nomadpete

But Spacey, even if you do eat and shit.... You still die!

Therein lies proof that the most important organ in a body is.... Not the brain.... not the heart.... It's the asshole!

You were talking about house fires Spacey. So that was the context of my answer. I have seen I beams bend like wet spaghetti in a domestic fire but have not seen steel or cement actually combust.

Good point. However, when you look up in a dark sky at an object, unless you already know how big it is and there is a known object beside it you have no terms of reference to gauge height, size or speed. So I disregard the claims of 'size of an SUV' etc. And radar often fails to pick up things at lower altitudes - FlightRadar 24 often shows gaps in flight paths around my place, due to terrain obstructions. It soinds like these alleged sightings are too brief for proper verification. Mass hysteria in a paranoid country?

There are pictues of these things displaying nav lights. How often do meteors, comets, alien spacefraft or chinese spy balloons have red/green nav lights?

Since breathing rate is a pretty random subject...... This peer reviewed research explains the effects on blood pressure and resting heart rate. It shows that the simple practice can do good things. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0002914917306185 There are other papers that attest to reduced stress and improved sleep. When I remember to spend 5 min practicing it before sleep, I find it helpful.

All true. My sleeping breathing rate is around 12 ish. However, a period of deliberately practiced slow, deep breathing has been shown to benefit - it lowers stress and improves sleep quality.

Yes, trained firies have a fair idea what to do once they assess the incident. Honestly, we have a far bigger problem assessing chimney fires, which often render the house ununhabitable even when we get there so quickly that all you saw was a whisp of smoke. BTW, we haven't yet had to deal with any kind of lithium battery fire. But no doubt they will happen. Everything except bricks, concrete and steel might catch fire one day.

Lots of things can do that. I have attended two rooftop fires where solar panels were involved. One was caused by a faulty isolator switch - which has been recalled but the owner didn't bother to get it replaced. The other was caused by rodents eating through insulation where the cable entered the roof. Could have happened even if they didn't have solar. Neither houses were noticably damaged and nobody was harmed. I suspect the hazard of solar panels is rather minor.

My best way to fall asleep is to practice slow breathing. One minute I'm slowly breathing, next thing I know it's time to get up. A rate of around 6 breaths per minute is optimal for lowering blood pressure, promoting relaxation, and strengthening your body’s ability to tolerate stress. To practice resonance breathing: Go to bed. Inhale for 5 seconds. Hold for 2. Exhale for 5 seconds. Hold for 2. Continue this cycle of breath for a few minutes.

I am not surprised to see that see that the most hazardous power generation is coal. And the least hazardous to humans is solar. The sooner we stop using coal in the vast quantities that we presently do, the better it is for everyone. Thanks for the graph.

My opinion is that although nuclear poer is great, there are three reasons for not going down that path. 1. There doesn't appear to be a proper long term plan to store/recycle/neutralise the long term waste. 2. The costs are prohibitive, and blowouts are highly likely. 3. The lead time is so long that we will have to spend a lot on refurbishing existing coal fired generators to keep them running whilst the first nuclear plant gets built on the site of an old coal fired plant - causing a shortfall of generation for the 15 years build time. Turning one coal fired plant into a construction zone immediately takes a lot of power out of the grid. Where does that extra energy come from - whilst all that time our demand is also growing? Solar perhaps?

There is one major thing missing from our energy network. So far, our government has made nil progress on pumped storage. (Except for Snowy MK2). We should not be waiting for mega batteries to be invented. That is as silly as expecting a new cheap nuclear power station to be invented.

Wait. Soon Bubba will shoot one down. Then we might find out. The media will probably report it as a crashed Cessna. And for once they'll probably be right!

It looks better with the patina rather than having gleaming perfection of a brand new floor. More in keeping with the character of the building.

Well, drones are too small to show up on radar. (Unless they are car size) Don't have a transponder to ident themselves. Unlikely to obey CTA rules (none have been seen in prohibited areas). Some drones are cheap and appeal to dickheads. Conspiricy nuts are generally paranoid. Malicious drone operators are unlikely to show red/green nav lights. I sense the media is short of real news at the moment.

No, everybody doesn't think. They go with the loudest media sound bites. Albaneesy is just keeping the seat warm for Duttin.

Please don't think I believe any lasting good will come of DJT's presidency. I doubt DJT has the knowledge, or wisdom to carry out a tactical economic war. He has more chance to achieve his stated apparent intention to criple his country in multiple ways.

This is a modern problem, psychologically. I have found that many folk are disturbed by constant 'noise' in their brain.either uncontrolled thoughts or voices. Scarey! The first thing in metitation is to 'empty your mind'. Many people can't.

Isn't that also our main criticism of china? After WW2, the asians (at the time Japan. Later, China) made it clear that the big wars will not be done with weapons. They will be done with economics. Although DJT is a loose cannon, he is trying to fight fire with fire. Ref: "The Art of War" Unless pootin uses nukes.

Thanks for the update. I was starting to worry about the growing pressure on you. Especially at this time of year. Tis a big project. On top of having a Starmer in the country.

Noted the comment 'If the press don't like us this time, well just have to take them on again...'

He seems to think 'famous' and 'infamous' are interchangeable.

'Look everyone... I'm famous!'

Obliquely, I'm implying that the christian movement wasn't convincing enough on its own merit - so it claimed other's festivals, brliefs, etc. And renamed them, then claimed to have invented them. A bit like USA rednecks claiming that the only Real Americans, are those descended from a select small group of immigrants.