It will be rather entertaining to watch Merriman when he first faces the Transport Select Committee, with his former colleagues likely to be merciless in their questioning. During his tenure, Merriman was pretty sharp, which was no bad thing, and they will make sure he gets a dose of his own medicine.

The Betoota Advocate (en) Betoota-isms, Pan Macmillan Australia, →ISBN: “Items such as the Bachelor’s Handbag, for example. To the casual observer, it’s just a roast chick in a plastic bag from a supermarket. In our town, it’s an accessory. A status symbol.”

At some point in time they may become the source of an insidious cancer.

We examined one of several seres found in the middle Rocky Mountains that progress from a subalpine or montane forb-dominated meadow to a climax forest dominated by Engelmann spruce (Picea engelmannii).