mike carey

The ABC's usual financial market guy had this to say on Sunday night's news bulletin. It's about the Australian market, but it provides some interesting potted analysis.

No shit. (No, I'm not saying that is the difference!)

It wasn't just one new user, there was a succession of them, and we had an interesting time dealing with them. You can interpret 'interesting' in any way you like. Thanks for the vote of appreciation, we all appreciate that. With a little bit of luck, the new measure will reduce the chance Season 2 (actually more like Season 5 but I haven't been counting).

In this case, 'Aussies do Sport Differently' is a mark of being behind the curve, of something happening in one sport that had already happened in many others. We've had Ian Roberts in the 1990s, a bruising rugby league player who looked more like a bouncer even than many of his on-field contemporaries, recently Josh Cavallo who's been mentioned here. But for top level AFL, the national level league, not the sport as a whole, there had never been a gay or bi [male] player, not even one in retirement. Prompted by yet another player being suspended for making homophobic comments on field, the sixth in two years, a retired player finally has announced that he is bi. Mitch Brown coming out is an opportunity for AFL to ‘shift culture’ on homophobia, Darcy Moore says | AFL | The Guardian WWW.THEGUARDIAN.COM Players’ Association president and Collingwood captain applauds Brown as ‘tremendously courageous’ In other threads we've lamented (or in some cases questioned) the need or purpose of people making public announcements about themselves. What the president of the AFLPA says, not as one of 'us', whatever 'us' means, makes the case that there is still not just value but also the need for people to say who they are. It's said you can't be what you can't see, and that's only partly true, but if you can see someone 'like you' doing something you want to do for yourself, it can be the difference between believing that you can as well, and not.

I was exaggerating for effect!

I live 12,000km away and I know that you can walk from Edmonton to Calgary in less time than it takes to fly from either to Ottawa.

As you know, @FrankR, feedback here is what makes the site what it is. Calm and considered works every time. Reasonable people respect each others' opinions and we all learn, Not every lid fits every pot. Vive la différence!

Hey it's worth a try, and so far it's working. Yes, it may die, but not because it sucks, but because people always move on. We've had 'Random' threads in the past, they've worked until they didn't.

I suspect many characteristics that providers describe or list in their ads are not relevant to their ability to massage or suck dicks.

Fried rice / paella fusion! I recall havig fried rice in Hawai'i that had Portuguese sausage and some sort of chilli in it, and that was a reflection of the melting pot that that Pacific nation state is.

At least it wasn't a Trabant.

The greater risk is in not being prepared and taking the precautions to protect yourself, not in whether to trust your partner.

It can mean anything, what you suggested or something else. It could mean they want to discuss it rather than just present an answer. It can also mean that they want to have a serious discussion about themselves and you, what you expect and why, and do you understand the implication of whatever your initial preferences are. Even to tell you that the choices you make are about what affects your health, not what they offer, or do or don't do in their professional or private life. Or anything else.

Haha, that's not the image in your head. I've met you and that's a photo of you!

Facetime???

Public flirting? Again? Grin But to be serious for a moment more than I ever have been, anyone who can cook knew what you meant. We've all had that horrible realisation when what was supposed to be soup ends up being able to stand up by itself on a plate or on some toast, or when too much water turns the rice into a paste. Even if it is dried prawn flavoured paste.

Fair comment, but the potential in an ad, and the delivery are separate. Just as low expectations can be exceeded, great promise can end up with delivery that doesn't match it. I make no comment on the match between the two in this case.

No, it doesn't, and sometimes that 'first impression', isn't all that counts. Sometimes people will still open the ad, see that the name was a pun and not just see it as a name turned into a small crudity, but as a sign of a wit, an intelligence, even a depth that makes the escort more attractive, as someone who will engage on more than one level. Not every client wants that, but some value it.

Deep cleaning. Hmmm.

Disease names don't always accurately describe them, but we learn to live with them. In this case, as noted, sloths aren't the only animal affected, and midges are a vector (like mosquitos for other viruses), so neither is entirely accurate. Mpox was so-named for a variety of reasons, among them the tenuous links to monkeys, so moving on from the link to sloths is possible but not certain. If it does change, it will not be a US entity that changes it but the WHO.

Ladies and Gentlemen, there is a serious topic here, and both the nature of the disease and its name are serious topics. We don't need to veer into fanciful names or reasons to change it, there is enough to discuss while staying on topic. We've removed a few posts that went too far. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Literally.

I hear what @BSR is saying. To me a little shrimp paste, also known as blacan in Malay, is good, anything more is far too much. It overpowers and has an incredible pungency that I find unpleasant. But to me that's similar to Vietnamese fish sauce, Worcestershire sauce and even anchovies (although for me anchovy fillets make a pizza), add a little to all sorts of dishes and it adds so much [good] to them. Dried shrimp would be a bit different, perhaps too big to blend into a dish and probably too strong to be the main event, but you can solve that by grinding them in a mortar and pestle. This article may help. Blachan: Transform Your Cooking with Intense Flavour KOOKSSECRETS.COM Discover the unique taste of Blachan, the pungent shrimp paste that transforms dishes with its intense flavour. But the thing is, whether you use them now or it takes 100 years to use what you have, they'll still be the same,

You've given yourself quite some latitude in you response.

Fact not factoid, if you travel due south from Detroit, the first other country you reach is Canada. (Windsor, to be precise.)