facthunter Posted March 19 Posted March 19 (edited) I don't think it's any the worse for that Incidentally. I haven't been able to get onto this site till Just now and Microsoft tell me to dispose of my PC after October. Not good. Nev Edited March 19 by facthunter 1
Litespeed Posted March 19 Posted March 19 Hence the lack of good Aussie beer been available. All our beers get bought out as soon as they succeed,neither to kill or capture the market. How is it sensible my favourite beer Peroni red is $52 a case fully imported from Italy and the Peroni white is brewed local and is $66 a case? Both marketed in Aus by Asahi but vastly different in price. $14 more and it did not travel half the globe to get to me. Our Beer market has become duopolistic. Yet another example of market failure allowed by the ACCC and IRB. 1
Litespeed Posted March 19 Posted March 19 14 minutes ago, facthunter said: I don't think it's any the worse for that Incidentally. I haven't been able to get onto this site till Just now and Microsoft tell me to dispose of my PC after October. Not good. Nev True Most still tastes like dishwater, catspiss or XXXX. But are bloody expensive compared to quality imports. 1
facthunter Posted March 19 Posted March 19 I don't drink It and don't know what Cat's or Camels Piss tastes like. Nev 1
Litespeed Posted March 19 Posted March 19 6 minutes ago, facthunter said: I don't drink It and don't know what Cat's or Camels Piss tastes like. Nev I always knew you were a clever bloke. To get back on subject, at least the Asahi brands send the profits to Japan not the USA. 1 1
Litespeed Posted March 19 Posted March 19 24 minutes ago, facthunter said: Don't but a chevy SuBourbon. I like Caterpillars. Nev I prefer Butterflies 1
Marty_d Posted March 19 Posted March 19 1 hour ago, facthunter said: I don't think it's any the worse for that Incidentally. I haven't been able to get onto this site till Just now and Microsoft tell me to dispose of my PC after October. Not good. Nev I think there's been a bit of a problem with both this site and Social Australia for half the day, I don't think it's yours. And ignore Microsoft. 1
Jerry_Atrick Posted March 19 Posted March 19 (edited) For the record, the shares are in the village pub, which is a community pub - not really for profit and owned for the benefit of the community. I am off to the AGM tonight to cause a little raukus (manbe aukus), because it is currently seemingly being run for the benefit of the more snobby part of the village and they are now losing money. Sadly, the beers on tap have been changed and are not exactly what I would call good, let alone great. Not too far from us (about 2 miles) is the Quantock brewery which does sell quite good ales, bitters, and porters. Also on Thursday eves, the pizza van turns up.. not cheap, but they manage to pack a carpark of drinkers and eaters in an industrial estate! Link to the community pub: The New Inn Halse - New Inn, Halse, Taunton, Somerset WWW.NEWINNHALSE.COM Welcome to the New Inn, our 18th-century community owned coaching inn offering Restaurant, Bar and Cafe service. We also have five... Edited March 19 by Jerry_Atrick 1
red750 Posted March 19 Posted March 19 Both sites were down most of the day. I've only just got on after trying almost all day. I even sent an email to Ian. I thought he may have been transferring the files, and wondered if we required an '.au' URL. 1
onetrack Posted March 19 Posted March 19 I actually got some work done, when the sites were down all day! 😄 3
Jerry_Atrick Posted March 19 Posted March 19 Same here, but I don't call the time a waste... well.. not totally 😉 1 1
Bernie Posted March 19 Posted March 19 I only come to this site early mornings...read what's new...then that's it till the next morning... I don't often post... Bernie. 1 1
skippydiesel Posted Wednesday at 09:59 PM Posted Wednesday at 09:59 PM Back to political commentary: The rise of Trump and all similar totalitarian leaning ratbags, is what happens when the electorate/people become desperate for change, after decades of miss rule by successive governments. I hope our selectively deaf political parties take note.😈 1 2 1
coljones Posted Wednesday at 10:20 PM Posted Wednesday at 10:20 PM 17 minutes ago, skippydiesel said: Back to political commentary: The rise of Trump and all similar totalitarian leaning ratbags, is what happens when the electorate/people become desperate for change, after decades of miss rule by successive governments. I hope our selectively deaf political parties take note.😈 I'm not sure that there was much misrule in the states except that there appears to be a large chunk of the USA who hate dark people and women. 1 1
Admin Posted Wednesday at 10:47 PM Author Posted Wednesday at 10:47 PM Sorry about the sites outage yesterday but I made a mistake, I didn't purchase enough server control panel licenses, hey I am turning 66 in a couple of months so I am allowed to make mistakes, the old brain isn't what it use to be. Anyway the sites should start to be moved this evening AEDT(Thur 20th). 5 1 1
facthunter Posted Wednesday at 11:24 PM Posted Wednesday at 11:24 PM Hell are you THAT Young? We'll put it down to "Youthful Exuberance". Nev 2 3
Admin Posted Wednesday at 11:29 PM Author Posted Wednesday at 11:29 PM I think this thread may have proven a point in that perhaps Recreational flying and Social Australia can coexist if done properly 4 1
skippydiesel Posted Thursday at 12:29 AM Posted Thursday at 12:29 AM 1 hour ago, coljones said: I'm not sure that there was much misrule in the states except that there appears to be a large chunk of the USA who hate dark people and women. Surely you jest ? An ever widening gulf between the haves & have nots is a recipe for disaster. At some point the proletariat will rebel. Some symptoms of this are ; Failure to appropriately tax the rich - further exacerbating the gulf Systemic corruption - a feature of all societies & systems however when it become entrenched/enshrined things have gone very bad indeed Allied to above; The rise & rise of the subcontractor/consultants/ government funded but private service providers - horrifically expensive, subject to criminal influence Have free or at least very cheap, universal health service, which covers ALL aspects of health ie optometry, dentistry, medicine The same for education, primary through to university level Failure to appropriately invest in national services, like road & transport systems, power & water The last three are demonstrably in the best interests of the nation as a whole, being an investment in the populations current & future well-being and competitiveness. The USA is the most extreme example of the "user pay" philosophy - a disaster for the poor & the not so rich and ultimately society/economy as a whole. User pay carefully implemented with an understanding of synergistic effect and future investment, is quite a good idea but when blindly applied to almost every service, becomes a slowly unfolding disaster, that may take several generations to play out. The rise & rise of the far right and with it the allied symptoms of racial, religious, minority intolerance, is but an expression of the populations feelings of hopelessness. The failure of US (& our) politicians, of all stripes, to address this is what leads to the rise of totalitarian (often religiously allied) leaning regimes (Trump, Erdogan, Netanyahu, Modi , Putin, Khemani, al-Houthi, etc, etc)😈 3 1
facthunter Posted Thursday at 12:42 AM Posted Thursday at 12:42 AM The Current STATE of the USA should concern all THINKING people. Nev 1
kgwilson Posted Thursday at 12:49 AM Posted Thursday at 12:49 AM 16 minutes ago, skippydiesel said: Surely you jest ? An ever widening gulf between the haves & have nots is a recipe for disaster. At some point the proletariat will rebel. Some symptoms of this are ; Failure to appropriately tax the rich - further exacerbating the gulf Systemic corruption - a feature of all societies & systems however when it become entrenched/enshrined things have gone very bad indeed Allied to above; The rise & rise of the subcontractor/consultants/ government funded but private service providers - horrifically expensive, subject to criminal influence Have free or at least very cheap, universal health service, which covers ALL aspects of health ie optometry, dentistry, medicine The same for education, primary through to university level Failure to appropriately invest in national services, like road & transport systems, power & water The last three are demonstrably in the best interests of the nation as a whole, being an investment in the populations current & future well-being and competitiveness. The USA is the most extreme example of the "user pay" philosophy - a disaster for the poor & the not so rich and ultimately society/economy as a whole. User pay carefully implemented with an understanding of synergistic effect and future investment, is quite a good idea but when blindly applied to almost every service, becomes a slowly unfolding disaster, that may take several generations to play out. The rise & rise of the far right and with it the allied symptoms of racial, religious, minority intolerance, is but an expression of the populations feelings of hopelessness. The failure of US (& our) politicians, of all stripes, to address this is what leads to the rise of totalitarian (often religiously allied) leaning regimes (Trump, Erdogan, Netanyahu, Modi , Putin, Khemani, al-Houthi, etc, etc)😈 I don't understand your 4th symptom. The US has very poor healthcare, in fact virtually none with a totally inadequate safety net for the poor. It is user pays or have health insurance at exhorbitant cost that only the wealthy can afford. 2
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