daisycutter

well they're not at essendrug that's for sure

PT whether utility run or privately operated is too painful to discuss when i think of all the wasted money and dumb decisions i could cry and to cap it off no-one pays anyway (well mostly)

don't doubt it bb, and as i said i'm swayed towards the notion pt should be a ps utility i was just pointing out that that won't be the end of "issues", big or small. remember myki was a govt decision

are you sure they wouldn't make similar bungles? history would indicate it just as likely but hey, i'm not on either side of the argument, just pointing out that making something part of the public service is not necessarily a panacea. it's not black and white i am swayed though to think something like public transport necessarily being run at a loss is not a good match for quasi-privatisation where the govt own the infrastructure and rolling stock i'm not convinced though that they would be any cheaper or $efficient

of course i wouldn't just assume that the public service and their political masters would necessarily do any better

hope you are not being racist and calling demonlanders monkeys? surely racists don't read the age?

didn't we pay heaps and heaps more for our electricity so the network could be upgraded to avoid such shortfalls?

little correction bbo, its "The Peoples Republic of Mornington Peninsula and Boganville" you know how i like to pay attention to detail

romsey people don't have any gold or good taste hard to know about criminal types as romsey is lawless but, given there are no alpacas in the pic, probably no romsey aristocracy there

you'll be pleased to know biffo i spent 8hrs yesterday under the sun helping out a tradie mate in his irrigation business in 38C he's 75 and needs a bit of a hand now and again was absolutely buggered beyond belief come 4pm though, but unlike young blease no panachromatic yawning

some very foxy ladies in burwood bbo that's one reason alpacas and fox hunts are now banned by local law the alpacas for obvious reason and fox hunts because our ladies prefer the more gentler flavour of wooing

good to see this thread get a nice boost now 324 pages and firing keep it up chaps

is Layla Rose BBO's sister? Just Asking

no, ice cream eating laws

and no trips to qld either, with their new laws

don't forget the new tougher parole laws bbo, wouldn't like to see you back in the clink

not just north america od, europe doing it tough too global warming?

just threw his wicket away on big hook for 46

doubt it d-l, but he is (was) a good example of a keeper who would have been selected purely as a batsman (and an opener to boot)

Andy Flower: Batting Average 51.54

Add Flower (Zim) to this list

For all you metrosexuals out there

she might have a tramp stamp where you don't wanna know jazza

as what wyl said plus why would you assume that if they batted first they would still make the same score as they did batting second?

there needs to be very exceptional circumstances to put the other side in first these weren't exceptional, the pitch wasn't a green top the safe decision this test was to bat first the result so far (barring a small miracle) would seem to indicate clarke made a big gamble which failed