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[Grier]

White. Does it have something to do with the bear living in the Arctic Circle?

Well done Craig!

White indeed as it's a Polar Bear walking from the North pole 10km south on a slowy bending meridian of longitude, 10km east along a tightly curling circle of latitude and back to the North Pole along another slowly bending great circle meridian 10km north back to the North Pole.
A triangle of sorts on a curved surface where only the North Pole is the possible location, given there's no Polar Bears in Antarctica and also the directions given are illogical for the South Pole. How can you initially travel further south when you're already the most south , .... at the south pole?
Only a White Polar Bear would be on the melting ice cap of the North Pole.

Anyone remember what colour the skin of a Polar Bear is underneath its two layers of white hair? Think thermo dynamics.




Life adapts sometimes, sometimes not ...

 

[Grier]

BTW, for the first time in 20 years, if not longer, I was able to watch the Australian Open live and for free! Would you believe it? Great stuff!

I loved watching it too Thomas, It was indeed great stuff.
I thought Alcaraz deserved the win over Dojovic whose bad sleep the night before and his age let him down. Even fresh I think Alcaraz would still have won. He was brilliant and I thought Dojovic made too many unforced errors, being tired as he was. Still, it was nice to see him get to the 4th set.
I've warmed to him as a decent gentleman who has become open, self effacing and extols and congratulates opponents.

Many tennis players seem to mellow with age. I like that.

 

[looker-on]

Equivalent to, say a middle manager executive once established and if on the back bench or tier two of politics. More for cabinet ministers of course.

Different settings make comparisons difficult. Did some rough calculations.

I read that Australian MPs receive a base salary of AUD 240,000 which would be AUD 20,000 or 11,000€ a month, pretty much the same as our MPs get.

On average middle managers in AUS are said to earn between AUD 130,000 and 165,000 which would be $11,000 - 13,000 or 6400-8300 € a month, respectively, compared to 11,000€ our MPs get. The big question is whether parliamentarians would be willing to make the move if they were paid roughly 3-4,000€ less? Younger ones perhaps but it would not be attractive to middle-aged people. If MP salaries were reduced, you might still get people for the job but presumably not those wanted and needed. Starting on a local level, quite a number of municipalities are having difficulty recruiting suitable personnel or even none at all.

What about Oz? Would your MPs accept a reduction of $5-6,000 a month in your country which you're proposing? Do communities have staffing problems ?

 

[looker-on]

Well done Craig!

White indeed as it's a Polar Bear walking from the North pole 10km south on a slowy bending meridian of longitude, 10km east along a tightly curling circle of latitude and back to the North Pole along another slowly bending great circle meridian 10km north back to the North Pole.
A triangle of sorts on a curved surface where only the North Pole is the possible location, given there's no Polar Bears in Antarctica and also the directions given are illogical for the South Pole. How can you initially travel further south when you're already the most south , .... at the south pole?
Only a White Polar Bear would be on the melting ice cap of the North Pole.

Anyone remember what colour the skin of a Polar Bear is underneath its two layers of white hair? Think thermo dynamics.

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Life adapts sometimes, sometimes not ...

Cute pics. Your explanation is plausible - in hindsight as so often.

 

[looker-on]

I loved watching it too Thomas, It was indeed great stuff.
I thought Alcaraz deserved the win over Dojovic whose bad sleep the night before and his age let him down. Even fresh I think Alcaraz would still have won. He was brilliant and I thought Dojovic made too many unforced errors, being tired as he was. Still, it was nice to see him get to the 4th set.
I've warmed to him as a decent gentleman who has become open, self effacing and extols and congratulates opponents.

Many tennis players seem to mellow with age. I like that.

My thoughts exactly. Spot-on how you describe Djokovic. Admit that I didn't like him when he was younger , his behaviour during the pandemic being the low point. He reminds me of Ivan Lendl's stoic demeanour a bit although I liked his style of playing. Some top players just can't cope with the pressure it seems, like McEnroe, Tsitsipas.

 

[looker-on]

I also watched the women's final in which two tall ladies were competing both being 182/183 cm tall. I was thinking that it could be bad news for up and coming females that shorter girls won't make it to the final in future...

 

[Richie]

I also watched the women's final in which two tall ladies were competing both being 1,82/1,83 cm tall. I was thinking that it could be bad news for up and coming females that shorter girls won't make it to the final in future...

Guys I am seeing the emergence of Aussie female tennis. Do you see it too. Teenagers Emerson Jones, Maya Joint , Talia Gibson, Pricilla Hon, Kimberly Birrell are all starting to announce themselves to the tennis world. Australia boasts a rich history in male tennis, but other than only two, the great Margaret Court and Evonne Goolagong there has been very little from our women.

 

[Richie]

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