mike carey

I think there is something in that (or it's in there somewhere when one puts on a little weight - extra mass, I should have said), but if it is so, I'm not sure what the conversions factor is. And what are these 'pounds' of which you speak. I should conduct an experiment to see what the rate is between inches and kilograms. It may take rather more time than I have to devote to in.

Leaving aside the minor point that 'democracy' and 'South Vietnam' were in no way related.

One more reason to visit the UK, when I can!

Well, the next variant probably won't be Delta, this guy seems to be very hard to catch.

This article indicates she may have been one of the people who were part of the inspiration for this particular appellation. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-53588201

Happy birthday @Daverwr and @purplekow!

@IronMausis a nice guy!

An oldie but a goodie!

Given recent casting decisions in Dr Who, it can't be too long.

Yep, I received the same e-mail. I'll be double-vaxxed by the time I can travel to the US and from what Qantas is saying I'll have to have the IATA vaccine app to travel. I will also have my Medicare app certification but I'm not sure a foreign certification would be enough. Perhaps the paper Australian Government vaccination card will carry more weight!

Yes, San Jose is where I met him at his home. He certainly seems to be quite the energiser bunny with his various pursuits of late.

The Sunday morning sports panel discussion program on the ABC here often features a snippet of something inspiring or quirky at the end of the show. Last Sunday this was it with images of players walking through a cornfield. MLB succeeded in getting international attention, at least in this one little corner of the world.

I reported a post a few minutes ago that appeared to miss the point of this site, and it's now gone. I suspect that is what caught your attention.

Bon anniversaire to you both.

As I said, I miss @quoththeraven but I also value the contributions made by that salty broad, @tyro and everyone's favourite feline @FreshFluff.

I miss her greatly.

I'd like to hire him, but I note his current rates, so that may reduce the possibility that a meeting would happen. Doesn't mean I don't still want to meet him!

As Arthur Dent, you'll possibly develop a cult following. I just hope your home planet isn't demolished for some bypass.

I've always wanted to be an outlier! On a serious note, I've always found that Australian escorts are rarely discussed unless an estadounidense client has been here or the escort has travelled to North America. So same issue that @sjmuktophas faced. One Aussie who I had my eye on was discussed here from time to time, https://rent.men/JakeXL (he's varied his name on that theme), although he travelled frequently to the UK so that may have been what prompted the interest in here. He's been in the UK for the duration of the current unfortunate situation, so I haven't had the chance to try him for size (and I use the term advisedly!).

Yay, we have a full-time birthday monitor!! Bon anniversaire to our lucky duo!

This afternoon in an interview about the IPCC report, the Liberal (i.e. right wing) NSW Minister for Energy and Environment was asked whether his green tie signified something about his environmental credentials. Of course I immediately thought of @Charlie's comment that I had read yesterday. (For the record, Matt Kean who is 39, seems not to have a partner, although he had a girlfriend in the past.)

I may have misread his comments on the issue, but my impression is not that he disliked them but rather that he came to dislike some of their beliefs or opinions.

Bon anniversaire à tous!

I'm with Benjamin and Jamie on this, although there would be no choice in the matter here. Establishments are required by law to record details of everyone who visits, and that would include places like these. They have to have a QR code linked to the health ministry tracking app. Both establishments and customers can be fined for failure to comply. Establishments have to provide an alternative for people who don't have smart phones. Most places I've been have devices staff use to register you onto the state/territory app, although some have a sign-in sheet. (Even Canberra buses have QR codes on the window at every seat as well as at the door, and will use fare cards to track those who can't scan.) The businesses don't have access to the data on the various apps, and the data is only retained by public health for the length of time it is useful for virus tracking.

Got to Kansas City on a Friday, by Saturday I'd learned a thing or two, for up to then I didn't have an idee of what the modern world was coming to. I counted 20 gas buggies goin' by their self, almost every time I took a walk, then I put my ear to a Bell telephone and a strange woman started in to talk. Everything's up to date in Kansas City.