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Radical Environmentalists using Aboriginal culture as a means to an end.
pmccarthy replied to old man emu's topic in Politics
Here is one example. https://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/charctic-interactive-sea-ice-graph/ the National Snow and Ice Data Centre shows extent of arctic sea ice. Situation normal, no alarming trend. Click on any year to compare. there is plenty of information out there contrary to the alarmist headlines. -
Radical Environmentalists using Aboriginal culture as a means to an end.
pmccarthy replied to old man emu's topic in Politics
I'm sorry Octave, but your list is meaningless. A majority have no standing in climate science and some have no standing at all. Pakistan and Zimbabwe are not centres of scientific learning. Most of the web pages on the links are marketing pages for consulting services. Others presuppose imminent global warming and are addressing solutions, not assessing the scientific evidence for climate change. Follow the money. -
Its an anagram of Lone Skum
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Horses were used underground in Victoria from about 1863 and were used in Broken Hill from early days. We had a bad rat problem in the 1960s-70s caused by rats that had come in with the horse feed decades earlier and now survived on rotting hessian, timber and food scraps. We had all sorts of rat traps and metal lunch boxes (crib tins) to keep the cribs safe.
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The horses were difficult to lower down the shaft slung under the cage. Then they grew fat under ground, and couldn't be pulled out again until they were put on a diet.
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There is a desperate shortage of GPs in Australia, particularly in rural towns. Most GPs that I know are working two or three locations, a day or two per week at each. Many, like my niece, are training as specialists for the bigger pay packet, reduced hours, and the certainty of a city job. In many towns, newcomers cannot see a doctor as patient lists are closed. They have to travel back to where they came from to see their previous GP.
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Big boobies?
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If you had a foot you probably would just get it cut down to six inches.
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It’s great to see the smiling photo of Albo riding the Cairns Skyrail as his way of helping people impacted by the the NQ floods. He is showing that Cairns residents should ride the Skyrail to Kuranda until the water subsides.
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I have been on minus 40 a few times, in the Arctic. My main memory is wanting to be somewhere else.
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Celebrating Positives (offset of the Gripes Thread)
pmccarthy replied to Jerry_Atrick's topic in General Discussion
Positive is I got car painting job done today. Negative is that it turned out crap, I will have to sand it back in a couple of weeks and recoat it. -
I am surprised that pilots on both sides in WW1 got to 20,000 feet for periods of 10-15 minutes without oxygen. They usually got quite ill at the end of it and some blacked out, to recover in a spin at lower altitudes. By mid 1918 they were using oxygen and patrolling up to 21,000 feet. At the extreme altitudes, a height advantage of 50 feet would determine whether you could bring your guns to bear on the enemy, or stall and spin as you raised the nose.
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I am ten years older and more concerned with terroir than terrain.
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Back in the day, artificial eyes were made of wood, painted. A bloke with an artificial eye asked a girl to go out with him. “Would I!” She exclaimed. “Your not so flash yourself you skinny bitch” he replied.
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When I was young I worked in a mine 3500 feet deep and before work I did flying lessons at around 5000 feet a couple of days a week. Had no effect, except for the farting. That has persisted, like long Covid.
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Celebrating Positives (offset of the Gripes Thread)
pmccarthy replied to Jerry_Atrick's topic in General Discussion
Apparently people on their first LSD trip say that they can see the air. -
Spelt pasta is healthy and tastes great.
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Celebrating Positives (offset of the Gripes Thread)
pmccarthy replied to Jerry_Atrick's topic in General Discussion
I haven't heard of a gin clear day before. As distinct from a Scotch mist, or a wine-dark sea? -
The political and philosophical arguments are too complex. All Russians are responsible for Putin and all Gazans are responsible for Hamas, and get what they deserve. If Australia ever attacks another country then I will be responsible. What, we did? Then thank goodness we prevailed, as winning trumps morality, as Putin and Hamas both know.
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I see the word aircrafts a lot lately.
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Years ago in Perth there were birds that mimicked the pedestrian crossing sounds at the lights. I wondered if any blind people stepped out as a result.
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A clay pot - ask my wife!
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Again, thunder, rain, no power. Gone to bed.
