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The biggest is the Australian Football League Grand Final - anal... moreThe biggest is the Australian Football League Grand Final - analogous to your Super Bowl, but our footballers play a much faster game and don't wear armour like a bunch of pansies.It hasn't been cancelled yet, but it seems certain that if it does go ahead it won't be at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, where it has been held for 100 years, due to Victoria being locked down. Three alternative venues are being considered, none with the capacity of the MCG but in cities that are relatively COVID free - the Adelaide Oval, the Woolloongabba Ground in Brisbane or Optus Stadium in Perth. less
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About 35% of all vehicles in the world are built with right-hand... moreAbout 35% of all vehicles in the world are built with right-hand drive. And are driven in British Commonwealth countries. Canada is the only exception. I've explained one reason why in another thread.
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That's precisely what happened to Mars. It's solid, so it has no... moreThat's precisely what happened to Mars. It's solid, so it has no magnetic field to protect its atmosphere from being stripped by the solar wind.
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This four pic montage:
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Baby wolf doing his first awoo.
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I don't swim distance. I could crawl 1500 metres back in the day... moreI don't swim distance. I could crawl 1500 metres back in the day, now I only hit the water to cool off. Adelaide doesn't have waves worth riding, so I don't swim out to the breakers any more - there aren't any.
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I don't blow dry, I keep the hair on top of my head relatively s... moreI don't blow dry, I keep the hair on top of my head relatively short and you can't really blow dry a beard. I was listening to Todd Rundgren this morning. Not one particular song, the whole A Wizard, a True Star album.
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Keep the ones that have a "reread" aura about them. There's also... moreKeep the ones that have a "reread" aura about them. There's also a swap library at our local mall - you donate a book and pick up another. That's popular.
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UK and her former colonies, "The Empire upon which the Sun never... moreUK and her former colonies, "The Empire upon which the Sun never sets". Canada is one of the few that doesn't. https://www.worldstandards.eu/cars/list-of-left-driving-countries/
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It's fusion. An "oxygen-rich" stellar core is mostly carbon, but... moreIt's fusion. An "oxygen-rich" stellar core is mostly carbon, but retains sufficient energy and mass to continue to fuse and transmute heavy nuclei into still heavier elements - mainly iron, hence the "Fe core collapse" in the next stage on the diagram.
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Continental Europe does it your way too - I read somewhere it ha... moreContinental Europe does it your way too - I read somewhere it had to do with how horses were driven in France and the US as opposed to how started in Britain. British knights rode on the left so as to keep their sword arm free. American and European teamsters drove wagons with no seats - so they sat on the left rear horse so they could lash the team with the right hand. As a result, they kept to the right hand side of the road so passing traffic could be seen. Most folks are right-handed.
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Taking a nap.
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A lot of the seventies Britcoms, where much of the humour was ba... moreA lot of the seventies Britcoms, where much of the humour was based on ethnic stereotypes. Mind Your Language in particular.
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Other than a daily temperature check, no.
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C. And mild at that. "B*gger" and "Bl**dy" are the only ones I c... moreC. And mild at that. "B*gger" and "Bl**dy" are the only ones I can recall them uttering.
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Can't sing. Can't play guitar. Sucked harder than he blew on the... moreCan't sing. Can't play guitar. Sucked harder than he blew on the harmonica, and only an average composer.Bob Dylan is, however, the greatest lyricist in history, living or dead. How many songwriters have a Nobel laureate in literature? Every cover of a Dylan song sounds better than the original, but if the original hadn't been done, the cover couldn't have been. He got away with sounding so bad because the lyrics mattered. Lennon and Springsteen occasionally got close, but Dylan is the king of lyrics.
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The pies have different prices on each island, too. A slice of p... moreThe pies have different prices on each island, too. A slice of pie in Kingston is $2.20, in Port-of-Spain the same slice is $3.25, while in Nassau it's a whopping $5.50.These are the pie rates of the Caribbean.
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I wasn't one of the "cool kids". Nerds don't get asked.
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A priest, a rabbit and a minister walk into a blood bank. The ra... moreA priest, a rabbit and a minister walk into a blood bank. The rabbit says, "I'm a type O".
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Stu. Randy sometimes does in on purpose.
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I keep forgetting America isn't metric yet. 500 metres. 550 yards.
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A lot depends on how carefully the now-independent former Soviet... moreA lot depends on how carefully the now-independent former Soviet nations guard the leftover Cold War ordnance. If a non-state operator gets hold of one, it likely won't be a country at all, but a terrorist organisation. Failing that, most likely NK or the good ole USA. A squirrel tripped a wire that almost started WW3 in the 1960s, the glitch was discovered just in time.
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The best thing Biden could do is to win the election, then drop ... moreThe best thing Biden could do is to win the election, then drop dead a week after his inauguration.
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Truman annihilated Hiroshima and Nagasaki for no other reason th... moreTruman annihilated Hiroshima and Nagasaki for no other reason than to make the Japanese holler "uncle" before the Russians got there. Per the Potsdam agreement, Stalin had agreed that the Soviet Union would enter the Pacific theatre on August 15th, 1945. Japan was already on the skids, Hirohito was simply holding out for one condition (which the US would have granted, ie constitutional monarchy - the alternative may well have been a Japanese SSR, something the US was eager to avoid at all costs). The dropping of the bomb was simply an elaborate way of flipping the bird to the Commies (and reneging on the agreement). less
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Covering their a$$es. One of those germs could have been working... moreCovering their a$$es. One of those germs could have been working out and be strong enough to survive it.
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My God, did Oasis do a cover of that? That gives me yet another ... moreMy God, did Oasis do a cover of that? That gives me yet another reason to hate that arrogant toerag, Liam Gallagher.
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I'm more inclined to be a Socratic gadfly.
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Feed you Vegemite - that way you'll spend a lot of time in the bathroom.
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Find a penny, pick it upAnd all the day you'll have a penny.
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I'd believe you. If you said you don't care about AMERICAN gramm... moreI'd believe you. If you said you don't care about AMERICAN grammar, on the other hand ...
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Putting a flammable material right next door to a fireworks fact... morePutting a flammable material right next door to a fireworks factory, and then having some character welding a metal door right next to it - it was a disaster waiting to happen.With proper storage, failsafes and no potential ignition source, it's relatively safe.
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You actually get more radioactivity from eating one banana than ... moreYou actually get more radioactivity from eating one banana than you do living 500m from a nuclear power plant for a year. Chernobyl and 3MI were the result of poor design and inadequate safeguards, Fukushima was built in an active earthquake zone. Having them in California is probably a bad idea, tbh.
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If you're in a pig race and it's coming at you, you're not going... moreIf you're in a pig race and it's coming at you, you're not going to get a chance to shoot it behind the ear. Head on, you need a big weapon - again not a military rifle, but a high-powered hunting rifle. With a small magazine possibly, but half a dozen is plenty.High capacity magazines should absolutely not be allowed outside of the military. High-powered hunting weapons should require registration and licensing, to keep them out of the hands of folks who have no need for them and no idea how to handle them properly. A handgun with four in the clip is plenty for defense, and usually unnecessary - there are oodles of nonlethal forms of defense. less
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Environmental rapist Palmer did indeed stockpile quite a lot of ... moreEnvironmental rapist Palmer did indeed stockpile quite a lot of it, hoping to redeem himself in the eyes of Australia. Failed dismally, and Hunt also backed down in the face of opposition from the AMA. It wasn't used. The TGA (analogous to your FDA, except that the Therapeutic Goods Authority doesn't regulate foods, but does regulate medical equipment as well as drugs) withdrew its approval for use in treating COVID-19 after peer-reviewed clinical trials demonstrated its ineffectiveness, as well as inducing serious harmful side-effects in several test subjects.The curve actually flattened due to stringent distancing and lockdown measures - and the state of Victoria has locked down again due to too many idiots not taking it seriously, inducing a second wave. less
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Apart from one Canuck ancestor, what do I have to do with Canada... moreApart from one Canuck ancestor, what do I have to do with Canada? Do I have to smile and give you a Vegemite sandwich? (I'm not 6 foot 4, though).
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We DIDN'T use that dangerous drug, it's use is strictly controll... moreWe DIDN'T use that dangerous drug, it's use is strictly controlled and has now been banned in the treatment of COVID-19 after numerous clinical studies proved it to be ineffective. I live here and three of my closest friends are nurses. Get your information from somebody other than Murdererdoch for a change.
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BeingDeignEightEitherFeignFeintFreightForeignHeightNeighNeighbou... moreBeingDeignEightEitherFeignFeintFreightForeignHeightNeighNeighbourNeitherProtein ReignReinSleighSkein TheirWeighWeirWeird And that list isn't exhaustive. The only rule in English is "every rule has exceptions". What else can you expect from a hybrid language? (Basically Teutonic but with admixture from absolutely everywhere).
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That rule doesn't carry much weight. Sounds foreign to me.
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I passed classes about the past, yes.
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Truman destroyed 2 cities solely to keep the Soviet Union out of... moreTruman destroyed 2 cities solely to keep the Soviet Union out of the Pacific theatre, in violation of the Potsdam agreement. Stalin had agreed to invade Japan from the west on August 15. Truman annihilated Hiroshima and Nagasaki for no other reason than to make Hirohito holler "uncle" before the Russians got there.
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Mum was perfect.Dad played favourites and I wasn't it.
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Other countries, utter bulldust. Australia has had 247 deaths in... moreOther countries, utter bulldust. Australia has had 247 deaths in a population of 25 million. Colorado has had 1850 deaths in a population of 5.8 million.
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Both are about soldiers and soldiering - with your military back... moreBoth are about soldiers and soldiering - with your military background, you would know those. Most wouldn't.
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If it's on Godot's door, it doesn't mean anything at all.
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Sorry.
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A Trump rally sound like one of Hitler's. Oh wait ...
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Probably some guy saying "Ecky ecky ecky fertang zoom boing" wou... moreProbably some guy saying "Ecky ecky ecky fertang zoom boing" would hack you to death with a herring. Or impale you on a shrubbery.
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