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    Quickies part 2

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    GREAT SEA STORY (Trivia)
    The passenger steamer SS Warrimoo was quietly knifing its way through the waters of the mid-Pacific on its way from Vancouver to Australia. The navigator had just finished working out a star fix and brought Captain John DS. Phillips, the result. The Warrimoo's position was LAT 0º 31' N and LONG 179 30' W. The date was 31 December 1899. "Know what this means?" First Mate Payton broke in, "We're only a few miles from the intersection of the Equator and the International Date Line". Captain Phillips was prankish enough to take full advantage of the opportunity for achieving the navigational freak of a lifetime.
    He called his navigators to the bridge to check & double check the ship's position. He changed course slightly so as to bear directly on his mark. Then he adjusted the engine speed.
    The calm weather & clear night worked in his favor. At mid-night the SS Warrimoo lay on the Equator at exactly the point where it crossed the International Date Line! The consequences of this bizarre position were many:
    The forward part (bow) of the ship was in the Southern Hemisphere & in the middle of summer.
    The rear (stern) was in the Northern Hemisphere & in the middle of winter.
    The date in the aft part of the ship was 31 December 1899.
    In the bow (forward) part it was 1 January 1900.
    This ship was therefore not only in:
    Two different days,
    Two different months,
    Two different years,
    Two different seasons
    But in two different centuries - all at the same time!

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    Silly Picture Thread.

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    I'm posting this here because I didn't want to start a new thread for it.

     

    This afternoon I went to Vermont South Shopping Centre, which is small by most standards. Westpac closed their branch which was on the front corner of the centre. New signage and shop fittings indicate that it will open as an Asian grocery, fifty metres from an existing Asian grocery.

     

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    SILLY SIGNS. . . . .LET'S START A THREAD ?

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    Spacey, take a look at the attached map of Melbourne's tram network. At least in the somewhat inner suburbs, you are more likely closer to a tram than a train station. Outer suburbs use the train and there is usually free parking available. As for the tram their stops are more or less at every traffic light, and on longer runs, between traffic lights. Many stops now have raised platforms for disabled access. If you are not close to a tram stop, there are busses which will take you to one.

     

    Tram network map.

     

     

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    Further Effects of "The Voice" debate

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    If it doesn't have supervisory or veto powers it's a miillion dollar lame duck.

     

    There are and have been aboriginal members of parliament and forner national president of the ALP who have had an opportunity to be the voice, and are recommending a No vote. Good enough for me.

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    SILLY SIGNS. . . . .LET'S START A THREAD ?

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    The procedure is simple. Enter the intersection in the left lane. Cross the intersecting tram lines and pull as far left as possible. Wait for the lights to change and complete your turn. No trams coming from behind you are delayed, or vehicles behind, if you stop to let trams pass.

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    Sanctions against Russia

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    •  Ukraine shot down eight Iranian-made Shahed drones in the wider Odesa region

    Russia unleashed a series of intense drone and missile attacks on ports in southern Ukraine yesterday.

    The bombardment crippled parts of the grain and oil export facilities in Odesa and nearby Chornomorsk, destroying 60,000 tons of grain, according to Ukraine’s farms ministry. At least 12 people were wounded, officials said.

    It came days after president Vladimir Putin pulled Russia out of its participation in the Black Sea Grain Initiative, a wartime deal that enabled Ukraine’s exports to reach many countries facing the threat of hunger.

    It also followed a vow by Putin to retaliate against Kyiv for an attack Monday on the crucial Kerch Bridge linking Russia with the Crimean Peninsula, which the Kremlin illegally annexed in 2014. 

    ‘Such attacks by Russian terrorists are not only affecting our country but also global stability,’ Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said.

     

    More story and photos here.

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    Quickies part 2

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    A wish to live forever

     

    I met a magical fairy yesterday who said she would grant me one wish.

    "I wish to live forever," I said.

    "Sorry," said the fairy, "that is the only wish that I'm not allowed to grant."

    "Fine," I said. 

    "Then I want to die the day after Parliament is filled with honest, hard-working, bipartisan men and women who act only in the people's best interests!"

    "You're a crafty little bastard," replied the fairy.
     

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