Jerry_Atrick

tsk tsk.. that would throw me... The bolds are perfectly formed expressions, but not assignments... All they would tell me is to add 1 to my counter of milkgallons and, conditionally, eggs, but not where to store them... Correct syntax is: milkgallons = mikgallons +1 (from the shop shelf, of course); or, for some languages that allow a shorthand version: milkgallons += 1; And the same for the eggs... Now you know why my parnter no longer bothers me to do the shopping!

There are concentrators, but they are largely large industrial sized for power generation. https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy05osti/36542.pdf There is an Aussie company that is also developing concave concentrators - in both cases, the bi-product is heat and lots of it - Not something you want on the bonney of a car. It would be great if they come up with some whizz bang tech to make it work. But, while hopeful, not optimistic on this one. Like the look of the car.. a bit like those old Citreons re-imagined; Check out the 1973 SM on this page: https://www.topgear.com/car-news/classic/gallery-look-these-cool-old-citroens

Not necessarily.. I believe that the news they presented this time was more or less a faithful presentation of an actual stamp counterfeiting operation. I think their editoral opinion mingled with the news that the Royal Mail or the Royal Post Office (I can't recall which one) not being contrite was sensationalism. There is nothing to suggest in that report that th Post Office participated or was complicit in any fraud. I would suggest a goole search will answer that question fairly quickly.. But, in cas eyou want to have one example: https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/_chat/4823176-warning-counterfeit-stamps I will defer to your experience as a policeman on this.. I can't possibly comment on somethign I have no professional experience in. My point is that the GB News segment provided nothing conclusive.

FYI, GB News is the same as Sky News in Aus... I think even an ex-Sky News Aus CEO or senior exec heads it up. This hasn't made any other reputable national news site as far as I can tell. There is no suggestion the Post Office was invovle directly (i.e. were supplying counterfeit stamps to the post offices - which are franchisees) - well not for the time I watched the clip So, they could have come from anywhere in the supply chain. [Edit] I am not condoning their behaviour in terms of charging recipients £5.. £1.25 for a first class letter - it may be "outrageous", but the fact is very few people use letters these days. Corporate mailings (e.g. bank statements) are obviously at a negotiated rate, and even then, they are down as most people opt to receive statements, etc., online.

I have addressed it on a British politics forum and UK politicsd is as, if not more infested in the mire of corruptiion as any jurisdiction in NSW. I don't want to get into a pissing contest, but Robodebt v Horizon; hard to pick a winner. Though, in both cases, I don't think it was corruption per se; just illegality.. I am not convinced Horizon was allowed to get out of control because of an intent to deceptively make money; I think it was more ideologically driven (Robodebt) or a cover up once they realised they had stuffed up (Horizon). In both cases, thought, dishonesty that had extreme detrimental affects on people's lives had taken place at the behest of those entrusted with dispropritionate power. And ISTR I made a post here about how Horizon was known for some time, but the press and the government did not act on it until a dramatisation was made. The TV show was not an investigative report such as 4 Corners or Panorama. Such as how polarising politics has become that even largely independent reporting is ignored these days. On another front, I can't help but think Albo has taken leave complete of his political senses. How on earth is he going to manage a massive conflict of interest on this one (note, I only have a headline; the article is well hidden behind the paywall unless my browser can't actually disable Javascript): https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/as-taylor-swift-plays-to-80-000-the-pm-will-be-off-to-a-private-katy-perry-show-20240222-p5f70p.html Pratt does not seem to be one to splash out on this sort of stuff from the generosity and pure kindless of his heart. With worldwide effort of ABC (anti-bribery and corruption), we have to log someone making a donation of any amount to a charity on our behalf. I think the sooner Albo is lopped off the ALP leadership, the better theymay fare at the election.

Here ya go.. A great synopsis of one man's fight against NSW corruption:

I know this thread is about the bureucracy of the public service and regulations, but in my new role in a private sector organisation that boasts being about cutting red tape, I have never hit bureaucracy like it. OK, I worked in the public service as a youngan in Aus, and with the Ministry of Defence here, but they have nothing on what I have to go through at the moment. I have to go to one forum to get approval for budget and headcount for a project. I go to another forum to get approval for the budget; and yet another forum (they don't like to call them committees - too bureaucratic, I guess) to get approval for the heads... The same senior managers sit on all three forums. Work that one out!

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I was wrong about Coles; they were spun off by Wesfarmers in 2018. Here is there breakdown: https://au.finance.yahoo.com/quote/COL.AX/holders Edit: That may be out of date.. I don' normally post my market terminal data, but according to it, State Street own almost 13%.. I would normally use them as my go to... Also for woolies:

I think Wesfarmers owns coles as well as Bunnings and I presume Kmart https://au.finance.yahoo.com/quote/WES.AX/holders You'll find pretty much the same top shareholders have Woolies: https://au.finance.yahoo.com/quote/WOW.AX/holders

Yes, my hair follicles are often teased by others.

How many people with assault rifles does it take to change a lightbulb?

Sadly, the US people aren't able to discern fact from fiction.. Rather than parroting disparaging adjectives designed to distract from what is really happening, look at how the US economy is doing under Joe v Donald.. HInt under one, it was a lame duck.. Have your pension/super allocated to US stocks? You are doing a lot better than you were under DT.

Well, I am back at my local pub in Richmond, and who do you guess turned up? My niece and her boyfriend (the latter of which I have not met before). Well, it was planned but we had a great night. He is a fantastic young fella, too.. though I did bring out the line about how I own a gun. Seriously, it was a great night - lots of banter (he, is after all, from NSW, but when quizzed about which footy team he supports, he did say he was leaning towards Hawthorn - I am sure he was not coached on that answer, too!!! ;-)) Great fun!

David Cameron - you know - the whimp who took the UK out of the EU to try and save his premiership - has been appointed the secretay of state of the Foregin Office.. after being arbitrarily appoointed to the House of Lords.. Apparentlly because of his excellence with Foregin Affairs (read back the bit about taking the UK out of the EU and then, after losing the referendum, resigning because he was such a whimp). Well, apparently, according to David Cameron, there are going to be consequences for Putin for the death of Navalny. Hopefully Cameron will resign again because he is a whimp.. We are still waiting for the consequence to Putin for invading Ukraine.. de nada... What a croc..

I think the world could well do to listen to this track.. Wasn't may fave when I was a lad (and these fellas were one of the bigger bands when I was a lad), but how poignant this song is today: p.s. I lnow most, if any on here, would like it.. but listen to the lyrics... It is as if the world has forgot...

It's a murdoch site, anyway.. So don't try too hard. Sadly, it is better than domain.com.au

Nope.. Did about 80 miles around SE Engalnd once.. Felt rather tender afterwards.

Ford did get federal government funding but not to the tune of GM: https://eu.freep.com/story/money/cars/ford/2020/07/29/ford-government-loan-department-energy-debt/5526413002/ Although it was a loan - it was a bail out as no one else was going to finance them and they couldn't get cash. Just because a manufacturer is 120 years old doesn't mean that the quality will be sound.. it depends on the management and the workforce of the day. I recall an era where Boeing made high quality airliners, but now, in planning a flight back to Aus, I am trying to make sure I am on an Airbus all the way.

Not quite passive, but ground source heat pumps can be used for cooling, too.. Sadly, for us, such a technology is not viable. https://jaga.co.uk/blog/how-to-cool-your-space-with-a-heat-pump

Yes, the Pipestrel has about an hour of endurance. At the moment, the transition from fossil fuel may be eveolutionary - a hybrid setup in a Skymaster seems to have evovled well so far: https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/ampaire-electric-aircraft-endurance-flight/ I imagined that development would have moved quicker in the less regulated areas of aviation due to the glacial pace of development imposed by the regulation of GA.

Yeah, but I can't recall when thae rate was ever USD $0.06 to the Dingo Dollar...

There are a lot of these in all sorts of tech verticals - they are called early adopters. Look at colour TV.. By the time it even came to Australia it was close the the second generation of technology, yet people paid back in the late 70's,, I think, many thousands of dollars, which then was a king's ransom to have one. Yet their pictue quality was very ordinary. The family of a friend in my street paid around $1,500. According to this site (https://www.inflationtool.com/australian-dollar/1979-to-present-value), in 1979 (I am guessing that is when my friend's family bought their TV), $100 back then is worth almost %587 now.. The $1500, spent then is $8,970 now.. And they were not a wealthy family - single parent working (admitedly in a time where the cost of living was affordable), and he was a prison guard at Pentridge.. And I am guessing of mid-seniority. But that family loved their gadgets even back then. Build quality plagues established manufacturers.. EVs are a complex platform and I think that, apart from vanity projects like the Cybertruck, where owners are complaining about rust on stainless steel panels, Tesla engineers have produced a car that is not worse in build quality thanm many establiished manufactureres, arguable, have descended into in the pursit of as much margin as they can squeeze. If I buy another new car (or near new car), a Tesla will be in the mix...

Er, I think you mean AUD $542,095,422 and he has been banned from business for I think it was 3 years. He will no doubt appeal.