...to respect BeckyJax1's acknowledgment of Australia Day over on News Central. There's a lot of Australians doing it tough this long weekend - it's a small salute to them. Also a heartfelt thanks to the three American firebombers who joined the growing list of bushfire fatalities this week by coming over here to help out friends in need. To plagiarise shamelessly the memorable eulogy of Kemal Atatürk, offered to Australians after WWI: "Your sons are now lying in our bosom and are in peace. After having lost their lives on this land they have become our sons as well".