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Robert Heatley Stand / Jim Park Voting AFL Rd 3 2026 Carlton vs Melbourne
Last post by crashlander -
Voting is as usual: you have 15 votes to award pretty much as you will, with the following provisos:
[1] 15 votes in total, no more, no less.
[2] No more than 10 votes for any one player (even Sam Walsh or Patrick Cripps)
[3] Three players at least must get a mention.
[4] A grade for the game, A+ (what I want to see) to F-.
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The Sports Desk / Re: Track and Field
Last post by Lods -
200 metres at the Maurie Plant meet was a replay of last year.
Kennedy leads clearly into the straight  and Gout comes at him late but Kennedy holds on for the win.
Slow time ::) (for them) 20.38 but into a headwind in the rain... it wasn't a bad run.

Can Myers 19 years of age runs 3.30.42. Fastest time ever in Australia.
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Trumpled (Alternative Leading)
Last post by PaulP -
Previous to recent events Thailands fuel prices were pretty much in synch with Australian prices per lt.
Thai daily wage is about 300 baht a day (Aud$13), remind me about our cost of living crisis please…

I don't know much about Thailand, so I can't really comment, but I'd hazard a guess that much like other similar countries, they must try to get by with less, with an attendant lower standard of living.

At any rate, here is the article I mentioned, dated 25th March 2026 :

https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/fuel-excise-tax-australia-explainer/0kc4vxc2m
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Trumpled (Alternative Leading)
Last post by northernblue -
I read an article in the last 2 or 3 days that stated our petrol prices and petrol taxes are among the lowest compared to other countries with similar economies.

Previous to recent events Thailands fuel prices were pretty much in synch with Australian prices per lt.
Thai daily wage is about 300 baht a day (Aud$13), remind me about our cost of living crisis please…
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Trumpled (Alternative Leading)
Last post by PaulP -
I read an article in the last 2 or 3 days that stated our petrol prices and petrol taxes are among the lowest compared to other countries with similar economies.
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Blah-Blah Bar / Re: Iran, I ran so far away - flock of seagulls
Last post by northernblue -
According to Taco, Iran "gave us a present, and the present arrived today. It was a very big present, worth a tremendous amount of money.  I'm not going to tell you what the present is, but it was a very significant prize."

He then revealed “They said to show you the fact that we're real and solid, and we're going to let you have eight boats (sic) of oil, eight boats, eight big boats of oil. This was two days ago, and they'll sail up tomorrow.”

He provided more clarification, "They said, to show you the fact that we're real and solid and we're there, we're going to let you have eight boats of oil, eight boats, eight big boats of oil. I guess they were right, and they were real, and I think they were Pakistani-flagged... It ended up being 10 boats."  He said that the two additional boats sent by Iran were "to apologise for something they said."

Unfortunately, shipping data for the Strait of Hormuz shows that five vessels have passed through the Strait since 23 March. Not ten, not eight, just five. And none of them are headed to the USA. Three are sailing to India, one is going to China, and the fifth is destined for Singapore.

If you're going to tell porkies, it's best if you don't embellish the story as you go and it's essential that they're not easily fact-checked.

With that in mind, cast your mind back to 4 March when Taco announced that the US International Development Finance Corporation would offer insurance “at a very reasonable price” for tankers and other ships in the Persian Gulf. He also said, “if necessary, the United States Navy will begin escorting tankers through the Strait of Hormuz, as soon as possible”.  And, with his trademark caps lock, posted on social media, “No matter what, the United States will ensure the FREE FLOW of ENERGY to the WORLD.”

It must be difficult to be the Bone Spurs in Chief of a complex military campaign with global implications when you have trouble understanding anything more complicated than a real estate transaction and find it hard to know what's real and what's imaginary.

Don’t forget his 15 min profit share window on oil price futures (by invitation only… 🙄)
Deadset criminal flog