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Afternoon all,
Was a foggy morning in Melbourne town today. The windows had also fogged up. It was our first proper Winter type morning. It was also on the chilly side so while I was waiting for the outside to warm up, had the heater on. The sun finally made an appearance around 11am. Got outside to mow the nature strip and the front lawn. That heavy dew made everything stick to underside of the mower and the boots. Wouldn't normally do the mowing on those heavy due mornings but next week looks like rain again. Was supposed to be a dry day yesterday but in my area we got that light drizzle which is just annoying enough to get you wet if you're out in it for long periods. Watched the guys across the road doing the work on that property. They did not look happy to be out in the cold and the wet. More work in the garden tomorrow to dress the various parts of the garden. I find that sugar mulch looks better. The birds still scratch thru it but not as annoying to clean up as that bark.
Got the carpets cleaned last week and am very happy with the results. The technician that did the job was impressed with the carpet and where I saw issues he didn't. Decided to get the carpets dry cleaned to see the difference compared to the normal method and it not only took less time, but the drying time was much quicker. The tech said that the wool carpet I have is much better than the modern carpets used in new homes. The new carpets don't last as long so need to be replaced more often. The carpet I have came with the house and I've been here nearly 26yrs. Not sure how old the carpet is but it looks like new now. Getting the carpets cleaned was not on my original list of things to do to sell up, but now I'm glad I did it. It cost a bit more than the bottle of single malt scotch I normally buy, so not expensive for me, but was annoyed about paying the surcharge on the credit card given they don't take cash. Surcharges on credit cards are due to end in October so too late for my payments. Need to pay the rego in the next couple of weeks. I pay that with cash due to the credit car surcharge. No surcharge on the credit payment for the car insurance but there is on the rego. How the fuck does that make sense?
Well Rump pulled out of that tower he was going to build on the Gold Coast. It's one of the few things Rump has pulled out of over his life. There was lots of opposition to it by locals. The petition against it got over 130,000 signatures but that isn't the thing that killed it, it was the financial side where Rump wanted more and not willing to pay for the extras. He essentially wanted the tower gifted to him since the Aussie developer was putting in most of the money for the build. He wanted to put his name on a building that would essentially be paid for by someone else. His son Eric was just the mouth piece. Rump was still in charge but not for tax purposes. He doesn't share power with anyone let alone one of his kids. Rump wishes Jared was his son.
The Feds have finally pulled the trigger on White Nationalist organizations. It's now a crime to belong to one of these organizations with jail time of up to 15yrs if convicted of belonging to a White Nationalist organization. It's about fucking time this happened. All those dudes will now be trying to cover up their Nazi ink, changing their SS tatts to proper lighting bolts and claiming Hitler is the name of their dog that died. It now gives the cops a valid reason to arrest these guys and I'm sure there will be a task force to go after White Nationalists just like there are task forces to go after bikie gangs. No doubt these guys will try to go underground but social media is how they communicate with each other and they love to post stuff on-line to show how tough they are which is their weakness. Cops will be watching for that stuff. This move against White Nationalist is a positive move in society.
So Angus in his reply to the budget has put out new policies to tie migration to the number of houses built in a given year, but that is a circular argument because builders need to forecast how many houses they will build in a given year. That can only happen based on the forecasted population, otherwise you get into the dilemma China has now which is lots of unoccupied apartment buildings that are just ghost towns with no buyers. So if a builder doesn't have enough people to buy their homes, they will build less homes. It's not about the numbers but who can afford to buy a home. To think that having a smaller pool of potential buyers will make housing affordable is stupid. Builders don't give a fuck who buys their homes, they want the most money they can get for the property. They don't care if the buyer is an Aussie or an OS investor or a resident. Being an Aussie citizen is not and never has been a qualifier to buy an Aussie property. You just need the dollars.
The tax indexation thing isn't going to work due the escalating cost of that over the decade. Little Johnny tried that and had to ditch it due to cost to the budget. Angus hasn't costed any of his new policies and his only response is to cut welfare to Aussie residents. There are a number of countries that don't allow anyone renouncing their citizenship to keep any of the money they have in that country. In fact if you immigrate from those countries to Australia, you lose all your money and property in that country. They don't allow any of the money to leave the country. They also do not allow dual citizenship. Australia is very generous when it comes to that stuff. Lots of Greeks have taken the advantage of retiring back to Greece but getting a pension from Australia and have property and money in Australia. The two countries quoted namely China and India don't allow this. Angus is once again going after people from countries in Asia as well as Muslims in his previous policies about banning people. These policies from the Libs is aimed at only allowing white Christians into the country. The Libs, Nats and One Nation are not talking about the huge numbers of people from the UK year after year for many decades that have immigrated to Australia to take Aussie jobs, buying Aussie homes and taking up space in the rental market. These political parties only focus on non-white immigrants when they talk about immigrants. Even on-line forums and those TV hosted forums only talk about people from Asia or the M.E. that are immigrating to Australia. Nobody is talking about the huge numbers of immigrants from the UK we allow into Australia. Those immigrants are ok apparently. It's like they are invisible even though there are thousands of them immigrating to Australia each year. So why are we not talking about the poms immigrating to Australia? Could it be that these immigrant discussions are based on racism? Racism here in Australia. We could never be racist right. So if we want to have a proper debate about immigration then let's include all immigrants even the white ones, otherwise this is just waffle that fills a news cycle that sows division to pit one part of society against another, then of course you have social media that is just a toxic space whose only intent is to create drama to get clicks and advertising dollars.
America has shown once again they will not come to the rescue of any country unless you give Rump a bribe. Australia is paying a huge bribe to the US with that AUKUS thing. We are propping up the US submarine industry with on guarantee of our submarines. Rump if a fan boy of dictators. He was like a little puppy dog around Poo Bear. At one point it looked like he was going to give Poo Bear a blowjob. He bowed so low he nearly touched Poo Bear's waistline. Poo Bear and Poo-tin know Rump is a pussy which makes America a pussy when it comes to China and Russia. Rump would love to run America the same way. People in America have rights which is just in Rump's way. Now he is openly committing fraud by taking himself to court then settling his own case and awarding himself over $1 billion US dollars. Then the DOJ jumped in and made a ruling which doesn't allow Rump to be prosecuted for fraud in this case. Rump has openly committed fraud and the DOJ just went along with it. This shit shows how far down the S bend America has gone. It is a joke of a country now.
The Japanese Maple in my front yard is showing more Autumn colour. All the leaves are now an organgey red colour. I still have roses that are blooming and new ones just opening up in the both the front and back gardens. Given the cooler weather I'm surprised the rose creeper in the backyard and the rose bush in the driveway have continued to bloom thru the cold spell. With the rain we had this week I was mainly inside. Replaced a few more things to make things pretty. Functionally they didn't need replacing but they looked old. Now that I've put most things away in cupboards or in the garage I have to remember where I put stuff. They are not in their normal places so sometimes it takes a couple of tries to find stuff again.
Not sure why we continue to participate in Eurovision given we will never be allowed to win it. The Europeans will never allow Australia to win their song contest. It is a song contest based on politics. It's not based on the best talent so it's not an open song contest. The money we spend on participating in this song contest would be better spent on our Olympians including our disabled athletes. We can still watch Eurovision but our participation is a complete waste of money and time. There is more chance of an Aussie winning the F1 championship than Eurovision.
Hope the weekend is good for you.
Was a foggy morning in Melbourne town today. The windows had also fogged up. It was our first proper Winter type morning. It was also on the chilly side so while I was waiting for the outside to warm up, had the heater on. The sun finally made an appearance around 11am. Got outside to mow the nature strip and the front lawn. That heavy dew made everything stick to underside of the mower and the boots. Wouldn't normally do the mowing on those heavy due mornings but next week looks like rain again. Was supposed to be a dry day yesterday but in my area we got that light drizzle which is just annoying enough to get you wet if you're out in it for long periods. Watched the guys across the road doing the work on that property. They did not look happy to be out in the cold and the wet. More work in the garden tomorrow to dress the various parts of the garden. I find that sugar mulch looks better. The birds still scratch thru it but not as annoying to clean up as that bark.
Got the carpets cleaned last week and am very happy with the results. The technician that did the job was impressed with the carpet and where I saw issues he didn't. Decided to get the carpets dry cleaned to see the difference compared to the normal method and it not only took less time, but the drying time was much quicker. The tech said that the wool carpet I have is much better than the modern carpets used in new homes. The new carpets don't last as long so need to be replaced more often. The carpet I have came with the house and I've been here nearly 26yrs. Not sure how old the carpet is but it looks like new now. Getting the carpets cleaned was not on my original list of things to do to sell up, but now I'm glad I did it. It cost a bit more than the bottle of single malt scotch I normally buy, so not expensive for me, but was annoyed about paying the surcharge on the credit card given they don't take cash. Surcharges on credit cards are due to end in October so too late for my payments. Need to pay the rego in the next couple of weeks. I pay that with cash due to the credit car surcharge. No surcharge on the credit payment for the car insurance but there is on the rego. How the fuck does that make sense?
Well Rump pulled out of that tower he was going to build on the Gold Coast. It's one of the few things Rump has pulled out of over his life. There was lots of opposition to it by locals. The petition against it got over 130,000 signatures but that isn't the thing that killed it, it was the financial side where Rump wanted more and not willing to pay for the extras. He essentially wanted the tower gifted to him since the Aussie developer was putting in most of the money for the build. He wanted to put his name on a building that would essentially be paid for by someone else. His son Eric was just the mouth piece. Rump was still in charge but not for tax purposes. He doesn't share power with anyone let alone one of his kids. Rump wishes Jared was his son.
The Feds have finally pulled the trigger on White Nationalist organizations. It's now a crime to belong to one of these organizations with jail time of up to 15yrs if convicted of belonging to a White Nationalist organization. It's about fucking time this happened. All those dudes will now be trying to cover up their Nazi ink, changing their SS tatts to proper lighting bolts and claiming Hitler is the name of their dog that died. It now gives the cops a valid reason to arrest these guys and I'm sure there will be a task force to go after White Nationalists just like there are task forces to go after bikie gangs. No doubt these guys will try to go underground but social media is how they communicate with each other and they love to post stuff on-line to show how tough they are which is their weakness. Cops will be watching for that stuff. This move against White Nationalist is a positive move in society.
So Angus in his reply to the budget has put out new policies to tie migration to the number of houses built in a given year, but that is a circular argument because builders need to forecast how many houses they will build in a given year. That can only happen based on the forecasted population, otherwise you get into the dilemma China has now which is lots of unoccupied apartment buildings that are just ghost towns with no buyers. So if a builder doesn't have enough people to buy their homes, they will build less homes. It's not about the numbers but who can afford to buy a home. To think that having a smaller pool of potential buyers will make housing affordable is stupid. Builders don't give a fuck who buys their homes, they want the most money they can get for the property. They don't care if the buyer is an Aussie or an OS investor or a resident. Being an Aussie citizen is not and never has been a qualifier to buy an Aussie property. You just need the dollars.
The tax indexation thing isn't going to work due the escalating cost of that over the decade. Little Johnny tried that and had to ditch it due to cost to the budget. Angus hasn't costed any of his new policies and his only response is to cut welfare to Aussie residents. There are a number of countries that don't allow anyone renouncing their citizenship to keep any of the money they have in that country. In fact if you immigrate from those countries to Australia, you lose all your money and property in that country. They don't allow any of the money to leave the country. They also do not allow dual citizenship. Australia is very generous when it comes to that stuff. Lots of Greeks have taken the advantage of retiring back to Greece but getting a pension from Australia and have property and money in Australia. The two countries quoted namely China and India don't allow this. Angus is once again going after people from countries in Asia as well as Muslims in his previous policies about banning people. These policies from the Libs is aimed at only allowing white Christians into the country. The Libs, Nats and One Nation are not talking about the huge numbers of people from the UK year after year for many decades that have immigrated to Australia to take Aussie jobs, buying Aussie homes and taking up space in the rental market. These political parties only focus on non-white immigrants when they talk about immigrants. Even on-line forums and those TV hosted forums only talk about people from Asia or the M.E. that are immigrating to Australia. Nobody is talking about the huge numbers of immigrants from the UK we allow into Australia. Those immigrants are ok apparently. It's like they are invisible even though there are thousands of them immigrating to Australia each year. So why are we not talking about the poms immigrating to Australia? Could it be that these immigrant discussions are based on racism? Racism here in Australia. We could never be racist right. So if we want to have a proper debate about immigration then let's include all immigrants even the white ones, otherwise this is just waffle that fills a news cycle that sows division to pit one part of society against another, then of course you have social media that is just a toxic space whose only intent is to create drama to get clicks and advertising dollars.
America has shown once again they will not come to the rescue of any country unless you give Rump a bribe. Australia is paying a huge bribe to the US with that AUKUS thing. We are propping up the US submarine industry with on guarantee of our submarines. Rump if a fan boy of dictators. He was like a little puppy dog around Poo Bear. At one point it looked like he was going to give Poo Bear a blowjob. He bowed so low he nearly touched Poo Bear's waistline. Poo Bear and Poo-tin know Rump is a pussy which makes America a pussy when it comes to China and Russia. Rump would love to run America the same way. People in America have rights which is just in Rump's way. Now he is openly committing fraud by taking himself to court then settling his own case and awarding himself over $1 billion US dollars. Then the DOJ jumped in and made a ruling which doesn't allow Rump to be prosecuted for fraud in this case. Rump has openly committed fraud and the DOJ just went along with it. This shit shows how far down the S bend America has gone. It is a joke of a country now.
The Japanese Maple in my front yard is showing more Autumn colour. All the leaves are now an organgey red colour. I still have roses that are blooming and new ones just opening up in the both the front and back gardens. Given the cooler weather I'm surprised the rose creeper in the backyard and the rose bush in the driveway have continued to bloom thru the cold spell. With the rain we had this week I was mainly inside. Replaced a few more things to make things pretty. Functionally they didn't need replacing but they looked old. Now that I've put most things away in cupboards or in the garage I have to remember where I put stuff. They are not in their normal places so sometimes it takes a couple of tries to find stuff again.
Not sure why we continue to participate in Eurovision given we will never be allowed to win it. The Europeans will never allow Australia to win their song contest. It is a song contest based on politics. It's not based on the best talent so it's not an open song contest. The money we spend on participating in this song contest would be better spent on our Olympians including our disabled athletes. We can still watch Eurovision but our participation is a complete waste of money and time. There is more chance of an Aussie winning the F1 championship than Eurovision.
Hope the weekend is good for you.
darkelf9
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Hey Kevin. My goodness you are quick off the trigger. Were you waiting for my post with a cup of tea and a biscuit? What's your favourite biscuit? I like Teddy Bears or a nice shortbread or a Lemon Crisp. You didn't like my story from my youth. It was true. Now don't forget you're the one who suggested I should knock myself out and I was merely pointing out that would difficult for me to do. Where is all that bravado gone? Did you stamp your foot when you posted the above. Need to be careful at your age. You could snap something then you'd have to fly back all the way to Australia for that good healthcare we have. Talk about a long commute. I mean you'd probably get a bulk billed appointment, but Medicare ain't covering that flight back. Seems you now want to play the victim card, but I'm old school. When someone attacks me without a reason, I don't accept the victim card. No soup for you!
I find it funny how you are now trying to play the victim. Do you not read anything you post? Although it is good you are using your own words for a change. I mean you used my words on your posts to create a post, although you did take them out of context, but that is the Kevin in you coming out. Seems you like to play the victim card when you are called out. As a kid did you hit another kid then run to a teacher when that kid hit you back? Seems those old traits continued into your adulthood. You know you have the power to not look at anything I post on this thread given it has just been me posting for long time now. You just have to hit that Unwatch button, but your ego won't let you right. But I think you actually like it cause it's the only interaction you get all week. I never thought I'd work with the elderly, yet here I am and I didn't need to leave my home. Isn't the internet amazing? I reckon it will really take off one day. See you next week. I told you this would be fun, although your creative writing needs some work. It's sounding very same same.
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