What Annoys You?

[fish]

...Lying bastards...

Here's an interesting read (in English).
https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/6580719/i-lost-my-home-in-the-south-coast-bushfires-heres-what-id-say-to-the-pm/

A good article from the Canberra Times on 17 Jan 2020.

[fish]

Fires in Catalonia.

Santi, what's going on?

We seem to have been too wrapped up in our own problems to have thought about anyone else's.
The fires you're dealing with at the moment look very bad.

Are they under control yet?

Can you bring us up to date on the situation please?

[Santi]

In Catalonia, all rivers are overflowing and thereare many problems.
But it is nothing compared to what has happened in Australia to you.

[fish]

...rivers are overflowing...

I haven't seen reports of flooding yet, only the fires, but it sounds like there are serious issues to worry about.


Yesterday a water-bombing plane on lease from the US crashed into the mountains near Cooma in New South Wales killing the three US firefighters on board.
Nasty business, travelling to the other side of the world to help fight bushfires and to then tragically lose you life.
They join many other heroes to have died trying to fight these fires.

[Santi]

I have seen floods in Australia after some fires.

How many Australians died in the war against Japan helping the Americans.

We are not countries, we are people who help other people and when we risk our lives for other people, we think more about them than we do. Is love.

[fish]

I have seen floods in Australia after some fires...

Australia is a very large country, in fact it officially qualifies as a continent.
In the north of the country it is currently their wet season with tropical areas receiving monsoonal rain. Much flooding is occurring, in particular down the east coast.
Paradoxically much of Queensland is still very dry and is suffering from bushfires.
Ian lives in Queensland so he probably knows more.

How many Australians died in the war against Japan helping the Americans.

Not sure of the exact details, but Australia declared war on Japan on about 9th Dec 1941 after the Japanese attacks on Thailand, Malaya, Hawaii, and the Philippines.
During the war Japanese bombs were dropped on Townsville in Queensland, on several small towns in the Northern Territory and Western Australia, and in a large scale bombing of Darwin, capital city of the Northern Territory. All in preparation for an invasion of Australia.
That invasion never took place due to Allied forces, mainly from Australia, New Zealand and the United States defending the advance in battles in New Guinea and other Pacific Islands. I believe Australian casualties against Japan were around 27,000.
It isn't for me to say we were helping the Americans or they were helping us.
We became allies at the outbreak of WW2 because we were both under threat from the same country.

And yes. We all share the same planet and have an obligation to help each other when needed.

[Santi]

. We all share the same planet and have an obligation to help each other when needed.

I know the story. I see a lot of documentaries and I know the Japanese wanted to invade Australia, but they actually helped for each other.
I may not have set the best example, but I know you know me and you understand me.

[fish]

...you know me and you understand me...

True.
But sometimes my brain takes me off on a tangent and I can't help explaining the bleeding obvious to everyone.
I need forgiveness and a good therapist.

[Santi]

Is there anyone who does not need a therapist?
I recommend watching the Australian movie "Mental".

[fish]

..."Mental"...

A biographical movie for Fish?

[Santi]

Maybe a terapist sesion for both

[fish]

Does Rebecca Gibney get to play the therapist?

[fish]

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation produces a weekly current affairs program called Four Corners.
Attached is Last Monday's edition entitled "Black Summer".
It is of course about the bushfires in Australia.
I've been in tears for the last 50mins watching it.

https://www.facebook.com/abcnews.au/videos/227231158276548/

It should be noted that even though parts of Australia recently received flooding rains, there are significant areas still on fire.

I don't think I can do any more today.
See you tomorrow.

[fish]

I've decided I need to be less emotional about the aftermath of these fires.

A bit like this pair of emus filmed just two hours after rain filled their little pond.
Kangaroo Island, South Australia. 31st Jan 2020.

[Ian]

Too much media consumption is never a good thing. They exist to depress people.