same Aussie mogul who owns the US operation. Commonly referred to as News Entertainment because it belongs in the comic section. I get my laughs spending a few minutes here.
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  1599. HE might make for a good LP leader if he didn't have socialist policies.
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  1600. You will find maybe 25% of all steelmaking processing is done by the electric arc process. Steels of high alloying elements cannot be mixed with the general steelmake scrap. Some grades will have high Nickel, Molybdenum or Copper or others added during processing and these elements are not part of most other Standards.
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  1601.  @pokinacha  Didn't it get so bad that they regulated to have SOME Aussie componentry on both makes.
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  1602. By current standards that first hit being admired would be penalised...leading with the shoulder or "shoulder charge" has been stamped out. Any contact with the head or the doubling over of the head / neck in a (crusher) tackle is also penalised. A lot is being done following litigation in the US game and administrators have taken note and coming down heavily.
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  1603. While Scomo has the red batphone.
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  1604. He's nearing 75 years and clearly he pissed himself while sitting down creating the creases.....should wear incontinence pads. But hell, it's not his pants that are backwards...it is everything else that's going the wrong way....
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  1605. Clearlly they have no scruples. It's all money in the bank from the number of users their account holder brings.
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  1606.  Blue Heeler  Good luck with that...make sure your handbags are full with all that iron ore.laying around.
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  1607. World Series Cricket ceased to be played in 1979 after only two season. The nations you indicate are Test playing nations. If you would like to read up on why MLB play for the World Series you might understand better. In any case the very best players from all over the global nations that play baseball usually end up with contracts in MLB...much like what happens in the big Football Leagues There is also a global event called the World Baseball Classic where some 16 nations fight it out for a place in the final eight . Also a World cup has been played for just on 80 years. Cuba is the leading nation
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  1608. He "took a shot for Democracy" but his real patriotism can be judged by what he did when it came to potentially taking a shot for his nation...
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  1609. Not a bad choice but Cat changed his name to Yousuf Islam in 1977 so we should respect his wishes. I'd also suggest another song called Love Train..a O'Jays oldie recently upbeat by the remarkable Playing for Change band..some great artists appear in the YT clip.
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  1610. Yes, it is shameful but sadly it reflects a large number of the US electorate.
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  1611.  @maxaman64  Yes indeed and what you are seeing is a collapsing Government that has adopted everything it knows from former LNP Federal Governments. Stand up to the "lefties" just like Abbott, Howard, Menzies and "run the bastards over " McMahon. What a way to win votes.
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  1612.  @IWrocker  What was not stated is that there were well over 200 different languages and over 500 different dialects amongst over 500 different indigenous tribes / mobs throughout this nation. Very cluey nomadic people who could cross the continent with nothing but their knowledge of the movement of the heavens and using landmarks.
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  1613. Hear, hear. THE best sporting team on the planet at the moment.
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  1614. Learn your history.....China meant absolutely nothing to Australia until the 1950's...it can easily happen again and China would be absolutely choked for two of its most heavily relied on commodities.
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  1615. Millions around the world do exactly that every day.
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  1616. I think all those pieces will be well and truly spoken for by museums where they could be viewed in the years to come. Money is not an object for the restoration. A consortium of France's rich is assisting in this way and there were so many donations the organisers were embarrassed with riches.
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  1617. You can consider yourself very fortunate compared to the citizens of Armidale in NSW New England region. They copped it all including a tornado which ripped rooves from buildings. Many still without power.
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  1618.  @davidgrosvenor1  Much like World Series Cricket was?
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  1619.  @richpiana6930  There arre around 130 nations affiliated with the ICC...look for yourself
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  1620.  @nankerphelge3771  And don't forget the costs associated with the building of nuclear stations...and the enormous dismantling costs of irradiated components.
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  1621.  @_mootin6858  Embrrassing lack of knowledge....learn about the plan to power Singapore.
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  1622. But they can tll use the other hand bare handed so there goes that theory.
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  1623. ALL grades of steel, regardless of their place of manufacturing, are made to Standards. Standards between the various nations are virtually the same...they have to be to conform to the end use. Most nations comply with the International Standards Organisation.
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  1624.  @susanh326  No political correctness....just FACTS. And I'm not Asian.
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  1625. Evidence?
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  1626.  @JB-zs1oq  And Soccer / Football, and Rugby League...hell we have even had NFL, NCAA and MLB games
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  1627. You speak as an American no doubt..The article here emanates from Australia and comments are global. And the word is "THAN"
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  1628.  @mariokajin  What is rarely mentioned about this Cathedral is that it is a National Monument of France and hence also received Government funding. I believe the manager of the overall restorations reported directly to a government Minister. Also stained glass is / was surrounded by the metal Lead. LED is a term that applies to Light Emitting Diodes.
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  1629. He's becoming more and more embarrassing each time he has a hair colouring. How about sending him one of the sponsor's shower heads....he might just disappear in the mist...
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  1630. They do.....it's called Yellow Cake.
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  1631.  @yohaneschristianp  You forgot the rabbits, pesky wabbits!
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  1632. They did...in kind.
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  1633. You DO realise that the MCG has held over 120,000 at AFL / VFL games...just imagine the noise emanating from those fanatical supporters. A crowd of over 95,000 passionate Liverpool fans also saw their team play there. A video can be found with them alll singing the famed Liverpool song if you would really like to see fanaticism.
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  1634. 6.06...That is not an Australian accent....definitely English. Please give us SOME credit.
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  1635. Did you notice the reference in the video to the Australian Downball Association?
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  1636.  Chris B  And Pauline Hanson fans !!
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  1637.  @daveo3122  Not for that long...Donnie got his confirmation of a reposting about the same time you commented.
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  1638.  @bobthebomb1596  Molten salt nuclear power? Do you have a link or the details?
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  1639. Indeed 1961 when Chapman's Cooper Climax was driven by SirJack Brabham (A real World Champion.)
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  1640.  @themissinglink2163  Please direct us to the content of the comment that "calls for the elimination of right wing media". BALANCE is what is being asked for.
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  1641. He has sat and watched 190,000 of his citizens die a horrible death knowing that likely outcome of Covid spreading. Do you think a few more hundreds of thousands of deaths is going to slow him down from his appetite for ultimate power.
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  1642. A small "l" Liberal?
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  1643. great...the Aussie LRB gets a guernsey and others of theirs could be there. Very surprised LedZ's the Immigrant Song is missing. A very identifiable standard.
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  1644. You are clearly not aware of the Australian Baseball League winning Brisbane Bandits who have David Nilsson as Manager. David played for almost ten seasons in the MLB and was our first MLB All Star player.
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  1645.  @NahueAbr  Less than a month ago Category 5 Cyclone Zelia hit the Pilbara region of WA and recorded winds of 290kph.
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  1646.  @ActiveAussie2024  Haiyan / Goni (Philippines, 2020) remains the strongest winds ever recorded at 314kph.
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  1647. And there were some really nice balloons in evidence at the beach yesterday.
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  1648. You could be correct...Cuba has a massive force of tanks.....they are mostly 1953 Chevrolets
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  1649. A game befitting the largest crowd to ever attend a Rugby game...at least at that time. Probably still the largest. Changes to Stadium Australia / ANZAC Stadium after the Sydney Olympics saw dismantling of those banks of seats at ends and replaced with fewer seats. Lost of good sport to be seen when the Stadium opened including all football codes plus NFL and NCAA plus some big concerts.
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  1650.  @TheMDJ2000  He certainly fought his best battles in the field but you can portion much of the blame for the way he was treated in society by the owner of newspapers at that time...Rupert Murdoch's father.
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  1651. Imagine the carry on if it was in the days of Mahatma Ghandi.
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  1652. You are in the minority of 46.9% to 51.4%...a mammoth seven million votes. 306 EC to 232. Sooner or later you will have to realise that mask you should have on is not meant to cover your eyes just everything else on face.
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  1653. Yes, indeed...done deal....if you shout a few burgers after the words are done with.
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  1654.  @Kristianmac426  How so. Cars, especially all placegetters, are impounded and sealed for complete scrutinisation by officials after the race
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  1655.  @liuguangming1674  Good luck with that wine consumption...now go and learn how much NZ produces.
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  1656. He and his team should be moved to the comic section...
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  1657. Do we know which tribe he is from...he sounds like he spent some time with his American indigenous brothers. There are several boomerang throwing events / celebrations, some at country shows (equivalwnt of US Fairs). Often feature other unique Aussie events such as gumboot throwing and thong throwing (the ones that go on your feet, that is.)
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  1658. Let us hope and pray that the ages old boxing saying is enacted here...the bigger they are, the harder they fall...
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  1659. There seems to be a systemic issue with the Police in this particular State. Don't forget the murder of the Australian lady back in mid 2017. Officer found guilty and serving time.
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  1660. Correction...there were nine deliveries....one was a no ball...look at the scoreboard.
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  1661. So you never played as a kid who was coached to focus on the ball from the bowler's hand...no wonder you have problems hitting / reading the ball. The time from bounce to bat varies with the length of delivery and in the case of a near Yorker length is negligible.
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  1662. Great thoughts but the war lords AND armaments manufacturers and their shareholders would not be amused.
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  1663. The answer, my friend. is blowing in the wind....much like the wet farts blowing out of the many speculators arses.
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  1664.  @unknownunknown743  How about you have a go at "then"....the word is THAN
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  1665.  @Australianfarmer  Not possible.....they cannot find a mitre large enough.
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  1666.  @wes1658  I would not be holding my breath waiting for them to turn up and show what real combat is...
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  1667. I understand his literary expression starts to improve from when he turns nine.
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  1668. Nothing to be proud of there...we stole it from Wales and Cornwall. Augie, augie.......
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  1669.  @allanbriggs807  One thing for sure is that she has "worked at the coal face". She can identify with the average person, unlike the numerous professional politicians with their white gloves on. The true element of politics was lost long ago.
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  1670. He is not worthy...and never will be...invoke the 25th.
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  1671. We Aussies will gladly send you the Sky / Fox / Murdoch "journalists" who would fit in nicely to your operations. They are ruining the long time standards we had been used to.
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  1672. You can find old black and white videos on YT with cars like these racing during the 60's and 70's on the popular Warwick Farm circuit and also the Oran Park circuit in western Sydney. Look for one featuring Ian "Pete" Geoghegan, Allan Moffatt, Norman Beechey, a cheeky Morris Cooper S (Foley or Manton) and Jim MacKeown in his Lotus Cortina. Many other tracks were used in various States that are non operational now mostly due to suburbia expanding. For the tin tops there were categories called Series Production (basically showroom), Improved Production (limited modifications) and the wild Sports Sedans where basically anything goes and we see cars like an Alfa with a large Chev v8. Peter Brock's first Austin A30 with the 179CI Holden donc fell into the latter class. We saw many great vehicles that could not qualify for the Bathurst race race in these categories.
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  1673. @Harry Betteridge Does the info you have state which version this was. There are at least two versions, the original being called "the Queensland version". This is the music of Christina Macpherson. The version we all know as the most popular and presented here is the Victorian version with music credited to Marie Cowan. Both versions can be listened to on YT. Apparently there is a much lesser known third version. A search finds a dedicated web site and heaps more.
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  1674. It is a product of the seepage from all the organics on the inside..... In more understandable words...he's full of shit.
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  1675. Almost. He said he feels much better than he did 20 years ago. Now that could also be a result of his "cocktails" having a few more ingredients.
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  1676. Mr Bolt...if our submarines have ANY rivets (3:02) in the hull we are in BIG trouble. Get your researhers to brush up on their techno knowledge.
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  1677. The two codes, soccer and Rugby, actually came from the same game played at an exclusive English private school. Respects to Reverend William Webb Ellis.
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  1678.  @bobegan2865  A sure sign of a Chinese bot...deny, demean, belittle then show the world you are incapable of being criticised. That shit has been around for centuries...shows how far you have reallly come.
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  1679.  @bobegan2865  But we don't need to...we see and speak with many, many students in our Universities, long standing immigrants who left their homeland for a reason...academics everywhere......perhaps you need to wise up.
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  1680. I say give him more crackers, they are having a pronounced effect.
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  1681. I can see a bit of the Goggomobile Dart in there too.
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  1682.  @deannedflrocks5337  Can I offer a little suggestion that you spend some time reading up on the difference in spelling and meaning of the words your, you're (and yore for that matter). It's a shame to read somebody who is obviously literate but lets their (not they're or there) skills down with incorrect selection. Call me a grammar nazi if you wish.
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  1683.  @johnd8892  The Mini you refer to was the MORRIS or perhaps Austin Cooper S made by British Motor Corporation. Mini Cooper S's are produced by BMW factory many years later. There is no commonality between the cars. The S's filled the first nine places in outright category when cars were rated based on showroom floor pricing. Morris Cooper and Morris 850 had also taken class placings at that time
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  1684. There's a reason for this not thought of that often. Prior to certain transport magnates causing the shutting down of a really great regional railway system in the 60's, Australia used to have a better spread of population throghout the regions. We also produced a lot more in those regions. Since then migration to Australia has seen less settlement in regionl areas. After both World Wars returning soldiers were encouraged to settle in country areas but Governments did not take it seriously.
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  1685. Dodge Vipers (V10) have raced in Australian Sports Car category years ago
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  1686. @EB001 Oh, and how has that approach been working with the deaf and blind folk?
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  1687.  @ontheslide2339  It would help your cause, and knowledge, if you learned the actual origins. When you do you will find it is as old as the game and attributed to the great Doctor W.G.Grace.
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  1688.  @justmejustme1245  Always be very careful of snakes that have no antivenoms developed yet
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  1689.  @snowiecat456  Definitely not....written by Mr. Whippy...
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  1690. It is blatantly obvious that the whole US electoral system needs a total overhaul. From an outsider it is as laughable as the clown running the circus.
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  1691. I hope that's a STEEL deck.
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  1692. His nasal linings have probably been subjected to deterioration over the years.
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  1693. @rross27 You do realise that there are investigations still under way looking at the alleged links between the USA's greatest industrialist and Hitler's regime?
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  1694. Hell, have you not noticed all the Coles and Woolies home delivery vans in your street. They are making a killing.
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  1695. What did mankind use for energy before making electricity?
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  1696. If you want to play games I'm sure it wouldn't take much to get well known gym junkie Putin to step into the ring with his one time pal from Ukraine Wladimir Klitszko.
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  1697. You should give credit to the statistics sourced from the Bureau of Meteorology so that there is no argument from those who get their info from comic books.
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  1698. Every State has a Governor...they are APPOINTED by the Government of the day and are representatives of the Queen. Premiers are ELECTED by their Party and by their electorate.
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  1699. Have you also lodged your complaint in the courts....like the other fifty something. I can contribute a couple of dollars if you's like to phone some friends.
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  1700. Ah...one who remembers the days when Mister Murdoch did not have the influence he now does. Persons who did not see the excellent production "The Trump Show" buy a non American and non News Ltd. and probably the best and unbiassed newscaster should seek it out.
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  1701. Re the cameras in cars. Fairly sure they started out being set in a headlight surround with the lamp glass removed. The move to inside car with moveable body came a few yeears later. It was done by Channel Seven Network technos. Australia had one brilliant mind in a man named David Hill. David was with the Nine network and primarily made his name working out locations of cameras for best coverage of cricket. I believe he was associated with the breakaway World Series Cricket group under Kerry Packer. Such was David's talent that he was noticed by the Murdoch's Fox people and taken to the US where he turned MLB around by introducing innovations such as the mini camera set in first base for great shots of pick offs etc. More Aussie genius
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  1702.  @KainYusanagi  Chinese steel grades arre no different to steels made in other nations. They all have to conform to a Standard and there is a lot common between nations when it comes down to Standards. Many steels these days are manufactured on a conformance basis where all you are told is that it conforms to whatever Standard. Steels used to be provided with Test Certificates with all relevant testing documented along with rolling specifications.
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  1703.  @ph11p3540  Rail steels, Spring steels, Ultra low Carbon transformer steels, pipeline steels, offshore gas platform steels are just a few manufactured for purposes not listed.
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  1704. I had not heard that relationship to pomegranates either but it is feasible given the fair skinned Poms would have spent four months on deck to get here...the sun was the same distance away in those days.
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  1705. Not the best choice of spud to compare with...Kipflers are much sought after.
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  1706. So when our soldiers were fighting one of their many battles north of the equator they merely fired it upside down or stood on their head and it worked every bit as good in those circulstances too.
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  1707. But Africa is connected to Asia. The Suez Canal is man made.
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  1708. Fair go...don't forget the landing on the moon. How quickly some forget.
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  1709. The depths that publishers / authors will go to to see a few more books on the shelves and the getter level journalism that results.
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  1710. The diagrammatic evidence here tends to indicate that the bottlenecks might move but will simply end up further away from the CBD...zero overall gain.
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  1711. General Sir John Monash did a bit more that "command US soldiers". He changed the face of warfare...Look him up...the battle of Le Hamel on the Western Front. A true Aussie hero.
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  1712. Then you would be whinging about kids riding illegal bikes all around your area.
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  1713. Hot off the press,,,,he has been signed by Rupert.
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  1714. Ear, ear...
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  1715. Do yourself a ffavour and read up on the tonnages of thermal coal China has PLANNED to reduce by over the next decade. It is also not that difficult to determine the ratio of coal fired power plants to solar and wind farms they have already and plan on having in the foreseeable future.
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  1716.  @AverageGuy916  Population of China = around 20% of the planet...statements re China "leading" in the items you list should be done on a per capita basis and to that end you need to brush up on the REAL situation.
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  1717.  @锦衣夜行-y4v  Learn your recent history and look at information that will tell you it was not all that long ago (in my lifetime) that Australia was a far better off place to live without reliance on you.
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  1718. Bring the coal back to Oz first...then go to their home ports...
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  1719. FOB pockets.....not JUST on jeans. Used ffor FOB watch, coinage etc.
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  1720. It does not conform to FI regulations...end of story. The track was modified severely to conform to WTCC regulations decades ago for a race. Are we suggesting it be changed to conform to whatever the category again and again.. One point no raised is the need to accommodate the F1 circus plus the fans. In its last year in Adelaide the Australian F1GP hd around 450,000 attendees over the week of the carnival...where are numbers like that going to be accommodated at or near Bathurst?
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  1721. Moreso.
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  1722. And people from the US would not be Robinson Crusoe !
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  1723. Can he possibly be any worse? Four years of fukkk ups is enough..
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  1724. Suggest you do some investigative work and determine the ownership of Sky Australia.
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  1725.  @John-tc9gp  And who is that owner?
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  1726. Tell your kids to stop taking those looney pills.....use this as an example of what happens to you.
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  1727. Presumably you would say the same of any other global construction that is a declared National Monument
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  1728.  Fenomeno Cesar  You do realise that the Australian nation was formed in 1901? Can you name ONE nation that has not had similar issues over the period of their history? We all know it is unfortunate but it has been a fact of life.
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  1729. Should we call off the 2032 Brisbane Olympics before we start spending?
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  1730. No...and you seem to have time on your hands to write it up for us all. Make our day.
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  1731. He hasn't been seen lounging in Scummo's beach chair yet.....
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  1732. "unlike Baseball same ball has to be used until New Ball is allowed," WHAT A JOKE. Where do you get such rubbish. You have never been to an MLB of ABL game? In MLB an average of nine balls are used per game over their season. During the British occupation of the US there were over 4000 registered cricketers with literally hundreds of Clubs. You can still find the game being played in Eastern USA. Go and look it up USA Cricket.
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  1733. You are, in FACT, a US American...there are many more Americans from nations in the continental Americas.
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  1734. The journo who asked that question must have been smoking dope when Indian PM Modi visited a few days ago.
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  1735.  @themeanestkitten  When electronic component manufacturers make their products they test and classify quality and designate their best product as "military grade".
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  1736. The Western Australian Government has recemtly sent teams of personnel to NSW to study the methods performed by the tracing personnel...Victoria and SA have done the same.....they are considered amongst the best in the world and their methods were developed in Oz.
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  1737.  @davidhandson2429  Radar measurement was not introduced until the last year of Thommo's career. by that time he had shoulder reconstruction after his nasty crash on field. So in today's terms we will never have a complete and direct analysis of his true speed, anything else is speculation
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  1738.  @julienl.3327  Retaliation might mean Trump stops eating his French Fries...sacre bleu
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  1739. We do not have an Oval Office in the Australian Parliament and , like all politicans, the only time they are interested in the race is when an election is on the horizon and they want to be noticed on national TV.
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  1740.  @johnd8892  Wasn't it called the Coca-Cola Mustang and raced in C C livery.
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  1741. Indeed, he knows words BUT he is no dictionary.
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  1742. And to think of those who had him figured out when they refused to shake his hand at his first outing.
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  1743. "The lunatic is on the grass" (or whatever)....Brain Damage...Pink Floyd got it right in 1973.
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  1744. But we will still have to translate from US American...oh, forgot the Google will do that.
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  1745. Every neighbourhood has at least one...unlicensed, uninsured, unregistered, uneverything else...on their way to the local sporting fields where they can test their skills churning up kids sporting fields...dregs in the piss trough of society.
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  1746. What a load of shit..you buy Aussie ore because it is the best quality of any and your processes would be less efficient and slower if you used inferior supply.
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  1747. Not a problem...if you follow the vintage car races from Goodwood in England there is a bloke who drives an E Type Jag and he's had to get the roof modified with a bulge for his tall body / big head. I'd presume there was a roll bar too. I also saw a Shelby AC Cobra with similar.
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  1748.  @barbaram5787  100%...just watch and see how much worse it gets with every poll statistic that is revealed.
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  1749.  @MDCDiGiPiCs  The Torana LH was called a SL/R 5000 for a reason...they had a 5000cc / 308CI Holden engine made in Australia.
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  1750. The Laws of Cricket require the umpire to call "over" and this should happen when the ball is thrown by keeper or fielder back to the bowler. Over should be called and thus the ball becomes dead. It becomes alive when the next delivery is made.If Bairstow did not know this he has wasted a lot of time on a cricket field.
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  1751.  tlieu12  The reporters might have "backtracked" but the reporting certainly has not. You are living in denial. Anyone of us can perform a search that will yield 2.5 million pieces of information from sources all over the planet...except for China of course. For the record, our Australian Prime Minister at that time was given diplomatic reports from several sources as most nations were. When he gave information on TV to his people soon after, he broke down, such was the horror in the details he received. I have no doubt citizens like yourself have never learned what went around the world relating to the manner Chinese citizens were treated by their own. You can only deny so much...your reputation is totally damaged and now everybody is taking notice.
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  1752. That might explain why he was seen at a local farrier having some new high shoes fitted.
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  1753.  @M.J.212  Maybe not but he always leaves the word "my" off the start of the statement.
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  1754. I'm most concerned at the statement she is a graduate of Harvard...shock, horror. And, remember, most things transparent are made of plastic.
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  1755. First and foremost is the ffact that ND is a place of worship...everything else is peripheral. Also it is actuallly the resting place of past Kings and Queens so in a sense it is a museum. Very difficult to have balance. The nearby Saint Chapelle is also a very worthwhile Cathedral to visit
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  1756. For the record the Monarch does not serve just the British people. Charles III will have subjects in many nations that were formerly part of the Empire.
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  1757.  @natalyawoop4263  "Lies for fun"?.....he is an habitual liar who is paid mightily for doing so. Professional is your word.
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  1758. Look up the history of Holden prior to amalgamation with GM. Holden existed from 1850's but they were basically an assembly operation (from 30's) before the first Holden was built in Vic.....even though it was designed in USA. Ford Geelong was also an asssembly operation until the Foulcan came along.
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  1759.  @hibbidyjibbidyy  And I go past a memorial for an old coal mine where around 100 miners lost their lives over a century ago. There are two other memorials in the region dediccated to "lesser" disasters. Deaths from silicosis / black death are not as prevalent as what they used to be though.
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  1760.  @Clone003  There are two points in the one discussion. Modern day Ore reduction is looking more at using Hydrogen but notadoptedglobally yet. Also in some grades of Steel, especially plate steel, Hydrogen is undesirable over approx 5ppm due to the hardenability it creates.
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  1761.  @vincentsubmarinismo774 freon is a man made chemical compound and not a natural gas. Perhaps you are referring to the ChloroFluoroCarbons that are being eliminated by conscious nations and assisting with eliminating the hole in Ozone layer.
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  1762. The Bathurst 500 / 1000 was always a distance race...you are confused with the 12 hour sports car or production car races held at the same track at different times of the year.
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  1763. Welllll....used to be a time when females dressed like this would be remived from the corridors of the House.
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  1764. Your basic assumptions are crap. You assume that the TOTAL population of the sub continent nations arre all cricket fans...how many are registered players, how many have been to a game?. Why does cricket have so much trouble finding more that 6/8 nations of Test playing status
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  1765. He will need a copy of the new plan so he gets to know where the changes to his hideouts are.
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  1766.  Craig Goodwin  Reports stated that the NH4NO3 had been stored for more than five years. It would have deteriorated over that time releasing gases from within. Imagine that there was 2,700 tonnes of it. Given correct heat conditions the unstable nature of it can be ignited. Vision tends to indicate flashes previous to ignition allegedly from a fireworks factory. This would provide adequate heat. As a fertiliser the substance is stored in bags when used for farming purposes. It is also transported in bulk. Farmers have also used a mixture with ignition substances for purposes such as stump blasting since after WW2 where it was used in munitions. Conspiracy theorists are invited to sit on a bag while I proceed to launch them to God's acerage in the sky.
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  1767. Why would we support a has been who is still bleeding his followers of their hard earned so he can pay his debts.
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  1768.  @ShaneMcGrath.  Yeah, right. You would have factored in the costs of cleaning up the Chernobyl and some 30 other disaster sites (documented). And that's not including the human cost and what has been happening to this day, over a quarter of a century later. France hve been decommissioning some of their older nuclear stations. Cost of each site will be over one billion dollars
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  1769.  @alwaysright3718  And exactly how do you know? the mind boggles !
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  1770.  @Orange-Jumpsuit-Time  Indeed, who could forgot that one?. It wasn't just rudeness, it broke away from accepted Royal etiquette and tradition....I'm wondering if Murdoch's media gave it as much coverage.
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  1771.  @Linda-nr7bt  The word you are looking for is uncouth...
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  1772.  @billjim7288  You certainly got that one right..."greatest"...... fakes on the planet...
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  1773. Can the US ever truly be great again when it's number one citizen carries on, yet again, with these sewer level tactics. Surely your system has to be such that you sort out all eligibiity issues long before nomination is made.
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  1774.  @anth5189  It is irrelevant as to who invented the IC engine because the first propelled vehicles was not powered in that manner. And before some smartarse comes up with a horse we are talking about mechanically driven.
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  1775. SOX
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  1776.  Biliary Clinton  You need to think a little about basing your statement on your knowledge of your small part of the world. Here in Australia we have the highest incidence of hours of sunshine per capita. Foreseeably we could have solar power generation for >14 hours per day with solar tracking over our continent at peak times.
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  1777.  @mim8312  You have not taken into account the costs of decommissioning of a single nuclear plant...it is astronomical with the internals including the specially made steels in the reactors. France is on a path to decommission several plants and has to adopt a phased approach due to the costs. Another statistic rarely seen is the after effects of breakouts...deaths are still being counted from Chernobyl let alone Fukishima.
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  1778. Explain how we would do that here in Australia, even within a five years time frame.
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  1779.  @johnpaulnath2  "Nothing is common" ? Would be a good idea to ask yourself why at least FIVE Australian Test Captains have been elite baseball that could have played at Minor League level but for year round committments for their cricket. Several global cricket bodies have used elite baseball coach for upskilling elite cricketers.
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  1780. Some Sky content has actually been classified by courts as "News Entertainment". Somehow reminds me of what happened to the sport of wrestling when it was classified as "Sports entertainment" many years back.
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  1781. They have been progressive with their internal Light Rail and its' proposed extentions so why would anybody be against it?. Politicians were very favourable when the M32 went in and gave them a good road so why wouldn't they favour this. This could serve as a starting point for a Sydney to Melbourne run and connect places like Illawarra / Shoalhaven with corridor systems to stations like Campbelltown / Southern Highlands
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  1782. There are actually THREE critical raw matterials used in iron / steelmaking...the other is Limestone Calcium Carbonate.
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  1783.  @stewatparkpark2933  It does....definitely has a lot to contend with from extremist right element fed by Murdoch.
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  1784. Correct. Sydney has been averaging around twice as much rainfall (1200mm v. 650mm) but that is influenced by having almost twice as many clear days. Higher humidity helps cause this.
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  1785. Wrong...it was clearly recognised by the Government and data can easily be sourced. Since you recall the isue you will also recall the many issues associated with vaccine supply and differing strains of the flu virus. "The Australian Department of Health’s 2019 Influenza Season summary affirmed what most people already knew: last year we endured very high levels of activity compared to previous seasons1 and those levels were high from earlier in the year – even during the summer months. This culminated in a total of 310,011 laboratory-confirmed flu notifications by the beginning of December1. On a more serious note, by October 6 more than 800 influenza-associated deaths had been officially recorded, the majority of these were due to influenza A "
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  1786.  @Piesy001  Your = you're = you are.
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  1787. Just another cunning stunt.
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  1788.  @xxxnamkhaxxx  Russia will be broke when they have to pay for all the damage they've done.
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  1789.  @chrysalis4126  Elon wears something similar.
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  1790. Notice that the film is marked NFSA which is from the National Film and Sound Archive in Canberra. A government institution where many historical film and tapes etc. are stored. Re the Bower Birds. There is a nest on the bank of a creek at the dog park I frequent. The nest is almost completely lined with with the blue caps from plastic milk bottles.
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  1791.  @Ozgrade3  I, too am from NSW but you should Learn your history. Where was Parliament located before Canberra?. Which States produced the most gold and produced the strongest ever economy this nation has ever had just pre 1900? Whose population WILL overtake NSW in the coming decades?
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  1792. Do you have his name and the club he played for.
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  1793.  blueserman1  And an educated Trumpist at that!!
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  1794. This is hugely and amazingly hilarious and would run close to Faulty Towers as the funniest material ever...
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  1795. That's Fawlty Towers of course...bloody Basil's fault.
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  1796.  @adammada511  So, explain to me why do we coach players and kids to look at the grip and release point from the hand. Reaction commences at this point when batter decided what the ball will do on contact with the ground. The exact same thing happens in baseball where kids are coached to read the likely action from the grip and armspeed. The bat is wider so as to allow for deflections of the ball...shots are played to a 360Deg. oval and not a quadrant. You cannot deflect as effectively with a baseball bat and it defeats the purpose of the round bat in any case. If anybody were to attend batting practice before an MLB game you would get a good understanding of just how precisely batters can hit the ball for placement.
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  1797. We can actually perform a hardness test to verify that statement but you have not even mentioned that the more prone (higher raised) seam and the pattern of that seam on the baseball has a more cutting action than the cricket ball. The cricket ball has the central slightly raised cup lips but the stitches around the ball and on the undersewn sections of the four pieces are virtually invisible. BTW I hope you are seriously not comparing Warnie's (RIP) relatively slow bowl to the velocity of a full striding fastball pitcher.
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  1798. What is it about these LNP dudes with their desire to stand under a huge tree to make their announcements...certainly not channeling any knowledge..maybe they know they are rooted. Justice for the drop bears or is that a chainsaw behind his back.
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  1799.  @zszs100  The answer is YES. There were other countries that heeded the warning and progressively started to react immediately they were made aware of contageon rate. And I am in a nation that had daily flights from Wuhan and is some ten hours away. Also, Officials here found that the masks that had been manufactured and shipped from China did not meet our local Standards...some time later aftter Government intervention proper masks were eventually supplied on a rush shipment.
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  1800. The docs had to get a jackhammer to his skin so they could get to the real color for examination.
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  1801. Mate, we produce around six million tonnes of steel per annum and export buggar alll to China. They produce over 15 times what we do. It's the other way around, we import from them.....SO...don't buy Chinese metal fencing etc.
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  1802.  @Frenchkisssss  And they certainly do not have the capacity to make a decision over using guns.
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  1803. There would have to be at least four weight divisions difference...middle weight versus blob weight. Wait and see...some greedy promoter is sure to jump on the bandwagon.
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  1804.  @terrystevens5261  It's far from the only word in the Concise Oxford that has been Americanised over the decades / centuries....get over it....the world isn't going to stop revolving. BOTH are correct.
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  1805. Using that nutter's logic then Bush was responsible for 9/11...grow up.
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  1806. Where is Brett Lee...bring him out and give him another over at Morgan in the practice nets...knock some sense into him....again.
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  1807. There's a simple answer...we will keeep wearing ours and you do what you like. Too easy.
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  1808. Does the job include sessions with a speech / grammar / linguistic specialist this time.
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  1809.  @Secession1900  The L suffix designates the Carbon content (LOW) but the specification per the Standard is around 300ppm / 0.030% maximum. In 40+ years of analysing steels and dealing with many, many Standards from numerous nations I did not see / analyse one specification without a Carbon spec.
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  1810. Indeed, when he stated that I immediately thought.... what makes him think that he is on a pedestal high enough to pass that opinion
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  1811.  @fredricunderhill204  The Holy Sea ??. Is that the waters that are blessed each year to bring out all the fish....maybe you should check the proper name.
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  1812. The concept works all right. Think of those long gone lifts in multi storey buildings in the past which worked on counterweights. This is basically the same except that energy available is being stored.
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  1813.  memymo momo  Take yourself aside and ask...who is the most likely to be accurate...an organisation that MUST run at a profit at all costs...or an organisation that belongs to the Australian people and serves ALL the Australian people. Not hard to decipher which one has been at the forefront of serving us all in times we have needed it.
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  1814. It would greatly help your cause if you studied the usage and power of the Lucas Heights facility. You would learn that it has a capacity to power some 30k homes if not used for medical purposes. Also, the waste material is dumped to a facility in France and this involves transportation to Port Kembla and suburbs in betweeen being closed overnight for that transportation Learn some bacis nuclear chemistry and the terms of the half life of these radioactive materials and even the target it becomes for terrorist's dirty bombs. It beggars belief that our leaders are even suggesting we change from a power source that is creating problems for future generations and yet nuclear waste has potential half life of thousands of years and WILL be issues for that long.
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  1815. And they're still scrubbing down the walls of the Oval Office 48 hours later.
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  1816. What a bummer. Was thinking of getting a Lotto ticket with their birth year..now I'm cactus.
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  1817.  @KennedyKitten  You mean born in 64? Your calculator has dud batteries.
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  1818.  @thomaswright981  Elon was born in 71 so you're safe.
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  1819.  @c.l.9344  Born 1917...President in 1961...43 on inauguration but still youngest.
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  1820. Has the "Ghost of the Tampa" and Captain Dutton been spotted on the radar?
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  1821. Where on earth are you located? Australia has has three intergrated steel plants the oldest of which commenced in 1914. The largest plant has produced over 5.5 million tonnes per annum.
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  1822. REAL politicians and LEADERS tear down walls...all in all this one is just another prick in the wall. (Apologies to PF)
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  1823. Fakest of fake...Since the beginning of their time the US has relied very heavily on their armaments industries...goes back to Colt and Smith / Wesson. If the administration causes a turning back of such a large component of the US GDP the big manufacturers will soon have them in their sights. Then there's the rampant need to comply with the famous Second Amendment...from 1791..
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  1824. In two elections Trump has never gained the popular vote outright plus he has beeen IMPEACHED. Worst ever so called Leader.
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  1825. Note the interior / dashboard from the days where cars had to reasonably conform to showroom specs. We all gained from that in as much as the cars participating represented what you could purchase within reason. Glenn might not have won at Bathurst but he was a dual Australian Touring Car Champion and followed in the footsteps of his much liked Dad. Barry (Bo) took out Bathurst 500 (miles) in a Cortina GT500, our copy of the famed Lotus Cortina that Jim Clark loved.
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  1826. Generally speaking there are lots of sporting activities and carnivals for everybody over the holidays. Boxing Day always has the Melbourne Cricket Ground Test match where record attendances of around 100K are seen. The Australian Tennis Open is also a big drawcard in Melbourne. Most other capital cities host large tennis events. It's a big time for juniors in most sports competing in National Championships. The holiday period also encompasses Australia Day (Jan 26) where many more events take place.
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  1827. The turtle has rolled on his back...You are so fixated you didn't notice that 90% or more of the reporting here is from the US Sky sources.
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  1828. Kamikaze is a gross misuse of the term used to describe the brave Japanese warrior pilots from WW2. These drones are simply self destructing and have none of the qualities of those brave Japanese airmen.
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  1829.  @ps5hasnogames55  Don't you have the guts to lead your own campaigns? Stop hiding behind others.
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  1830. The king of the nobodies.
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  1831. He uses so many bs excuses he switches when he realises he has been caught out
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  1832. Lyre not liar...look it up...a musical instrument that goes back to very ancient times.
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  1833. Moron...show some respect for the soldiers from all of the British Forces who were fighting in those trenches from 1915. Give some thought to educating yourself and visiting the Somme Valley region or the Gallipoli Peninsula sometime.
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  1834. So you are a White Sox fan too....good luck in the ALDS but they need to put two wins together from Sunday and hope for the best in G5.
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  1835.  @IWrocker  Good comeback today...and the game closed by an AUSSIE...great save by Liam Hendricks from Western Australia. Star closer of the AL.
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  1836. Are you people capable of accepting defeat with any graciousness. YOU LOST.
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  1837. @John Smith Let me guess....you like going straight to the comics section of your newspaper...right?
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  1838.  @chenyng2970  enjoy your pissweak beer made from that barley.
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  1839. @j and we all remember the whinging performances made by Chay-na last time His Holiness visited. They tried to dictate that one to us also. Losers.
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  1840.  @az8679  Pissing myself laughing at the irony of that one...joke of the week.
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  1841.  @DaleEarnhardt_  Both.
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  1842. Another slow news day at the home of Fake News.
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  1843. You will find Firth's name listed four times as a winner / co driver between 1961-67. He WAS Ford before setting up HDT thereafter. Firth retired and was replaced at HDT by John Sheppard.
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  1844. If Russia is heading for their piggy banks they are going to have to find some very big gold ingots to pay for the rebuilding of all the damage their Moron in Chief has caused. Heaps of compensation to be settled.
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  1845. Absolute lies...I can name you literally hundreds of Australian retailers who are advertising and selling Huawei smartphones. You could easily have checked it yourself.
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  1846. Can you explain the first part of your firs sentence relating to low grade coal producing 30% more C...(assume you mean CO2) but interested in explanation.
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  1847. It might help if you know what you are talking about...go and look up the proper name of those prizes.
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  1848. USA plays the game at International level...
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  1849. As good as he was he wasn't patch on what Chris Vermeulen or Jack Miller have done in the wet.
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  1850. That was when the players used to run the bases clockwise.
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  1851. Mister Twiggy has big plans for commercial level generation of Hydrogen by electrolysis and not only in WA. So good luck to him on that one but it is a terrribly energy intensive operation.
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  1852.  @vladu4489  Indeed, and while you are doing the maths make sure you include a calculation on your rate of virus spreading and compare it to the nations that acted much quicker and more strongly. For the wealthiest nation on the planet the USA Governemnt's caring for it's people is absolutely pathetic.
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  1853. And..."for the people by the people" This creates a "Government by the middle man"...How very American.
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  1854. False positives are a figment of an uneducated mind. No result is released without duplication / triplication of testing and then the ultimate confirmation test.
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  1855. And the white / green Cortina is a Lotus Cortina as raced and rallied in the UK by the great Scot Jim Clark.and as raced (very well) in Australian Improved Production by Jim McKeown
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  1856. An online search that yields over a quarter of a million responses in less than half a second will clarify the situation for you.
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  1857. Undeserved. Disgraceful. His desperate voters have made the USA a laughing stock.
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  1858. Yep, it makes absolutely no sense does it? The nation with the greatest availability of sunlight per head of population on the planet. God given energy and some idiots want to waste it. Cost WILL decrease further as the technology of solar panels and storage improves...just as it has been for a decade. Windmills / turbines...how long has mankind been using this energy?
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  1859. They are referred to as "News Entertainment".....like the wrestling and every bit as FAKE.
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  1860. She is a reason the Fox organisation has been tagged as "News entertainment" by the courts...Fox turned news services into a circus act.
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  1861. Yeah right...all of the 25,000 old crap devices that were handed in...rocket science.
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  1862. He was after more cheese for his burgers.
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  1863. not the first (or last) time Morgan has done this...makes him feel authorative.
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  1864.  @Kannot2023  Correct for steelmaking via OH / BOS processes but he is referring to direct reduction of Iron Ore to purest elemental Iron and then adding to Electric Arc for final alloying with required elements to meet the specification of the desired product. My understanding is that direct reduction is in its infancy but stand corrected.
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  1865.  @ceesjanmol  Indeed...great for sure...the greatest mess since the mighty States became United. All we overseas people are seeing is one huge LACK of unity. No other President has created so much disunity.
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  1866. Chocolate crackles.....where's the chocolate crackles? Nothing like home made. Sacrilege.
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  1867. The variety named Lady Finger is one you should put high on your list.
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  1868. It does not matter how big a pedestal you put yourself on....there's always somebody slightly higher.
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  1869.  @Hydrazine1000  "steel from a blast furnace"?? hope you have patented that one.
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  1870.  @craigalexander966  Let us not forget that there was once another United States (USSR)
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  1871. Can you ask him to make sure he wears his mask.
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  1872.  @jillcooper6371  From 2019, distribution charts show USA electricity generation was 19% nuclear (what you term "power plants".(they are actually ALL electric power plants), Coal was around 50%, Gas 20% and oil 3-5%. If you do some more checking you will find around three nations that are totally renewably powered. Nobody is saying we can do without fossil fuels but what is being said is related to balance and reduction of emissions. That change is progressively happening and it is happening outside of your US so your reasoning with Democrats and taxes has litttle to do elsewhere. You must not be from the State of California where dependence of fossil generated electricity is minimal.
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  1873. Since MLB and the then IBAF created the World Baseball Classic, first played in 2006, the winners of the MLB World Series are referred to as the MLB World Series Champions and not World Champions. While it is known that MLB atttracts the cream of global players (there has been >40 Aussies play) it is not a competition played by national teams as indeed the WBC is. Further, a World Cup / Championship was played under the auspices of the global peak body (IBAF) from 1938-2011. Japan is currently ranked as the #1 nation and is also the Olympic Champion. Cuba won the World Cup 25 times.
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  1874. I had to re-read your last word....mistook it for flatulence...as in full of shit.
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  1875. "We will have it fixed". Indeed, just like the "voting" system in those Dictatorships where 90+% of the population somehow votes for the "leader"
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  1876.  @ip3887  The REAL Chinese will take care of that first.
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  1877. If he needs to pose that question it's obvious he simply does not get it...and he never will. It's his disposition.
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  1878.  @giladfrenkel7416  That is a huge Furphy...the down SIDE primarily is that the large central stadia are rerely filled afterwards and have become embarrassments...Sydney Olympic (ANZ) Stadiun is a classic example.
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  1879. What a joke this World has become.
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  1880.  @krishnaramachandran7722  Do you know of the protocols used by all of the umpires present at each game...they use a process of elimination..observe.
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  1881. The US has many contractors working in that war. How do you think the frontline soldiers would operate then and also today without that support?
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  1882. Next time...everybody learns what a debate is supposed to be...get a good moderator, suggest P.T. Barnum who was good with Circuses.....stick to timing and fit candidates with lie detectors that acts like dog anti barking devices and shock everytime a lie is told...modetator to have a cut off switch for the constant intejections.
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  1883.  @JB-yb4wn  Indeed we do. The Emu and Kangaroo are jointly shared on our Coat of Arms. The reason for their prominence....they are two of our fauna that never take a backwards step... We also have some great statues of horses and my favourite is a badarse native horse (called a Waler) from WW! named Bill the Bastard....his is a magnificent story.
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  1884.  @cherylmantello3693  Yes, they took to being restauranteurs after being hounded off the gold fields and having their homes and places of worship burned down.
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  1885. "Melbourne stole OUR F1 race"? Have you ever read the history of the Australian GP and where it was held?
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  1886.  @bigd1558  But when was it officially gazetted as a National Public holiday. Schoolkids never got a day off till at least the mid 60's and businesses did not close down. Nothing was ever "celebrated"
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  1887.  @bobhawke7373  The reason for the variation was to create another long weekend. The actual date was irrelevant...that's how important it was...
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  1888.  @bigd1558  Tell us...how did the citizens "celebrate" when they were all at work or school.
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  1889. Sh1t...I'll have to plant more potatoes and grow my own wodka.
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  1890. If Morgan knew his cricket he would know that many early US professional baseball players were actually from Britain. He is not interested in factual info moreson things that he can sensationalise.
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  1891.  @davon7100  That is a distinct possibility with the manner India is destroying global cricket.
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  1892. RM's...the boots now worn by the city yuppies that were originally made for the country cockies.
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  1893. From an Australian, if the sale / use of Kangaroo leather is banned for protectionist reasons those who seek the ban should familiarise themselves with the situation in Australia. The roos often reach such high population numbers that Governments have to declare culling periods. They reach pest levels and in fact damage the environment.
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  1894. Yeah right, thanks for that....move on..
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  1895.  @anyhoot47  I could not give a hoot or a rat's arse to be honest. We have done exactly the same with every election I have known or been involved with here in Oz for decades. Fairly soon you will have to accept reality and face the facts. Start thinking for yourself and stop being lead around like a bull with a ring in the nose.
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  1896. That's ANOTHER one after she tore up his speech and all the world saw it. Priceless.
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  1897. There is only one thing that narcissists respect.
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  1898.  @willworkforfood7028  Yes, more Mcdonalds and KFC and PIZZA Hut and...and ...and...everybody will become like Peking Duck...
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  1899.  @pragmatist165  The writing is on the wall...they are behaving just like N Korea did when they squeezed funds from Trump and others...they cry poor and then spit it back in your faces. Remember how the little rocket man behaved.
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  1900. And Rolling Stones concerts !!!
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  1901. Americans happen to know a little bit about harness racing....by way of example have a look at Yonkers Raceway in New York City....sh1ts on anything we Aussies have.
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  1902. There are natural deformities in all walks of life. I have a beautiful Kooka that brings his family into my back yard and he has always had a gummy right leg that is turned inwards. It does not affect the ability to stand and come up to me for his feed....something more about him and his bunch to treasure.
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  1903.  @bustermorley8318  They certainly are prone to "killing" their small snakes, lizards, mics and the like by thrashing them before consuming....
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  1904. Concrete is a mixture of sand, cement, water AND aggregate (usually 5-10mm)....there's no evidence of any aggregate here.
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  1905. And guess who is paying for it?
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  1906.  @kalvin1123  "Los Angeles 1984 was the most successful Olympics" A man named Juan Antonio Samaranch, a Spaniard who was the head of the International Olympic committee from 1980 to 2001 and oversaw ALL of the Games in that time, expressed an opinion on what you comment on. You might like to follow up on his evaluation.
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  1907.  @petreasupagain5036  If you do a search that will take a fracton of a seond and produce thousands of results you wll find the Australian media has been very active in their reporting of this. Some of that reporting goes back four years.
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  1908. An imbecilic and uninformed comment if ever there was one.
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  1909.  @bearsagainstevil  familiarise yourself with what was done when the British first developed and TESTED their nuclear weapons....it only happened around 70 years ago.
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  1910. If you take the time to read explanations given with those 2019 stats for influenza you WILL also read that they are not atypical for usual seasons...now go and look at current situation for ACTUAL cases until August 9 this year. You have NO case.
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  1911.  @rogerlonghorn2425  Those penile dimensions were often mentioned so as to say he always had a handful.
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  1912. $$$$$$$$$$$$
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  1913. The concept of the device is that there is a video image of some of the better bowlers they are likely to face up to in a game. In above they are facing video imaging of Australia's best Test bowlers. Issue is the delivery is actually done by the equivalent of a pitching machine used in baseball. The ball is delivered through an opening which has no allowance for variations in release point unless adjustments are made manually.
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  1914. And where is "THERE" site?
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  1915. And when he got through he asked if he could reverse the charges!
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  1916.  @ronbock8291  He also watches the McDonalds adverts.
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  1917.  @vincivedivicilextalionas4036  How so? You clearly have no idea.
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  1918.  @Duhya  Another fool with no idea.
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  1919. Got news for you...EVERY sport requires discipline and everything else you mention...you need to get out more.
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  1920. You need to learrn what racism is.
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  1921.  @crouchingwombathiddendropb6886  Correct with Vietnam where Australia's Bluescope Steel (pre BHP Steel) set up several metal coating facilities around 25 years ago.
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  1922.  @hermanbrowndog5503  Think about this...every portrayal of Jesus that I have seen over my many decades has depicted Him as a white man. As far as I am aware most other persons from that part of the world at that time were not light skinned...
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  1923.  @TheSubstituted  Talk about a fookin ignoramus. Get ya head outa ya arse and learn something. The Indians might be one eyed but you take the cake. And the Irish are amongst the top 12 cricket nations on the planet. Love from Ozzie.
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  1924. We know that is the truth when the commmenter spells in the American way.
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  1925. You should contemplate learning something about the steelmaking process and not making a galah of yourself.
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  1926. p.s. The Australian Grand Prix was staged on this track four times, the first being 1938.
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  1927.  @arkadybelsky4256  So right...how many times have we seen it...people do not learn.
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  1928.  @Lee-cc9jf  R U OK?
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  1929. Trump was a better deflector than Sachin Tendulkar..and expecting you are a Yank with no idea who Sachin is, he is the former master Indian batsman (i.e. from India) that Trump went birko over when trying to pronounce his name when touring India.
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  1930.  @joanpartin9798  Time you looked at an atlas and / or learned your continents
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  1931.  @ZooZoo293  Except that they are NOT on FEDERAL property. England is part of a Constitutional Monarchy.
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  1932.  @domdaughery25  There are seven continents, North America and South America are two of them.
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  1933. If one looks at a list of dams in Australia and considers the experience gained in their construction over many decades, it beggars belief that ths has happened as a result of poor concrete manufacture. Concrete is made to Standard Specifications depending on use so this sounds like somebody has been cutting corners.
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  1934. When he takes his dog to the park, the dog does its' best to lose him.....
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  1935. He needs to learn a bit about the sausage sizzles and might show some respect when he does. Bunnings allocate this to local community not for profit organisations as part of their sponsorship in the community. Taking the piss out of your local Boy Scouts or Grannies knitting group warrants a flogging down in Aisle 32.
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  1936.  @fact-finding  I didn't read that one...did she pull a stocking over her head?
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  1937.  @jeanvelves4106  He was "fired" knowing Murdock had another job waiting for him
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  1938. @Doomsday Clown Is that your job...chopping up turds with a CLEAVER...... Different.
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  1939.  @nandy1256  "Brainwash" isn't quite the right word and doesn't cut the mustard...try "embarrass" or even "disgrace".....but I'm assuming there was some grace in the first instance.
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  1940.  @j.ckennedy2669  Bundaberg Rum.
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  1941.  @JB-zs1oq  He IS a deserted island.
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  1942. If you look up Wiki details on a driver named Doug Chivas and / or the Charger E49 or E38 you will find good info. Doug was a great driver with a long history and he finished third outright in the Charger in 1972. His record in 15 starts at Bathurst is very good.
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  1943. Ridiculous comment...the Crimea bridge did not totally collapse as this has. For God's sake.
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  1944. Is that really a microphone or are you a big fan of Star Wars?
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  1945. Now that's a surprising adaptation of the song originally done by the great Dionne Warwick and covered by Britain's Dusty Springfield. It would have been respectful to give recognition in the credits.
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  1946.  @versacegang42  He's a rocket man...off the planet !!
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  1947. it was not a debate...simply grandstanding by Morgan seeking popularity that he has lost.
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  1948.  @tpot3805  Dickwhacker...Port Kembla prodeces around 4 million tonnes per annum.
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  1949.  @Realist839  Oh, it IS an Indian sport allright but definitely not a sport that originated from India. They intensely dislike the British but do not thank them.
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  1950. Is that right that he was a CONVERT to being Christian? Does he know what having Christian values means?
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  1951.  @patsorensen4403  Frog shit....get yourself educated on the recent improvements in medical science and how validation of vaccines has improved many times over...stop parroting bullshit you read on social media and learn from the actual medical science professionals.
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  1952.  @UncleTwoTimez  Yeah, we are so fn retarded that we follow developments in medical science and if you care to do likewise you willl find references such as Medical News Today which will educate yourself on how it is done. We can all thank the German BioTech Laboratories for their development of the vaccine the USA tries to take credit for...US drug kings Pfizer are getting all the credit (along with self proclaimed efforts by trump)
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  1953. Not part of the manufacturing process.
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  1954. Are you confusing HSR with VFT? the former is up to say 200-250kph and latter above that to perhaps 500kph.Oz should have one good VFT Melb->Bris with support network of HSR's
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  1955. The WOLL in the Gong is pronounced WOOL....from a Gongite.
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  1956. Your recollections of Mundine are as thick as the fog at Bulli Tops. He was castigated big time for his comments re 9/11 after he returned from the USA in 2001. He was also condemned for his claim relating to Cathy Freeman. Adam Goodes was subjected to an absolutely fierce campaign by extremists when he raised awareness of the First Australiians....adjust your comment accordingly.
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  1957. @Bill Tims You need to learn how to read correctly...I was making a point IN FAVOUR OF Mundine.
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  1958.  @richmoses1636  Firstly I am no activist but suffice to say if you want to go about life proving to global readers you make inaccurate and false statements then you are perfectly welcome to do so. Credibility ZERO.
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  1959.  Hans Otto Kroeger Kaethler  Rupert would like to have a larger slice of the Chinese total package.
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  1960.  @mile_high_topher  but what diameter of garden hose...an industrial strength vacuum cleaner might go closer
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  1961. Sheepless...stop trying to be nice to everybody...it happens to everybody......just that some stink more. And you must not be from New Zealand where they have proposed to build farting sheds for the many many sheep to help lessen greenhouse gas emissions and collect the energy...
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  1962. This race was not part of a world event but another group did align another race with the Euro touring cars
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  1963.  @Bar_Steward  Get over it, dough whacker.....you've had over 50 court cases and hearings to get your point across and EVERY ONE was thrown out.....306 EC votes to 232...51.4% of the electorate versus 46.9%. Go back to primary school and learn mathematics.
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  1964. You never find any balance in Sky News reporting.....a clone of the Kremlin.
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  1965. The people of NZ, and Christchurch specifically, can identify with the loss at ND after the destruction by earthquake of the lovely Christ Church cathedral in 2010.
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  1966.  @DodgyBrothersEngineering  Let's not forget the work done by Repco on the 308 for use in the F5000's. We had some great F5000's running in a specialised category at the time. Some real class designing that was headed by Lola England where Frank Gardiner was heavily involved. The Kiwis also had a few cars that would come and compete favourably in the Trans Tasman Cup.
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  1967. Of course....holiday weekend coming up!!!
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  1968. Morrison was very quick off the mark to promote their propoganda...very much like a life insurance salesman trying so sell policies at a funeral service. It's a bloody shame none of these so called leaders were as quick to react to the 2009 report documented by the Aussie Climate Council (and still available with a search) that is specific to the predicted threats of bushfires.
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  1969.  @RC-ym5cm  Tampering is not confined to time zones....the MCC LAWS of the game (they are NOT rules) are specific and have been around since 1788. Read them in relation to the condition of a ball.
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  1970. Pleasing to witness some actual diplomacy and statesmanship over the Mafia meeting he was subjected to.
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  1971. Don't worry...be happy. There's a lot of things in life today that are way, way out of tune.
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  1972. Most definitely...the actions should continue regardless. They are based on past activities.
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  1973. No mention whatsoever re houses that were speifically designed back in the 60's-70's to make best use of sloping blocks of land. With flat blocks becoming harder to find some very crafty designs started to appear. One of the designers is in the Autralian Hall of Fame.
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  1974. And that is because there are far too many career politicians and puppets whose hands have never been dirty (from hard work at least).
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  1975.  @amysill3815  Do you really think the good Lord gives a toss about what is there to sit on?
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  1976.  @Barbzy  Caught any with two heads and three tails?
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  1977. That is misleading...Yes it is somehow recognised as such BUT the team from the US was a CLUB team and not an officially recognised NATIONAL team. Much like those who claim that the winner of the World Series are the World Champions...they are not but they are MLB World Series Champions
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  1978.  @ahsanurr4219  It is generally those who do not know any sport properly that claim it is slow or boring until they learn the strategies, skills and so on. The sport of cricket would not be what it is today without the development that has come through skills and techniques learned from a few highly accredited baseball coaches. Why even the statistical daate compiled and scoring methods used in cricket have been learned from baseball. I comment as a person who has had a good level of involvement in both sports for many decades.
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  1979.  @ahsanurr4219  If you are going to a baseball game to see the ball hit over the HR fence you might as well go to the horse races. The real game is not about homers but it is a very strategic and with skills now coached to cricketers.
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  1980.  @vgg2009  He has been listening to the 1812 overture too much.
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  1981. Sweet the rain's new fall, sunlit from heaven.....Australia wishes you the best for a new dawning. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRqE3XxAI0U
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  1982.  @Eiswueste  and in order to make that "stuff" go "boom" Trump recognises he needs exacty what Zelenskyy was there for...sign over minerals. Didn't work out well in that regard. What the USA doesn't get by contract, Putin will get by force.
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  1983. Haven't you read the news? This WAS Sir Donald after he ate 40 Big Macs and all the gas would not expel. He was in orbit as per normal.
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  1984. Cound that fleet of emus have paddled out to the Coral Sea?
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  1985. Let the USA have a Leader who genuinely cares for its citizens by doing everything possible for the infirmed and not try to hide behind the disappearing numbers. One capable of showing real guts when faced with adversity and not act like he is the compere of a TV show.
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  1986.  @sparkie996  WRT the final sentence. We are currently seeing strong examples of exactly that with Russian "conscripts" being torn from their civilian lives and thrown into what has turned out to be certain death or imprisonment. Many are fleeing their homeland.
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  1987. Only a sewer rat would denigrate a symbol of another nation's proud heritage for over 125 years.
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  1988. Let's make that everytime he interrupts or LIES....would be a short debate.
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  1989. Perhaps the Sergeant will be getting a commission to be announced...Master of the Dance.
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  1990.  @mihaelkeehl8650  Don't forget the I in RUIN.
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  1991. Yes, we all know that the owners used to frequent the London sewers but in Oz they are still at gutter level.
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  1992.  @deborahmoore6248  Very noticeable that...I'm always on the lookout to see if someone has an arm up their backs.
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  1993.  Joshua Philosopher  There are no awards for written expression or grammar on this medium....if you haven't learned already.
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  1994.  @redneckhippiefreak  It seemed that way to me too....what about the photoshopped target site...how does sniper site target when camera is operating?
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  1995.  @cageordie  "Military rounds don't kill instantly". Some of the reporting from the recent school massacre where a military weapon was used conflict badly with that comment. Read up on what happened with at least two of the poor little victims.
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  1996. Do ya need any further evidence that this bloke has "shot his Bolt".
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  1997. He IS from marketing and hence a confidence man......history is for the historic types.
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  1998. Sarawak cane is used in the veneer composite handles that are spliced into the blades.
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  1999. The section of coast around Warrnambool is famously named the Shipwreck Coast but there are also many shipwrecks throughout Bass Strait including a number of coastal vessels that were sunk by enemy fire during WW2.
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  2000.  @augustsd7465  "Fire destroys steel" An explosion may blow apart a tank made of this grade of steel but a temperature of 1200C / 2200F is needed to melt the steel and thus destroy it. If it does not melt it is repairable.
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  2001.  @FinbarCharlesBarton0  Our Melbourne is named after a person (a Viscount of Melbourne) and not the English town...look it up to confirm.
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  2002.  @MegaGnomey  Yes, P M Lamb who was a Viscount of Melbourne.
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  2003. Correct...far too much of the global media is owned by too few of the media barons.
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  2004.  @shrubsangry  Which amendment is that?
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  2005. To say nothing of the Collins Street cocky in his RM's....Soooooooo fake.
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  2006. @not today How stupid can you get? Disrespectful oaf.
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  2007.  @republicofcasuals  Another proven fallacy that emanated from Craig Kelly MP. The STANDARD for measurement of temperatures throughout ALL of Australia was not even written and introduced until 1910. There were always these stories floating around about farmers recording huge temperatures on their verandahs, undr their big trees and in their outback dunnies. Your info is correct in that te recording was made at Bourke PO BUT it cannot ever be made official because it did not meet the requirements of the Standard...can you explain to Mr Kelly after you explain the science of Standards...
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  2008.  @Golosa-Rossii  Perhaps the media has a lot more respect than their own comrades do. At the very least they are owed a decent burial.
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  2009. If it is not a War why is it Russians ar charging captive soldiers with war crimes?
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  2010. Hear, Hear. You are going to get differing opinions whatever the subject.....Let it Be.
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  2011.  @michaelandrews583  All of the Australian BoM's recordings are performed to the Australian Standard as defined by Standards Australia. Updates of that Stndard have been ongoing since it was first derived / written in 1910.
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  2012. Disrespectful POS...Australia would not be here if not for the sacrifices made by the US Navy. Learn your history.
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  2013. In fairness the Yanks saved Autralia's arse in WW2.
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  2014. An appropriate Graeme Kennedy spiritual interlude at the end of the question? asked at 0.48.......a-a-a-a-a-a-r-k-
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  2015. Time to check up on your history. There were no Australians when it was first founded
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  2016. Finally.... We have found a calling for the Marketing genius.
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  2017. Think about it...all that bullsh1t costs us money...unnecessarily. The best loyalty they can give is to offer the lowest price all the time and do away with their gimmicks.
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  2018.  @samuelkattier8455  Can you wait a minute while I tune my violin.
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  2019.  @themasonexperience6844  But you will never have a Bear Park.....so who gives a sh1t.
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  2020. "The longer a person sniffs, the worse they damage these organs. ... Many sniffers end up in a wheelchair with permanent brain damage."...Danger, Danger, Warning..
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  2021. Here's a topic our Yank mate can learn something about...look up the uniquely Australian Royal Flying Doctor Service started up by a man of the cloth in central Queensland almost a century ago.
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  2022. Not really...his style of humour, especially Sir Les, goes right over the heads of Americans. They simply do not get it.
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  2023. Arre there not TWO journalists involved here?
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  2024. That is remarkable given Media Watch appears just once a week...on Monday nights. Can you recommend a good whisky.
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  2025. We visited York Minster over a decade ago and were pleased to find the school of apprentice stonemasons set up outside. So great to see so many youngsters learning the skills that are centuries old.
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  2026. Former Australian cricketer and commentator and ICC Member Mel Jones OAM gave a very good explanation with regards to technologies used today on TV last night. The ICC does not own the technologies and relies on the local broadcasters to provide during a series. It's interesting that the hefty costs of providing this is far too much for nations like Zimbabwe so when internationals are played there the technology is not used. All understandable but hardly fair. Proposed solution is for the cash rich ICC to purchase their own and provide for all internationals. Techno work also needs to be done with sound detection alignment which is intended to detect in the area around bat / pads in normal stance. Note that in Jarwal's case he was swinging at a high ball and he also was placed between the bat and the detector, cushioning sound. The ball also appears to hit the plastic sticker on bat splice area. The visual evidence was best and clearly shows deflection which could not have been caused by sudden late sideways movement of ball. Australians were simply referring to the ICC third umpire so any question of "cheating" is purely fanciful
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  2027. Hard to imagine that it is now over 50 years since that unbelievable crash of the Bill Brown 1971 GTHO Falcon on the top of the mountain seen in the background of the vision at the commencement of this video.
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  2028. Here is a thought for you. You will find a number of RU games played between the All Blacks and the USA Eagles in your back yard at Soldier Field. Have a look and compare rules and take note of the size of the RU marked field as opposed to the normal NFL field.
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  2029. What if the Norsemen managed to hang around in many of the regions they infiltrated long before all of them?
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  2030. Oh, no. Did he also get a free at call helicopter ride from the Big House
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  2031.  @trevorbramich4849  she wears gum boots.
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  2032. @Shirley Gu That would especially apply since certain politicians were heard in a comedy routine while visiting the region.
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  2033. The Armstrong 500 was moved to the Mountain after it had been run at PI just three times. You can find all the information needed with a search.
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  2034.  @raylinkman5008  What is the basis of your statement "covid is no more that a flu". What science have you applied. Here's a challenge for you. I can arrange an injection of either Influenza or Covid19 (any of five mutations). Which is your choice?
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  2035.  @shehannanayakkara4162  Don't forget the National Party...then again...
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  2036. Thank you Brian for the clear and rational explanations of these matters. It greatly helps we non Americans with gaining a better insight on issues we don't get enough detail on.
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  2037. Your priorities say a lot about you.
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  2038. Would be very useful if a source of recycling the waste created was done too. Otherwise we are simply handing our issues over to coming generations.
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