mike carey

Guilty, chatted with you in PS last year, didn't hire.

That surprises me a little as the shoot-down was significant for Malaysia. But the trial is still in its preliminary stages so, with the political intrigue involving Mahathir and Anwar Ibrahim, it's understandable that the New Straits Times would focus on that.

I apologise for reviving an old thread. The trial has begun in Amsterdam of three Russians and a Ukrainian for shooting down MH17 five and a half years ago. This week, Australian television has had families of some of the victims preparing to go to the Netherlands for the trial and also coverage of the trial and of family members who have travelled there for it. In a different thread I posted a link to an Australian Story episode about one of those families. There were 38 Australians on that aeroplane. and it is still a significant issue here, and there are Australian Federal Police (AFP) officers in Amsterdam for the trial. In 2014 the AFP were on the ground in Ukraine as part of the investigation, and the transport of remains and aircraft wreckage from Kharkiv to the Netherlands was conducted by Royal Netherlands and Royal Australian Air Force aircraft.

It's a false dilemma. Seasonal flu spreads everywhere, this virus hasn't done so [yet]. So the exposure of the whole country to it isn't the same as that of seasonal flu. Also, the flu is mitigated by vaccine and this virus is not, so there is no 'immunity' that will reduce its effect, and hence there is a greater fear factor. The lack of any base-level immunity also means that local coronavirus effects will not be constrained in the way that local effects of influenza would be. We don't yet know what the mortality will be from this virus. It may be less than that of seasonal influenza, but it's too early to say so. It's dangerous, and in Italy the percentage of deaths has been high, In the US, testing is next to non-existent so we don't know the percentage of infections that result in serious disease, or if people have died without being diagnosed with the disease. It may end up being a nothing-burger but it's far too early to say that it is.

Happy birthday, you stud. Have a great day, but get that cardio in.

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Matt is one of the presenters on Radio National's Breafast news program, working from 'home'. Listening to the program, this worked seamlessly. The thread below this is good-natured and at times a bit nerdish. [MEDIA=twitter]1237116035053977601[/MEDIA]

Terrible pun by Ms Crabb. [MEDIA=twitter]1237161396904722432[/MEDIA] In summary Qantas is cutting international services by about 25% from April to September because of reduced forward demand. All services by A380s except SYD_LAX will be operated by smaller aircraft, BNE and MEL-SFO flights will be suspended and SYD-SFO will be operated by the larger B747 rather than B787. Some Singapore services will go from two to one daily flights but will be operated by larger aircraft. Eight of the A380s will be parked, two more will have heavy maintenance and cabin upgrades, leaving two operating. The airline will bring forward maintenance to put the period of reduced operations to good use.

In other news, on 8 March The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy turned 42. That is all.

19 November. (And I know you only asked the question as a cue for a joke, but that was a great post.)

You are such a sweet man. Maybe I'll be back in NYC some day.

I think @Epigonos lives in Orange County or the LA basin. But either way, Aeromexico may be the way to go if United stops flights to Puerto Vallarta.

If they do, go to Tijuana and take a flight on Aeromexico. They won't cancel [probably] and likely cheaper.

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Today, 8 Mar 20, the Women's T20 Cricket World Cup final was held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Australia played India before a crowd of over 86,000 people. The Indian captain's mother and father, who had never seen their daughter play in a professional game, were in at the stadium. It failed to overtake the 1999 USA-China women's FIFA world cup final crowd of over 90,000 at the Rosebowl as the largest ever crowd at a women's event, but was a massive event for women's sport. The signature performer before and after the game was Katy Perry. For the record, Australia won.

Wait! You're not? Well, so much for that idea, I'll just stay in whatever lounge I can get into.

My post looked like that, and that was not what I intended, so I edited it. I was just surprised. I'm a bottom, and two bottoms can have a lot of fun without penetration. If an escort is a bottom I wouldn't rule out hiring them but I would be disinclined to suggest that they change what they do to suit me.

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You surprise me, Victor. Clearly you can do whatever you want, but I didn't expect that. You're always a stud to me.

I'm not into cruises, although I have done an Antarctica one and am open to being convinced. More to the point, I booked flights through DFW and haven't factored in a meeting with @Benjamin_Nicholas. I guess I have to live with my choices.

Tap water, or boiled tap water isn't the same as distilled water, but that's not really the question. The real question is what do you need from the water. If mineral purity is the issue then distilled water may be what is needed, if what is needed is biologically safe water then boiling it may be enough.

I've started watching a young escort here who claims to be straight and offers 'things that your partner won't do'. He specifically talks about seduction of a top into being a bottom and similar scenes. I must say I'm tempted.

Indeed, feigning COVID-19 might not be the smartest idea. All moot points now.

Could do that even if I had checked baggage as you have to collect it to clear customs and then drop it off on a conveyor belt after clearing. I suspect they wouldn't believe the illness story and would cancel the return ticket.

I wasn't sure, thanks for clarifying. I just couldn't resist the temptation to assume you knew the answer and were asking for 'comic effect'.