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nauseus

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  1. He will lose this time anyway. How much that will cost and how long it will take are the sad unknowns of the moment.
  2. Well the Ukrainians have learned that they have more chance of beating the Russians in the cities, not in open country.
  3. Rubbish. From events so far, it's clear that Putin is not overly concerned about young lives, be they Ukrainian babies and kids, or 18 year old Russian conscripts.
  4. This might be your answer: https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-europe-60542877
  5. I have to disagree as to which country is the greater "prize". Although Taiwan is a concern, for Europe it is a secondary one. Europe has had to finally "muscle up" against Russia, as the immediate problem is the Russian proximity and threat to the rest of Europe, especially if the Russian invasion of Ukraine became successful. The more responsibility that Europeans can take on within their own continent, then the more free the US can be in the Pacific, to try to deflect any threats there, hopefully by leading and assisting these "island chains" to defend themselves.
  6. Yes, not the TQ of Pattaya. The Mississippi Queen was in Patpong and used for that brief piece in The Deer Hunter.
  7. I didn't mention malice. Most of the Aussies I met and worked with years ago remain great friends, even though many are back in Oz now.
  8. The word commonly used by Australians is pom (or pommie). The convict shirt-marking is historically true but like many words of today, the spelling and meaning has altered. Aussies today generally refer to us POMS as British (particularly English) and use the reference of Prisoner of Mother England to explain it. It's their word and that's the way all of them explained it to me years ago!
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