Re: Cycling

 A better way

Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race.

H. G. Wells

Rank and authority a la Aussie

Irreverence?

 No respecter of authority the Aussie larriken is the stuff of legends. There's a certain vicarious thrill experienced by Ron, Gordie or Bazza at seeing company executives fisticuffing away on the street or giving the Bronx Cheer to pompous Colonel Blimps. 

However a funny thing happens where kids are involved ;this is where irreverent behaviour is not the done thing. In the womb,   Aussie foetuses are already genetically equipped with  footy boots, tennis racquets,cricket bats and budgie smugglers. They are then moulded and shaped by the elder generations based on sporting models and heroes. This is where larrikenism stops. Dead in its tracks.

Bad show , Nick! (Kyrgios).Not a good example for kids.  The fact that he is temperamental hasn't helped..if he were to win a bit more might it be a different story?

Public Opinion

Far from the maddening crowd........??

Seems to be much ado ..about what?

Making a small fortune

into a smaller one....

 The Shanghai stock market has turned into a shock market.The bears are running amok.Real Estate gurus are hinting that this will have a flow on effect on the Sydney property market. Why? God knows. More than likely it's the Chinese Mr and Mrs Cheungs who have taken a mega hit; the tabloids identify them as the Mum and Dad investors. These have been gambling like billy-oh , shovelling housekeeping yuan into brokers' pockets like there's no tomorrow. 
The big investors, the multi rich ,some of  whom make Murdoch look like a pauper, will have been  cleaning up. It's called shorting.
There are a few universal truths that prevail in global stock exchanges. Firstly only invest what you can afford to lose, secondly do your homework and last but not least, don't panic.
Simples. Innit?

The more things change..

the more they are the same.

It's been going on for a while now and it's not looking as if it'll die down anytime soon.
New ways and new ideas can be particularly scary. 

The Texan country singer, humorist and columnist , with the appealing name of Kinky Friedman once remarked "I support gay marriage.I believe they have the right to be as  miserable as the rest of us."

 So, then, is marriage miserable? Based on figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics one in three marriages end in divorce . To be fair however this rate has been decreasing of late 

So what impact will same sex marriages have on statistics? No idea, because in reality the whole question is complex , too complex to untangle. It's a bubbling, seething quagmire of emotions and chaos. Get just two human beings together and you automatically have an frustrating  conundrum.

Finally, while on the subject  ,according to Discovery, the U.S. television channel,  there exists a hermaphrodite worm which has sex with its head.This method of reproduction is known as "selfing" not to be confused with "selfies" .

 Selfies involve heads, don't they? 
 Read into that whatever you will!