I’ll do it.

Good morning Holidayers. Ten degrees and getting light here now.

Mornin buffster

Air turbulence from giant turbines causes air temperatures to rise around wind farms, scientists say.

Researchers including Associate Professor Liming Zhou from the State University of New York examined conditions around 2,358 turbines at four Texas wind farms.

Writing in the journal Nature Climate Change, Professor Zhou and colleagues reported a temperature increase of up to 0.72 degrees Celsius per decade at wind farm locations, compared to nearby areas.

They also found the effect to be greater at night than during the day.

The study could help researchers better understand the impact of wind farms on local environments.

After discounting the impact of surface features such as vegetation, roads, light reflection and surface structures, the researchers concluded that the temperature change was caused by air turbulence generated by the turbines’ giant rotor blades.

“Turbine rotors were modifying surface-atmosphere exchanges and the transfer of energy, momentum, mass and moisture within the atmosphere,” they wrote.

The findings are based on nine years of satellite data covering an area of central western Texas, where some of the world’s largest wind farms are located.

The results match modelling studies showing wind farms can significantly affect local scale meteorology by increasing surface roughness, changing the stability of the atmospheric boundary layer, and enhancing turbulence in the wake generated by rotor blades.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-04-30/wind-farms-linked-to-temperature-rises/3979930

One two three four!

Gonna make a record in the month of May
In the month of May, in the month of May
Gonna make a record in the month of May
When the violent wind blows the wires away

Month of May, it’s a violent thing
In the city their hearts start to sing
Well, some people singing sounds like screaming
Used to doubt it but now I believe it

Month of May, everybody sing love
In the city, watch it from above
And just when I knew what I wanted to say
The violent wind blew the wires away

(We were shocked in the suburbs)

Now the kids are all standing with their arms folded tight
The kids are all standing with their arms folded tight
Now, some things are pure and some things are right
But the kids are still standing with their arms folded tight
I said some things are pure and some things are right
But the anekatips kids are still with their arms folded tight

So young, so young
So much pain for someone so young, well
I know it’s heavy, I know it ain’t light
But how you gonna lift it with your arms folded tight?

(?) …………..of the town
that’s why I’m still driving around
and around and around and around
and around ……
arcade fire hwww.lyrics-celebrities.anekatips.com

2009, 2010 Wanna make a record how I felt then
When I stood outside in the month of May
And watched the violent wind blow the wires away

If I died in the month of May
Let the wind take my body away, then
Wish I may, I wish I might
Make me down there with my arms folded tight

Start again in the month of May (x2)
Come on and blow the wires away (x2)
(repeat)
Wires away

Good morning Droppy.

Off to work I go.

Pinch and a punch for the first day of the month. No returns!

runs away

mrs d turns 60 today.

Happy Birthday Mrs D

Happy birfday Mrs D :)

How will you be spoiling her?

Divine Angel said:

Happy birfday Mrs D :)

How will you be spoiling her?

Dunno yet. She’s still asleep.

sleep in.. that’s a good start.

HBMrsD

Happy day to Mrs D.

May is my faourite month .. It is never willd and windy as wookie suggests. It ir alwasy mild and often misty.

Though it is traditionally the worst month for car accidents so stay safe out there.

Morning Pilgrims.

…—-…
Mayday mayday mayday
…—-…

These are things that would precipitate the doning of a bonnet and a nice polkadot dress and talking like a jockey.

Anyway I cant spend my life chatting all day with you people.

Peak Warming Man said:

Anyway I cant spend my life chatting all day with you people.

sounds like quitter talk

This done, I to my coach-maker’s, and there vexed to see nothing yet done to my coach, at three in the afternoon; but I set it in doing, and stood by it till eight at night, and saw the painter varnish which is pretty to see how every doing it over do make it more and more yellow; and it dries as fast in the sun as it can be laid on almost; and most coaches are, now-a-days done so, and it is very pretty when laid on well, and not pale, as some are, even to shew the silver. Here I did make the workmen drink, and saw my coach cleaned and oyled; and, staying among poor people there in the alley, did hear them call their fat child Punch, which pleased me mightily that word being become a word of common use for all that is thick and short. At night home, and there find my wife hath been making herself clean against to-morrow; and, late as it was, I did send my coachman and horses to fetch home the coach to-night, and so we to supper, myself most weary with walking and standing so much, to see all things fine against to-morrow, and so to bed. God give a blessing to it!
—————————————————————————————

I think I’ll call BC Punch henceforth.

Hey, who is “The Lab”?

Opposition hits 10-year high in Newspoll

Posted May 01, 2012 06:40:55
Map: Australia

The latest Newspoll gives the Coalition an 18-point lead over Labor on a two-party preferred basis.

The 59-41 result puts the Opposition at its strongest point in more than a decade and is up three points on the previous Newspoll in mid-April.

The poll of 1,150 voters taken over the weekend has a margin for error of 3 per cent.

Labor’s primary vote fell two points to 27 per cent while the Coalition’s primary vote is 51 per cent.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-05-01/labor-primary-vote-drops-in-newspoll/3981648

Fuck me dead, that’s dire. You can’t make up an 18% 2PP gap in a year.

Weird request of the day from a customer: I want a book on survivalist skills (btw I am in the Kids’ section).

Me: How old is the child (thinking maybe – 12ish)

Customer: He’s 6.

Oh, The Lab is The Lab.

Sometimes known as Arts.

kii said:

Weird request of the day from a customer: I want a book on survivalist skills (btw I am in the Kids’ section).

Me: How old is the child (thinking maybe – 12ish)

Customer: He’s 6.

Been reading Hunger Games eh.

is sssf etc down for anyone else? database error?

puts hand up

That thing always has database errors :-/

>>is sssf etc down for anyone else?

It’s rooted I think, haven’t been able to post there for over a week.

Dear oh dear oh dear

It comes and goes. Lots of momentary borkings.

I suppose Droppy is sailing ye high seas right about now.

Just given the bike saddle its first feed of dubbin. Quite pleasant smelling gunk. I wonder what’s in it.

Ah:

Dubbin is a wax product used to soften, condition and waterproof leather and other materials. It consists of natural wax, oil and tallow.

It is different from shoe polish, which is used to impart shine and colour to leather.

Dubbin has been used since medieval times to waterproof and soften leather boots.

The name dubbin is a contraction of the gerund dubbing, describing the action of applying the wax to leather.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubbin

Natural wax = earwax

taps nose

is marijuana a sprt enhancing drug.. what a silly argument ABC.

Bubbles from my memory, going back to 1955 Dubbin on leather boots wrecked them, made the leather loose all strength, saddle soap or another product I can’t recall was much better.

bob(from black rock) said:

Bubbles from my memory, going back to 1955 Dubbin on leather boots wrecked them, made the leather loose all strength, saddle soap or another product I can’t recall was much better.

Sounds alarming, bob. But dubbin is widely recommended for bike saddles (for the top that is – I’ll be using pure beeswax for the underside). I’m only planning on giving it a coat every couple months, and see how the leather behaves. It could do with being a bit more supple but as you say, I don’t want it to go all floppy.

>>>or another product I can’t recall

I think it was called “coachaline” (phonetic spelling)

>>I’ll be using pure beeswax for the underside).

That would be better than Dubbin I would say, HOWEVER I’m not a cyclist, and if Dubbin does the job on bike seats that’s fine, but don’t use it on leather footwear used for walking/running, if the shoes are used for cycling that maybe OK.

In this discussion of leather saddles they recommend dubbin as a fairly mild treatment (a much milder alternative to neatsfoot oil, which others recommend):

The problem is that neats-foot oil can work too well, giving the saddle the flexibility of a glove or purse. While this is initially quite comfortable, the saddle can stretch way too much where pressure is applied, especially if ridden when soaked. Using Proofhide or Dubbin on the top of the saddle, and a beeswax-based treatment on the bottom of the saddle does take longer to break the saddle in, but it tends to stop at the perfect combination of flexibility and support, whereas saturating the saddle seems to break down the fibers that give the saddle its stiffness. Since Proofhide has become so expensive, I’ve switched to Pappy’s Dubbin and Bee Dry to maintain my leather saddles.

http://sheldonbrown.com/leather.html

I’m using Kiwi Dubbin:

http://www2b.abc.net.au/forumcentral/register.asp?from=%2Fforumcentral%2Fmain%2Easp%3Fforum%3D20%26from%3D%252Fforumcentral%252Faddpost%252Easp%253Fforum%253D20%2526parentid%253D2693380&forum=20&itemexternalid=20&itemtype=1&parentid=2693380&proceed=y&gobacktitle=Login

Never mind PWM, looks like I’ve broken the forum over there anyway.

And he faster refresh time here is, umm, refreshing.

Tonight: beef stew with pinkeyes, carrots, broccoli, cabbage, garlic, capers, butter, beef OXO etc. But half the amount I’d normally make.

Bubble Car said:

But half the amount I’d normally make.

…except for the garlic, which is very good for you.

bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch

DA finally cracked…

What’s all that cussing on account of?

Nah, I just realised the beauty in not censoring :)

Snow White is the bitch in question.

Divine Angel said:

Snow White is the bitch in question.

What’s Snow White ever done to you?

>Snow White

Wonder what her real name was. No parents would call their kid Snow White.

Evening folks

No parents would call their kid Snow White.
-

What about cruel parents of an albino boy? Didn’t think of that one did you huh?

Evening Stumpy.

Today, I rediscovered why I dislike Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Disney’s 1937 film.

Snow White is a stupid bitch. She trespasses into the dwarfs’ home, makes herself comfy and takes their beds to sleep on. Next morning, they all warn her not to trust anyone as they all know her wicked stpemother is also a witch and can trick Snow White and kill her. So along comes the witch, disguised as a crone and Snow White is all “Oh let me help you!” and “I really want to eat your magic wishing apple!” After falling under the spell of the Sleeping Death, the dwarfs give up their jobs to keep an eternal vigil and build her a lovely glass and gold coffin in which she can lay. Three months later, along comes Prince Charming, smooches her, she wakes up and without a “Thanks for not burying me alive!”, runs off with the stupid Prince to live happily ever after.

Gday Mr Car

LOL at the last line
http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/breaking/13564252/nymphomaniac-strikes-again-traps-man/

Well it is just a simple story for the little ones.

Bubble Car said:

Well it is just a simple story for the little ones.

Snow White or the nympho story? (Although who knows what Snow White was doing to those dwarfs!)

Let’s not forget
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow-White_and_Rose-Red

Would have been a nicer story if the bear had just chased the dwarf away.

Droppy has probably inveigled his way to the Captains Table for dinner and is currently regailing them of how he dropped his camera when in a fight to the death with a Yeti on the north face of K2.

Peak Warming Man said:

Droppy has probably inveigled his way to the Captains Table for dinner and is currently regailing them of how he dropped his camera when in a fight to the death with a Yeti on the north face of K2.

Or he’s passed out on the poop deck trying to assemble a folding deck chair.

It’s not like the olden days, PWM. These modern ships probably don’t even have captains, just drivers.

On the good ship Lollipop
It’s a sweet trip to the candy shop…

Bubble Car said:

It’s not like the olden days, PWM. These modern ships probably don’t even have captains, just drivers.

The captain of a cruise ship is traditionally called “The Old Man”.

It’s not like the olden days, PWM. These modern ships probably don’t even have captains, just drivers.
-

They still have captains. The Costa Concordia had a pretty shitty captain but he was still a captain nonetheless.

By international law, you’re not allowed to be a captain of any maritime vessel unless you have a full beard and moustache.

I don’t remember the captain of the Love Boat having facial fur.

Down the road in Surfers there is a restaurant called The Captains Table, they do a spiffing Surf and Turf nosh up for about 40 bucks with a house wine.

Peak Warming Man said:

Down the road in Surfers there is a restaurant called The Captains Table, they do a spiffing Surf and Turf nosh up for about 40 bucks with a house wine.

And do the waiters have full facial fur?

>>And do the waiters have full facial fur?

Not that I’ve noticed, a lot of them are girls of course and are they are all called waitpersons now

>>And do the waiters have full facial fur?

Not that I’ve noticed, a lot of them are girls of course and are they are all called waitpersons now

I’ve got one of those irritating sores where you accidentally bite the inside of your lower lip and a hard lump forms, which then doesn’t heal because you keep on biting it because it’s in the way.

Poor ol’ EJ Smith.

By 2011 there’ll be no icebergs or barrier reefs.

Bubble Car said:

I’ve got one of those irritating sores where you accidentally bite the inside of your lower lip and a hard lump forms, which then doesn’t heal because you keep on biting it because it’s in the way.

Solution: don’t eat anything until it heals.

As you get older you tend to bite your tongue more.

My dad always told me to put a dab of bicarb on it. Stings like hell for a second but then it’s all good.

So how’s Chat going in the other place? Are they there in crowds, enjoying hilarious, intelligent and fashionable conversation, while we’re stuck with a few paltry posts about mouth sores, captains and dwarfs?

Divine Angel said:

My dad always told me to put a dab of bicarb on it. Stings like hell for a second but then it’s all good.

Sounds dubious, but I’ll give it a try.

Bubble Car said:

Humour fail. If the Titanic had his the iceberg head-on it would not have sunk as fewer airtight compartments would have been compromised.

It would have been one hell of an impact though.

Well I tried the bicarb and it didn’t sting, but it didn’t magically get better, either.

It’s actually kinda slow over there. There are regulars like Geoff D, Spiderlily, Monkey, Squeezebabe et al but not the post-a-minute stuff like Old Forum.

The reason the Titanic sank is that the steel was still new and hadn’t set properly.

Peak Warming Man said:

The reason the Titanic sank is that the steel was still new and hadn’t set properly.

Or that the iceberg had set too hard.

>>It’s actually kinda slow over there. There are regulars like Geoff D, Spiderlily, Monkey, Squeezebabe et al but not the post-a-minute stuff like Old Forum.

Aye, Old Forum rocked, must have been hundreds of lurkers if the other place is any guide.

The reason the Titanic sank is that the steel was still new and hadn’t set properly.
-

Would set steel plates have withstood the iceberg tearing alongside it?

I’m still trying to break into Old Forum, make some posts and then bolt.

We took Old Forum for granted, never suspecting that it might one day simply be turned off. And that we’d never see its likes again.

Bubble Car said:

We took Old Forum for granted, never suspecting that it might one day simply be turned off. And that we’d never see its likes again.

sob

the problem is you can count the number of posters here with nothing more than a child’s abacus

Bubble Car said:

We took Old Forum for granted, never suspecting that it might one day simply be turned off. And that we’d never see its likes again.

actually I am surprised it lasted as long as it did

Old Forum had soul, it had a presence, it had a life of it’s own something like how Timothy H. Flannery thinks we are an ant colony.

That’s OK. All the kool kids come here.

The Lab said:

actually I am surprised it lasted as long as it did

Me too, but you can be surprised it lasted as long as it did and also never suspect that it might one day simply be turned off, and we’ll never see its likes again.

Am I back in May chat?

READING YOU LOUD AND CLEAR

OVER

THANKS FOR THAT DA STOP I AM BACK IN CHAT STOP OVER STOP

YOUR BACK IN CHAT BUT ON THE WRONG CHANNEL

My knees hurt! My nose is sniffly, too, and I’ve a nasty cough.

Codependent kitteh is codependent. Before I’d submitted the first post he was on my lap. And last night when I stepped away from the puter he bit my ankle b/c he thought I was abandoning him, then jumped up on my bed before I reached it.

PS that dead family was walking distance from here…

AT LEAST I CAN SPELL YOU’RE STOP

Hallelujah

Lex said:

PS that dead family was walking distance from here…

Do you suspect your kittehs?

Geoff D said:

My knees hurt! My nose is sniffly, too, and I’ve a nasty cough.

iF YOU HAD ONE OF THESE MOUTH SORES ON TOP OF THAT, YOU’D HAVE REAL CAUSE TO WHINGE

Lex said:

AT LEAST I CAN SPELL YOU’RE STOP

LOL

Geoff D said:

My knees hurt! My nose is sniffly, too, and I’ve a nasty cough.

Plus we’re all a bit deaf in here tonight.

Eh, what’s that, sonny??

WELL TOPIE SPENDS MOST OF HIS TIME OUTSIDE STOP ALSO THE VETS WEAR A LEATHER GAUNTLET WHEN DEALING WITH HIM STOP HE’S LIKE A PIECE OF NANOTHERMITE STOP

Divine Angel said:

Eh, what’s that, sonny??

MY KNEES HURT!!!!

HE IS FKN SCARY STOP I BET YOU’RE ALL AQUIVER NOW STOP

If he’s ceiling cat, he’s in the wrong place.

HE IS CEILING NINJA CAT SEMI NEVER VISIBLE IN THE CEILING STOP

fold your towels neater

THEY WERE PERFECT TIL HE ATTACKED THEM STOP

The Lab said:

fold your towels neater

They’re not even folded.

So the bastards have got rid of the ‘front page’ stuff at the Real Forum :-( Did anyone save DV’s bio?

This order is worth 74 Bonus Points.
NB. Points are awarded when your order is despatched.

You currently have 0 Bonus Points.
Once you have 625 points you can cash them in to receive 5 GBP off an order.

And in other news, today I got a drip in a chick who usually needs an anaesthetist to put lines in (the day she came in, the ED consultant with the aid of an ultrasound couldn’t get one).

polishes fingernails

I still got it!

(That’s with me not having actually tried stabbing a pt since Jan – I have minions for that nao.)

Bubble Car said:

This order is worth 74 Bonus Points.
NB. Points are awarded when your order is despatched.

You currently have 0 Bonus Points.
Once you have 625 points you can cash them in to receive 5 GBP off an order.

But do you have FlyBuys?

Lex said:

And in other news, today I got a drip in a chick who usually needs an anaesthetist to put lines in (the day she came in, the ED consultant with the aid of an ultrasound couldn’t get one).

polishes fingernails

I still got it!

Congratulations. I hope she was able to get it out again, eventually.

Flybuys use GBP these days?

Bubble Car said:

Lex said:

And in other news, today I got a drip in a chick who usually needs an anaesthetist to put lines in (the day she came in, the ED consultant with the aid of an ultrasound couldn’t get one).

polishes fingernails

I still got it!

Congratulations. I hope she was able to get it out again, eventually.

Her veins (and this one’s in her foot) are so dodgy I’m afraid she’ll cough and it’ll jump out.

Lex said:

And in other news, today I got a drip in a chick
I still got it!

Surely you mean a patient?

Well they’d have to be bloody patient to put up with your whingeing.

Good evening.

I also think Alex needs to fold her towels better. Stack them more neatly. And sort the colours better.

I’m not responsible for those towels – I was in Kweenzland.

Skeptic Pete said:

Lex said:

And in other news, today I got a drip in a chick
I still got it!

Surely you mean a patient?
Well they’d have to be bloody patient to put up with your whingeing.

She’s moonlighting at the Vet.

buffy said:

Good evening.

I also think Alex needs to fold her towels better. Stack them more neatly. And sort the colours better.

And perhaps even choose the colours better…

Don’t feel picked on, Lex. If I ever have cause to post a photo of my towels, you can all free to find fault.

I’d be too embarressed to post a pic of my towels if they looked that dishevelled.

do you actually fold and put the towels away SP?

These are a bit neater. I miss mah haus :-(

The Lab said:

do you actually fold and put the towels away SP?

Well no, but I could if I wanted to.

That’s a cheerful, bright and clean looking bathroom, well done.

Does mollwoll come in over here? If anyone sees him, can you point him to his colour vision evolution thread at the Other Place….I’ve added some information for him.

Sleep no more.

that’s a lovely bathroom that suits the house well.

i love white bathrooms..

Hello insomniac kii

Favrit haus evah. I misses it.

Before there, we lived a few streets away and I would covet it when I went for walks.

Hi kii and read you later :)

Lex said:

Favrit haus evah. I misses it.

Before there, we lived a few streets away and I would covet it when I went for walks.

you are so going to hell

Nearly winter :-D

The Lab said:

Lex said:

Favrit haus evah. I misses it.

Before there, we lived a few streets away and I would covet it when I went for walks.

you are so going to hell

Been there, done that…

hi kii

I have to throw something together for dinner

Bye car…

The Lab said:

hi kii

I have to throw something together for dinner

Don’t expect help from me.

Lex said:

Nearly winter :-D

You are so mean :(

Here it’s nearly the season some call “hell”.

>>Been there, done that…<<

It’s your aura, dear. You should see a healer about that. Or a homeopath. Or something.

Bye…..Dr Who here for me.

kii said:

The Lab said:

hi kii

I have to throw something together for dinner

Don’t expect help from me.

just pour the wine :)

kii said:

The Lab said:

hi kii

I have to throw something together for dinner

Don’t expect help from me.

You’ve already suggested prawn tacos.

You’re allowed to covet your neighbour’s house, just not his wife or ass.

The Lab said:

kii said:

The Lab said:

hi kii

I have to throw something together for dinner

Don’t expect help from me.

just pour the wine :)

Did you say: “DRINK THE WINE!!!!!”

Mmm…prawns.

We get fish tacos around here. I always think of fish milkshakes a la some teev programme.

Ooh I can use my frequent flyer points to go to NZ. Good, this trip has already cost too much.

Lex said:

Ooh I can use my frequent flyer points to go to NZ. Good, this trip has already cost too much.

Isn’t it a tax write-off anyway?

Divine Angel said:

Lex said:

Ooh I can use my frequent flyer points to go to NZ. Good, this trip has already cost too much.

Isn’t it a tax write-off anyway?

Well yeah but we don’t get study leave so I won’t get paid for that fortnight.

Rightyo.

Ah….fortnight. Lovely word. Absolutely lovely. Bliss.

“Good morning, this is kii from the stoopid bookstore. We have the book you ordered. Yes, it will be on hold for two weeks.”

VS

“Good morning, this is kii from the stoopid bookstore. We have the book you ordered. Yes, it will be on hold for a fortnight.”

mutters

stoopid not-sick people calling in sick because they don’t want to frigging work

Oh fantastic- Cruella de Vill is here too. She’s gonna chuck a tanty cos I’m out of strawberry jam sigh

Hey I saw on telly (maybe on the Titanic series) an actress called Perdita – srsly, who does something that cruel? No Pongo though.

Divine Angel said:

Oh fantastic- Cruella de Vill is here too. She’s gonna chuck a tanty cos I’m out of strawberry jam sigh

Take photos :D

She’s going straight to Not Always Right :P

Lex said:

Hey I saw on telly (maybe on the Titanic series) an actress called Perdita – srsly, who does something that cruel? No Pongo though.

We had a stuffed parrot called Perdita.

A pink parrot.
Perdita the pink parrot.

Divine Angel said:

She’s going straight to Not Always Right :P

As she should.

(I’m sure some people make those stories up.)

nomnomnom

Pork buns for noms.

I submitted one the other day; I’d run out of sprinkles doughnuts and the woman wanted me to look under the counter (where we put the printer etc) to see if I had any sprinkles hidden there so she could put them on top of an ordinary chocolate doughnut.

Um, but we don’t make them here, so I don’t have any ingredients hidden…

kktf

>>Hey I saw on telly (maybe on the Titanic series) an actress called Perdita – srsly, who does something that cruel? No Pongo though.<<

Was that Perdita Weeks, sister of Honeysuckle Weeks? They are both actresses. Honeysuckle was a major part in Foyle’s War.

How do thimbles work?

If they are to protect the finger, why do they have holes in them so that the point of the needle might poke through?

Dunno, all I noticed was the Perdita.

I wonder if she’s a Lost fan.

Is there a May Not Chat thread?

I started the April Chat thread, it’s my personal best thread for number of posts, for any forum I post at.

I intend to sit up late on 31 May to start the June Chat thread, see if I can get a new personal best.

Seems a cheap hobby

A cheap hobby is a good hobby.

The new female co-presenter of Time-Team.

I think she’ does an adequate job. Not sure what all the fuss was about.

Evening folks

Hiya Stumps, how’s stuff?

party_pants said:

Hiya Stumps, how’s stuff?

Stuff is good pp, just got 3rd in trivia, won the baffler…
All up to date with studies, just chilling in front of the fire with the mutt :)

How’s things with you?

Things are pretty much the same for me this week. Another day.

Well…

that kinda killed the mood…

clears away the glasses and turns out the lights

Y’know the New House is still kicking… head on over…. :)

schawoop

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/6835139/Ruling-Jesus-doesn-t-heal-cancer

Ruling: Jesus doesn’t heal cancer

A church billboard proclaiming that “Jesus Heals Cancer” has breached advertising standards by suggesting the church can offer something other churches cannot, the Advertising Standards Authority has ruled.

Napier’s Equippers Church had a billboard saying “Jesus heals cancer – church but not as you know it.”

It drew a number of complaints including from a mother whose son had cancer.

schawoop

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/6835139/Ruling-Jesus-doesn-t-heal-cancer

Ruling: Jesus doesn’t heal cancer

A church billboard proclaiming that “Jesus Heals Cancer” has breached advertising standards by suggesting the church can offer something other churches cannot, the Advertising Standards Authority has ruled.

Napier’s Equippers Church had a billboard saying “Jesus heals cancer – church but not as you know it.”

It drew a number of complaints including from a mother whose son had cancer.

Jesus doubled posted my post

Gday SB and Neo

Stumpy_seahorse said:

Gday SB and Neo

waves to stumpy

SqueezeBabe said:

Stumpy_seahorse said:

Gday SB and Neo

waves to stumpy

waves back how ya travelling Squeezebabe?

Stumpy_seahorse said:

SqueezeBabe said:

Stumpy_seahorse said:

Gday SB and Neo

waves to stumpy

waves back how ya travelling Squeezebabe?

Not too shabby…. My Ma has got a ten week contract with the Tassie Parliament starting next week, so i might be popping over for a visit sometime soon… /

SqueezeBabe said:

Stumpy_seahorse said:

SqueezeBabe said:

waves to stumpy

waves back how ya travelling Squeezebabe?

Not too shabby…. My Ma has got a ten week contract with the Tassie Parliament starting next week, so i might be popping over for a visit sometime soon… /

SqueezeBabe said:

Stumpy_seahorse said:

SqueezeBabe said:

waves to stumpy

waves back how ya travelling Squeezebabe?

Not too shabby…. My Ma has got a ten week contract with the Tassie Parliament starting next week, so i might be popping over for a visit sometime soon… /

Try that again…

turns the kettle on
you’re welcome any time, give me some notice and i’ll see if i can be at your end of the state

Stumpy_seahorse said:

Try that again…

turns the kettle on
you’re welcome any time, give me some notice and i’ll see if i can be at your end of the state

Well, i’m kinda hoping that i can make a bit of a pud out of it… but as i have no clue when or where at this point in time, it’s just speculations…

SqueezeBabe said:

Stumpy_seahorse said:

Try that again…

turns the kettle on
you’re welcome any time, give me some notice and i’ll see if i can be at your end of the state

Well, i’m kinda hoping that i can make a bit of a pud out of it… but as i have no clue when or where at this point in time, it’s just speculations…

No worries
(it’s a small state, not hard to get anywhere for a pud :D)

morning folks

Morning…

Gday poik.

How’s things?

Good morning Holidayers. It is 5 degrees (and feels cool, which is unusual for me to admit) and overcast.

Off to Casterton today.

Morning all. Drizzling still.

Gday Buffy and Geoff

Stumpy_seahorse said:

Gday poik.

How’s things?

Not bad, how’s down south?

I have good news: I have 2 payments left on my car and then I own it outright :) It’s an exciting time!

poikilotherm said:

Stumpy_seahorse said:

Gday poik.

How’s things?

Not bad, how’s down south?

listens to the pouring rain

Sounds like agfest week… lol

all’s going pretty well atm :)

Divine Angel said:

I have good news: I have 2 payments left on my car and then I own it outright :) It’s an exciting time!

Congrats DA
How is the ferrari going?

congrats DA you almost own a car..

I need a new tyre so will have to get that done this week. All good otherwise :)

surely a ferrari tyre would require you to take out another loan…

Maybe it fell off the back of a truck…

an armaguard truck?

Ms Keneally publicly supported the carbon tax in the lead-up to her failed bid to retain government in New South Wales last year. But now she says the PM needs a game-changing “Hail Mary pass” – and the carbon tax should be in her sights. “Whether it’s good policy or not is now irrelevant: it is completely bad politics,” Ms Keneally writes on The Drum today.

Simultaneously reminds people of her cynical approach to politics and the fact that she’s American.

Up betimes. Called up by my tailor, and there first put on a summer suit this year; but it was not my fine one of flowered tabby vest, and coloured camelott tunique, because it was too fine with the gold lace at the hands, that I was afeard to be seen in it; but put on the stuff suit I made the last year, which is now repaired; and so did go to the Office in it, and sat all the morning, the day looking as if it would be fowle. At noon home to dinner, and there find my wife extraordinary fine, with her flowered tabby gown that she made two years ago, now laced exceeding pretty; and, indeed, was fine all over; and mighty earnest to go, though the day was very lowering; and she would have me put on my fine suit, which I did. And so anon we went alone through the town with our new liveries of serge, and the horses’ manes and tails tied with red ribbons, and the standards there gilt with varnish, and all clean, and green refines, that people did mightily look upon us;
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If fate could play a temporal mischief
And past worlds today could light on
Sam would probably have a Triton

I’m giving Sam top marks for using ‘lowering’ to describe the weather but describing it also as ‘fowle’ is a poultry mistake that I’ll let pass.

UK official fends off critics over Heathrow waits

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Britain’s immigration minister Damian Green says the government is taking action to address long waits at airport immigration lines amid further criticism from an airline executive.

Green told BBC radio Tuesday that “of course there is a problem” and said “significant steps” would be taken.

Green has said that Britain’s border force would deploy extra staff at London’s Heathrow Airport amid growing furor over snaking lines at the airport’s immigration desks that some passengers claimed stretched for hours.

But Willie Walsh, chief executive of International Consolidated Airlines Group, accuses the government of being “incapable or unwilling” to fix the situation.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2012/05/01/international/i041740D44.DTL#ixzz1tfJqXOnC

It’s not right you know, millions of Australians and Americans fought and died many times grabs knee to protect Britian and yet we have to queue up like cattle to get into the joint while the Germans and the French waltz in and out as they please, the world’s gone mad.

Anyway I can’t sit around here shooting the breeze with all you guys, I’ve got work to do to help get the country back into the black, and nothing will do that better than coal projects.

Pleasantly dark and rainy day, this end. Good weather for spending many productive hours in the studio, which indeed I propose to do, straight after this cup of tea.

Since I’m unable to find any suitable winter clothes (they’re either buried somewhere in the wardrobe after Mr Mutant was “cleaning”, or they’re several years old and stretched/faded/holey), I’m going shopping.

And I just heard about a new book examining the gory beginnings of fairy tales, so I shall be on the lookout to purchase that as well :)

Divine Angel said:

Since I’m unable to find any suitable winter clothes (they’re either buried somewhere in the wardrobe after Mr Mutant was “cleaning”, or they’re several years old and stretched/faded/holey), I’m going shopping.

And I just heard about a new book examining the gory beginnings of fairy tales, so I shall be on the lookout to purchase that as well :)

Ooo…what book?

My nose is itchy. Really really itchy.

worms

wookiemeister said:

worms

Pollens.

kii said:

wookiemeister said:

worms

Pollens.

dusts

roughbarked said:

kii said:

wookiemeister said:

worms

Pollens.

dusts

Pollens.

kii said:

roughbarked said:

kii said:

Pollens.

dusts

Pollens.

often one and the same. ;)

Um my question of the day is, I’m sure I used to be able to get actual road distances between places on the net.. but now I seem to only get “as the crow flies” is there something I’m forgetting?

roughbarked said:

Um my question of the day is, I’m sure I used to be able to get actual road distances between places on the net.. but now I seem to only get “as the crow flies” is there something I’m forgetting?

RACQ website?

roughbarked said:

kii said:

roughbarked said:

dusts

Pollens.

often one and the same. ;)

Um my question of the day is, I’m sure I used to be able to get actual road distances between places on the net.. but now I seem to only get “as the crow flies” is there something I’m forgetting?

Well, around here the dust = fine sand. That is grit.

>>I’m sure I used to be able to get actual road distances between places on the net..

Go to Whereis, then click ‘Get Directions’ then enter the departure and destination places.

Geoff D said:

roughbarked said:

Um my question of the day is, I’m sure I used to be able to get actual road distances between places on the net.. but now I seem to only get “as the crow flies” is there something I’m forgetting?

RACQ website?

for dialup users? I need to use NoScript or otherwise block Flash videos to get to read content..

Peak Warming Man said:

>>I’m sure I used to be able to get actual road distances between places on the net..

Go to Whereis, then click ‘Get Directions’ then enter the departure and destination places.

loading.. loading … loading…

I’m not sure if it will load the get directions button anytime soon.

hello, good to see this place is still here.

Boris said:

hello, good to see this place is still here.

It’s not really here. You’re imagining it.

Boris said:

hello, good to see this place is still here.

you do have to be here to notice.. ;)

kii said:

Boris said:

hello, good to see this place is still here.

It’s not really here. You’re imagining it.

We’re all going on a summer holiday..(well some of us are)

roughbarked said:

kii said:

Boris said:

hello, good to see this place is still here.

It’s not really here. You’re imagining it.

We’re all going on a summer holiday..(well some of us are)

No. I hate summer aka hell.

kii said:

roughbarked said:

kii said:

It’s not really here. You’re imagining it.

We’re all going on a summer holiday..(well some of us are)

No. I hate summer aka hell.

I presume you have experienced summer here as well..

Geoff D said:

roughbarked said:

Um my question of the day is, I’m sure I used to be able to get actual road distances between places on the net.. but now I seem to only get “as the crow flies” is there something I’m forgetting?

RACQ website?

ding ding.. bells ring.. avoided all the hype on the page and targeted advanced search in trip planner.. took a little time but whereis is still loading loading..

roughbarked said:

kii said:

roughbarked said:

We’re all going on a summer holiday..(well some of us are)

No. I hate summer aka hell.

I presume you have experienced summer here as well..

Well….derr. Forty nine years of summer in Oz. This is different…all of June will be days over 100 deg. Low humidity is one of the big draw cards – I just think it’s a cop out. I’m in the desert :(

kii said:

roughbarked said:

kii said:

No. I hate summer aka hell.

I presume you have experienced summer here as well..

Well….derr. Forty nine years of summer in Oz. This is different…all of June will be days over 100 deg. Low humidity is one of the big draw cards – I just think it’s a cop out. I’m in the desert :(

mm so am I.. the drawcard was, that we are entering winter.. therefore going on a summer holiday..

Oh…I get it. Pleaseexcuse me…I’m tired and my space bardoesn’t always work.

kii said:

Oh…I get it. Pleaseexcuse me…I’m tired and my space bardoesn’t always work.

it is just a … habit of mine.. ;)

roughbarked said:

kii said:

Oh…I get it. Pleaseexcuse me…I’m tired and my space bardoesn’t always work.

it is just a … habit of mine.. ;)

ie: I could change my nickname but you’d… know it was me.

Today’s stew is on and simmering. Pure vegetation this time. Onion, broccoli, cabbage, carrots, taters, peas, capers, olive oil, butter, nutmeg, pepper, marjoram, cummin, white wine vinegar, 2 beef OXO.

Bubble Car said:

Onion, broccoli, cabbage, carrots, taters, peas, capers, olive oil, butter, nutmeg, pepper, marjoram, cummin, white wine vinegar, 2 beef OXO.

…and celery seeds. I knew I’d forget to mention something.

Afternoon skeptics.

Anyone here care to “like” this facebook page.

About a kindergarten teacher in QLD, sacked for being pregnant but unwed.

Who is this hussey?

Religious school or state school?

party_pants said:

Religious school or state school?

Religious School.

Does that make a difference in your mind??

Skeptic Pete said:

party_pants said:

Religious school or state school?

Religious School.

Does that make a difference in your mind??

Yes. They often make up their own rules and include them in employment contracts. Mate of mine got a job teaching in an evengelical Christian school, one of the conditions of employment was that he didn’t attend or drink in a public bar. If it was made a condition of employment you’re kind of stuck with it.

party_pants said:

Skeptic Pete said:

party_pants said:

Religious school or state school?

Religious School.

Does that make a difference in your mind??

Yes. They often make up their own rules and include them in employment contracts. Mate of mine got a job teaching in an evengelical Christian school, one of the conditions of employment was that he didn’t attend or drink in a public bar. If it was made a condition of employment you’re kind of stuck with it.

And I don’t have a problem with that in principle, Party Pants, but I suspect they receive government funding and I believe thata if that is the case then they should be subject to the same anti-discrimination laws as any other school.

Not sure what the rules are in QLD, but over here religious institutions are exempt from anti-discrimination. Know of a bloke (years ago) who was sacked because he was gay. He went to a lawyer but was told nothing can be done about it except changing the law.

Australia’s blurred separation between church and state:
Constitutional ambiguity has allowed religion an excessive influence in schools, and Australia is not alone in this respect
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/apr/29/australia-blurred-separation-church-state

party_pants said:

Not sure what the rules are in QLD, but over here religious institutions are exempt from anti-discrimination. Know of a bloke (years ago) who was sacked because he was gay. He went to a lawyer but was told nothing can be done about it except changing the law.

Well yeah that’s my point, the law needs changing and it is only by highlighting cases such as this that people who don’t usually give a damn, might actually think about it and realise it’s not just.

Yes, I read that Guardian article bubbles.

Highly Religious People Are Less Motivated by Compassion Than Are Non-Believers
ScienceDaily (Apr. 30, 2012)

“Love thy neighbor” is preached from many a pulpit. But new research from the University of California, Berkeley, suggests that the highly religious are less motivated by compassion when helping a stranger than are atheists, agnostics and less religious people.

In three experiments, social scientists found that compassion consistently drove less religious people to be more generous. For highly religious people, however, compassion was largely unrelated to how generous they were, according to the findings which are published in the most recent online issue of the journal Social Psychological and Personality Science.

The results challenge a widespread assumption that acts of generosity and charity are largely driven by feelings of empathy and compassion, researchers said. In the study, the link between compassion and generosity was found to be stronger for those who identified as being non-religious or less religious.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120430140035.htm

So what’s everyone having for dinner then?

roughbarked said:

Geoff D said:

roughbarked said:

Um my question of the day is, I’m sure I used to be able to get actual road distances between places on the net.. but now I seem to only get “as the crow flies” is there something I’m forgetting?

RACQ website?

ding ding.. bells ring.. avoided all the hype on the page and targeted advanced search in trip planner.. took a little time but whereis is still loading loading..

http://www.auinfo.com/australian%20distance%20calculator.html

So, I come in and scaree the local wildlife away, then. Perhaps the pub would be a good thing.

Arvo folks

Hi Michael. Posting in here is often quite spasmodic, I’m afraid.

Hi Stumpy. Been raining all day up your way?

Evening Stumps. Evening Car. I might go read a chapter or two.

Bubble Car said:

Hi Stumpy. Been raining all day up your way?

Yeah, 7.5mm today so far, agfest is a mud hole at the moment… lol

Gday MV

>>>I might go read a chapter or two.

What from? The Book of Mormon?

Stumpy_seahorse said:

Oh well, won’t be the first time :)

Bubble Car said:

Hi Michael. Posting in here is often quite spasmodic, I’m afraid.

Mind you, Wednesday was usually the slowest day & night on the Old Forum, too.

Oih Bubbles, who are you calling a spasmodic?? that’s got to be “somethingist”

Roast in the oven, fire burning fiercely, dog warming my toes… life is good :)

Apparently this forum is only for.. “the holiday forum was for people who couldn’t adapt to the changing environment.”

According to Angus :-)

What nature of beast are you roasting, Stumpy?

Skeptic Pete said:

Apparently this forum is only for.. “the holiday forum was for people who couldn’t adapt to the changing environment.”

According to Angus :-)

sounds about right… the other one gives me a headache

Bubble Car said:

What nature of beast are you roasting, Stumpy?

yearling beef roast

I still think it’s a shame, as it’s apparent that neither forum has the same dynamic as the “Real” forum.

I go to respond to a chat post in the new forum, and then realise the last post was many minutes ago. No flow.

I had turkey drumsticks (huge) cooked in the slow cooker.

They were divine, and the meat fell away from the bones and you could easily pick out thos quilly bits.

Nice. I hope you’re doing a rich brown gravy.

According to Angus :-)
-

It’s natural that people would vent because of their jealousy of our cosy little forum.

I’m having pork chops and vegies.

I got two trays of two turkey drumsticks for two dollars each :-)

Witty Rejoinder said:

According to Angus :-)
-

It’s natural that people would vent because of their jealousy of our cosy little forum.

Yeah well at least people over here can spell their usernames correctly.

Skeptic Pete said:

I had turkey drumsticks (huge) cooked in the slow cooker.

They were divine, and the meat fell away from the bones and you could easily pick out thos quilly bits.

Drumsticks, plural? One turkey drumstick is normally too much for one person’s dinner.

Bubble Car said:

Drumsticks, plural? One turkey drumstick is normally too much for one person’s dinner.

We had one drumstick each, and yes it was more than enough meat.

Bubble Car said:

Nice. I hope you’re doing a rich brown gravy.

not tonight, just pumpkin and carrots

This was my last turkey drumstick. Unfortunately there’s not much there to give you a sense of scale. I should have posed an ordinary household matchbox beside it:

Skeptic Pete said:

Yeah well at least people over here can spell their usernames correctly.

I have no idea what you’re talking about.

No-one’s stopping Angus and the other OverThere-ians from posting here now and then.

Witty Rejoinder said:

I have no idea what you’re talking about.

I have a screenshot saved for later use.

If that’s a standard size baking dish Bubbles that was a 747 sized Turkey.

That one’s actually slightly bigger than my usual roasting tin, bob. You can do a hefty lamb or beef roast in that tin, or a jumbo hen surrounded by plenty of roasting spuds and parsnips etc.

Skeptic Pete said:

I have a screenshot saved for later use.

Screenshots can be doctored.

HOW’S YOUR HEARING GOING PETE.
DID YOU GET IT CHECKED OUT?

Witty Rejoinder said:

Skeptic Pete said:

I have a screenshot saved for later use.

Screenshots can be doctored.

Well I have signed affidavits then.

Witness statements.

Peak Warming Man said:

HOW’S YOUR HEARING GOING PETE.
DID YOU GET IT CHECKED OUT?

Not since I failed that medical NO.

It’s pretty fucked up, plus the tinnitus seems to be getting worse.

Either that, or I’m just thinking about it more.

I never ever thought that I’d miss real silence.

See a GP and ask her to half a peep in your ears. They might just need pumping out. If not, you’d do well to get a referral to a specialist.

Other causes of tinnitus include:

1.Hearing is also often lost when a patient suffers from tinnitus.
2.Old age also cause hearing impairment.
3.Sinusitis and infections that move to the ear via the Eustachian tube. This causes an increase in pressure within the ear canals resulting in Tinnitus, Vertigo and Meneires disease.
4.Tinnitus can also be a symptom of a brain tumor. It is therefore best to have your ENT diagnosis the condition as self diagnosis could be detrimental.

half a peep = have a peep. Ask her to have at least half a peep. Or him, if your GP is male.

Zinc to boost your immune system
3. Vitamin A
4.Vitamin C
5. Valacyclovir
6. Vitamin B for Tinnitus
7. Ginkgo Biloba for Tinnitus

GP already checked my ears and said the left one has a very slight blockage so she told me to get some ear drops.

I haven’t got them yet but I don’t expect it to make much difference and she also told me there’s sweet fuck all you can do about it.

No.1 way of avoiding tinnitus – don’t be the loudest bass player in Newcastle.
No2. way of avoiding tinnitus – don’t stand near a Gardner Denver top hammer air track rig for two or three days running without ear muffs.

Skeptic Pete said:

GP already checked my ears and said the left one has a very slight blockage so she told me to get some ear drops.

I haven’t got them yet but I don’t expect it to make much difference and she also told me there’s sweet fuck all you can do about it.

I’d certainly be looking for a second opinion. This is obviously causing you a great deal of discomfort.

How are them knees holding up, Geoff?

By Gove, what’s Witty Regoinder joing on about?

sibeen said:

By Gove, what’s Witty Regoinder joing on about?

He gust can’t take a goke.

Interesting that we’ve had ten different gents posting so far tonight, but no ladies.

Bubble Car said:

How are them knees holding up, Geoff?

Ultrasound found a meniscal cyst, so that means a torn meniscus somewhere. X-rays – dunno yet. Will pick up the results Friday morning. (Out of town all day tomorrow for a funeral.)

I mean, it’s not even as though the “G” and the “J” are next to each other on the keyboard ;-)

Bubble Car said:

Interesting that we’ve had ten different gents posting so far tonight, but no ladies.

Eleven, you forgot Michael V.

Bubble Car said:

Interesting that we’ve had ten different gents posting so far tonight, but no ladies.

Don’t you mean jents?

I have seen a lot of talk of tinnitus on the forums.

I have got a small to moderate amount in one ear and high frequency roll off mainly due to exposure to loud music.

I wonder what proportion of us boomers suffer from it?

Meniscus. I assume that describes the shape of them.

Skeptic Pete said:

Bubble Car said:

Interesting that we’ve had ten different gents posting so far tonight, but no ladies.

Don’t you mean jents?

Jentermen, yes.

Meniscus can be concave as in water or convex as in mercury, I learnt that at school, I’ll probably forget those sort of things when I get old.

Meniscus lens from a microscope:

Peak Warming Man said:

Meniscus can be concave as in water or convex as in mercury, I learnt that at school, I’ll probably forget those sort of things when I get old.

As long as you remember the important things.

There was the time a mate blew a hole in his hand with a penny bunger when we trying to get them to explode underwater in a dam (and next to my ear).

Bubble Car said:

Meniscus. I assume that describes the shape of them.

Dunno – they are the slippery bits in the knee, more commonly called cartilage.

http://lclandminiscusteartriciamoser.wikispaces.com/file/view/Lateral_meniscus_tear.jpg/191017958/Lateral_meniscus_tear.jpg

>>>(and next to my ear).
Sh*t any ear damage?

In our family, as a child we only had the pretty fireworks in our Guy Fawkes Night displays. Bangers weren’t allowed. I was in firm agreement with that policy as I didn’t like the banging ones, and still don’t.

Geoff D said:

http://lclandminiscusteartriciamoser.wikispaces.com/file/view/Lateral_meniscus_tear.jpg/191017958/Lateral_meniscus_tear.jpg

Yes, it obviously refers to the shape (apparently meniscus comes from the Greek for “crescent”)

Can you imagine BC on cracker night, all he’d have would be skyrockets and once he let all his off he’d be going round knocking people over trying to light theirs, I bet they had to drag him inside and tie him to the bed.

bob(from black rock) said:

>>>(and next to my ear).
Sh*t any ear damage?

Yeah – It still rings.

Then there was the 80% deaf chippie with fkn loud ramset gun.

Bubble Car said:

Bubble Car said:

Interesting that we’ve had ten different gents posting so far tonight, but no ladies.

Eleven, you forgot Michael V.

i thought tonight was all about the various maladies of the forumites

Hah. Lemon Party was referenced on this new ‘Simpson’ episode.

Peak Warming Man said:

Can you imagine BC on cracker night, all he’d have would be skyrockets and once he let all his off he’d be going round knocking people over trying to light theirs, I bet they had to drag him inside and tie him to the bed.

spits tea all over the screen

South Korea says electronic jamming signals from the communist North have disrupted hundreds of civilian flights, but says no aircraft is in danger.

The signals have prompted Seoul to issue a warning notice for pilots and airlines.

South Korea says about 250 flights operated by South Korean and foreign airlines had been affected by the GPS jamming from North Korea since last weekend.

“We’ve confirmed the GPS jamming signals have been stemming from the North,” said Lee Kyung-Woo, a deputy director at the state Korea Communications Commission.

But officials stress that the jamming has not endangered aircraft because pilots have been using other navigation devices.
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Other devices like wot they used before GPS, dead reckoning?

Peak Warming Man said:

But officials stress that the jamming has not endangered aircraft because pilots have been using other navigation devices.
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Other devices like wot they used before GPS, dead reckoning?

I imagine radar system onboard and on the ground allow positions to be triangulated to a reasonable degree.

dead reckoning?
—————————-

A sexstant first… then fly by eye.

my god the north koreans have activated the anti-polarisation magnatron and unleashed the hadron collider’s gamma radiation

we’re doomed

this sounds like a job for godzilla and the time team

In olden days when the glimpse of stocking was looked on as something shocking pilots used to aim a sexton at celestial bodies, or was that a verger?

I suppose Droppy’s full of piss and bad manners and singing Khe San over and f’ing over in the Karaoke Bar.

but it brings employment to the masses out in the western suburbs so its an act of charity

Has NK’s Glorious leader tee’d off, ricocheted the ball off all 32 GPS sats, and got a hole in one?

something shocking pilots used to aim a sexton at celestial bodies,
—————————————————————

Yeah It was like landing a craft on the Moon before GPS.

Then again that still wouldn’t work…

something shocking pilots used to aim a sexton at celestial bodies,
—————————————————————

Yeah It was like landing a craft on the Moon before GPS.

Then again that still wouldn’t work…

Whoops I doubled up…

so the ‘latest’ parenting technique is coined ‘free range parenting’ which basically means don’t hover around your kids while they are playing… so, you know, being normal..

fuck, these physiologists are worth their weight…

A wookiemeister example.

A playing with this stuff.

don’t mind me/p>

Who TF is this new poster, Arts?

Some newbie, perhaps?

Helicopter mods required :)

sibeen said:

Who TF is this new poster, Arts?

Some newbie, perhaps?

yeah I dunno… obviously logged in as that on the ipad..

I love living now.

I just wish my dad was still alive so that he could see this stuff.

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/1205/helene2_cassini_960.jpg

I’d better contact “The Lab” and have this interloper chastised and perhaps banned; although I need to consult with the Coven about the latter.

Hello….I see you are in need of more wimmin. Sorry, I’ve been off doing my archery in a big, cold shed. Not shooting well, but not shooting badly. Shot at 30m tonight. Then decided to have a go at 40m. It’s a stretch with the recurve, but I did get some arrows into the target.

Oh, and then I had to write a couple of careful letters to ophthalmologists about patients with very involved problems. And one with a ‘helpful’ son…….

sibeen said:

I’d better contact “The Lab” and have this interloper chastised and perhaps banned; although I need to consult with the Coven about the latter.

The Lab is a powerful force to be reckoned with. Any one that is game is a brave soul indeed.

Hi Buffy. Did you get any more arrows stuck into your but?

buffy said:

Hello….I see you are in need of more wimmin. Sorry, I’ve been off doing my archery in a big, cold shed. Not shooting well, but not shooting badly. Shot at 30m tonight. Then decided to have a go at 40m. It’s a stretch with the recurve, but I did get some arrows into the target.

the great thing about archery is that people forget how lethal it is. These days it’s all about guns and bombs and planes but the silent arrow, shot by a skilled marksman (or woman), can take out many people before anyone even looks over to the grassy knoll.

That’s the general aim Kingy. But I did lose some more tips….I don’t think the Tarzan’s Grip is adequate. The head of the archery group says I need to use a hot glue or something, with a candle to heat? I have used superglue before, but I only had a tube of Tarzan’s Grip…..

buffy, invest in a hot glue gun.. they are relatively cheap and easy to use..

>>shot by a skilled marksman (or woman),<<

This bit, this bit, this is the tricky bit. I think I could do quite a good job of maiming, but killing…..much harder to do. Maybe I could be the torturer…..you never quite know if I will hit or not.

(I’m not all that bad, but given the size of the target, if you substituted a person, I could hit anywhere from head to knee really)

Arts said:

the great thing about archery is that people forget how lethal it is. These days it’s all about guns and bombs and planes but the silent arrow, shot by a skilled marksman (or woman), can take out many people before anyone even looks over to the grassy knoll.

“I used to be President of the United States of America, but then I took an arrow to the back of the head”

Actually the field archery guy who uses a longbow was there again tonight. I must ask him to let me see if I actually have the strength to pull the longbow. I suspect I will have to stay with a recurve, but (as Bubblecar says) the traditional bow has a certain panache.

fuck, these physiologists are worth their weight…
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rofl…Yeah that is golden.

don’t mind me/p>
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FMD Wookie… you are getting more anal than Rou… Rough… other people.

I finished the modifications of Eagle bay today.

Start:

Middle

End

Honestly, my job is just Tonka for grownups :)

Kingy said:

I finished the modifications of Eagle bay today.

Do you have to use a level or something to keep the flattened areas even?

>>Do you have to use a level or something to keep the flattened areas even?<<

Yes, I have a rotating laser. The house pad and the tank pad(on the right) have to be within 10mm of specification.
The house pad also has to pass a compaction test by the engineer. He requires a minimum of 5 over 7, on this pad my tests came up with 12 over 25.

I sleep well :)

the worst thing about being a ‘school parent’ is that you have bitches like this to live up to..

http://boingboing.net/2012/04/30/gallery-of-cute-lunches-that-h.html

Julia?

Kingy said:

Julia?

HOOLY DOOLY!

Gaysus, #1 asks for a ham and pickles sanjer, #2 asks for a vejemite sanger. They then get a snack for little lunch and two pieces of fruit.

1. will occasionally ask for somethinj else to be put between her bread, but woe betide if I ever try to put anything but butter and vejemite between #2s.

Why are people so.. unkind?

Because I’m an evil C

urmedgeon :)

“vejemite”

sibeen has just outed himself as unAustralian.

I’m not sure if it is the extreme old age or the incessant alcohol abuse, but anyone who lives in this country and can’t spell vegemite, really should be deported.

Kingy, Kingy, Kingy,

shakes head in a sorrowful manner

This is the Holiday forum, and in keeping with the ‘witty regoinder’ tradition, all letters ‘j’ and ‘g’ shall be swapped.

I think I actually missed one or two in the last post.

Arts said:

the worst thing about being a ‘school parent’ is that you have bitches like this to live up to..

http://boingboing.net/2012/04/30/gallery-of-cute-lunches-that-h.html

What the fuck is that blue food in the first picture? I feel sick….oh dear oh dear oh dear.

Arts – write little notes to put in your kids’ lunchboxes. Literacy is far more useful that being able to recognise mass marketed icons of the cartoon world.

personally I think if you have that much time on your hands, you should be putting it to better use.

Secondly, food isn’t fun, dammit! it’s functional, isn’t htins just setting kids up for obesity.. those psychologists should be all over this one

So what’s happened in the mIning asses thread over in the new goint? Oh, sorry mining asteroids, or was it hemorrhoids? Maybe I need more sleep? hahahahaha…that’s funny.

>write little notes to put in your kids’ lunchboxes.

Clean your bloody room






Put out your bloody washing






Dishes go in the fking sink or dishwasher





Cleaning your teeth is not a chore






Yes, making your bed is mandatory






You’re not fking wearing that!!

sibeen said:

>write little notes to put in your kids’ lunchboxes.

Clean your bloody room






Put out your bloody washing






Dishes go in the fking sink or dishwasher





Cleaning your teeth is not a chore






Yes, making your bed is mandatory






You’re not fking wearing that!!

As long as you put xxxx on the bottom, who the fuck cares? Most kids can’t read, anyway.

peeps in

Hello :)

Can anyone join in here?

Damn it’s boring over there <——

Woohoo, check out the babe with the galaxy tights!

So, today it’s another CAT scan for me, then mr kii has to go to El Paso to see a skin specialist for his sun damaged skin.

Spider Lily said:

peeps in

Hello :)

Can anyone join in here?

Damn it’s boring over there <——

Only if you swap your ‘j’ and ‘g’ letters about.

I do write notes for the kids!

I also write notes on the days that they have lunch orders on the lunch bags.

(yes, some days I don’t have bread or sandwich stuff or I just can’t be bothered so I spend the $3.20 for a lunch order sandwich instead. i’m a terrible mum..)

kii said:

So, today it’s another CAT scan for me, then mr kii has to go to El Paso to see a skin specialist for his sun damaged skin.

meow

:(

>(yes, some days I don’t have bread or sandwich stuff or I just can’t be bothered so I spend the $3.20 for a lunch order sandwich instead. i’m a terrible mum..)

+1

Or dad, in my case.

Either way, it’s terrible, terrible parenting :)

unfortunately this forum doesn’t have a post count, or signature quotes, or a ‘who’s online’ or a status line or an official ignore function. .. but anyone is welcome

>>This is the Holiday forum, and in keeping with the ‘witty regoinder’ tradition, all letters ‘j’ and ‘g’ shall be swapped.<<

So why did I not get that memo?

Was it sibeens responsibility to send it?

Kingy said:

>>This is the Holiday forum, and in keeping with the ‘witty regoinder’ tradition, all letters ‘j’ and ‘g’ shall be swapped.<<

So why did I not get that memo?

Was it sibeens responsibility to send it?

No, it was yours.

Kingy said:

Woohoo, check out the babe with the galaxy tights!

LOL

…and great memory for the name of them Kingy :)

>>unfortunately this forum doesn’t have a post count

WTF is this stuck in the right hand corner then…ID: 152130…sliced bloody bread?

:)

sibeen said:

>>unfortunately this forum doesn’t have a post count

WTF is this stuck in the right hand corner then…ID: 152130…sliced bloody bread?

:)

Individual post count you flippinj nonj. Alonj with little buttons sayinj how popular you are and flash little phrases describinj your current status.

>>…and great memory for the name of them Kingy :) <<

Hard to forget.

Individual post count you flippinj nonj. Alonj with little buttons sayinj how popular you are and flash little phrases describinj your current status.

Most appear to be feline orientated these days too, can’t think who would be doing those ones :)

Bullying fellow forumites makes baby Jesus cry.

>Alonj with little buttons sayinj how popular you are

Gaysus, I know how popular I am. Why would I be going a jroup that requires validation.

Witty Rejoinder said:

Bullying fellow forumites makes baby Jesus cry.

accidentally on purpose pushes Witty over

Does this forum have a ban on * use?

Obviously not. So what happens if I use two of the little pointy suckers? **

hmmmmmm

kii, if you use a ‘*’ either side of a word etc it will bold it.

I am not quite sure why I am even in the holiday forum.

The last holiday I had was in August ’94.

And I wasted it building the furniture in this house.

Witty, we are setting a Zeitjeist for the holiday forum.

You should be proud :)

Not like the those over there…the losers :)

sibeen said:

kii, if you use a ‘*’ either side of a word etc it will bold it.

Ah, nothing looks bold to me :/ then again all my words should be done in bold. It’s the new CAPS LOCK.

>>Bullying fellow forumites makes baby Jesus cry.<<

Gesus* (apparently)

sibeen said:

Witty, we are setting a Zeitjeist for the holiday forum.

But what does this mean for my goal of dying in obscurity?

>But what does this mean for my goal of dying in obscurity?

cough








joal

Witty, some more pics have uploaded.

Subsoil drain:

Waterproof membrane:

And if anyone is wondering what part of building a house is the most expensive bit to get wrong…

Earthworks.

Kingy said:

And if anyone is wondering what part of building a house is the most expensive bit to get wrong…

Earthworks.

Oh?

Why is that?

Just in case you have not realised how awesome this pic is, I’ll post it again.

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/1205/helene2_cassini_960.jpg

Kingy said:

Waterproof membrane:

What is the waterproof membrane for? Won’t it be pierced umpteen times by the foundation posts?

I think I may have just answered my own questions; will a concrete slab be laid directly onto the ground?

party_pants said:

Kingy said:

And if anyone is wondering what part of building a house is the most expensive bit to get wrong…

Earthworks.

Oh?

Why is that?

What’s that old sonj? Build on the rocks and not upon the sand? Solid bases make jood houses.

sibeen said:

>>unfortunately this forum doesn’t have a post count

WTF is this stuck in the right hand corner then…ID: 152130…sliced bloody bread?

:)

individual post count.. damn you

Kinjy – That photo looks like a weird mummified skull.

Witty Rejoinder said:

Bullying fellow forumites makes baby Jesus cry.

babies always cry

>>Why is that?<<

Coz if it is wrong, you get to demolish the entire building, dig up all the ground to the base layer and then start all over again.

Which costs about twice the price of the original building(which is demolished)

So, here’s my dilemma: high winds are forecast for today (I gust jot a text messaje from the nixle people sayinj: DON’T BURN STUFF TODAY!!

So…do I wash my hair before I jo out or do I gust tie it down? When I jet home it will be full of jritty sand.

>> What’s that old sonj? Build on the rocks and not upon the sand? Solid bases make jood houses.

I could never figure that one out. Went to an evangelical Christian school as a youngster and that metaphor was often used. yet walking to school past a house under construction the first thing you notice is that they lay a good half a metre to a metre of sand and then lay the concrete pad directly on top of that, they never dug down to rock and then started building.

Kingy said:

>>Why is that?<<

Coz if it is wrong, you get to demolish the entire building, dig up all the ground to the base layer and then start all over again.

Which costs about twice the price of the original building(which is demolished)

Some kind of testing process might be in order….

party_pants said:

>> What’s that old sonj? Build on the rocks and not upon the sand? Solid bases make jood houses.

I could never figure that one out. Went to an evangelical Christian school as a youngster and that metaphor was often used. yet walking to school past a house under construction the first thing you notice is that they lay a good half a metre to a metre of sand and then lay the concrete pad directly on top of that, they never dug down to rock and then started building.

They’re full of crazy shit.

kii I can’t read that..

but just get out an do what you need to so you don’t crush a witch with your house.

kii said:

So, here’s my dilemma: high winds are forecast for today (I gust jot a text messaje from the nixle people sayinj: DON’T BURN STUFF TODAY!!

So…do I wash my hair before I jo out or do I gust tie it down? When I jet home it will be full of jritty sand.

It might require washing twice.

>>they never dug down to rock and then started building.<<

Anything under your house has to be less than 2% organic matter, and when tested by a proper engineer, has to have less than 5% shrinkage.

If you already have clean sand on rock, you win.

Arts said:

kii I can’t read that..

but just get out an do what you need to so you don’t crush a witch with your house.

You can’t read it and I worked so hard on typing it?

BAH!

Windy day? Do I wash my hair or not?

My hair is half way down my back….Bubblecar wins.

(I think I am going to have about half of it cut off.)

kii said:

Arts said:

kii I can’t read that..

but just get out an do what you need to so you don’t crush a witch with your house.

You can’t read it and I worked so hard on typing it?

BAH!

Windy day? Do I wash my hair or not?

My hair is half way down my back….Bubblecar wins.

(I think I am going to have about half of it cut off.)

wash hair if it needs STOP
my friends say longhair makes you look younger (I have long hair too) STOP
dont STOP

Okay…wash hair twice.

I don’t care about the younger bit….I just wanted to be an old lady with my grey hair in a thick plait.

Definitely washing it…I might have had a hot flush last night, either that or too many cats on my feet while I slept.

>>What is the waterproof membrane for? Won’t it be pierced umpteen times by the foundation posts?<<

Some engineers tell me that it stops the water from soaking from the subsoil into the house pad, other engineers tell me that is stops the water from soaking from the house pad into the subsoil. My own opinion is that it stops the lawyers from removing the engineers BMW.

To test compaction, the engineer does around 10 compaction tests. Each of which pierces the WPM. rolls eyes

The foundations do not reach the WPM, however, the plumber does, and tears big rips through it as he plumbs the sewage system.

rolls eyes again

But all the paperwork is filled out correctly and apparently that is all that matters.

>>I think I may have just answered my own questions; will a concrete slab be laid directly onto the ground?<<

The slab has footings dug around the edges to support external walls, and thickenings dug through the middle to support internal walls, then the slab is laid onto my sandpad.

Is anyone still here?

Kingy said:

Is anyone still here?

Yes.

Thank dog for that. I thought I might have inconvoluted the forum by posting some engineering.

But…

Nah, fuck it, this forum is on holidays anyway.

I think there has been a notable drop in traffic accross both forum in the last week and bit. I thought it would just spit traffic between two place, but there has been a noticeable drop.

I’m back…but not really…sort of…for now.

One shower of rain, and everyone thinks that they can burn off.

This is the longest period of low rainfall here on record.

3 fire callouts last night between 1am and 5am, and again tonight there is a pall of smoke hanging over town.

…and now I am gone.

What? Where?

If I can become the biggest poster at the new place then that surely indicates a noticeable drop off by other posters.

It seems to have worked here too, roughy.

:p

Kingy said:

It seems to have worked here too, roughy.

:p

That would make me famous..

Morning folks

Morning all.

Pneumococcal vaccination site sore and bruised :-(

Morning Stumpy :)

Morning Geoff :)

Friday tomorrow :D

Hi Geoff and Spiderlilly

Spider Lily said:

Friday tomorrow :D

Already?

definately not enough days in the week…

definately not enough days in the week…

Pfft wash your mouth out Stumpy….

Good morning Holidayers. We have 8 degrees and it has been raining. Gently. Even got some sort-of puddles outside.

I’ve posted less in the past month or so because I have been extremely busy. I don’t know what excuse other people have.

Obviously….as I’ve said before….I don’t like the new forum format, so I am not inclined to just rattle along there like I used to on the ABC site.

Spider Lily said:

definately not enough days in the week…

Pfft wash your mouth out Stumpy….

sorry…

We could arrange another day dedicated to just sleep if you’d like?

buffy said:

Good morning Holidayers. We have 8 degrees and it has been raining. Gently. Even got some sort-of puddles outside.

I’ve posted less in the past month or so because I have been extremely busy. I don’t know what excuse other people have.

Obviously….as I’ve said before….I don’t like the new forum format, so I am not inclined to just rattle along there like I used to on the ABC site.

Gday Buffy

6.3 here and 16.5mm in the last 24hours, typical weather for the first day of our biggest agricultural show…

And, although I just said what I did about the Other Place….pigman has posted a letter to Yarra Trams and the response in Chat over there, and they are definitely, definitely worth reading. I clicked on the post providentially. I only click randomly.

buffy said:

And, although I just said what I did about the Other Place….pigman has posted a letter to Yarra Trams and the response in Chat over there, and they are definitely, definitely worth reading. I clicked on the post providentially. I only click randomly.

Yes that was entertaining wasn’t it Buffy…

Some people just have a way with words.

Geoff D said:

Morning all.

Pneumococcal vaccination site sore and bruised :-(

thats where they put the bicycle pump?

Spider Lily said:

Morning Stumpy :)

Morning Geoff :)

Friday tomorrow :D

Dn’t talk about Friday like that.. I’m currently ferrying two invaliids about to the doctors and all that. Tomorrow is going to be a long day for me.

Stumpy_seahorse said:

Spider Lily said:

definately not enough days in the week…

Pfft wash your mouth out Stumpy….

sorry…

We could arrange another day dedicated to just sleep if you’d like?

mmmm….sleep. I love sleeping. I wish I could be a cat.

Yep, that letter to Yarra trams was brilliant. The reply was astonishingly excellent.

I can’t sleep in on weekdays. Mr mutant is too bloody noisy when he gets up for work.

mr kii gets up at 4am..sometimes earlier. That’s 4am everyday.

Today’s programme:

a) Cup of tea which I’m now drinking
b) Two hours of fine art in the studio
c) Bath, don village clothes. I’ll probably need my coat as the BOM are telling us to expect a maximum of 13
d) Go into village to post an order and do a speck of shopping
e) Return, make a nice dinner etc etc
f) Come nightfall, pour a small sherry and watch another Holmes

Bubble Car said:

Today’s programme:

a) Cup of tea which I’m now drinking
b) Two hours of fine art in the studio
c) Bath, don village clothes. I’ll probably need my coat as the BOM are telling us to expect a maximum of 13
d) Go into village to post an order and do a speck of shopping
e) Return, make a nice dinner etc etc
f) Come nightfall, pour a small sherry and watch another Holmes

Sounds like a nice life.. what about the weeds out the back? Do you just let them grow?

There are various clumps of overgrowth on this property that are not my responsibility, if they can’t be mown. Due for an autumn mow right now really, but the grass is far too wet after all the rain and drizzle lately, which is continuing today.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4G80oSZ—QU

This is like our dog…except she does it nearly every time we come home. It’s so funny, but we have to ignore her. Sometimes she is so frantic that I put her outside until she is calmer.

Hi kii. It’s not letting me open that. “An error occurred during validation”, whatever that means.

Bastards! It’s a German Shepherd greeting the return of his master…the guy has returned from Iraq or Afghanistan. Poor dog goes nuts.

There’s a whole website of scenes like this.

Ah, our family had a poodle like. She’d try to jump into people’s faces as they walked up the drive, then go madly dashing around the garden in random directions.

Hmm, except she was a he, called Peter. Fancy forgetting that.

Separation anxiety.

finally removed sssf off my favourites ,
adding to clutter