[Kharon]

Ref: Once again back to the future?? & http://www.australianflying.com.au/lates...ips-spence & http://www.australianflying.com.au/the-l...ugust-2021 

The great BRB bucket collection.

For many long years now, the BRB have accumulated and stored many sacred buckets. It is no light matter; indeed, 'tis a most serious endeavour. Every time a 'communication' from ASA, ATSB, CASA or politician creates a great, collective need to vomit (aka. "pass the bucket"), a competition is held in remembrance of the missive which created that urge, - we have quite a collection now. Buckets entered for consideration must be inscribed with 'the' quotation concerned and have a 'graphic' (in cartoon or picture form) which defines 'the gut churning' moment. Many are called, but few are selected; of those few, only one may be added to the collection. The size, quality, artistry and the chosen quotation are considered in the judging. We are assembling a 'remote' quorum to judge the latest entries and of those there are many. And, no wonder: the latest 'missive' heaved up from the bowels of Sleepy Hollow has created a great need for instant accesses to the humble bucket.

"Vomiting is a forceful expulsion of the contents of the stomach and sometimes the gut. The whole mechanism is guided and controlled by the brain and its vomiting centre". "The fourth ventricle of the brain hosts the vomiting centre".

There; medical fact - it is 'the brain' and its 'vomiting centre' which triggers the action. When the brain is 'offended' throwing up happens; and many a brain has had this centre 'stimulated by the latest offensive CASA missive, penned by the new DAS.

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"It is because artists do not practise, patrons do not patronise, crowds do not assemble to reverently worship the great work of Doing Nothing, that the world has lost its philosophy and even failed to invent a new religion".― G.K. Chesterton

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Not too many enjoy being patronised; even fewer enjoy seeing the same, sad, sway-back old donkey being sold off at market as prime stock. But non - not one man-jack of 'em like being lied to, particularly when it is the same 'lie' deceitfully remastered and passed off as 'mother-hood' wrapped in soft, pink, fluffy soothing bull-pooh. Spence just shot herself in her unfortunate arse with this little bit of deceit. But, the thing which prompted the brain to trigger vomit - the 'sign off' "Best regards Pip" Heave, grab the bucket; and flush all hope for meaningful reform down the pan alongside your dinner. Clue - we've heard it all before as the prelude to the existing disaster symphony. Someone - please tell the Muppet about the real world; not that it could penetrate the safe, secure untroubled planet of 'Cloud Cuckoo land' in which the public service are so used to living in - so far removed from reality it would make you dizzy. Disgust and disrespect agreed for the new, publicly funded, master of matters aeronautical. Bloody glove puppet - no more. Retch. 

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The sins of the flesh are bad, but they are the least bad of all sins. All the worst pleasures are purely spiritual: the pleasure of putting other people in the wrong, of bossing and patronising and spoiling sport, and back-biting, the pleasures of power, of hatred. ― C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

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After the great bucket debate; there was some serious discussion (via the net) about how to expediently resolve the thirty year battle for a balanced regulator and sensible, gold standard regulation; a consensus was reached. The most practical, legal, sensible and (importantly) enforceable way to set things to rights exists - done with a stroke of a pen - the right pen of course - the ministerial pen. B. Joyce Esq; deputy prime minister of this once proud free land was gazumped by his rival when it came to signing off the Ministerial 'Statement of Expectations' (SOE) for the CASA. This SOE is a legally binding document; if the minister says 'jump' the only response is 'how high Sir'. If 'industry' was to get it's act together and obtain a pre election promise from BJ that a SOE, detailing the 'changes' which must be made (the ten commandments if you like) then there would be little wriggle room for the top table at CASA to utilise. Make no mistake - Joyce can, with a stroke of his pen, bring all the reform we have so desperately needed into being - before an election. After the election will not assist - there will be no need for this industries support then; win, loose or draw. It stands as the opinion of many that Joyce could reverse the downward spiral in which aviation has existed for three decades by simply drafting a SOE which instructs CASA to ring in the changes. Dumping Mommy Spence being a priority. MTF.

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“Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often.” ― Mark Twain

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Aye well, as one mate, heavily involved in the big money investment world said quite simply - "the whole lot are 'owned" - he refused to say by whom. - So much for the politics of high finance eh? Add to that the deadly silence of 'McDolittle' who signed out with a nod and a wink to Spence at last Estimates and you see the grim truth of where 'reform' is heading; right back to the CASA top table; not bad eh? But enough;

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“The world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians.”― Benjamin Disraeli

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The improvement in my old diabetic cat is remarkable since the medication change - It's a funny thing, but when one has used a particular saw for many years, you learn the song it plays and can hear when it becomes blunt or cutting with it's usual effortless efficiency; one also learns to judge the weight of wood left in a billet by sound. So I was surprised t'uther day when an old song played a different tune - there was an alien sound - looked up and there sat cat - perched on the lumber, purring away with a very knowing smile on it's face. "Gerroffit" I barked - the cat obliged - slowly, elegantly and with grace; giving me a look which left no doubt as to whom was the master. Made me smile all day. That's it - it is too beautiful spring evening to be sat here beating up my long suffering key board.

Selah.-.