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    Electric Cars - the discussion continues.

    in Science and Technology

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    A chap at the men's shed today was telling us about a problem with some electric and hybrid cars.

     

    When using regenerative braking rather than putting  your foot on the brake pedal, there is nothng to tell the car behind that you are slowing until yo come to a stop. Unless you lift you foot right off the accelerator, the brake lights don't come on.

     

    Here is a long winded video ( 29 min) about this problem.

     

     

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    UFO's

    in Science and Technology

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    Whistleblower says US recovered 'dead pilots' from 'non-human' craft
     

    The former intelligence officer who claims the US government has recovered multiple UFOs of 'non-human origin' has also claimed that dead pilots have been retrieved from wreckages.

     

    David Charles Grusch, an Air Force veteran and former member of the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, said the US and other nations are engaged in a top-secret arms race to 'reverse-engineer' alien technology. 

     

    He made the extraordinary claims in media interviews this week, after filing a whistleblower complaint providing what he calls classified 'proof' to Congress and the Intelligence Community Inspector General.

    Grusch, 36, said that in addition to recovering partial and intact extraterrestrial craft for decades, the US government has also retrieved the remains of alien pilots.

     

    'Naturally, when you recover something that's either landed or crashed. Sometimes you encounter dead pilots and believe it or not, as fantastical as that sounds, it's true,' he told NewsNation. 

     

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    Quickies part 2

    in Funnies

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    A wealthy white man walked into a bar in Miami. As soon as he entered, he noticed an African woman (black), sitting in one corner.


     He walked over to the counter, removed his wallet and shouted, "Bartender! I am buying drinks for everyone in this bar, except that black woman over there!"


     The bartender collected the money and began serving free drinks to everyone in the bar, except the African woman. Instead of becoming upset, the black woman simply looked up at the guy and shouted, "Thank you!"


     This infuriated the wealthy guy. So once again, he took out his wallet and shouted, "Waiter! This time I am buying bottles of wine and additional food for everyone in this bar, except for that African sitting in the corner over there!"

     

    The bartender collected the money from the man and began serving free food and wine to everyone in the bar except the African. When the waiter finished serving the food and drinks, the African woman simply smiled at the man and said, Thank you!"

     

    That made him furious. So he leaned over the counter and asked the bartender, "What is wrong with that black woman? I have bought food and drinks for everyone in this bar except for her, and instead of becoming angry, she just sits there, smiles at me and shouts 'Thank you.' Is she mad?"

     

    The bartender smiled at the wealthy man and said, "No, she is not mad.  She is the OWNER of this establishment." 

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    The middle-class versus the rich

    in Politics

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    I guess I should class myself rich, although I have no super and minimal savings - enough to get by. But I have a house fully paid for, no mortgage or rent (thanks to living in one place for over 45 years), hot and cold running water, indoor loo, ducted gas heating, a car (26 years old but runs well and gets me where I need to go), a computer to speak to you guys, and never have to miss a meal.

     

    When I was in high school, my mother didn't have a washing machine, she did the laundry using a wood-fired copper and concrete troughs. The laundry (wash house) was down the back yard, not in the house, and she used solar and wind power to dry the washing (clothes line).

     

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    Quickies part 2

    in Funnies

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     Wise Words!!

    A topical item worth forwarding on 

     
    Politics is the gentle art of getting votes
    from the poor and campaign funds from the rich,
    by promising to protect each from the other.
    ~Oscar Am ringer, "the Mark Twain of American Socialism."

     

    I offered my opponents a deal:
    "if they stop telling lies about me, I will stop telling the truth about them".
    ~Adlai Stevenson, campaign speech, 1952..

     

    A politician is a fellow who will lay down your life for his country.
    ~Texas Guinan. 19th century American businessman
     
    I have come to the conclusion that politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.
    ~Charles de Gaulle, French general & politician

     

    Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city,
    it might be better to change the locks.
    ~Doug Larson (English middle-distance runner who won gold medals at the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris, 1902-1981)

     

    We hang petty thieves and appoint the bigger thieves to public office.
    ~Aesop, Greek slave & fable author

     

    Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.
    ~Plato, ancient Greek Philosopher

     

    Politicians are the same all over.
    They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.
    ~Nikita Khrushchev, Russian Soviet politician

     

    Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, go out and buy some more tunnel.
    ~John Quinton, American actor/writer

     

    What happens if a politician drowns in a river?
    That is pollution.
    What happens if all of them drown?
    That is a solution ....!!!

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    Silly Picture Thread.

    in Funnies

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    Facetious. That's what they want. Before every council meeting, public performance, footy practice match. At the drop of a hat or opening of an envelope and so on. If it wasn't forced down our throat so often, we might have a bit more respect.

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