Lacessit

Golf courses create more oxygen than an aircraft does.

At the military course where I play, there are always caddies and groundstaff fishing in the watercourses. The only material I've ever seen put on the greens is sand.

Unless you get around on a bicycle, eschewing all other forms of transport, your hatred is fake outrage.

I think I will pass on the advice of someone who is murdering cabbage, and other innocent vegetables. Tried piloting a small aircraft over the Hamersley Ranges once. While I could do it, quite taxing keeping the aircraft level.

My bank account name does not match my full name with WISE, so I sometimes get asked for verification. A screenshot of my bank transactions involving WISE, and a passport copy, fixes the problem. It is not consistent though. Occasionally I will get a transfer to my WISE balance waved through without any request for verification.

IIRC Einstein said there are no limits to the universe and human stupidity, but he was not sure about the universe.

You mean there are twin-engined aircraft taking off on one engine as a routine flight? I wonder what travel insurance companies have to say about that.

I have noticed it is the people with poor hand-eye coordination who call the sport stupid, as it makes them look ridiculous when they try. The rest of your post puts your ignorance on full display.

I received a text message from Thai Smile informing me my flight from CR to Bangkok had been cancelled. The message also informed me my new flight had an identical departure time and date to the cancelled flight. AFAICT the only difference is the coding, TG vs WE, same number. Bizarre, can someone familiar with aviation explain this please?

Maybe I did not want the grammar and expression police either, but none of us get everything we desire in life. I have yet to meet a golfer who did not anthropomorphize several clubs in his bag from time to time.

Swimming is good exercise; however, it is boring. In swimming, there is only the water to contend with. In golf, there is wind, rain, hazards and stimp readings as variables. An easy hole can become a monster overnight, with a wind change or pin placement.

IMO a good round of golf is better than sex. It lasts a lot longer. IIRC it was Oscar Wilde who said of sex the position is ridiculous, the expense abominable, and the pleasure fleeting.

How many people in their seventies can play squash or racquetball without having a heart attack?

In the title of the thread.

My former Australian GF was getting a Canadian social security pension in addition to her OAP.

Nurses in government hospitals are compulsorily retired at age 45.

Tell your friend he should not live alone, he can hire a carer to live with him for 10k - 15k baht/month.

Why do Americans need therapy, even the mob bosses? Most of us live our lives quite happily without it.

The OP is destroying most organic nutrients present in his ingredients with prolonged boiling. Vitamins etc. My approach is to cook vegetables by bringing beans, broccoli, cabbage and cauliflower to the boil briefly, then simmer for five minutes. I drain the water off, and put them all in a blender. I then add chunks of New Zealand Mainland vintage cheese, plus sai ua, northern Thai herbal sausage. I blend, adding boiling water to achieve the desired consistency. The end product is similar to a mulligatawny. Australians can add Vegemite for B vitamins, and extra flavor. Filling, and tasty. IMO that is soup. From the OP's description, he is in the process of making mush.

I had a six-figure salary prior to 2000. If I knew then what I know now in terms of scammers, I would not be getting Centrelink benefits. I have a friend in Australia who was earning a really big dollar as a software designer. He and his wife are living in rented accommodation, both drawing a full OAP. He lost all his money to a crooked partner, who looted the partnership bank account and all the other assets. He disappeared to South America. I think the Arab/Muslim countries have the right idea when they cut off the right hands of thieves. No one can predict the future. Although someone on this thread thinks they can.

He knows how to sell the personal data of his Facebook members to any organizations that want it, including scammers. He knows how to harvest said data from their posts without their knowledge. It's why I have never been on that social media platform, and never will.

Agreed. It's highly unlikely a TFN would be allocated to anyone else, at least while the original recipient is still alive.

To be fair, a downhill fairway, following wind, and sun-hit course with a hard clay base under light couch grass would assist distance in various ways. Titanic Thompson was a golf hustler back in the days when there were only hickory-shafted clubs and gutta-percha golf balls. An expert player could achieve 200 yards with a drive. He once bet a mark he could drive a ball 500 yards, a wager which was gleefully accepted. Thompson teed the ball up on the edge of a frozen lake, and made the required distance easily.

CaddyShack was a hoot as well.

The reduction in pensions for Australians living overseas is a modest one. It consists of losing any rent assistance, energy and phone subsidies six weeks after leaving Australia - about 7.5% of the full pension. It's restored as soon as I land in Australia. To me, it makes sense - why give me subsidies for services I am not using?