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If you mash up an avocado and leave it in a container in the fridge for a couple of days the surface goes brown but the inside stays green. When you throw it out, it plops down like a sick puppy's poop.

Sorry, but you are wrong. The initial purpose of skid pan training is to become aware of how a slippery surface ruins your previous knowledge of how a vehicle steers and brakes. The idea is to drill into thick skulls that wet/icy/oily /gravel roads don't play fair. Once that lesson has been learned, the student is taught to recognise understeer (it's impossible to oversteer on a skidpan) and to adjust speed to suit the conditions. At that stage, the means of regaining control are taught, all the while emphasising that a good driver will know what to do, but know better than getting into a situation that require their application. The way the student is passed on the skid pan is by completing a number of circuits of a course, mainly involving several turns, and maybe stopping at a point, in a set time without the loss of control.

It is an example of "as the twig is bent, so grows the tree". Having been brought up with feet-n-inches, I still visualise in imperial. Because I worked with aircraft hardware, I think of nuts, bolts and drills in Imperial. However, when measuring and cutting, I'll favour metric. But metric can be a bugger when you are getting down to 64ths. And then there are Numbered Drills which are Imperial. Although I used to use MPG, because of the amount of driving long distances I've done over the past two years, I've computed my car's fuel consumption in l/100 kms and I know the capacity of my fuel tank and how the fuel gauge indicates its remaining content. So I can work out how far I can go before needing a fill-up. What is noticeable is that when I fill up, the trip computer sayd that I have a range of about 530 kms, but the known consumption suggests 733 kms. As I drive, and that's on the open road at 100 kph/2500 RpM the sum of distance travelled and estimated distance to go start to creep up to 730. The one thing that really annoys me are the makers of YouTube videos about aircraft who give speeds in mph or Kph, and not knots, and they also give ranges in miles or kilometres, not nautical miles. Or is it that only the British use knots and nautical miles?

Looking from the inside out, it's just fine! Maybe the rest of the world should chip in a build a wall along the USA/Mexico and USA/Canada borders to keep the nutters from escaping

Poor Donny! He can't help it. He's a serial victim.

It has reached the stage now that the USA Government is complicit in war crimes against the civilians of Gaza by continually obstructing the UN vote on a cessation of military action for the simple purposes of feeding the civilians. It seems the Israeli Government is holding the Yanks by the foreskin with one hand and holding a dull, rusty pocket knife in the other.

The term "Advanced Driver Training" is used in much the same way as titles for things are relabeled to give them more status. It would be more correct to title Advanced Driving as Preventative Procedures. If I might be allowed to make a comparison with pilot training, what is the purpose of those few sessions "under the hood" that is part of the training for the lowest class of licence? It's not to teach you how to operate in IFR conditions. It's to scare the shit out of you so that you'll be prepared to cut and run when you see crap weather ahead. Once again, my brevity in posing a question, or in constructing it has lead to misinterpretation of the answer I was seeking. Perhaps this revision might point people in the direction of my desired answer. What is the purpose of the skid pan in driver training?

Do you know what training on a skid pan is meant to do?

Turn up neatly attired. A suit is not necessary, but don't look like you've just came in from mowing the front lawn. Don't be put off by the formalities. Just let the Court official know if you will make an oath or an affirmation. If you are giving evidence, answer using the language you would use if you were talking to someone you know. Don't try to be anything other than you are. The better you depict yourself as you really are, the more a Court is likely to accept what you say as being what really happened. My pet hate is people who say "gentleman" to describe an adult male, usually in the context that the male is a wrongdoer. In any other circumstance outside a courtroom, an adult male is a man, bloke, fellow, chap. "Gentleman" involves a certain superior standard of conduct, due, to self-respect and intellectual refinement which manifest themselves in unrestrained yet delicate manners. In some cases, its meaning becomes twisted through misguided efforts to avoid offending anyone. Don't give an opinion unless the ability to form that opinion is within your experience or training. If you are not a specialist in some field, your opinion will be based on life experience. Don't blurt out the first thing that comes into your head. Listen to the question, IF YOU UNDERSTAND IT, think before you answer. If not, ask for a clarification. The Court will understand that you are trying to give it as much help as you can. Sorry, but that is not a matter a Coronial Inquest will examine. The Court will take the view that at some time this person was examined by a government official for competency to operate a motor vehicle and apply the road rules. The How and Who of the issue of his licence is irrelevant to the Inquest. Your concerns about the deaths of your friends will be answered if the Coroner makes a finding that the deaths were the culpable actions of another person or persons. After that, the Crown will decide if there is a case to answer for a crime.

It's just a bloody example of how a person can learn a skill that can be used sometimes, in particular situations, but is not necessary to be employed every single moment. I'm sorry if I tend to use generalisations to direct a line of thought. If I need to be particular about some point, then I will be so. How come you haven't gone to town on "sight distance", which is an essential ingredient in determining how to drive into the length of road equal to the stopping distance from the speed at which you are travelling?

Sydney Cotton was an Australian who did a lot to initiate the work of the RAF's Photo Reconnaissance Unit early in WWII. He started that work before the start of the war when engaged by MI6 (?) to take aerial photographs over Germany. He was able to get away with this under the noses of the Germans because he was involved in the sale of an early brand of colour film, which was basically a consumer product. Despite his contribution to the British war effort, he was a bit of a rogue and scoundrel. And being an Aussie he was not averse to spinning a good yarn. This video explains how he managed to do the spy work, and at the same time debunks some of his yarns by comparing the "facts" of the yarn to the physical properties of his aircraft. Obviously, the Australian disrespect for kowtowing to superiors was the reason he got the boot from the PRU, but he started the ball rolling. After the war, he was engaged in what might be euphemistically called "war surplus disposal". Now we call it gun running. His story is told in this book:

Jeezus! While it might be true that an aerobatic routine or training would be a planned exercise, that does not detract from the fact that the methods for returning an aircraft to "straight and level" from an unusual attitude learned during aerobatic training can be used to recover from an external unexpected FACTOR . Afterall, what are aerobatics ? According to CASA aerobatic manoeuvres for an aircraft, means manoeuvres of the aircraft that involve: a. bank angles that are greater than 60 degrees b. pitch angles that are greater than 45 degrees or are otherwise abnormal to the aircraft type; or c. abrupt changes of speed, direction, angle of bank or pitch.

No use letting the grass I want go to seed. It's Buffalo and most commercially available Buffalo grass produces male sterile seeds, which will not grow. It's easier to buy a roll or two of Buffalo and plant runners from it. Once the runners establish themselves they will soon spread and make a complete coverage. The hard part, especially where rainfall is not abundant, is to keep the grass from burning off. Oddly enough, although enough rolls are sold annually to cover great swathes of residential land, it is considered a weed in Victoria, Western Australia, New South Wales, South Australia and south-eastern Queensland, but Not declared or considered noxious by any state government authorities.

Traditionally an oath (from Anglo-Saxon āð,) is either a statement or solemn appeal to deity in witness of truth or a promise. An affirmation, in Law, is a solemn declaration permitted on grounds of conscientious objection to taking and oath. Whether a person "takes the Book and make oath", or takes the card and makes an affirmation depends on their belief in a deity or not. For the person who makes an affirmation, one could say that they are declaring that their word is their bond.

The stuff that's imported from everywhere else.

It's not "living". It's trying to survive.

I was in the shower then, getting ready to go to Dubbo, and was logged out of here. When I got home that evening, I saw that there had been a massive downpour there. I'm going to leave the Christmas preparation lawn mowing for a few days to give the grass a chance to benefit from the rain and its dissolved nitrates. It is amazing how what looks to be dying can boom just a few hours after a bit of rainfall. I also had to open the vent of my water harvesting system because my tanks runneth over.

You could go get your aerobatic rating that would be useful for recovery from unusual attitudes, or keeping yourself out of entering them, but for the vast majority of your flying it is the basics you rely on. Those basics are the foundations of "defensive flying". What I am saying is that student drivers should be given the basic foundations for operating a vehicle. My driving habits were corrected when I underwent basic Police driver training which is based on the system of the British Metropolitan Police Driver Training School, Hendon. This basic course trains drivers to operate a vehicle under normal conditions, up to "Urgent Duty" which is lights and sirens driving. Later I underwent an advanced course to be certified for high speed driving (Highway Patrol). You can purchase the Hendon Driver training Manual and learn from it an understanding of "sight distance", which is an essential ingredient in determining how to drive into the length of road equal to the stopping distance from the speed at which you are travelling.

Has Trump ever been convicted of insurrection? A Colorado lower court judge previously ruled that Trump's actions on Jan. 6, 2021, during a violent attack on the U.S. Capitol by his supporters amounted to insurrection but stopped short of disqualifying him, saying Section 3 does not apply to presidents. The matter had been raised by voters in Colorado (who probably knew more of their country's constitution than the Second Amendment). That court matter was most likely a civil matter, so the fact that the judge found that insurrection had occurred, it would have been "on the balance of probabilities" not to the criminal standard of "beyond reasonable doubt". The judge's finding that Section 3 does not apply to Presidents is based on the fact that the Presidential Oath of Office is different from the Senatorial Oath. This is the Presidential Oath: I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. The Senatorial Oath is: I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God. The initial applicants appealed that part of the lower court judge's decision to the Colorado Supreme Court. By a slim majority the Colorado Supreme Court ruled that Trump is disqualified from appearing on the Colorado ballot under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which bars anyone engaged in "insurrection or rebellion" from holding federal office. Giving courts powers that are not clearly based in legislation was a top concern for the dissenting justices in the 4-3 Colorado decision, who said the majority's ruling would strip Trump of one of his most basic rights without adequate due process. They noted that Trump has not been convicted of insurrection by a jury and did not have the right to subpoena records or compel witnesses to testify in the case, among other basic rights afforded to criminal defendants. It is not clear how the US Supreme Court would rule, but it is dominated by a conservative majority that includes three Trump appointees. On the other hand, Trump did not win Colorado when he was elected. Perhaps Trump's defence to a charge of insurrection will be the words of his oath "to the best of my ability". All he has to say was that he tried, but unfortunately he failed.

Yesterday a big dark storm arrived over Dubbo about 5:00 pm. The storm cell was so dense it reduced the light intensity to what it would be at 5:00 pm in mid-winter. The lights of the supermarket I was walking to really stood out. Of course, the cloud cover was 10/10 at a low level. The darkness and cloud cover reminded me of being in England at this time of year and going into ASDA (one of the big English supermarkets) late in the afternoon in daylight and coming out an hour or so later in darkness.

No. This is mine It is also a Stirling, which is an ALDI product name. The copy of the Little Red Book hints at where they are made.

An exhortation from one of the Great Unwashed!

I was buying frozen prepared mashed potato from Woolies, ALDI and IGA. Different brands, but all made in Belgium. I decided that I would support Aussie spud farmers. I took a look at the recommended serving size and saw it was 100 gms. I had a 12 hole patty cake tin. Well 1000 ÷ 12 = 80. Close enough for government work, and a way to cut down on carbs. Just make the mashed potato as you like it. I use milk and a bit of spreadable butter. I only use pure butter for baking. I'm lucky that the holes in the tin are square. I don't know how much a typical cupcake hole would hold. Stick the tin into the freezer and when frozen, knock the mash blocks out and bung them in a freezer bag. I find that 2 minutes from frozen in the microwave makes the mash hot. I usually whisk it with a fork and a dribble of milk to make it really smooth.

Well, today I bought some broccoli and a chunk of pumpkin. I'll cut the broccoli florets off the stem and then slice the stems. After that, I'll blanch them in boiling water; drop them into chilled ware to stop cooking; drain, bag a freeze. I'll cut the pumpkin into small pieces and put it through the same process. I also bough 1 kg of spuds, from which I'll make mashed potato and fill a 12 hole patty cake tin with the mash and freeze it. Come time to cook dinner, I'll throw some broccoli and store-bought mixed vegetables in a container, and one patty of mash and two bits of pumpkin in a bowl. Then I'll microwave each container for about 2 minutes and serve with a piece of protein.