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The atomic absorption spectrometer was invented and developed in Australia, although I must admit it was an immigrant Brit, Sir Alan Walsh, who was responsible. The black box present on all passenger aircraft was invented by the Australian scientist David Warren. I am disappointed you forgot one of our big cultural contributions, Sir Les Patterson.

I don't know why anyone would expect anything short of chaos in a second Trump presidency. COVID messed up his first presidency, , Musk and the other contributing billionaires will put his second in disarray. Welcome to government by oligarchy. Those who forget history are condemned to repeat it.

If one measures the number of medals Australia won per million population, it's ahead of any other nation. I beg to differ in terms of superiority, because some nations have different attributes. The Kenyans and Ethiopians have long been famous in events of long distance running, spanning decades. Just like Russia and the East Europeans dominated gymnastics, although that was more nurture than nature. I have always admired the Thais for their physical flexibility and family cohesion. I don't admire their driving skills. I don't think of myself as better than others, although some on this forum may disagree.

Check equestrian and bicycling events, your research is faulty.

I don't think so. Someone from Queensland can understand a West Australian. The broad ocker accent is more a socio-economic attribute, not regional. My accent is less ocker, due to schooling and travel.

My ancestry is Scandinavian, French and a dash of Scots. IIRC both the Vikings and the French gave you a good hiding back in the day. Aussies continue their traditions.

It depends on what criteria are used. Koreans IMO are well-mannered people, and have a good reputation with Thais. OTOH, on a golf course they make snails look like racehorses.

Brits are much better at coming second or third.

I realize it's just banter, and I take the bait quite gleefully because I have facts on my side.

To be at the top of their profession, surgeons need to have the acronyms FRCS, FRACS. after their names. FRCS stands for Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, FRACS stands for Fellow of the Royal Australian College of Surgeons. FRCS is the first qualification a surgeon gets, followed by FRACS. That's because the second qualification is tougher to obtain, and puts the surgeon in elite company. Still digging? Your arms must be getting tired. Your brain quit some time ago.

British humor is supposed to be subtle, you are letting your side down.

Probably another British quisling, like Tony Abbott.

You have about 30 different accents in the British Isles, ranging from Cockney to Glaswegian. At least we can understand each other.

I guess our men retained the Ashes by accident, then. You have had a lot longer than us to learn how to ride horses and bicycles, how is it Australian men won gold in those?

No, just amused by the assumption of superiority where there is no foundation of fact for it. The British Empire died in the Ashes of WWII. Many Brits seem to want to emigrate to Australia, although the days of the ten-pound Pom are long gone. Those that go back to England after a bout o,f whinging, must miss their regular dose of rheumatism.

I don't know if I am better than any of the nationalities mentioned in the OP in Thai eyes, and don't know why I should care.

Oh dear. I guess that's why we towel you up in quite a few sports. Great Britain population - 68 million Australia population - 27 million Paris Olympics 2024 : Australia 18 gold medals. Great Britain 14 gold medals. Would you like to quit while you are behind, or do you want to keep digging yourself deeper?

If you want to get rid of spiders, get a ginger cat. They will kill anything that size which is moving.

41 is not a huge number compared to the millions allegedly in America. It's a fairly tenuous point. As far as criminality goes, there is probably more among Americans. Are looters shot on the spot in America? I am surprised in a trigger-happy country, that is not happening. I assume the use of the adjective diffident with respect to minimum wages is a typo, albeit a quite amusing one.

Keep on thinking that. Trump will soon be coming out with MAGA baseball caps made out of aluminium foil - a snip at $40 - just for the likes of you. I'd agree people may understand how they have been deceived by a cabal of billionaires whose only interest is in maintaining their current status of next to no taxation. Then again, maybe not. As far as saving my ass goes, I do that for myself.

IMO you are missing the point. If you had nobody but legal migrant workers picking crops in America, cost of food in supermarkets would skyrocket. It's about money, American farmers prefer illegal workers. They are paid less, and have no award protections. As an Arkansas farmer said, quit eating if you want to deport every illegal immigrant.

LOL, you think Trump is competent? You actually believe that? Every appointment he makes for his next administration will be made on one attribute alone - absolute loyalty. Competence for the post will be irrelevant. Appointing an anti-vaxxer and anti-fluoride campaigner as the next health czar is competent? A businessman with multiple bankruptcies and brand failures is competent? A guy who held maskless rallies during COVID is competent? Congratulations, funniest post on this thread.

Too bright to be conned.

I see you were only capable of reading the first two sentences of what I posted, the other two were obviously too much for your attention span.

I used to go through Phrao when the roadworks on the 118 at Doi Saket became too rough on the car. There was an Akha village further up the road where I would buy a weeks' worth of vegetables for 150 baht. I'd agree Fang is a good base for Thaton, Mae Ai, and Doi Angkhan. I did the loop Chiang Rai - Fang -Mae Chan many years ago on a scooter. and remember a good hotel behind the Tesco Lotus in Fang. Have not heard of Doi Lang before, I'll have to check it out.