nomadpete

7 minutes ago, facthunter said:

People living in those places often experience some mental instability as a result.  Nev

That doesn't explain Texans - they are definitely not at a high latitude.

BTW Taswegians mostly accept heading out the door before first sparrow fart is normal in winter - our days are noticably short. But that doesn't make them all as crazy as Texans or bananabenders.

1 minute ago, Bruce Tuncks said:

I just lament our lack of democracy on the issue. Switzerland has lots of referenda, why not us?

Can't argue with that.

36 minutes ago, facthunter said:

 It doesn't even make you rare but when you get home you might be HOME-O -sexual. Nev

I am home-o-sexual.

Those rare events always happen in the comfort of my own home.

Tut tut.

Prioritise, man!

I just returned from the campground loo. Sun is just coming up. I then sat in front of the heater with my cuppa. Thus I am forum scrolling without incident. Also, this is random enough to be in the random thread!

7 hours ago, Litespeed said:

But twenty years ago we had landlines, 000 answered the calls and things called phonebooths were everywhere.

 

The service guarantee was real not a corporate lie.

 

We can thank privatisation for that.

2 hours ago, spenaroo said:

the PVC pipe and a bbq ignition cannons....
well they classed as a firearm and massive trouble if caught

I wish I knew that..... back when a British SAS mob visited our gliding club and showed us how to make them.

OK.

Congratulations we have hit the bottom of the barrel.

Please can we now start in the other direction?

2 hours ago, pmccarthy said:

I just had a random thought about a spud gun. Haven’t seen one since I used to shoot it at my brother.

Yes, spud guns have been MIA since at least the 80's when I couldn't find one for my kids. They seemed harmless enough.

I moved our sailboat from Port Huon to kettering. A calm day. Started at first light, ghosted out of port through fog, then the sun came up, making beautiful shadows through the fog as it lifted. All in all, a lovely day sail. At one point, I went around a fish farm the was being relocated by slow moving tugboat - it was being followed by a couple of lazy fur seals - they were following their food source. Unfortunately I didn't catch any huge mulloway.

Litespeed, are you making this up just to make me jealous? How do lures work in the dark?

Whatcha gunna do when ya get sick and tired of eating fish.... and blue swimmers.... and prawns?

10 minutes ago, Jerry_Atrick said:

 

Probably the most inaccurate stereotype floating around these days...

What? Have they discovered  hot running water?

The only time I need to know about anyone's sexual preference is when I am looking for sex

12 hours ago, Marty_d said:

I think the "alphabet sexuality" is more positive than not.  My son (13) quite matter-of-factly told us that one of his mates is gay,  another is pansexual and there's an intersex person in his class.

This is said without judgement or prejudice. 

Imagine when you were at school.  Would those "different" kids be as fairly treated by their  peers?

Whilst I agree with most of that, I do not agree with the labelling. The whole alphabet labelling business is causing discrimination. In my opinion,  the whole of humanity has a tendency towards having all kinds of individual preferences.

When one makes a label identification (eg - ' I identify as a....'), then that label is taked by everyone within earshot as being the most important thing about that person.

One's sexual preference should only be a small detail of an individual's personality. Not the most obvious thing about them.

Sorry,

Only Queenslanders over 40 years of age understand that remark.

7 hours ago, facthunter said:

Feeding the Chooks.  Nev

Only Queenslanders understand that statement

2 hours ago, pmccarthy said:

I enjoy Inspector Morse. Takes me back to 1990 when I was more capable of getting things done. No internet or smart phones.

I watch those shows to get a glimpse of cars I have owned, and household trivia that we dont see anymore.

6 hours ago, spacesailor said:

But it makes choosing  a mate far more difficult. 

 

spacesailor

I disagree. For too long we have tried to restrict the choice to 50% ofthe population.

Now we have more to choose from.

Choosing a life partner shouldn't be only about breeding - there's been far to much of that lately anyway.

1 hour ago, facthunter said:

You're says that.. Nev

Y'all just sayin that

13 hours ago, facthunter said:

We have to re use the water,  at some stage of our thinking.  and not just use it for washing  public streets, driveways and  Flushing turds down dunnies. Evaporative Air conditioners use a lot also.Nev

I can see it now....

The government  promoting 'shower with a friend... on your front lawn'....

Evaporative coolers waste water, but real aircons make distilled water.

6 hours ago, willedoo said:

This is the Ukrainian 'Backfire K1' UAV bomber which is going into serial production. It's GPS guided and recoverable by parachute.

 

Are we still comitted to purchasing F-35's?

12 hours ago, Jerry_Atrick said:

An interesting event  one doesn't hear of every day: https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/russia-state-emergency-mystery-radiation-leak-khabarovsk/

None of that report made sense. A mystery source of radiation, significant enough to invoke a 'state of emergency ', and it was discovered by a boy? And the source was placed in a safe container and removed, but they don't know what the source was?

I'm trying to suggest you are putting the cart before the horse.

If the predictions play out, there might not be enough water to sustain the population, let alone trying to find extra to water the garden.

Trying to minimise the cost of putting food on the table pales when there is not enough water to drink.

As I pointed out, our reserves seem to only last through the average 10 or 12 year drought. Now we are warned to expect much worse. Then what?

Water security vital.

Note that BOM are warning of possible 'megadroughts'.

None of our water supply infrastructure will cope with a 20 year drought. Do you think our governments are scrambling to build water supplies to ensure our survival through a 20 year drought?

Queensland nearly ran out after a ten year low rainfall, and they cancelled building further dams, in spite of constant population growth.

13 minutes ago, old man emu said:

In WWII the British were encouraged to "Dig for Victory". In the future it might be "Dig for Survival". Might be a good idea to start creating a patch in which to grow veggies for the household. It would also be a good idea to practice freezing vegetables to store for out-of-season availability. 

 

In a family situation, growing vegetables should be specialised amongst the branches of the family if the kids have their own places. That way each branch doesn't produce the same things so that there is a glut that cannot be cleared. 

 

Of course, this idea only works if everyone has a little bit of space. Too bad if you live in a high-rise, although there is a lot of balcony gardening and vertical gardens.

That is a great idea. But only if there is water available for said veggie patch.

3 minutes ago, red750 said:

I checked my iPhone 6 and found it will receive 4G data but not VoLTE, so looks like I'm up for a replacement. My sons update regularly so they might have an suitable one they are not using. If not, refurbished iPhone 8's are being advertised around $200. My daughter might be in a similar situation. I might keep this one as a pocket camera or mount it as a dashcam. I'd need to get a mount. I had one which broke, and have trialed the phone as a dashcam.

I happen to have an old Iphone 6, what app do you use to turn it into a dashcam?