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Skriven 2011-11-04 08:55:00 av Glen Jamieson
     Kommentar till en text av Michael Loo
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 -=> Quoting Michael Loo to Glen Jamieson <=-

 GJ> This morning's news is that the government, through Fairwork
 GJ> Australia, has told the squabbling parties to get back to work, while
 GJ> they have 21 days to come to an agreement
 ML> What's Fairwork Australia? Sounds like a load of cant
 ML> with government imprimatur, sort of like our Transportation
 ML> Security Administration (or many such Administrations).

It is a body set up by the present government to arbitrate on
industrial disagreements.  I think it replaces the previous
Arbitration Commission.  Our governments do this sort of thing from
time to time to try to boost their images.
 
 GJ> nothing for the reputation of what used to be one of the world's most
 GJ> reliable airlines.
 ML> Certainly an above average airline. Beyond that I would not
 ML> be willing to go.

I still prefer Singapore Airlines.

 ML> You may be interested that in a TV interview,
 GJ> defending his grounding decision, Joyce quoted your "favourite
 GJ> airline", South-West, as the most profitable in USA.
 ML> The main engine of profitability is public opinion, not
 ML> the superior delivery of services.

Joyce considers profitability above all other factors.

 ML> ==
 
 GJ> The Elizabeths have all been top-notch.

 ML> Both. But one had no offspring and the other had duds.

There are others.  The mother of QE 2 was the power behind the throne
of George 6, and the mother of your Emperor Rupert is a doyen of the
arts, being responsible for the Elizabeth Murdoch concert theatre.
 
 GJ> probably doesn't concern you much these days, but the main decision of
 GJ> the recent CHOGM meeting in Perth WA was to decide that the eldest
 GJ> child of a ruling monarch can inherit the throne, regardless of sex.

 ML> Never concerned me much, tttt. But it would be interesting if one
 ML> commonwealth member chose to recognize a different monarch than
 ML> did others.

Some do, but manage to recognise both.  Tonga for example.
 
 GJ> Until now, a female could only become ruler if there was no male heir.
 ML> No, until this decision is ratified by 16 parliaments and that
 ML> ratification assented to by the Crown, the current system holds.

As the heads of government have all approved, it is most unlikely
their parliaments would object.

 ML> So ERII or her successor could have a change of heart and
 ML> torpedo the whole effort.

Also unlikely.  She will be looking forward to g/grandchildren.
 
 GJ> So your parents were prepared to experiment with "foreign" foods?
 ML> That wouldn't be the right way to characterize their attitudes
 ML> about food, which in my mother's case were formed by membership
 ML> in one of the more cosmopolitan families on this planet and in
 ML> my father's on substantial (sometimes voluntary) travels.

Which family custom you have voluntarily perpetuated.

 ML> One thing they did better than other parents was to inculcate in
 ML> me and my sister a curiosity and respect about food that sadly
 ML> my brother did not acquire.

Good to hear that your parents were not all bad.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05
 
      Title: Transparent Steamed Dumpling Pastry
 Categories: Pastry, Appetisers, Chinese, Asia-n, Charmaine
      Yield: 1 servings
 
    125 g  Chinese wheat flour
      3 tb Cornflour
    210 ml Water
      1 tb Lard
 
  Mix wheat flour and cornflour together in a bowl. Put measured water
  and lard into a small saucepan and bring to a boil. Turn o f heat and
  cool for exactly 20 seconds, then pour all at once onto the flour.
  Mix with chopsticks or a wooden spoon. As soon as cool enough to
  handle, knead to a smooth, pliable dough. Shape into cylinder and
  wrap in plastic film to prevent drying out. See separate recipe for
  Steamed Prawn Dumplings.
  
  From: CHARMAINE SOLOMON'S ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ASIAN FOOD By: CHARMAINE
  SOLOMON, with NINA SOLOMON IBSN 0 85561 688 1 Scanned/Edited by:
  KEVIN JCJD SYMONS, MARCH 2005
  
  From: Charmaine Solomon's Encyclopedia
 
MMMMM
 
Today is Tonga Independence Day.
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