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by arthwollipot
Tue Feb 28, 2023 11:24 pm
Forum: The Everything Forum
Topic: Mad, Bad, and Sad: Global
Replies: 71
Views: 7644

Re: Mad, Bad, and Sad: Global

My dad is the polar opposite of the principle that people become more conservative as they get older. He's 83 now, spent thirty years in the Army, retiring a Lieutenant Colonel (pronounced in this country "leftenant kernel") in the 80s. He still doesn't understand why I can't get up early ...
by arthwollipot
Tue Feb 28, 2023 4:00 am
Forum: The Everything Forum
Topic: Mad, Bad, and Sad: Global
Replies: 71
Views: 7644

Re: Mad, Bad, and Sad: Global

Yep. Look at us. You and I, on the same page. Who'da thunk?
by arthwollipot
Mon Feb 27, 2023 11:13 pm
Forum: The Everything Forum
Topic: Humor (Subject to opinion)
Replies: 123
Views: 29137

Re: Humor (Subject to opinion)

I could do that.
by arthwollipot
Mon Feb 27, 2023 11:06 pm
Forum: The Everything Forum
Topic: Mad, Bad, and Sad: Global
Replies: 71
Views: 7644

Re: Mad, Bad, and Sad: Global

Part of the problem is that there hasn't been enough jobs. But I think I saw recently that unemployment has recently hit its lowest rate since COVID, or something. I don't really know as it's not something that I keep on top of. Anyway, what I can say for certain is that research has been done into ...
by arthwollipot
Sun Feb 26, 2023 11:55 pm
Forum: The Everything Forum
Topic: Aussie v NZ
Replies: 57
Views: 9237

Re: Aussie v NZ

Yeah, if you're seeing the Greens on the same level as One Nation, you really need to take another look.
by arthwollipot
Sun Feb 26, 2023 11:51 pm
Forum: The Everything Forum
Topic: Mad, Bad, and Sad: Global
Replies: 71
Views: 7644

Re: Mad, Bad, and Sad: Global

Di Wundrin wrote: Sat Feb 25, 2023 5:22 amNot all on the dole are 'bludgers'. But a lot are.
Not really.
by arthwollipot
Sun Feb 26, 2023 11:47 pm
Forum: The Everything Forum
Topic: Reasons Humans Are Doomed
Replies: 63
Views: 23684

Re: Reasons Humans Are Doomed

Di Wundrin wrote: Sat Feb 25, 2023 12:49 amI've wondered why they print warnings like "may contain traces of nuts" on Peanut Butter jars, when anyone that stupid wouldn't have learned to read.
It's because someone once sued someone.
by arthwollipot
Thu Feb 23, 2023 11:22 pm
Forum: The Everything Forum
Topic: Planet America
Replies: 898
Views: 243667

Re: Planet America

That's going to happen to Canberra one day and I'm not looking forward to it.
by arthwollipot
Thu Feb 23, 2023 11:21 pm
Forum: The Everything Forum
Topic: The Religion Thread
Replies: 202
Views: 41148

Re: The Religion Thread

And for those of us who won't give TokTik the time of day?
by arthwollipot
Thu Feb 23, 2023 11:20 pm
Forum: The Everything Forum
Topic: guns 2
Replies: 137
Views: 16772

Re: guns 2

And this is considered "normal".