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Marty said earlier that the radiator was replaced early in the saga so if there was a blockage it wouldn't have been in the radiator if the problem persisted. That's not to say they aren't pulling his leg and didn't find something else simple wrong but it does rule out the radiator.

It's better to be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.

Spot on, it isn't amazing though it is scary! It frustrates the living day lights out of me when the "top 3 killers" advertising that is done doesn't include the number 1 killer (according to crash investigators) which is innatention, caused by a multitude of things but increasingly by people texting.

No I am not in the stock feed game, although my in laws are in to stock so I have spent time doing that. Up until two years ago we had always been grain farmers, we used to grow Corn followed immediately by wheat and then immediately followed by soyabeans and then a short fallow back to corn again. That is on the irrigated country and then the dry land has had sorghum in the mix. In the last two years we have slowly started to change though mainly because of financial reasons. The price of corn hasn't really got any better than it was 20 years ago but costs are slowly increasing, cotton has been making big inroads in our immediate area but we waited till a fair few locals tried it before we decided to dip our toes in. So two years ago we still had a majority of corn with a small cotton trial and the season just gone we had no corn and more cotton. And now our dry land rotation is half cotton half sorghum followed immediately by chickpeas and then long fallow back to sorghum/cotton. It is the first time I've grown chickpeas but soyabeans just were not good enough on the dry land and as they are a summer crop they took up land that could grow a more profitable sorghum/cotton crop. We do need to have a legume crop though as it certainly helps reduce fertiliser inputs so chickpeas are getting a go, their price is also fairly good at the minute so if that changes we will reassess lol the joys of farming:thumb up: Sorry Bruce I don't know the exact science behind it all, being a very conservative farmer I am holding off a year or two yet but from what I have seen it can't do any harm. I guess the 50k is just a bit hard to part with to start with:whistling:

It depends a lot on soil type Bruce. We haven't used any phosphorus for decades here. The main thing we add is nitrogen generally by adding urea. We minimise that by crop rotation and you could go without it but it would be a lot more work and wouldn't be financially viable. There are improvements being made in different areas though, some are piping tractor exhaust through their implements and putting it back into the ground and some claim a 100% reduction of need for fertiliser. I think it is only slowly taking on though as us farmers are generally cautious and like to know something is a sure thing before spending a lot of money to get it. Of course there are those who jump in with both boots but they generally go broke quicker..... Minimising the need for fertilisers is in the back of most farmers minds as if we can get the same yield with less inputs it helps our hip pocket. As for my thoughts on the two million figure, I think that must be based on just a gatherers sort of lifestyle ie just scavenging without even attempting to grow stuff....

Your wife!!!!!!!!! Surely you have been married long enough to know that:wink: But on a serious note it would appear to me that we could find fault with both you and the trucky. Obviously, looking at it from a truckies perspective, there is nothing more annoying than catching someone in a speed limited truck who is going just under the limit. That is where it gets shady because you said you were doing 100 which you no doubt were but that is indicated speed and most vehicles that I have used overstate the speed by a couple of Ks and as far as I can tell limited trucks can sit anywhere from 100-105 and obviously a couple of Ks over a long distance can make a big (mental at least) difference. Now overtaking someone who is going a couple of Ks slower than you when you can't speed up anymore can be mega frustrating and requires a long straight with no one coming to even attempt it and obviously the further back you are the less likely it is that you will make it around. Having said all of that tailgating is annoying and dangerous so we can still find fault with the truckie. Likewise with yourself sitting on 100 minding your own business you were well and truly within your rights. But is slowing down aggressively the right thing to do when tailgated by someone? (truck or not really) I would say no. I think the most responsible thing to do if concerned is to indicate to the left and slowly pull over to let them pass, at the end of the day it is your life on the line and what is the point of riling someone else up and if they are in that much of a hurry let them past and forget about them. Having said that I am human and for me if I am in a hurry I get annoyed by anyone going slower and if I am in no hurry and have all the time in the world people going fast annoy me......... The extent that i become self righteous and hypocritical in regards to my driving never ceases to amaze me and no doubt we all get that way:wink: Anyway Bruce please don't take offence with anything that I have said, it is late and I am in a rambly mood:dizzy:

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I think I recall reading about one of those in Perth? But I could be wrong.

if your glide area immediately after takeoff does consist of horrible obstacles I think it is even more important that you DON'T think of it as certain fatal material if things go quite as thinking like that will IMO make you try for a turn back which is more likely to be fatal. Landing/crashing straight ahead into trees at less than 45knots will definitely hurt but is still mobs safer than stalling it in from 2 or 3 hundred feet.

I think saying something "had to be fatal" is dangerous and certainly IMO should NOT be what we are thinking no matter where we are. Thinking like that is what causes the number one killer the attempted turn back.

I have to agree with Robbo, not only are DVDs now getting 'old' I find it doesn't take much to scratch them to the point of them being unreadable. I personally have an external HD and also store on micro SDs. I think the micro SDs will be around for a while as there is a fair camera market that use them. The worst thing about them is they are so small and care has to be taken not to lose the blinkin things. It's not a big deal to make a second copy in case of a lost or irretrievable card and you don't inadvertently scratch them when handling them.

You weren't hanging onto that roof were you Robbo?!

I'm sure they will take it well Robbo, actually I'm sure they are capable of ribbing a bit back:thumb up: I've never been down to Tassie but from what I hear it certainly sounds like a nice enough place, hopefully the spirit isn't out of commission for too long. With the loading ramp out of action they might have to beach her to load the vehicles on Until they finish repairs!

The poor thing is probably sick of going way down to that dodgy little island and is trying to stick itself to the mainland for good:stirrer: (:sorry:sorry Marty, I guess you will say that it is missing The glorious Apple isle and is trying to break away from the mainland to get down there ASAP:no:) But on a serious note, it doesn't look like good flying weather down that way today!

I am grateful I grew up when I did, (ok I have never really grown up but anyway) I was a teenager when msn messenger started so I did use it to talk to friends but it was on a desktop computer that took a few minutes to start so was only for an hour or so of an evening, I didn't have a mobile phone at the time so was the only link with everyone besides the home phone. Once I left school I got a mobile (at dads insistence, as he needed to be able to contact me as I was doing some contract harvesting away from home) and that became my link to my friends. I never really took to sms as I preferred to actually talk to someone.as social media took off I never had a need or desire for it so have never started in any of the Facebook, MySpace, Instagram programs. I've had friends ask me to join but looking at it from the outside IMO the negatives far outweigh the positives and it seems to be misused so much that I am glad I never started in it. It would be interesting to see just how much productive time was wasted on social media. It also seems to me that it is mainly fed by the good old 'look at me, look at me' syndrome in which everyone gets this desperate need to have people 'like' them to make them feel better about themselves. I wouldn't be surprised if social media has had a big effect on mental health. But anyway maybe that's just my biased view to make me feel better for not having it. Yes it is a tad ironic discussing this on an online forum, but IMO this is quite a step down from a Facebook level and is more in my comfort zone. I still wonder sometimes if it is worth it but I do enjoy flying and that is what keeps me here. I am not a member of any other forums. Ps please 'like' this post, my self esteem needs the boost:hug:

Daylight savings annoys me mainly because on the farm we work more to daylight than time and it is surprising how often we get caught out in summer. Especially when we lived out west occasionally after a hard days work we would occasionally duck into town for a feed just before dark to find everything shut even the servo. A quick look at the clock and it would be after 9pm! So we would have to go back home and cook up a feed, yes yes that is what normal people do anyway but we did enjoy our treats every now and then and it was frustrating that everything was shut before dark.

Yeah, that (when I had my op) is one of the only times I've not regretted paying my hcf membership. Private health cover is getting more and more expensive but after seeing some big bills payed and realising that without it I would be in deep trouble I still pay it without too much grudging.

I have to disagree Bruce. I know some illiterate people who are much better drivers than the average joe, and from what I have seen intelligence doesn't play a big part in road accidents. The biggest cause is innatention, not concentrating on what's happening whether you are just day dreaming or using your phone or watching the kids in the back seat that is the number one killer followed by fatigue and driving under the influence. And as for seatbelts, I think that it is important they stay mandatory. IMO they are like the ROPS on an old tractor, they might be a bit of a nuiscance but they pay dividends. It isn't only the injured party that has to pay though, we had a job on the highway a while ago which had us (as well as all the other emergency services there!) dealing with a dead toddler lying out on the side of the road, seatbelts are good! My problem is with the excess of hi vis. Yes I know it helps but I think it is getting overused and is making it harder IMO for things like the emergency services to stand out.

Dr Matthew Scott-Young at alamander private hospital (southport.) is well worth the time to go and see for any spine related problems. I had my L5,S1 disc replaced a few years ago and I went from being crippled with pain (I could hobble around for a couple of hours of a morning but as soon as I sat down I was cactus, I had to crawl through the house and into bed I wasn't real good at all.) to back mustering on the motorbike in two weeks! Don't ever let anyone fuse any part of your spine until you have chased up the option of replacing vertebrae or discs with him (he used to be the only one doing it but that was probably around eight years ago now). Anyway I don't earn anything by recommending him and no doubt we all think we know the best docs, but I just know how much he helped me and recommend him whenever I can. All the other docs I saw told me I would be off work for months and had no guarantee of ridding me of the pain but he was very positive that I would be back working in two weeks with no restrictions after 6 weeks.

I think the point m6 was making was that it was more likely that you landed because you could see it was getting unsafe, NOT because the conditions were getting closer to illegal. Common sense decisions such as those are getting less and less common as we start to think "if it is legal it is safe"

I understand what you are saying Turbs but I think it is different to seatbelts. I do agree that high vis can and does help BUT I think it has gone too far and the solution (high vis) has become so widespread that it is cancelling itself out. IMO it is similar to road signs, they definitely help with our driving and keep us aware and safe up to a certain point and then once there are too many signs safety goes downhill as you either don't get to watch the road as much because you are reading the signs or you miss reading some signs because you are watching the road. It is all about getting a balance and I think as far as high vis goes we have gone too far. As for down under and being blinded by the lights I would have to agree, our led emergency lights are really good during the day time but at night they are amazingly bright. But how do you get emergency services to stand out when everything else is reflective?

I don't know the answer Turbs but it used to be that the bright lights and reflective tape on 'emergency' vehicles stood out but now every second vehicle on the road is covered with the 'required' reflective markings of industry and IMO it is at the stage of reflective saturation where we switch off to bright stuff as it is everywhere and things that should stand out are camouflaged in a flood of flouro.

Fluoro vests don't help stupidity or fatigue. Scarily often when at an accident site on the highway with multiple emergency vehicles with flashing lights and dressed in our high vis gear (including high vis vests) it is not uncommon to have cars go straight past us holding our stop signs and not pull up until they get smack bang in the middle of it all apologising that they didn't see anything!!!!!

Had the same conversation with heaps of people Russ, common sense has gone out the window. With a Fluoro shirt and a hard hard hat some people think you become invincible and they think you can legislate your way around common sense safely:surrender: my pet hate is the 'roadworks' signs along with their reduced speed limits where no work has been done for months and the road is in no worse of a state than the rest of it but because they are going to do some work there (who knows when!) the signs stay up. We also have a stretch of road that has some dinged Armco (straight road but is where a culvert is) and it now has a 200 metre reduced speed limit??? There are also busy intersections there at that same spot, one at each end of the reduced speed section, but they are still in the 100k zone! So the intersections are fine but a culvert with bent Armco is a hazard?? No different to any other culvert but anyway I guess we ain't competent enough to drive that stretch of road which is in effect no different to the rest but I won't keep complaining or they might reduce the limit everywhere:no no no: Hmm well I wasn't going to rant when I started to reply:blush: I will crawl back under my log now:whistling: