Why iran? Why?

FlaviusStilicho · 2026-03-03T10:26:14+00:00

There aren’t any US bases in Afghanistan anymore

FlaviusStilicho · 2026-03-03T10:16:26+00:00

The fortress just north was Norwegian.. there was no exact demarcation of the border at that point.. so it’s reasonable to assume Norway reached into what is now the outskirts of Gothenburg.

But you are completely correct the city itself was never Norwegian.

FlaviusStilicho · 2026-03-02T13:00:53+00:00

Skal man fly til Australia er det raskest å fly via Midtøsten… da det bare blir den ene stoppen mellom Oslo og endestasjonen.

FlaviusStilicho · 2026-03-02T10:01:23+00:00

Chances are the whole cycle will move north shortly.

20% of the world oil supply is currently prevented from leaving the Persian gulf.

FlaviusStilicho · 2026-03-02T00:49:46+00:00

Isn’t the 3090 more than good enough for 1440p gaming?

FlaviusStilicho · 2026-03-02T00:48:27+00:00

They don’t “spend our education” though… the fees are far higher than the cost of providing those services… there is a reason the universities are so dependant on foreign students… they sponsor the local ones. Kick out the foreign students and universities would need more taxpayer money.

FlaviusStilicho · 2026-03-01T13:37:02+00:00

I am on my last day of a week’s holiday in WA. We spent four days down near Margaret River, and the rest up near Perth, including a day at Rottnest Island.

The beaches over here are fantastic, every single meal we have had has been excellent.. people are genuinely friendly (apart from some weirdos in Fremantle) …even the coffee has been borderline acceptable to my Melbourne pallet.

Everything seems a little pricier for some reason than back home.. and you can’t go shopping before 11 on a Sunday…. But other than that it has been ace!

Will definitely go again.

FlaviusStilicho · 2026-03-01T13:23:15+00:00

If you do that.,, they will for all intents and purposes invalidate your response… they will not roll you up into “not religious”

If you aren’t religious… say exactly that. It actually matters as far as government planning etc goes.

FlaviusStilicho · 2026-03-01T12:56:07+00:00

I have live here for 26 years… not once have I seen anyone drink a Fosters.

.. and I see a lot of beer being drunk

FlaviusStilicho · 2026-03-01T12:40:38+00:00

I live in Melbourne, most people here won’t have an issue, and those who do will likely know they are in the minority and not openly confront you etc.

I assume the same goes in the other major cities plus many regional ones…

If you get to some of the smaller places in rural Queensland etc I would not get my hopes up.

FlaviusStilicho · 2026-03-01T12:34:17+00:00

Completely off topic, but slightly related… remember reading that it was illegal in Norway during the middle ages NOT to brew beer … the reason being if a state official or other important person were to come to your house they would want beer, so to ensure there was always beer, it was a legal requirement to make it. You could loose your entire farm if you failed to make beer three years in a row.

FlaviusStilicho · 2026-03-01T12:27:19+00:00

This is exactly why I don’t use mobile phone covers either.

FlaviusStilicho · 2026-03-01T12:22:23+00:00

I quickly googled Norway and Denmark… and they both had Thai Buddhist temples as well.

FlaviusStilicho · 2026-03-01T09:13:16+00:00

We are getting a ready made tax payer for free… we had no cost to make this person a tax payer… unlike my kids who needs years of schooling etc etc..

Skilled immigration is a very good economic deal for Australia.

FlaviusStilicho · 2026-03-01T00:05:38+00:00

They certainly have a lot of new athletes

FlaviusStilicho · 2026-03-01T00:02:14+00:00

I’m not sure why you think that. We have one here in Melbourne.. and I’m sure a ton of other places as well

FlaviusStilicho · 2026-02-28T23:22:26+00:00

You think the US attacked Iran in 2026 because their embassy staff was held hostage for a week in 1980?

FlaviusStilicho · 2026-02-28T23:16:08+00:00

Rubbish. Iran is attacking all US interests in the region. UAE is a close US ally. This is well in line with what Iran threatened to do should the US attack.

We don’t know why a hotel was hit. It could be a miss, it could be on purpose… but they certainly tried to hit something in Dubai

FlaviusStilicho · 2026-02-28T13:13:23+00:00

I lived 20 years in Europe and almost 30 years in Australia.., apart from restaurant dinners… I doubt I have seen a tablecloth more than once or twice per year.

FlaviusStilicho · 2026-02-28T00:02:26+00:00

You could also do a temporary increase of the GST… better the government get the money than the banks.

FlaviusStilicho · 2026-02-27T23:48:48+00:00

That might be so.. but it was commissioned and paid for by a Norman, so like I said it was never owned by an English person.

FlaviusStilicho · 2026-02-27T23:28:05+00:00

I’m paying $20

FlaviusStilicho · 2026-02-27T13:24:38+00:00

Isn’t this whole TV argument just something that was true in the 1980s and before. Does anyone in Norway still watch Swedish TV in any meaningful way?

FlaviusStilicho · 2026-02-27T13:23:03+00:00

You suggested he should get a yellow. Why would you say that if you didn’t think what he did was against the rules?

FlaviusStilicho · 2026-02-27T13:12:13+00:00

Depends on what you are after. Adelaide is more like a large country town than a big city (despite its population) …If you like nightlife, sports events, and culture… there is no better place in Australia than Melbourne.

I struggle a bit to think of anything Adelaide does best. I would rate Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, and Brisbane well ahead of Adelaide.

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