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  1. I should add that here, mortgages are variable, not fixed rate and full recourse, so we can't walk away from a property.
  2. I have always paid them off before the end-date, but I still have a mortgage to enable a line of credit with my bank. (Not sure I need that now.) I am only disappointed that there were no graphs to explain the payment process. (That was a joke.)
  3. Since you have travel and accommodation that can be cancelled at no cost, I wouldn't stress too much now. Travel was still happening yesterday from China to South Korea (the ABC correspondent, ours not yours, did it then), and if that hasn't stopped your arrangements are far less risky. What you might want to research is travel that doesn't involve both Korea and Japan so you only have to worry about one country. So, if Delta has US to Tokyo flights rather than via Seoul, think of changing that. Ultimately, take wide advice, not just us in here. Edited: I was seriously looking at Cathay and JAL to travel for Palm Springs and would still be but for a Qantas deal for bonus elite credit for flights booked now.
  4. This video warrants its place in here, but I had to post it for Cathy Wilcox' caption. [MEDIA=twitter]1231532343002726401[/MEDIA]
  5. Damn it, now I'll have to go to New York.
  6. For the most part they are out or under control, helped by the heaviest rain in 30 years in some places. Many of the burnt areas on the 'Fires Near Me' map maintained by the rural fire service web site have been removed, the south-east corner of NSW is the exception. The remaining fires are at 'Advice', the lowest of three fire alert levels. (The other two are Watch and Act, and Emergency.) https://www.rfs.nsw.gov.au/fire-information/fires-near-me
  7. Big guys tend to know how to manipulate your arse so they can get it in there. Or they should know how.
  8. Ok, I haven't hired him. I have met him though. And. Book him. He is one of the go to guys. But if you aren't sure, ask him to meet up so you can determine if you want to hire. Ace is da man.
  9. [MEDIA=twitter]1230371676350607360[/MEDIA]
  10. 'When you see images of your own life, you realise that your life matters.'
  11. I just looked at an ad that I know had comments and they are still there. (I'm not using a Dutch VPN, I'm outside the US so don't need to.)
  12. I can certainly see that and agree it's a risk. For me, it's hypothetical at the moment, I'm not on the point of booking any flights. Then again, CX doesn't fly any A380s.
  13. HND? Haneda airport? I would still consider flying CX and the transit stop that requires in Hong Kong.
  14. Spoiler alert, if you are a Karen, you may want to choose not to read this thread. [MEDIA=twitter]1228550232431976449[/MEDIA] Then again you might laugh your tits off.
  15. I think they're great. It's what operates the QF SYD-LAX flights and the main choice on SYD/MEL to LAX. I missed the chance to fly on an Emirates A380 (QF ticket) from Christchurch to Sydney last month and ended up on an A330 from Auckland. Who else flies them and where? https://simpleflying.com/airbus-a380-routes-guide/ (Qantas no longer flies to Dubai.)
  16. Holee fcuk! Happy I wasn't on board! [MEDIA=twitter]1228716036117221376[/MEDIA] From the comments, the aircraft exited the runway onto a taxiway although it doesn't look that way in the clip.
  17. I'll go traditional on the accompaniment but a bit radical on the bread. But the ham has to be good. So, ciabatta toast didn't work for me but Turkish bread did, and preferable to an English muffin.
  18. Yup, so much so that 'spaghetti bolognese' has been called our national dish. Blatant cultural appropriation, and any resemblance it might have to any Italian cuisine is purely coincidental.
  19. I suspect that there are guys here, whether they have met you or not, who would make an effort to keep up with your ads anyway, but thanks for posting the details.
  20. An interesting article. A farmer in the UK in 1810 writes about same sex attraction in his journal. https://www.losangelesblade.com/2020/02/13/200-year-old-journal-challenges-notions-about-historical-attitudes-toward-homosexuality/
  21. Yay, a Sandra Boynton allusion!
  22. The only facts the policeman (cute or not) had was that G-man was driving at that time, that the computer indicated that the vehicle was not registered and that the sticker proved otherwise. He has no way of knowing whether the car had been driven while unregistered so couldn't make a judgment on that. I suspect a contributing factor is that police forces in the US are atomised, and by that I mean that there are many of them with sometimes overlapping jurisdiction. This would make it more likely that one particular officer wouldn't have access to the latest data. Here, to register my car I have to get an inspection certificate and pay liability insurance. The computer won't let you register the vehicle until both come through. I have been able to do that within half an hour of completing the other two steps, so I assume that the [single] police force in the state would have access to the latest registration data in about the same time frame. We don't have stickers of any sort now, so I would need the paper certificate (annotated by me with the on-line receipt number) if I were pulled over. If I were to be ticketed, most likely the ticket would be cancelled if I wrote to them quoting the time I paid and the time of the ticket, without going to court.
  23. IIRC safe/BB information isn't displayed if you aren't logged in. I could be wrong on that. I would add that in ads, escorts may show what they will do in an appointment, in the same way that an escort who will bottom for their partner but not for a client might put Top in their ad.
  24. Umm, compared to where?
  25. I was trying to think where best to put this, Grindr Scams came to mind, but in the end it's going here. [MEDIA=twitter]1224511152459259906[/MEDIA]
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