Laurence
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These are songs of the Friends I neglected—And the Foes, too, in part;
These are songs that were mostly rejected—And songs from my heart.
H. Lawson
These are songs that were mostly rejected—And songs from my heart.
H. Lawson
Or Maroochydore on the Sunshine Coast in QLD where you could also play putt putt golf.
November 11, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Or Maroochydore on the Sunshine Coast in QLD where you could also play putt putt golf.
To appeal to a market of mostly male workers at the time on their smoko break or truck stop.
November 11, 2025 at 1:43 PM
To appeal to a market of mostly male workers at the time on their smoko break or truck stop.
True. And it’s not a bargain if you don’t need it.
November 11, 2025 at 1:30 PM
True. And it’s not a bargain if you don’t need it.
No not exactly $0 in Australia though it’s not in the same league as the US. Private insurers here are not in the business of routinely denying claims either.
November 11, 2025 at 1:07 PM
No not exactly $0 in Australia though it’s not in the same league as the US. Private insurers here are not in the business of routinely denying claims either.
It is becoming more expensive in Oz, particularly specialist and surgical team gap fees.
Private health’s sustainability leans heavily on the public system. And there are some dark forces to the far right of who would dearly love to Americanise it further - to benefit special interest investors.
Private health’s sustainability leans heavily on the public system. And there are some dark forces to the far right of who would dearly love to Americanise it further - to benefit special interest investors.
November 11, 2025 at 12:44 PM
It is becoming more expensive in Oz, particularly specialist and surgical team gap fees.
Private health’s sustainability leans heavily on the public system. And there are some dark forces to the far right of who would dearly love to Americanise it further - to benefit special interest investors.
Private health’s sustainability leans heavily on the public system. And there are some dark forces to the far right of who would dearly love to Americanise it further - to benefit special interest investors.
If the reference is to the cost of raising the living standard - one cannot reasonably begrudge that from a comfortable armchair. Per capita consumption remains incredibly small by Western standards. However, there are some significant environmental issues - like any big country and exporter.
November 11, 2025 at 12:24 PM
If the reference is to the cost of raising the living standard - one cannot reasonably begrudge that from a comfortable armchair. Per capita consumption remains incredibly small by Western standards. However, there are some significant environmental issues - like any big country and exporter.
After 1957’s Great Leap Forward? I’m aware of it. Yes a great folly. One can learn from the mistakes of the past or repeat history. I think they’ve doubled down on learning.
November 11, 2025 at 12:20 PM
After 1957’s Great Leap Forward? I’m aware of it. Yes a great folly. One can learn from the mistakes of the past or repeat history. I think they’ve doubled down on learning.
If there’s ‘No Time to Die’ then he should be able to live in some line of the plot, surely? 😁
November 11, 2025 at 12:15 PM
If there’s ‘No Time to Die’ then he should be able to live in some line of the plot, surely? 😁
Within a short space of 3 decades it managed to pull millions out of poverty - not achieved on that scale in human history.
November 11, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Within a short space of 3 decades it managed to pull millions out of poverty - not achieved on that scale in human history.
A single party state doesn’t imply tyranny.
November 11, 2025 at 11:50 AM
A single party state doesn’t imply tyranny.
Growth need not equate with negative climate impact. It depends on the attitude and the activity.
November 11, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Growth need not equate with negative climate impact. It depends on the attitude and the activity.
They manage to keep vested interests in check.
November 11, 2025 at 11:20 AM
They manage to keep vested interests in check.
Bought by consumers in the West…
November 11, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Bought by consumers in the West…
Would very much love a Jackson Lamb* to be upwind and kicking back, saying “Sorry about that, you’re lucky we’re outside” (*Slow Horses star character Gary Oldman)
November 9, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Would very much love a Jackson Lamb* to be upwind and kicking back, saying “Sorry about that, you’re lucky we’re outside” (*Slow Horses star character Gary Oldman)
Your everyday garden box corner sore not-yet-woke bonk & bloat climate broke bloke.
November 8, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Your everyday garden box corner sore not-yet-woke bonk & bloat climate broke bloke.
A few things come to regarding his childish walk-ahead:
- he thinks he has far too much self-importance to be ushered in by an upstart new prime minister.
- the new PM is a woman
- secret service said he can’t stop moving
- he thinks he has far too much self-importance to be ushered in by an upstart new prime minister.
- the new PM is a woman
- secret service said he can’t stop moving
October 28, 2025 at 2:28 PM
A few things come to regarding his childish walk-ahead:
- he thinks he has far too much self-importance to be ushered in by an upstart new prime minister.
- the new PM is a woman
- secret service said he can’t stop moving
- he thinks he has far too much self-importance to be ushered in by an upstart new prime minister.
- the new PM is a woman
- secret service said he can’t stop moving
He was pacing out another ballroom to distract himself from people he thought would bow to him.
Bow to them?! Pffft!
Bow to them?! Pffft!
October 28, 2025 at 2:18 PM
He was pacing out another ballroom to distract himself from people he thought would bow to him.
Bow to them?! Pffft!
Bow to them?! Pffft!
Coincides with the end of land lines perhaps. 🤔
October 27, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Coincides with the end of land lines perhaps. 🤔
True.
To be one must require a bathroom to hold in abeyance all manner of secrets, surrounded by an gold old receiver of one or two subs and other “bad deals”.
To be one must require a bathroom to hold in abeyance all manner of secrets, surrounded by an gold old receiver of one or two subs and other “bad deals”.
October 25, 2025 at 1:49 AM
True.
To be one must require a bathroom to hold in abeyance all manner of secrets, surrounded by an gold old receiver of one or two subs and other “bad deals”.
To be one must require a bathroom to hold in abeyance all manner of secrets, surrounded by an gold old receiver of one or two subs and other “bad deals”.
It must take a good dose of narcissism, overcooked celebrity and dumb headed hubris to expect others to be fully accountable for capriciousness, with one’s own rolled gold ballroom buttocks twerked on the coattails of a messianic potus bloatus, branded bible and gold pumps.
In sod we trust.
In sod we trust.
October 25, 2025 at 1:34 AM
It must take a good dose of narcissism, overcooked celebrity and dumb headed hubris to expect others to be fully accountable for capriciousness, with one’s own rolled gold ballroom buttocks twerked on the coattails of a messianic potus bloatus, branded bible and gold pumps.
In sod we trust.
In sod we trust.
This got my attention in Beijing’s relatively new 大兴国际机场 (Daxing International Airport). The name of this shop wouldn’t pass muster for the average Aussie.
October 24, 2025 at 4:48 PM
This got my attention in Beijing’s relatively new 大兴国际机场 (Daxing International Airport). The name of this shop wouldn’t pass muster for the average Aussie.
sahistory.org.za/archive/impe...
Somewhat ironic that China now has the belt & road initiative, yet in its history was hardly a colonising force.
Somewhat ironic that China now has the belt & road initiative, yet in its history was hardly a colonising force.
sahistory.org.za
October 21, 2025 at 2:54 PM
sahistory.org.za/archive/impe...
Somewhat ironic that China now has the belt & road initiative, yet in its history was hardly a colonising force.
Somewhat ironic that China now has the belt & road initiative, yet in its history was hardly a colonising force.
When you ride a modern high speed train in China, a train travelling at 300 klm/hr feels like it’s moving at a leisurely 100 klm/hr - unless it passes you at the station at that speed - then it feels like an F1-11 passing you at close range.
October 21, 2025 at 2:26 PM
When you ride a modern high speed train in China, a train travelling at 300 klm/hr feels like it’s moving at a leisurely 100 klm/hr - unless it passes you at the station at that speed - then it feels like an F1-11 passing you at close range.