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Yay Canadian scientists!
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RE: I love learning how different countries express things...
[[Icing on the Cake = Cherry on Top.]]
That's the terms in Australia too. I would guess here the more common of the two would be, 'icing on the cake'.
[[[[[[I might break a habit of a lifetime and fly long haul😉]]
Medium haul 😂]]
🤣 yes. I’ve managed a four hour flight so far so I guess it wouldn’t be so hard for me to fly longer.
Just been needing an additiona…
This is what this site is for; chatting.
[[I might break a habit of a lifetime and fly long haul😉]]
Medium haul 😂
And you have released a lot of books in that time. Well done.
I think there are direct flights there from Australia that avoid the USA. But then, likely more Europeans who will go and the east coast would be more convenient for them.
Conventions and Meetings
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🌎 Who will host the Convention in 2027?
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RE: Who will host the Convention in 2026
[[Seems like a discussion about having it in the USA started, but was not concluded.]]
I think it must be time for the USA to host it. It doesn't matter if almost all those who attend are American. Let them have a turn.
Chit-Chat
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Anybody else thinking of reading or re-reading Orwell's "1984"?
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How about Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Where books are outlawed and from memory the TV has to be on all day. Can't help comparing this to FOX entertainment. I read a comment by someone who lives among Trump supporters, and isn't a Trump supporter. As well as …
This has just been discovered in a local bee hive for the first time. Up till now locally we have been varroa free. As they might start spraying now (actually I don't know how this is treated, but I imagine some poison i…
[[pen pal ]]
I remember as a teenager having several pen friends from various countries around the world. Sadly over the years they all fell away. At the time though I lived in a country town, so my world was small. My …
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March 2025: something new and different
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RE: RE: RE: RE: March 2025: something new and different
[[I was screened at shouted at and pushed over and humiliated ]]
That's awful and physical violence sounds like something that should have been reported to the police. Although likely a country area and I can only specu…
I would speculate a lucrative career awaits her on FOX. She has that look, and is blonde.
[[[[Having to live here in the USA
Then "FeistyPom2Love" doesn't mean that you used to be British. I take it Pom means something else then.]]
LOL, apologies for the confusion... I am not a British expat. I am very m…
[[[[Then "FeistyPom2Love" doesn't mean that you used to be British. I take it Pom means something else then. ]]
Her profile pic is a big clue :-)]]
Ah, the dog. I had no clue what that breed was and not being a dog per…
Having to live here in the USA
Then "FeistyPom2Love" doesn't mean that you used to be British. I take it Pom means something else then.
So not panicked. But I might have to start looking soon, as down to four eggs. That should last me I imagine 2 to 3 weeks though.
We have a shortage apparently here in Australia too. I will find out how difficult to fi…
2pm, Saturday, 29 March at the Central Social Club in Civic.
Some of the regulars are away, but I imagine at least four of us should still be there. Anyone else who wants to join us is welcome. Look for the books on t…
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Hunting for Eggs...
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RE: RE: This weekend I happened to be in a Bed & Breakfast with two friends
[[And one of them thought that the eggs provided were probably cooked, but they turned out to be raw. ]]
I have stayed in a B&B where raw eggs were provided for the guest to cook for themselves. As I don't have eggs for…
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Canadian question
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RE: U.S. limits Canadian access to iconic Stanstead, Que., border-straddling library
Staxman, I immediately thought of you when I read this.
On another site, comparing living in Europe (being able to walk places) to the USA, someone made a comment, "Seattle wants to be part of Canada."
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Canadian question
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RE: U.S. limits Canadian access to iconic Stanstead, Que., border-straddling library
[[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/us-border-canada-quebec-stanstead-library-1.7489528
The word "petty" comes to mind.]]
😢 It's surreal. Yes, "petty" is an apt word, at school yard bully level.
Chit-Chat
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A linguist's message to Australia and the U.S. (among others)
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That's really interesting.
I hadn't heard of Kriol, but I live in the south. I looked this up and apparently it's spoken in some parts of the far north. I have travelled up there and heard the local people speaking non-English. I thought it was th…
[[Here is the article: https://archive.ph/OqLzY]]
Thank you. I couldn't get the video to work, but I could read the article.
But what I did see, was sea creatures.
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US Pharmacy Companies
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Australia's Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme that the US pharmaceutical companies dislike
A federal election here in Australia is coming up. The present Prime Minister has promised that if he wins, medicines on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme will be made even cheaper to about $25 each. At present it's, I …
[[over the horizon radar from Australia]]
Over the horizon radar is defensive, not offensive. But true what you say.
