At the time our government was negotiating the FTA, I worked out that the TLA stood for Fucked in The Arse - and we even had to bring our own vaseline...
VB is not a particularly good beer - but at least it's drinkable (but that's a recent innovation). Cooper's Sparkling Ale _used_ to be good, but they moved out of their old premises, lost the yeast, and fucked up the process (it's still better than VB, though). (Some of the best beer in Adelaide is brewed in my back yard.) Little Creatures from Fremantle make a beautiful pils, but their Pale Ale sucks (because they used Chinook and Cascade hops, which really don't suit the style). All the stuff from Malt Shovel is pretty good (I concede that their chief brewer, Chuck Hahn, is American). Tooheys make some good beers too. So, there's good, and not so good, but it's still better than Coor's. (I don't want to talk about XXXX, but hey! Queensland isn't really part of Australia, it's more like ante-bellum Mississippi... some of the most racist people I've ever met were back-country Queensland coppers.)
A friend of mine, at the height (?) of the Great Military Adventure in Vietnam said, of our PM and America's president of the time, "If Johnson farted, Holt'd eat a yard (meaning a cubic yard) of shit." The more things change, the more they stay the same. Our recent leader of Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition (Mark Lathem) had it right: Howard is an arse-licker. A felcher, if you like.
You're wrong, unfortunately. It's a zero-sum game, because the earth has finite resources. The reason it looks like we're making a profit at no-one's expense is because of fraudulent accounting that doesn't include _all_ the costs.
It was an Australian show. The original ("Towards 2000") was bankrolled by the ABC (sort of like PBS, I think, only it's (poorly) financed by the government), but the show moved to commercial TV when the production company got a better offer than the ABC could afford.
They're not exactly the same thing. In fact the two organisations seem to dislike and distrust each other. I have a book called "Globalization and its Discontents" by Stiglitz, the former chief economist of the World Bank, in which the author blames the IMF for all the bad stuff ("It wasn't us, it was them!"). It's interesting, but its dominant tone is one of self-justification. Still, I think you're right, if Ms Fiorina gets her claws on one, it'll bring the other down as well.
I have a Dyson DC20 which is more than 10 years old and it's still _very_ efficient (the filters are a bit hard to find, though). Maybe their new stuff is crap, but the older ones were very good value.
I agree about the bulk of our beers, however there are some good ones here. Cooper's Sparkling Ale used to be pretty good (until they moved their brewery and turned it into a factory), Toohey's Old is OK, Chuck Hahn's Malt Shovel Brewery produces an excellent range, Little Creatures do a great Pils (although their Pale Ale sucks, imo, mostly because of an unfortunate choice of hops), and there are a few others as well (mostly small). I don't actually know anyone who drinks XXXX, VB or Foster's by choice.
In our climate, beer is better cold (although 4 degrees C is probably too cold).
I remember rods. I think they are somehow related to a perch. I have absolutely no fucking idea what they are, though. (Give me a break, it's been nearly 50 years. Even though it was beaten into me with a stick at the time. Cold gravel, you know the story.) I suspect it's agricultural.
Weird thing about the maps the army used to make at 1 inch to 1 mile scale. This sounds pretty sensible until you look at the representative fraction (1:63360). OTOH, they were very usable maps. Using a scale of 2cm to 1 km (1:50000) seems much more sensible, and just as usable.
Still, if you were in primary school when we changed to metric you certainly are much younger than I am. I was married with a child by then (just). Still got the kid. We changed to metric money when I was at high school (14 Feb 66). Did you know, some people wanted to call the dollar a Royal?
I'm a few years older than you. I still remember the horror of learning long division of pounds, shillings, pence, and of pounds, ounces (stones, hundredweights, tons, chains, furlongs, yards... aaaargh!).
The best things we ever did in Australia (well, OK, I'm exaggerating a bit) were swing over to decimal currency and the metric system. (Actually, the _really_ best thing we did in Australia was work out how to keep the beer cold, but that other stuff is still pretty high on the list.)
They could just define it in terms of the number of molecules in a litre of water (or would that be a bit circular?). Of course, you'd have to be pretty careful about excluding heavy water molecules...
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At the time our government was negotiating the FTA, I worked out that the TLA stood for Fucked in The Arse - and we even had to bring our own vaseline ...
VB is not a particularly good beer - but at least it's drinkable (but that's a recent innovation). Cooper's Sparkling Ale _used_ to be good, but they moved out of their old premises, lost the yeast, and fucked up the process (it's still better than VB, though). (Some of the best beer in Adelaide is brewed in my back yard.) Little Creatures from Fremantle make a beautiful pils, but their Pale Ale sucks (because they used Chinook and Cascade hops, which really don't suit the style). All the stuff from Malt Shovel is pretty good (I concede that their chief brewer, Chuck Hahn, is American). Tooheys make some good beers too. So, there's good, and not so good, but it's still better than Coor's. (I don't want to talk about XXXX, but hey! Queensland isn't really part of Australia, it's more like ante-bellum Mississippi ... some of the most racist people I've ever met were back-country Queensland coppers.)
No, that was the _snow_.
A friend of mine, at the height (?) of the Great Military Adventure in Vietnam said, of our PM and America's president of the time, "If Johnson farted, Holt'd eat a yard (meaning a cubic yard) of shit." The more things change, the more they stay the same. Our recent leader of Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition (Mark Lathem) had it right: Howard is an arse-licker. A felcher, if you like.
Ugg boots are Australian. Get over it.
You're wrong, unfortunately. It's a zero-sum game, because the earth has finite resources. The reason it looks like we're making a profit at no-one's expense is because of fraudulent accounting that doesn't include _all_ the costs.
I don't really think an American is in a position to criticise Australian beer.
Except for Foster's Lager of course, but no-one here drinks that anyway. (The point here being that the Foster brothers were Americans.)
Les Hiddins is still around, I think running some kind of bush retreat for Vietnam veterans. You can get a DVD of the TV series from the ABC I think.
It was an Australian show. The original ("Towards 2000") was bankrolled by the ABC (sort of like PBS, I think, only it's (poorly) financed by the government), but the show moved to commercial TV when the production company got a better offer than the ABC could afford.
I think the fact that he has his own personal pipe organ may be a bit of a tip-off here ...
I also have Asperger's. (Although I'm certainly not a genius, nor do I have a pipe organ. But I'd like one.)
Well ... he qualifies for 1 as well. After all, he _is_ a living god.
They're not exactly the same thing. In fact the two organisations seem to dislike and distrust each other. I have a book called "Globalization and its Discontents" by Stiglitz, the former chief economist of the World Bank, in which the author blames the IMF for all the bad stuff ("It wasn't us, it was them!"). It's interesting, but its dominant tone is one of self-justification. Still, I think you're right, if Ms Fiorina gets her claws on one, it'll bring the other down as well.
I have a Dyson DC20 which is more than 10 years old and it's still _very_ efficient (the filters are a bit hard to find, though). Maybe their new stuff is crap, but the older ones were very good value.
Explain to me how these people have succeeded (except in terms of telling outrageous lies to get re-elected).
My girlfriend assures me that they have "Hello Kitty" washing machines (and other household appliances) in Japan - now _that_ is disturbing.
Yeah, she couldn't happen to a nicer organisation (except maybe the IMF).
I remember the chain (it's the length of a cricket pitch, after all).
It sounds like you had this stuff beaten into you with a stick, too.
I agree about the bulk of our beers, however there are some good ones here. Cooper's Sparkling Ale used to be pretty good (until they moved their brewery and turned it into a factory), Toohey's Old is OK, Chuck Hahn's Malt Shovel Brewery produces an excellent range, Little Creatures do a great Pils (although their Pale Ale sucks, imo, mostly because of an unfortunate choice of hops), and there are a few others as well (mostly small). I don't actually know anyone who drinks XXXX, VB or Foster's by choice.
In our climate, beer is better cold (although 4 degrees C is probably too cold).
I remember rods. I think they are somehow related to a perch. I have absolutely no fucking idea what they are, though. (Give me a break, it's been nearly 50 years. Even though it was beaten into me with a stick at the time. Cold gravel, you know the story.) I suspect it's agricultural.
Yeah, I forgot about guineas.
Weird thing about the maps the army used to make at 1 inch to 1 mile scale. This sounds pretty sensible until you look at the representative fraction (1:63360). OTOH, they were very usable maps. Using a scale of 2cm to 1 km (1:50000) seems much more sensible, and just as usable.
Still, if you were in primary school when we changed to metric you certainly are much younger than I am. I was married with a child by then (just). Still got the kid. We changed to metric money when I was at high school (14 Feb 66). Did you know, some people wanted to call the dollar a Royal?
I think we called them "poundals" when I was a lad. (No, really, I'm not kidding.) Slugs is an engineering thing, isn't it?
I'm a few years older than you. I still remember the horror of learning long division of pounds, shillings, pence, and of pounds, ounces (stones, hundredweights, tons, chains, furlongs, yards ... aaaargh!).
The best things we ever did in Australia (well, OK, I'm exaggerating a bit) were swing over to decimal currency and the metric system. (Actually, the _really_ best thing we did in Australia was work out how to keep the beer cold, but that other stuff is still pretty high on the list.)
You'd have to decide whether your base salami was pepperoni, or csabai, or ...
Speak for youself, pal. I reckon a litre of beer is the perfect amount. However, I concede that it _may_ go flat before you quite finish it.
And the same goes for a kilo of steak.
They could just define it in terms of the number of molecules in a litre of water (or would that be a bit circular?). Of course, you'd have to be pretty careful about excluding heavy water molecules ...