old man emu

G'day, mate!

FFS! Do you even comprehend what I write? Do I have to draw diagrams? I said that I wasn't attacking Albo. I was attacking the use of an Americanism in place of an Australianism. Because I have this obviously stupid love of a unique Australian culture, which I don't want bastardised by a foreign country which forces itself into places it is not wanted. I'm happy to see the culture evolve through the influences of those people from various cultures who choose to live here and contribute. I don't want to see that evolution thwarted by a culture which is a laughing stock and whose people don't have the sense to see how different reality is from actuality in their own land.

It was a pity that the author bore the same name as that small time suburban solicitor.

Well, he is the Prime Minister and that makes him the leader of the government. Say what you like about the truth or otherwise of his being the leader, but all I was trying to say that I hate the use of that particular phrase by Australians. If Valdemar used that American phrase, I would react in exactly the same way. Australians used to have a really good selection of appropriate phrases, but we seem to have lost the ability to free ourselves from the yoke of American culture, and are slaves to their terms.

I strongly support the introduction of Driver Education into our High School curriculum, with initial lessons, mainly theory relating to vehicle operation, beginning in Year 7. It's too late to begin this education when the kids are 16 years old.

John Marsden, Australian writer especially known for his young adult novel Tomorrow, When the War Began, which began a series of seven books, passed away this month (December 2024) - date not given. An English teacher at Geelong Grammar School's Timbertop, Marsden made the decision to write for teenagers, following his dissatisfaction with his students' apathy towards reading, or the observation that teenagers simply were not reading anymore. His first book, So Much to Tell You, was published in 1987. In 1993, Marsden published Tomorrow, When the War Began, the first book in the Tomorrow series and his most acclaimed and best-selling work. It was was adapted into a feature film of the same name that was released on 2 September 2010 in Australia and New Zealand. Marsden won every major writing award in Australia for young people's fiction. I well remember my daughter reading Tomorrow, When the War Began. She was n=more bookish during her teens, but I think my less bookish son also managed to finish it. I even think that I watched the movie.

And more water queueing up in the creeks waiting for a chance to flow in.

Not attacking Albo, but simply his use of the phrase. It's a terrible Americanism and could be replaced by something more in keeping with Australian language. For example, he could say, "Not while I'm running the show". That means the same, but is not a slavish following of a foreign style of speech. It shows a degree, however small, of independence.

I think that you have to get the 240V wiring in a caravan or RV signed off by a qualified electrician.

My guess is: Yes. Simply because a 240V electrical system can kill in a number of ways.

Doesn't he live in Southeast Queensland? If he does, he'd be too drenched to do anything.

I hate the insidious "not on my watch". Fair enough that it is a term used in the navy, and so it would be acceptable for it to be used by John F. Kennedy, Jimmy Carter, George H.W. Bush, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, and Lyndon B. Johnson, who all served in the navy. However, its use by politicians who did not serve irks me, especially when I hear Albo use it.

The problem with our democracy is that the majority of electors have the common sense, but their elected representatives (notice I didn't say 'leaders') do not.

Def'n: CONSERVATIVE: averse to change or innovation and holding traditional values. LUDDITE: a person opposed to new technology or ways of working. SYNONYM: a word or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word or phrase. So are "conservative" and "luddite" in the consumable -v- renewable debate, synonyms?

Peeing.

It seems that the sensible answer for Australia is to concentrate on solar, which still works when the wind doesn't blow, and store the excess on battery farms. If we have a national grid, electricity produced in low demand places - mainly anywhere away from the major conurbations, can be transmitted through the grid to the high demand areas. It would cost money, but I wonder if creating battery farms would not be lots cheaper than trying to build thermal generating plants. Of course, my idea depends on advances in battery performance, which I do not doubt will happen.

War of the Worlds broadcast live at 8 pm ET on October 30, 1938, over the CBS Radio Network. The episode is infamous for inciting a panic by convincing some members of the listening audience that a Martian invasion was taking place.

Has anyone stopped to consider that the lights might be meteors? This time of year there are several well known, and well predicted meteor showers. Meteors contain a variety of chemicals which emit a variety of colours as they burn. https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/earthskys-meteor-shower-guide/ If you view the web page you will see that this link describes Northern Hemisphere details for when to view the showers.

The service is rat chit.

An example of Murphy's Law.

The normal respiratory rate for an adult at rest is 12 to 18 breaths per minute. A respiration rate under 12 or over 25 breaths per minute while resting may be a sign of an underlying health condition. However, the activity level when the rate is determined must affect the rate. I imagine that settling into sleep could allow the rate to fall to a much lower rate. Perhaps when the conscious mind attempts to lower ones rate in order to go to sleep, and one does go to sleep, the subconscious mind would raise the rate to get the CO2 concentration in the blood get to the correct level.

I'm wondering where this 15 year build time figure comes from. My father-in-law worked on the construction of Bradwell nuclear power station in Essex. Construction began in 1957 and and electricity generation started in 1962, ceasing operation in 2002. So why are we saying ours will take three times as long to build?

I think that their belief is based on the paranoia of the USA during the Cold War. The USA was the only country which went overboard with practising responses to nuclear attack. It drilled the paranoia into Baby Boomers and now it is cultural. I didn't help that Hollywood promoted the paranoia through Sci-Fi and End Of World movies.

I think that the best answer is to take advantage of solar generation by installing community batteries. However, they are not without their environmental dangers as well. I guess an energy Utopia is simply an unattainable goal. The bullseye can't be hit, so I suppose we need to accept landing in the outer rings.