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While I don't think rape is the default interaction for hominin relationships you could consider the perspective of the 50% of females. According to WHO 1 in 3 contemporary women have had unwanted sexual interactions, so it is highly likely...
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Looking into it a bit further, it was a retirement/nursing home in the '80s (imagine warehousing you elder in that: storing granny in a backyard shed!), then used for student accommodation. It was probably legal originally and stayed OK under...
Commented on An AI app walks into a writers room
Here is a lovely Australian example of multiple occupancy housing available for sale now: https://www.domain.com.au/51-kauri-parade-seacliff-sa-5049-2018340601 Legal? I doubt it, but 19 bedrooms at $185/room is a nice little earner. Something for every slum landlord to aspire to....
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Not a troll. Ignorant, yes. Which is why I asked for some clarification. The time stamp of the post is Edinburgh time, for me it was the middle of Wednesday, now it is Thursday afternoon. I did the search yesterday...
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As far as I know, there are no regulations around searching, only that large media organisations have the right to be paid for news links. Kangaroo Court of Australia is not a large organisation....
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Yes but this is now, when it is all over the media, I was trying to search from a point of ignorance, to see what could be found using a general search term. Google was not helpful but other search...
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David L replies: Could it be that the web site is tagged telling Google to NOT index it? That is certainly a possibility, as I was originally alerted to the site through a link in FB. What I found interesting...
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I am usually a lurker, but I want to ask for the thoughts of the blog members about possible Google censorship. There is a political scandal at present about an alleged rapist in a senior position in our (Aus) federal...

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Pigeon commented on Place your bets
"a trailer of that weight needs more than an ordinary car licence" Even for you? It wouldn't surprise me that people who passed their test recently can't do it, but I know my licence lets me drive/tow some bloody big things up to several tonnes. Not quite sure how big because it's never come up. I can't remember if I personally ever had to tow anything heavy for work, which would have been before the big reduction in the amount of extras you automatically get with a car licence that came in in the 90s, but I do remember that...
Elderly Cynic commented on Place your bets
True. I misread....
Elderly Cynic commented on Place your bets
I turned 73 during COVID, and I had the option of abandoning my 8 tonne grandfather right, or ordering a paper copy through a post office (assume they would get one for me). So I am limited to 3.5 tonnes, like youngsters. And, of course, that is only for braked trailers - unbraked ones may not exceed 750 Kg, gross. I can't remember what my car is rated for, but it's a lot less than 1400 Kg. However, a Skoda Fabia is not a large car....
Moz commented on Place your bets
Sydney's modern classified ads are full of "man with a van, by the hour" and similar things for just about any class of vehicle. I hired a man with a ute and a roofrack to carry 6m long coolstore panels, for example. Was ~$80 for an hour, from pick up point to drop off point. www.gumtree.com.au but they have "improved" the site to make it impossible to share search links without full tracking. Type "man with a van" into search, pick a location (in Australia, obviously) and away you go....
Elderly Cynic commented on Place your bets
The UK is not Australia; such services do exist, but not for all types of load (e.g. manure!), nor always at feasible prices (e.g. taking my recumbent trike to the Highlands). However, the reason I was happy to give up my 8 ton right is that I would prefer to use those rather than risk driving something that size and which I have no experience with, at my age. Incidentally, the 3.5 ton limit is gross - vehicle, occupants, luggage, trailer and contents - and it would be easy to exceed the licence limit on (for example) a new high-end...

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Common Misconceptions About Publishing—a series of essays about the industry I work in.
How I Got Here In The End —my non-writing autobiography, or what I did before becoming a full-time writer.
Unwirer—an experiment in weblog mediated collaborative fiction.
Shaping the Future—a talk I gave on the social implications of Moore's Law.
Japan: first impressions — or, what I did on my holidays
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The High Frontier, Redux — space colonization: feasible or futile?
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