Youtube comments of Helmuth Schultes (@helmuthschultes9243).

  1. Biden is, as predicted, making the USA a joke in world affairs.
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  2. As embarrassing as some of these examples are, to me among greatest failings of many US people is their seriously deficient understanding of the world, geography, continents, countries, and how little the USA is area wise to the world.
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  3. SsangYong is Korean, and has existed for a long time as a company. Originally very close cooperation with Mercedes, in fact had Mercedes engines. In Australia was sold by Mercedes dealerships. In most recent times a bit more separated from Mercedes, but I am not sure how complete the separation is now.
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  4. Sadly "Handle with Care" is all too frequently a request to transport handlers "CHUCK AS FAR AND HIGH AS POSSIBLE"....
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  5. Be glad you improved over time.
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  6. Probably the aussie Milo was smoother than prior experience, because nomally you have mixed with a spoon, but this test sample was mixed using the mechanical stirrer/whisk So very likely no longer as chunky.
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  7. These notes are absolutely fantastic to use. Certainly much longer wearing than old paper, and appearance lasts. The latest ones are especially appealing look. Highly unlikely to be forged, and while the previous ones had a few attempts, all caught very quickly. One feature is also good they remain cleaner, and are easily wiped/washed if a dirty one comes your way. US notes, especially seem to have issues, for me at international security checks. As it seems, not too exagerated, most carry drug residues on them, that can put you through additional security scrutiny at border/customs checks. I had two deeper checks in Spain, and in Germany and Japan, on several business trips, by residues on back pocket, where my wallet had a few US currency notes. Each time a deeper check quickly clarified the currency at fault, I do NOT do drugs or associate with that scene, all else was clean. Though admittedly baggage can also cause headaches of that kind, by traces picked up in hotel rooms, hotel porter handling, taxi or airline baggage handling. The plastic/polymer notes have no more issue if accidentally getting wet, swimming or falling in while fishing, or caught in heavy rain or notes left in a pocket going through laundry. No lost money by becoming paper mashette due to water. They are definitely not mixed up in poor lighting, mere size, colour and lastly the sensory pips even in pitch darkness. The rapid adoption worldwide by other countries speaks for itself. Low cost and long endurance compared to the costly special paper, metal threads, cotton blend whatever is used in other secured currencies is far more costly, with exception of places using almost standard writting paper to print their cheap notes, but have no security features and endurance in months not years.
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  8. Paulaner has been available from Aldi here in Australia a couple of times each year. For around the 'October Fest' time they had both bottles and these 500mL cans of HefeWeizen, but a bit earlier in the year had also ' Kristal Weizen' with 0% alcohol. Kristal = Crystal is for a filtered clear version of the Wheat beer. I find it is best as a cool drink, refreshment for those really hit summer days 30°C to 40°C, so up to over 100°F. At 0% also quantity to drink is safe, as no ways do you get drunk, can consume it on hot days and still be safe driving. At other times thecakcoholic versions go well with afternoon barbeques. Presuming no driving later, as with 5% and up alcohol it is not too big volume to put you in trouble for DUI. especially as 0.5L or even 1L are typical glass volumes. Both the Hefe (Yeast) version and the Kristal(Crystal) clear types are good, but as pure refreshment I like the clear over the cloudy versions. To me wheat beer is my preffered type for pure refreshment, other times I prefer "Pils" beers, but I steer clear of the like of 'Becks', of course you have little choice, needing to get what limited types you can get in US retail. I currently have 4 bottles and 8 cans of the Paulaner HefeWeizen and also 6 bottles 0% Kristal Weizen for our summer, sadly so far we have few days into high 30°C range, so not had much yet, just keeping some cold and ready. In Germany about any village has own brewery, so there are hundreds of brands, and each part of Germany will have own major brands. Depending where you are will determine what major brands are most common. There are also many styles of beer, including some rather great special beers, including some like BOCK and DOUBLE BOCK, the latter being a stronger alcohol version of BOCK, with from memory well over 20% alcohol. BOCK is a thicker dark Meade like beer. Originally invented by monks for "Lent" fasting, where eating is forbidden but drinking allowed. On the rich BOCK beer they typically gained weight during the Lent fasting. Beer flavours do vary. The one feature throughout Germany, only the basic 4 ingredients are allowed, a about 400 year old fixed rule. NO FUNNY ADDITIVES, bittering agents colour, stabilisers, preservatives, no chemical additives period. Nothing but pure water, hops, yeast, and relevant grain
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  9. Dan and gang must be put into isolated lockdown for 6 months no income no travel beyond 5km, 1hr for exercise no contact to anyone else. Then thry may understand what they have done to us.
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  10. You can start a US TimTam retail outlet soon
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  11. Invading armies face one serious disadvantage, that leads most invasions into failure, even if starting from massive strength advantage. The invading army uses troops that have NO personal investment in the purpose. They may have great dedication to their leader and national pride and even support the purpose of the invasion. But self preservation still holds true. Some may happily die for glory of their purpose, most though like to get home in one piece. The people of the invaded country may well face impossible odds but their home is being destroyed, and they will in defence fight happily to the death in defending their home and family knowing to lose is lose everything. They will see only by defeating the invasion a possibility of normal life continuing. Yes they may be captured killed or denied life as normal. Under genocide even be wiped out entirely if overwhelmed. But they will dedicate every means to resist. The invader as time goes on will face logistics problems , adverse season changes. Take Germany losing on the Russian front, more than support of Russia it was logistics of supply and harsh winter that destroyed the German troops. Many surrendered rather than starve and freeze to death, my own uncle was captured and spent nearc10 years after the war held prisoner by Russia. In his group, demoralised and freezing starved they welcomed being captured. Even the abuse and mistreatment was better than lying starving in water, ice and mud filled trenches for months, in rotting soggy uniforms running low on munitions. Ukraine while largely levelled by Russian missiles, bombs and mortars, has secured many families to safer countries for now and many able bodied men AND women are fighting with still limited weapons quantity, but on home Territory and dedication to purpose are giving the massive invading forces a very bloody nose, destroying considerable resources of the invaders, who in many cases are left running for their lives. In longer term Russia WILL LOSE.
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  12. The Huntsman spiders are OK they are harmless make no webs and keep insects at bay. The possum in the tree branches is a relatively common 'Ring Tail Possum' as they use the tail as a further support/hanger climbing around branches.
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  13. The Valiant Charger was definitely a popular performance car in Australia. The model was also used by police especially the highway patrol in NSW. There they got a boosted performance engine, special 300 Kg lead weight in the boot to improve highspeed handling and improve traction under leadfoot power takeoff, for better pursuit. I in those days had a Suzuki LJ50 Jimny 4WD, a tiny 3 Cyl 540cc two stroke engine with around 33 hp, that sadly needed a repair needing parts from Japan, caused by the dealer workshop after some defective service repair work. I had to over two weeks drive my bosses wife's Ex-police pursuit model, Valiant Charger, all orange paint job, borrowed to keep me mobile while without my little Suzi. After driving this for two weeks, with ample ' kick in the pants' go power I picked up my now ready Suzuki. Letting the boss's wife drive off in her car, as mine was returned to me. On engaging 1st gear, and driving off, my first reaction was having missed being in gear. Engine reved up to say 7000 rpm, no sensation of acceleration, as the Suzi barely rolled away. After driving with heaps of tyre squealing power available for over two weeks, going to beyond 50 kph, before even bothering to up shift gears that free wheeling high performance 6 Cyl Hemi easily pushed power to high revs without any effort. By comparison the tiny 540cc Two Stroke low power, but with matching high ratio 1st gear, only accelerated you to a bit over 3 kph and high revs, before needing to up gear range, till top gear, 4th, allowed 80 kph at some 7500rpm and speedo red line indication. In reality you could push that three cylinder, glorified motor bike engine over 10,000 rpm and have speedo at end stop, with road speed at around 100 kph. No need to say in 1st gear, it was as if you had no gear engaged, compared to the punch of Charger takeoff. Case of big difference of performance car vs NO Performance 4WD. Just in 4WD the Suzuki would do far more than the Charger, which was impossible driving on even rough dirt roads, a number of police pursuits failed as the persued drivers took off into rougher unsealed side roads. Just poor ground clearance and suspension travel limits.
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  14. Folding trailers are to save road taxes, as those are based on running wheels on the road surface. By folding trailers, and or lifting wheels off the ground means less wheels on the road the cost per driven km is reduced. While not needing heavy load carrying.
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  15. I agree, if it were a sandwich it would between slices of bread, put it into a bun and it become a burger alternative.
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  16. I have for several years watched a YouTube channel "Tim's Adventures'" of sapphire mining in the RUBYVALE diggings in Queensland Australia. Rubyvale is a small commercial diggings area which is part of a huge area of a few thousand Square kilometers of gem deposits with high Sapphire yields. Also zircon spinel and other good stuff. The area is about 500km inland near Rockhampton. Most of that entire area is reserved for gem fossicking. Only a restricted area is available for commercial mining using machinery. The rest is open for manual digging, washing, sieve work, where NO LARGE MACHINERY IS ALLOWED. Back in 1972/73 summer my dad and I spent NewYear visiting a large public diggings called 'Wiilow Field' near Rubyvale, that in winter months (dry part of the year) is extensively dug over by people. Many go to side 4wd trails used by many to reach various ancient creek beds with fantastic valuable gems. We were there at New Year, so summer, which is the wet season, Monsoon time. As a result we could not sensibly dig as the layers with gems are then sticky grey putty like clay, where every pebble must be hand washed to remove the wet clay, so wasting lots of effort and time, liable to find nothing. We instead just fossicked the rubble piles of last season for gems washed free by rain. Over a week we found enough of gem and star sapphires that the local tourist caravan park operator wanted to offer $400 for, but we kept them. In 1994 I did a long holiday to North Queensland and again visited the area and also the Willows Rubyvale and a diggings far into hills beyond Rubyvale, called Tomahawk Creek. That we avoided visiting in 1970s as heavy rain made it risky to get stranded , which then did trap people for a month. On my 1994 visit several people were finding clear colourful and star sapphire gems to 40 carat size, some said but did not show having bigger ones. There are regular gems of hundred carat or more, and in 1972 visit a family showed a straw yellow cut gem insured for $275,000 that their secret spot yielded the year before. We had to wait with headlights on while they with lights off went offroad cross country to their private spot. I on the 1994 trip bought some cut blue sapphires, 6 cut stones total near 15 carats, from a miner doing own cutting for very reasonable price. Other than the sapphire diggings also visited Agate Creek finding kgs of agates and thunder eggs and another gem digging where I got a jam jar full of Aquamarine crystals and some nice Tourmaline. On other travels have had several Opal trips, and to Garnet and Zircon diggings. Locally closer to home in Victoria many trips for various Quartz - smokey, citrine and amethyst. Have many kgs of various gems on hand. I think you would love visiting some of thesecareas too. Watch some of Tim's videos of the past year, currently he is on holiday to Thailand and Philipines, the latter he wants to setup a marketing cutting operation to process his mine produce but the travel videos are not as nice as actual diggings, trammels separating, washing and sorting the gems. Give his Sapphire videos a try.
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  17. Rally is so great as it combines Engine performance Car handling Ultra driver performance Cars derived from everyday owned recognisable cars Covers wide range of cars and levels of performance from basic road ready, to rally specific only high performance, in many cases in common same events in classes for each Roads we all can drive Close spectator involvement Un beatable combination involving all features of motor sport that most people can only aspire to.
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  18. Japan must have exception for SUMO Wrestlers as they are definitely larger waistline.😮
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  19. Most important river in the world? Well it could be if it could sweep the CCP away into the sea.
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  20. The joke made about wombats is that if driving along and are about to hit a wombat on the road but given a choice of hitting a boulder on roadside or the wombat, hit the boulder, it does less damage. Wombats are natural bulldozers and will push through most fences and otherwise just dig through under the fence. Steve certainly has a fearless aspect, and makes highly dangerous things look easy and everyday. Sadly it was also what killed him in the end. The chainmail suit he was offered was a bit too tight, and he chose some very closeup filming around large stingrays. With relative small space to sea bottom he swam above a stingray, that reacted in self protection raising its barb and flicking to escape from under Steve driving the barb right into the chest, and into the heart. No way remained to save Steve. A very sad loss, but a loss forseen by many in earlier risky behaviour, as an inevitable accident end for Steve one day
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  21. The round 50c was discontinued because it was produced with silver content exceeding the coin face value. Even poor dull coins are sold for over $5, and premium coins for quite large sums. Many are horded as they just on silver content now are far above face value, even more than when the multi sided current style replaced the round ones.
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  22. Sanity raised. A governor who deserves to be the first US female president.
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  23. A number of years ago, we had repports of an elderly couple taking a holiday in the USA. While they had travel insurance, that among many problems had travel related costs and accident covered, they failed to understand a fine clause excluding pre existing health not covered or limited cover. The husband had a heart condition needing a significant daily tablets treatment. Of course with needed medical certificates, they had three months of tablet supply on hand. Sadly while in San Diego, he suffered a bad heart attack. As a result was rished by ambulance tl LA from recollection. That started a huge bill rolling, of several thousand dollars on ambulance transport, plus additional thousands for medical supplies used during transport, though all tablets needed were on hand, by practice only ambulance supplied medications allowed. Once in hospital the daily charges were enormous, again none of his own tablets were allowed, but hugely costly hospital issued tablets were used. Although the same brand, dosage and types, were on hand. But also something like $300 a day charged for disposable, single use plastic plates/bowls/cups and cutlery was charged. By the time they were able to leave from hospital treatment, after two weeks, and return home, cancelling all but the first couple of weeks of their holiday, they owed over $300,000. On return they discovered the travel insurance covered only $2000 maximum, for pre existing health matters, and faced selling their home, as pensioners little cash existed, having spent ten years of savings on a once in a lifetime US holiday that was now close to ending their future life. Without private health insurance, that might have assisted a little they began advertising their home. Fortunately some very helpful people assisted, from memory, raised some donations and a VERY wealthy person who himself faced the rediculous US costs donated the balance, leaving them very poor, losing their years of savings for a holiday never enjoyed.
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  24. Now you are on my favourite gem, Opals. This of course is the best possibility in Australia. Got many kilos of that since 1960's, seriously Kilos! Cut most myself some sent to a cousine in Germany for cutting. Opals and sapphires (from Queensland) and agates are all amomg my collections
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  25. Hollywood or possibly British production, had THE "Grand Prix" movie, with Robert Redford and others showing even the competion and tragedy of deaths and crashes involved in this racing series
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  26. The Red Back is in most ways the local version of Black Widow. The red stripe on the back is different, but both have a almost diamond red patch on the underside. The red colour in fact varies for bright orange to darker brown, almost invisible brown/black. There are very few deaths as antivenom is readily available, Main bites seem to be accidental, in shoes, gloves, moving stuff on the garden or yard, even sitting on the toilet seat, especially outdoor/public facilities. Greater danger are the Sydney Funnel Web, that are actually attack inclined. Really a Sydney issue, related spiders elsewhere are less venomous. I got bitten by a large female Red Back while gardening did no more than wash and bleed the wound, had sore swollen hand, elbow and shoulder for about a day. Note both Red Back and Funnel Web, the males are largely harmless, the females are the danger.
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  27. In 1980s I had a leading rally driver from Finland beside me on a connecting flight from Sydney to Melbourne, sorry do not right now recall the name. He spoke with me in moderate English, but was more fluent in German so we continued in that. He was about to take part in a series of rallies in the Victorian mountain forests. On noticing we were flying over parts of the area He was about to be rallying in I started describing the places, mountains, vallleys as we passed over. He was so fascinated to see the country from high up. He thanked me profusely for the opportunity to see his rally destinations that way. He offered to have me visit his rally base and view so rally live. I sadly was just returning from Europe to get into some fuel injection test trip work, so was unable to have time to take up the offer. He remained very thankful. We parted in the airport baggage claim area. (Name might have been Rinkonnen or similar, but I may also be mixing up with other racing names)
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  28. NOTE: internet speed is in Mega BIT per second, not Mega BYTE per second, a byte is 8 bits, and with protocol overheads, data rate in bytes is around 10 factor or worse slower ratio to BIT rate. If you were receiving 300MByte/sec the bit rste would be upwards of 3.5 Gigabits /sec. Which is too fast for the local fibre optics even. Dats speeds have always been recoded in bit rates. Just time down load time for pne of your multi Gigabyte video files and divide by time in seconds..
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  29.  Cbg G  over 99% of infected cases are minimal, it presently is very sick and elderly that die, but mostly with Covid, not by Covid. The pandemic is reducing the normal annual death rates from other diseases, but spiking deaths due to the ineffective grossly over done lockdowns. The second wave was already being reduced before Stage 4 came along, and that has not improved the rate at all. Once the incompentents running this fiasco acted over 1 1/2 months after realising the failings in Hotel isolation with untrained guards, in May, by mid July started real action on second wave which by then was aleady at 700 daily cases. In 14 days of that action rates were decreasing and have followed the same downward curve as back in March-April. Stage 4 is no improvement and is nothing but a smoke screen, by the panic of the incompetents now clinging to gross communistic removal of even right to voice dissent. Lying and feigning no memory. Any organisation is required to conduct their affairs holding meetings with minutes recording all devisions. Do Not Claim the 'Emergency Management' operated without minutes, if they did that they should be jailed for life for the resulting mass murder of over 700 people that would not mostly be alive now. Yesy some would have died in the meantime by other causes that now are blankly booked to Covid. Also note that the second waves in Europe for example now have very few deaths, while ours has comparatively high death rate. Yet all those countries have long resummed much closer to normal lives. Even those are now not introducing anything like Dan disaster lockdown even at 10,000 cases per day.
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  30. Yellow base plate colour is NSW. The suburban areas do vary by regions but many suburbs tend to such "green" scene in many places. Most bin provisions are three, with four in some, and becoming standard for many suburbs now. While there are variations, I will mention my area bin lid colours as example. RED is trash destined to land fill, YELLOW is recycled items, with soon a BLUE to be added for specially recycled Glass, the other GREEN lid is for garden wastes, that goes into composting, but newly being brought in is composting kitchen/food wastes to be added to the GREEN lid bin. In my case the weekly night/day is Thursday, with RED each week, and YELLOW, GREEN alternate weeks. How the new BLUE bin for glass will be handled is not clear yet. Different parts of a council region will be assigned different days, so the trucks need only cover partial suburb areas. Different trucks handle the 'waste' RED and recycle YELLOW and the GREEN garden wastes. Unbelievable is some councils in trying to save costs want/are changing all bin pickup to fortnightly, to much objection by residents. Normally you have choice of 120L and 240L bins, and get charged by volume chosen as part of annual rates charged by councils. Again some are or want to change to separate charge for rubbish collection, no longer included in rates based on assessed property value. Due to inflating council rates, state government introduced caps on annual rate increases, and councils are trying to sidestep the capping of rate rises, by separate charging for trash removal. Further we normally have free one or two annual bulky household waste collections for say old toys, furniture, appliances, but not old tyres, engines, waste chemical, building scraps, concrete etc Fir some of those there are special days you can deliver such disallowed wastes to suited collection points, or deliver to waste collection sites against charges. The free kerbside household bulky collection is however volume limited to several cubic meter volume, and must be manually moveable by the collection workers who come by with a truck. You must in my area get a collection booked with a provided tag label, to be attached to the pile, that must only be put out at roadside grass strip no more than 24 hrs before booked collection. Taking things from other people's pile is generally illegal, say broken TV, Computer, Appliances, since recycle value assists covering the free collection system, so taking such deposited rubbish is treated as theft from the council. Many areas still have a general one or two hard wastes collections for areas within the council, where all in a given part of suburb all at same time put out their bulk rubbish, not by specific booking such. There are variations in all waste handling across the many towns, suburbs and areas around Australia. Hope the above adds sufficient explanation to clarify a bit more than explained in that video on garbage trucks. Always be aware there are local variations of all matters rubbish. One final point, in sink garbage disposals as frequently seen in USA are not used here that I am aware of, at if so very rarely. No kitchen wastes are sent down the sewage system by being groundup and flushed away.
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  31. NZ has a very ocean moderated climate, while mostly more southerly than even Tasmania. But recalling hot is not like in Australia where hot in southern parts is mainly northerly wind driven from inland, desert paths, or climate in more northerly part to far north in the tropics. NZ has little land area to really build heat and prevailing winds are mostly off ocean and thus very moderated. While parts are cold enough for snow, and the ocean is open down to Antartica, the winds still keep conditions moderated compared to northern US states and Canada. Most people live in comparative milder condition at both hot and cold extremes.
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  32. It seems impossible for anyone to memorise all the turns and twists, for optimum line, speed,brake points, jumps and critical obstacles. There is so much critical detail to avoid a fatal mistake, just one wrong choice and you are history.
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  33. That Port Melbourne driver was trying to rundown a pedestrian for some reason. On first attempt the targetted person got behind a power pole to save himself. The driver looped back to have another go. Gave up after second try, sped off with very damaged front of the VW.
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  34. The small crabs are the new generation hatchlings. These are land crabs, the adult (large) crabs must migrate to the ocean to lay eggs that hatch . Thus the annual huge quantity of large crabs travel, After hatching and a short growing period, a reverse migration of baby crabs return to the island forests.
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  35. Almost insane driving, must know every inch of that circuit to be able to handle like that.
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  36. A lot of inland Australia has never been up for actual sale, only for Lease Holding. Typical I believe are 99 years leases, with entitlement to extend over anyone else, so unlikely to change hands unless the current holder wants out. A lot of large properties have changed hands (lease holder) in the past 20+ years. One very large holder of several large NT leases is a British Lord, another is Gina Reinhart, who inherited major Iron mines in WA. Others that have taken some big properties lease and purchases included are some big Chinese holdings who also own some major water rights that are being strongly fought, as the Chinese operations are preventing significant natural river waterflow and holding other properties to ransom, offering to buy out others. Many of the big properties are so large, it is use of light aircraft making visits to neighbours or near towns, as driving can be days for trip turn around. Imagine telling your wife you expect to be back by tomorrow evening, from getting the mail from the mailbox, or back from saying hello to the neighbour in two days. Many original large properties for example Wavehill Station in NT have been broken apart to some extent and been returned to Native Title, returned to Aboriginal local tribe to manage. The big areas are definitely needed as number of stock is often many square miles per head of stock. Land shared by the stock, Kangaroos, EMUs, Camels and more.
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  37. I keep a container of water in my backyard for birds to drink from in hot weather. I regularly have bees sipping water at the edges of that water container when temperatures rise over 40°C. And regularly have to use a grass stalk to rescue a bee that fell into the water, before it drowns with wings wet it has little hope otherwise. As a toddler zi already learned by several instances bees tend to sting if you try to save them with your bare finger, not realising you only want to help.....
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  38. UNIMOG, the Swiss Knife of trucks.
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  39. Murray River, like the Mississipi is well known for its former Paddle Steamer traffic, now mainly tpurist features at several lather river towns.
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  40. The area between Melbourne and Geelong was not a very popular living segement due to being an ancient lava flow plain, dry, poor soils very rocky, wind swept, and most beaches over a large part of that section of Port Philip Bay are rather muddy flats. The Werribee area also had Melbournes largest sewage processing plant, with windblown odour issues. The land remained more a farming of livestock use, sheep, goats, some cows and limited grain crop planting. Compared to the eastern side of the bay with excellent soils infact until modern time much started as market garden and farming, the eastern side also has best beaches had many creeks and forested areas and more rolling not so flat terrain. In modern times, there is by necessity of Melbourne population growth, maybe soon more than Sydney, the western sude has many community developments taking place from both Melbourne and Geelong ends. Much though is still the poorer cheaper places. Most homes must truck in good soil to establish nice gardens and lawns. In reality that lack of development is now becoming distant past, though there is still plenty open grassy, roccky flat land remaining. Also those western regions have a greater snake problem than the eastern areas, which being longer heavily populsted maybe have eliminated most of the snakes. In my south-easter area, we have had no snake issues for several decades. Yes they exist but very rare. Some western side places have significant Tiger Snake problems.
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  41. You may be surprised by how warm it has been, when normally you would have expected snow by now. We on the other hand have had quite cold periods through into December. Though already some days to over 35°C, 95°F, there have been under 10°C days. In Nov, there was over 20cm snow in the moutaibs, as cold winds hit, coming up from Antarctica. Historically the mountain above Hobart has had snow on rare occasions around Christmas and New Year. But on the whole we have hotter weather from October pn, but warmest seems Jan to Feb. Christmas is more typically high 20's or above.
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  42. Having worked in Automotive electronics for over 40yrs, it is not unusual that replacement parts MUST be available for at least 10yrs from end of manufacture, AND it is quiete acceptable to have second sources to supply equivalents, reconditioned or secondhand workable parts. On topic of semiconductor chips it is quiete possible to license one of several semiconductor companies specialising in obsolete chips, to continue making the special parts. There are still chips and discrete semiconductors that are obsolete since 1960s still made and stocked now. If a manufacturer wishes to stop support, then open access to the full documentation , accessible to repair shops. As far as code details no that is not free to access, so coded uControllers are a no public access, however again a licensed second source could by choice, on sufficient demand, choose to make the needed parts. Often a substitute can be adapted, or recovered secondhand chips can be supplied. Another important feature needed for this 'right to repair' is that the design of products shpuld be required to provide for potential repair and adequate recycling recovery of usable parts for future repairs. Products already have considerable effort to optimise for manufacture and little extra can make significant 'lifetime' repairabilty.
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  43. The fresh water crocodiles are not a big risk. Been swimming in the Kathrine gorge in NT several times, with several of these fresh water crocs, note very narrow snout, on the banks and in the water, swimming for up to two hours long. Unlike salt water crops relatively safe as primarily eating fish.
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  44. Ballarat is West of Melbourne and was one of the major Gold Rush diggings that once made Melbourne richest city in the world. Also location of the Eureka Stokade uprising of gold miners against "corrupt" officials and police/military.
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  45. Definitely beautiful scenery for the Airshow. Australias largest airshow is annually ar Avalon between Melbourne and Geelong, a multiday show with both active airflights and static ground exhibits including various missiles and armaments used in air superiority. I have however never physically attended just watched TV video and DVD Airshow releases. Even have dummy bomb runs with huge flame effects like seen in Napalm bombing. I have while working in Germany for my employer in vicinity of Stuttgart southern Germany. That area has numerous US military bases in the area including a significant airbase at Stuttgart airport. So I had experience of various military activities, personelle and hardware, including tanks rolling through farm grain crops, tanks coming down Autobahn embankments and joining car and truck traffic going down the highway. Treads destroying swathes of crops, and on highway making a huge noise while tearing gauges into asphalt and cracking concrete suface. Our car copped some concrete chips on the hood and front right fender. All traffic forced to rapidly reducing speed, as the tanks would have been below 80kph (50 mph) joining and maybe increasing to such speed. On Autobahn almost nothing travels that slow some cars going even over 200kph, most between 120 kph and 160 kph. The US military just send assessors out to workout the costs to roads and farms, and issue compensation cheques. Other than that seeing lots of aircraft, some very low flying even. One time on 4th floor of the company development centre complex 8 story office block, I was looking out over the valley with local small farming village below. The company complex is on top of the one set of hills and far side of the valley with modern multistory appartment blocks. Otherwise basically a farming village. Suddenly three US jets roared past maybe two building levels lower, so was seeing these jets looking down on the top of them as they roared past through the valley, with say less than 100m interval between aircraft and likely not much more altitude. Other times several military helicopters flew both lower and higher over the valley or complex. One occasion I was walking between buildings on paved pathway through lawn spaces. Suddenly BOOM, BOOM like a double barrel shotgun going off only meters away. Then the front windows of a large furniture shop outside the company area, about 200m ahead showed a wobbling image of reflected scenery, ground and sky wobbling in and out. A jet had passed at some higher altitude at super sonic condition. Of course by the time the sound hit ground the aircraft was well past being visible. It gave me quite a fright as initially I though of gun shots, and there were terrorist precautions at the time around Germany by the Baader Meinhoff Red Brigade that had murdered several business executives several of the group in a high security jail within about 10km of my job location. Threat existed that other members of the industrial/left wing terrorist group were planning some attacks. So terrorist attack was certainly possible. I was glad to realise it was a sonic boom, not gun fire.
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  46. Yes, I recenttly got a packet of the Tim Tam Coconut cream. Only seen at one supermarket so far, so may yet be a trial marketing. Sadly I did not find them so great. I generally love coconut, but I would prefer others. I do have an amusing thing to mention about these. I finished the last ones while watching Youtube in bed early morning. As a result I dropped the tray and wrapper in my bedside bin. This left them standing upright, and the wrapper open to the top. That eveening on starting to go to bed, I heard some barely audible rustling. On tracking the source of noise, it was from the wrapper. On lfting it from the bin it was way heavier than an empty wrapper. Looking inside I saw mice looking back. I carried the bwrapper out to dispose, flush away, the live mice. There were actually THREE mice trapped in there, unable to climb out of the smooth wrapper sides. During the day these mice must have been attracted to the smell residue of these Coconut Cream Tim Tams. Note I had a baited mouse trap and a live mouse box trap with bread and peanut butter bait in the room for over three weeks without catching any mice. My conclusion is these new Tim Tams are EXCELLENT mouse bait, so maybe I should buy some more as bait, as I probably was disappointed by the taste enough to choose other Tim Tams over these. Also noted recently were advertisements of THREE variants of MOCHA flavour TIM TAMS. As I do not drink coffee, I am not likely to try these, if so only to try the flavour experimentally. Keep the Coconut Creams safe from mice!
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  47. Kangaroo meat has become somewhat more popular, but is sold in relatively low volumes. It is excellent, very lean meat. In former times, as now it is mostly sold as pet food. In some respects it is probably like finding venison at the butcher shop, a bit exception compared to common pork, beef, lamb/sheep, goat, duck, chicken and so on.
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  48. Those samdstone cliffs are what remains of very ancient sandstone layer that was over 20km thick layed down over 400 million years ago, as ancient mountains pre 1 billion years ago weathered away. That was capped by lava several km thick, forming sandstone. After the lava layer eroded, the sandstone began eroding. Leaving only upto 100m sandstone today. Facinating geology, natural wilderness across northern part of Australia. Another interesting aspect is the name Kimberley Ranges, that was given by explorers, due to similarity to South Africa Kimberlies. Now it is known from continental plate drift, that these two areas are in fact related, having been joined in the ancient GONDWANA LAND continent. Another aspect, South Africa Kimberlies are known by that name fot KIMBERLITE volcanic cores of ancient volcanoes, bearing DIAMONDS. For which SA is so well known. However similarly the Australian Kimberlies have its known Diamond deposit mined at Argyle mine. Note the earlier lava overlay, mentioned above, was from the significant volcanic activity that deposited the Kimberlite cores, containing these diamond deposits. A little research can produce lots of fascinating information, to add to the picture perfect, beautiful scenery. Other than huge distances from most populated centres of population it is absolutely a must see area, with numerous places to visit. Some other major regional places include Broome pearling hub, Bungle Bungles bee hive mounds, huge tide rise/fall, Ord river dam and Kunnunnurra irrigation farming, Barramundi fishing trips, and more.
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  49. I have had similar reaction from a Japanese test engineer, driving a normal road car, V6 engine, around Sandown circuit not even at racing speeds but just squealing road tyres at not exceptional above road speeds. Only drifted one longer sweeping bends, hard braking late before most turns. He went straight to the rest room from the car.
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  50. Australian flies are very persistent, unlike around the world. I have experienced flies in many coutries. Mostly they shoo away easily, and do not get too bothersome. In Australia, the flies, when swatted at by a swipe of the hand barely depart and immediately return. But especially bad is they home direct to where they can draw moisture. Around eyes, nose and mouth are direct targets. Also large accumulations on back of shoulders is common, but there they at least are not bothersome, often best left, otherwise may end up irritatingly in your face. Easy really bad are into nose and mouth, easy to swallow some if not careful. As a consequence the common "Aussie Salute" the often seen swipe across the face by a persons hand to momentarily drive flies from the face. You get into tje habit quite quickly, but tourists do experience some problems. The hat you recently had with a nu.ber of things on strongs around the brink is a local solution of people on the land. The dangling thongs, corks, bottle caps, anything in fact to hang around, by swinging do help keep flies away a bit, as the motion keeps them moving away without needing constant hand swipe. Hat like you received are common tourists souvenirs. But you do seen them for real around the place. Sadly many 'repellants' also act as attractant in many cases as much as repelling.
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  51. That circuit of highway is called highway #1. It does represent a main highway going all round and for many years now is sealed surface all the way. It was for long periods to 1990s having large dirt stretches. Then up the middle a main highway to Darwin. The peninsula in Queensland has a number of dirt roads mainly 4WD, and mainly put in for Telegraph line (to top peak point) and large trucking Bauxite mine at Weipa (west side). Of course a number of cattle stations and side branch tracks. At West top end various dirt roads and 4WD tracks, and cattle station roads. In land west much iron mining. Also many inland tracks usually needing 4WD, and as observed major dirt trucking roads often seen in the Road Train and Outback trucking videos.
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  52. A following vehicle is too close if they lose control if the vehicle ahead brakes without wheel lockup. Tailgating is dangerous under all circumstances.
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  53. The only risk in this case of the young girl attending the sick dad before death or the funeral is that the girl was risking a QUEENSLANDER might infect her. That is her decision to accept that risk. No way could she, to extremely high level of certainty, have been any risk to any Queensland resident. SHAME ON ALL QUEENSLAND! The premier should resign and the health persons making decisions in this case need to be sacked for not being capable of any logical matter concerning health risks.
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  54. Yes, as defined in the national anthem "LAND OF DROUGHTS AND FLOODING RAINS..." Certainly yet another extreme instance of floods with considerable loss of lives, and even greater property losses. These people need much assistance and it is not yet finished. More coming in both Queesland and NSW.
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  55. Safety Beach is on the lower peninsula on Port Philip Bay. It is a rather exclusive estate, with man-made canals, ponds and boat marinas. The beach area has always been a popular swimming area at Dromana, but property developers have turned the near land area into an expensive estate.
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  56. Good to see you catching up on mail again. Hope not too long till next mail, but you you probably have a number of packages stacking up again. Hope my two have not been lost, by tracking number to USA, should have arrived near mid Sept. Nothing time critical from memory so whenever you get to it.
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  57. Definitely a beautiful area. The rainforest is wonderful, especially if notvused to such lush tropical forests. The bountiful range of plants and flowers, the rich variety of birds, lizards, frogs snakes, spiders and so many other insects. On aspect I have to mention is my doubts about oldest rainforest. The area has in not impossible long time span been very hospitable as that northern area of Queensland has had strong volcanic activity in past millions of years. Also the mountain ranges are remenants of older higher mountains weathered away and likely not been tropical as long as areas in Africa and South America, as Australia has moved far larger distances by continental drift than either of those two, so not been covering tropical regions as long as those two that have mostly had east-west travel mostly while Australia wandered northwards from Antarctic regions. Australia however has a number of temperate rainforests that carry very ancient plants, some dating back to very ancient times hundreds of millions of years back, even to times Antarctica and Australia were joined and climate was warmer and lush with dinosaurs inhabiting these. In NSW there was discovered an ancient pine species, Wollmai pine (or similar spelling) that apparently represents the earliest pine species, now assured continuity by botanical efforts to propogate the plant. Now even able to be purchased in plant nurseries, though the original is being highly protected though threatened more than once by major forest fires. Another temperate rainforest once covered much of eastern Victoria, while most destroyed by modern people settling the whole Gippsland valley, now largely dairy farm paddocks and other farming land, plus coal mine, there is little evidence of original forest, felled for wood and much just burned for land clearing, a small patch in south Gippsland Hills in Bulga State forest of lush temperate rainforest remains. Not to detract from lush forests of the Victoria's mountains north of Gippsland valley and far east Victoria, with huge stands of very large Mountain Ash trees. Even Central Australia has examples of plants from times pre-dating flowering plants evolving. One great place lies near Hermansburg, west of Alice Springs in the McDonnell Ranges, called Palm Valley where examples of earliest palm species grow in a narrow valley. The only place such early palms exist on earth (other than botanical efforts to preserve these types). Then there are also very ancient cicads in other valleys of the ranges. None of the above should be seen as detracting from the wonder of the Daintree forests. Tours of the area both land walks and boat tours of the rivers are wonderful and informative seeing much of plants and animals. Car tribulation is also nice to visit. For those seeking high end tourist facilities a little south of Daintree town lies Port Douglas, with premium tourist resort to simple camping, while Daintree offers excellent accomodation in very natural surrounds to basic camping facilities. At Port Douglas access to Great Barrier Reef, diving and fishing is readily available. Numerous tours of reef exist, much as from even further south in Cairns the last larger city of far north Queensland. Other very ancient plants and forests exist in WA and far north the Kimberley Ranges to parks nearer Darwin in NT. A wealth of great places, that sadly needs years to visit and absorb all these magnificent sights. I suggest a lifetime of experiences.
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  58. The coolest commentator ever. What composure commentating all through where others experienced on racing circuits nearly come apart, close to wetting themselves, Murray is so deep in commentsting details going on, that there is no time left for reaction to the extremes he his being exposed to.
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  59. Possibly it is a mistake showing NZ Flag and not the Australian Flag, because someone messed up thinking the NZ one to be THE Australian national Flag. Note all state flags and not the territories all are based on the Union Jack at the top left as per national Flag, with a unique logo of each state. I believe that is a very intentional concept for the state flags. The states in this case were not entirely free to design unique flags.
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  60. More likely is that being politicians they get some value (read money or free products) supporting the actions of Apple and like ilk to get away with this extortion.
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  61. Definite Sydney bias there. As far as traveller under estimating size, we had a young couple from Germany, planning to buy bicycles, and then ride , covering VIC, SA,, NSW and finally up Queensland to Cairns. Firstly was complaint of cost of new bicycles. The first trip planned was Melbourne, to Mildura at top right, north-west on Murray River. Then down to Adelaide, and back to Melbourne via coastal area, including Great Ocean road in Victoria. They were used to cycling Europe, even Spain to Poland, but there cycling there are basically towns and villages rarely more than 10 to 20 km apart, so rest and refreshment readily available in easy cycle distances. Weather even in Spain mostly relatively mild, wind rarely an issue. Here they faced up to 80 km or more with nothing long straight stretches with strong headwind, and temperature inland up to 40 °C. Even the few towns were small fam communities, and mostly no real shop, restaurant or rest facilities. By the time they got back to Melbourne they had saddle sores, sun burn, dehydration and very sore muscles. As a result, cycling was shelved and Bus or train was used for further trips. But being less flexible many places were not really included in the travel, now reduced to major places of interest only as all the smaller, and side trips were just bypassed, zooming along in bus or train. They finally continued to New Zealand, with bikes carried as sports accessories as luggage on the flight. Around New Zealand they cucled, all being smaller scale, with shorter distances, very much cooler milder weather all went well on both North and South islands. Finally they were amazed, they sold their second hand bikes, with thousands of km, with worn patched tyres and various worn_scraped paint work, for about 15% HIGHER value than they paid in Australia new. Now they realised that bike prices in Europe were not just abnormally low but compared to Australia, New Zealand was far more costly. They definitely learned to judge distances, in sparely populated places as critical, and Australia is far bigger than brief map reading might suggest. Take the Japaese tourists, that asked the girl at airport car higher, for directions to Ayres Rock ( Central Australia), as they wanted to visit that before heading to their hotel in Melbourne, and how long the drive would take. Note: that is over 2000km and for most city drivers about 4 days each way, while I have done soin 3 1/2days and even once in 2 days of 14 hrs driving each day, including time for rest, fuel, food stops. TheJapanese, based on experience of test engineers on hot test work trips would definitely need 4 days or more each way, plus actual time at Ayres Rock and Olga's nearby.. Tourists without any idea of size, in Japan on their freeway/tollway, you would in a day get to drive the full length of the main island.
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  62. By law in Europe trucks must NEVER travel in left side lanes so very many trucks occupy the right lanes, making space hard to get foe cars, so best option is cars to left trucks to right leaving middle space free for emergency vehicles be they ambulance, police, firetrucks....
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  63. You sure have a big mail catchup after your holiday, and more to come.
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  64. Reminds me ofvthe heist of wealth movie where they thieves find the safe is empty, then discover the Ferrari(?) In the penthouse, Has all its metal replaced by GOLD hidden under paint and plating, so they steal the car, dividing up the gold among the gang, while the rich guy goes to jail, as the thieves also gave legal team the faked books/ ledgers.
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  65. They certainly use smaller police cars. No way could they use the BIG cruisers used by US police. Roads are way too tight as you would see in this video
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  66. Maccas had to close all stores by 4PM, but apparently some opened again by 7PM. The IT glitch was not just Australia, but included a number of countries including NZ, UK, and even USA, and other places. Stated as NOT A HACKING or Security problem, but all payment, ordering and App functions ceased. Only a short newpaper column I have seen.
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  67. Yes SPEZI is a great drink. A 50/50 blend of Coke and Fanta.
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  68. The UNIMOG has often been well represented in Dakar Rallies. Both competing and even more so as support team and spares transport.. Concerning arid looking Southern France it is in many section much like Spain. An area that has become well known for "Spagetti Western" movies to film the many "westerns" emulating Mexico and southern USA. You have become captivated by Unimog as I was on my first work visit in Stuttgart area in 1979. Seeing many on farms, city and highway maintence, even one on tram rails, and a fire brigade at my work company site, shared as local village fire brigade, a service offered free by my employer to the community. I had been so close to buying one second hand, that work was disposing of, that could have been mine for mere DM10,000, which at that time was under 6 months of my wages. At that time sadly it would have been an expensive mistake. Then there was NO RIGHT HAND VERSION, never designed or manufactured until much later , late 1980s from memory, when Australian Army bought some. At the time any Left Hand Drive vehicles could only get short term permit to be used in Australia, before either needing to be converted to Right Hand, or exported out or scrapped. This applied to many test cars I drove for my job that were left hand drive. Yes I have spent thousands of kilomters in various countries driving various vehicles with steering arranged opposite to normal traffic, a situation that you can get used to, but causes many drivers BIG problems. As no parts existed at all for right hand conversion it would have been a VERY expensive custom conversion with many costly engineering verification and certification of conversion costs to be able to register for legal street use. A little less for only private property use, say on a large farm or outback cattle/sheep station which might even have been possible without conversion though thatvwas a requirement even to import a vehicle into Australia.
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  69. Aborigines would, like most societies have invented monstrrs to scare children to obey directives to not stray from home where adults can make sure they remain safe. So I take most "monsters" as pure myth. Some like the black panther are a maybe as apparently a US navy person did bring a large cat on shore , as detected. On the otherhand having seen some feral cats, they were large not panther size, but on short view from some distance, could have been judged larger than real. There certainly have been sightings and some photos that seem credible, but never conclusive including actual size. Some farm stock does get taken, but whether panther, feral cats, feral dogs,dingo or in the case of lambs, calves by Wedge Tail Eagles is not certain. At least all those are known predators taking stock.
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  70. Ian, I am no longer inclined to catch snakes, at least not venomous ones. Yet if forced to, for example safety of children, would still with confidence go to the task of trying to catch one. At 71 years age I am not as fast or nimble as I was in my teens. Originally I kept lizards as pets, snakes were forbidden by mum except years later a non venomous python would have been allowed. But while hunting lizards and goanna, I did come across snakes at times, and as a result did learn catching and handling them. Over years I would have caught a dozen or so venomous snakes, including Brown red belly black, copperhead, tiger green tree snake (rear fang lower toxic venom), as well a few non venomous snakes. About 12 years ago north of Alice Springs, I could have made a serious error, driving along I saw a large snake as it slide into grass by the roadside. I stopped hoped out and searched. It was a central Taipan snake so effectively the most dangerous bar possibly the dessert Brown snake. But Taipan are very attack prone. I had no effective catch stick and gave up after 15min as I could not locate it, all time wandering around in knee-high grass and bushes. A few past tales.... In 1960s I had a friend in Boy Scouts, who was naturally immune to all but a couple of less common snakes. He kept and showed snakes and even demonstrated at times what a bite marked looks like, by letting one bite a hand or arm. He just washed the site, and as precaution gave a small dose of antiveneen, not that he suffered more than mild soreness maybe vomiting without. Still crazy as far as I was concerned. He apparently survived being bitten at age of 4months, and before 5 years of age several more times. By 10 he was barely affected if bitten. I possibly saved a number of people once. At our annual Agricultural show, there are also fun park and usual entertainment show tents. One was the SNAKE PIT, where a large canvas pit, like a moderate swimming pool was setup with lots of snakes in this pit. A person was demonstrating/showing various snakes. I payed and stood among a crowd of public at pit side. The demonstrator was about to show milking a snake of venom. He had his little glass tube, stretched aa thin rubber over it, then from a closed box, extracted a Tiger snake, about 2 1/2 ft long. With snake in one hand and glass tube he swung around for people to see and hear what he was going to show. THEN DISASTER, the snake somehow pulled free and laughed over the pit edge, into the crowd, right beside me. I without any intentional action, pure automatic, dipped down to belly level hooked my arm under the falling snake, and flung upwards, the snake arced over the demonstrator's head and landed back in to pit behind him. Had that snake fallen between all those legs in the panicked crowd there likely (certainly) would have been several bites. As it was, no one suffered more than a big fright. The demonstrator stared at me as I stood smiling. People were rushing from the tent area. He was very concerned that nobody was bitten and specifically asked me if I was OK, looking me over. To my reassurance calmed, to recapture the definitely venom potent snake back to its box, as I assume most of the pit snakes were actually well milked of venom or even largely defanged. Worth noting in following years the snake pit no longer had milking demonstration offered or performed, I think it was considered too hazardous as an environment given that near disaster. Strangely I did not even get a thank you. But likely the operators of that snake pit were too shocked by what had almost happened that their mind was in other thoughts. I went on with the rest of the show visit. During fishing by a Gippsland river, I almost stepped on a large Tiger snake, and as a number of others were also fishing there candidates children running around I decapitated the snake and hung it visible on the back of dad's 4WD, as warning that people must be careful and many children were then kept close by parents not running around the high grass and grass tussocks. Some packed up and left. But that area of river banks and durrounding flood Plains, IS PRIMARY HOME for these Tiger snakes on the way home many cars delayed passing and stared at the snake dangling on the rear of our vehicle. On the whole for most people they will never ever see a snake Auustralia is safe to visit!
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  71. Basements are extremely rare in Australia. Two story houses are becoming much more common. Partly as land prices are rising sharply, compared with actual house cost. Not unusual for land to go into $700,000 and up, while single level house could be under $300,000 to $400,000. Having afforded the land similar house cost allows a much roomier home, also often a multi car garage at ground level, makes living space above desirable. Still it is also a bit status driven, and especially among recent Asian migrants. These double "palaces" are in common terms referred to as ".Mac Mansions" often built replacing older single level houses, and often occupying all the land with virtually no garden, while garden front and rear yards are/were to norm so far. Asian often wipe out all bushes and trees of established properties they buy leaving at most low flower garden edges.
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  72. Yes the Murray represents the NSW -VIC border, actually the south river bank. Except where thecrivers crosses to SA on western end of VIC and NSW, and at eastern end at Murray river and Snowy Mountains south side, where the border runs straight slanted slightly southerly, estimate say 100 deg compass direction, to the eastern coast.
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  73. Have been involved with Opals since end og 1960s when my father operated a petrol station in Adelaide for a couple of years. There he befriended a number of Opal miners, who happened to visit his petrol station/mechanical workshop. Among a good business was getting usable secondhand tyres. The opal miners due to the sharp rocks and rough roads regularly were destroying tyres in as little as a few days even several in one day, punctured by sharp roots, slashed and/or punctured by sharp rocks. No matter if old or new, so old tyres were more than adequate. To that end dad would buy for a few dollars any second hand tyres from other workshops, if not damaged, had even minimal tread, and were usable fir a few thousand km or until damaged. Once a month or two, some miner would roll in with a large, even twin axel, with frame cage, and load up the huge stack of tyres, and pay double what dad payed. Real true recycling in action. Anyway he got multiple invitations to visit the opal diggings, and finally visited Andamooka field. There he was allowed to go through an open cut by the miner he visited. An open cut then cost close to $100,000, to get a bulldozer remove top soil layer, say typical 20m wide and 50m long, and when reaching suited rock base, the miner would walk behind the dozer until seeing evidence of reaching potential or actusl opal layers. Then stop digging by dozer and start manual mining. In this open cut the owner had already found near $750,000 of precious opal so well payed back the open cut, which were not always successful. My dad and his friend were allowed free roaming and hand pick digging for 2 days. They found maybe 1 kg , 2.2lb, of semi precious opal, several ounces precious opal. Several kg worthless opal material with no colour, called potch. Once rock my dad got would today sell for thousands of dollars it is a several mm layer of opal civering one end of the rock chunck, area nearly 10 sq inches. This is among my present rock collection. They were allowed to keep anything they found while the owner took the two days to rest. By the way in the following week he found more than $200,000 opal. In later years we setup a polishing rig in our garage, where opal and other gems were cut and polished. Also I had several light aircraft trips, with a coworker of my mother, who with commercial license, rented a plane fir a week or so a few times each year to fly tourists to the main opal fields. Sometimes he had one spare seat, and offered it to me at half the price of the standard tourist price. I even sat co plilot seat, and even flew the aircraft a few times, while he chatted with his guests. I visited Andamooka, Coober Pedy both in SA and White Cliffs NSW. One one Andamooka trip I dreamt to buy some rough opal, and took $250 expecting to get some nice pieces. Only the lowest priced bags of pieces were $3000 and up. The most costly bag I was shown ran to over $50,000. Very disappointed and dejected I went back to the accomodation, and even mistakenly did not buy a jar full of pieces offered by a old miner looking for beer money, only wanted $20, and I foolishly did not buy it thinking to keep the full $250 planned incase I could get a deal still. That old timer flogged the jar for $5 at the bar. I did fossick a few bits on roadway and dirt piles around town. But our accomodation for the tourists was at a guest house run by Rudi Duke, also known as Andamooka Opal King, reputed to have upto tons stashed to prevent price collapse of opal trade. He ran some secrete mines in deep desert, where he travelled for upto a week, observing to prevent being followed, then vanish for a month to reappear, travelling again days to mislead any person trying to follow him. Carrying back as much as 100kg that he progressively sold to tourists cutting opals himself or via daughter working in Adelaide as a proffessional opal cutter and rough material to intrrnational buyers flying in to the opal fields. Some days Andamooka airfield, jokingly with a large Andamooka International Airport sign would have several hundred aircraft coming and going. Rudi took pity on me and on the morning of departure, he offered a small glass bottle/jar with really prime opal for my $250. The pilot a week later let me know the bottle had previoudly had a pen label of $2500, and Rudiverased a zero off the end. It has one piece that could polish teo sizable opal cabochon, domed oval shaped gem that each could exceed $10,000. The entire bottle contents could reach near $50,000 once cut and polished. Over year years to 2000, I visited these opal fields many times travelling as part of my car testing work, and holiday travel by 4WD. Have picked up pieces especially in Coober Pedi where we often worked from Motel accomodation. In the garfen and around parts of the motel room carpark where buyers rented rooms while buying, good pieces were lying around. Waste smaller stuff often swept out of rooms or thrown away as not bought potch much still having good appearance. Many of my opal pieces arecalso moderately common seashell fossils where the shell has been replaced by the opal silicate material these look so nice with flashes of colour while being distinct seashell shapes I have cut and polished hundreds of opals mostly sent as presents to relatives in Germany. One aunt having a watch repaired was wearing a necklace with about 12mm oval cabochon opal, rather cheap fitting and chain but really nice opal. The jewler/watch repair manager asked to have a closer look. With only a few minutes to look he made an offer of over Dmark 5000 (today a value equivalent of nearer EU13000) and said even possibly more if he could have a few days to assess it better. My aunt was stunned, never realised its value just that it was a beautiful stone sent by a nephew from Australia. She sadly was then afraid to waer it as was previously frequently done. It ended in a jewel box with her wedding ring and other valuables. On her passing these went to the two daughters, who sold the valuables, but I have no info how much. These opals all would have had values totalling a sizable amount maybe enough to buy a house. To me it was the joy of creating these things of beauty. I of course have many other gems and semi precious stones and still have much raw material, though have not done anything since before 2000. I need to unbury the work space from garage clutter. Might try to send a piece of good looking potch , sadly not precious premium opal, in a parcel just now being put together to send.
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  74. And alcohol excise as well as tobacco excise will be taised again soon, already announced. Beer is normally lower price but some barsxare already charging such high and higher prices. But it is expected that with new excise the base beer cost is expected to be $15 or more per pint. Excise from mrmory is becoming $100 per liter pure alcohol, so price will depend on % level. Light beer cheaper than high alcohol content beer. Spirits of course high impact on cost, and wine industry also very concerned..
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  75. Sorry Ian I got some quite a few month back, end last year from mrmory, and so far failed to send the Guava drink. APPOLOGY. At least you now got to try some. ❤😊👍👍👍👍👍👍
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  76. Must stop to refer to Queeslander/Victorian/SA, etc people's health must assured, in fact it should always be Australian people's health!
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  77. Heating/cooling the entire house is extremely wasteful, energy consuming and polluting. Better to only heat and cool actually occupied sections of the home. Normally that would involve the living room, and in extreme weather bedroom's for part of the day like into the night. Other areas only in special needs arising occasionally. The home I live in, for past 62 years, has NEVER had A/C and the only permanent heating installed was a lounge room gas heater, with airflow fan. That however has been defective and not used for over 25 years. Now depending on season an electric heater-fan, or in hot summer a airfan unit. Other rooms can use smaller electric-fan heaters if needed and occupied. In hot summer for say 38°C nights a small fan or pedestal fan can be used in other areas. Unusually bedrooms rarely have heating used at all, and hot conditions a small personal fan, even only USB powered one is mostly used. Hot water is an ondemand flow through unit not storage hot water tank. It is amazing how low energy use is compared to more typical over heated/cooled homes our life has been. Comfort is improved acclimatising to prevailing conditions and dressing to suit the conditions. Means not expecting to sit in T shirt and shorts mid winter or rugged up in sweater or hoody for summer. Reasonable clothing for the conditions. Actually minimal indoor outdoor means only adding jackets for winter outdoors, and sun protection in summer going outside. Our winter at worst has frosty mornings, with 5°C to 15°C winter range for almost all days, with some warmer sunny days too. Summer tends mid 20°C to over 40°C , with short periods even remaining over 35°C overnight. So especially winter is not so extreme in the city.
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  78. Big problem for same size, same colour banknotes is the ease of mistaking the value note being passed in less ideal light or dirt state and especially for people with vision issues. Want to pass a $1 but given size and colour are the same actually paying with a $10 or worse $100, because in the dim light, or as a set of notes handed, or just in hurry hand the wrong value over. Made far more a possibility if vision impaired, even wearing glasses might be enough. Similar can trick a person receiving a set of notes, example fail to note one or more actual $1 included in place of $10 . Or maybe in hurry or not having correct glasses on. With sizes and colours differing that mistake possibility is very much reduced. These Euro notes are like the well known Australian notes, plastic, and more durable. Many features are like the Australian notes, plus they have made own security features, made possibly by the Australian developed process of coloured plastic notes. Also like current Australian notes, I believe the Euro notes now also have varied number of dimples, for easy identifying by touch for vision impaired people, who as mentioned above already benefit from size and colour differences too.
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  79. I will leave extensive comments out this time. Wonderful natural unspoilt wilderness galore. Many contrasting areas. Tasmanian Devil is scarry at night in the wilderness due to growlling that gives impression of a much larger predator about to pounce. Hope you get lots of comments from Tasmanians as I will avoid more here.
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  80. Deer were introduced for hunters and do exist running wild, in many of the southern states forests, NSW & VIC mainly. Sadly are destructive, due to being hoofed animals while basically the natural fauna are soft footed, kangaroo and wallaby, and other burrow digging, but other destructive, hoofed introduced species are goats wild boar, buffalo, wild horses rabbits and of course bad predators feral cats and dogs.
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  81. Being totally nomadic, tribal groups totally dependant on walking, it was largely tribal languages, restricted to local area that the group travelled in. With possibly some shared language elements to neighboring groups. Australia had no large animals used for transport and riding. All being walking around areas with water and food resources detrrmining to large extent area a given group of families covered in the necessary nomadic life. Unlike most cultures around the world with farming, trade and travel supported by animals domesticated, crops grown and riding of some animal, be it horse, donkey, oxen, deer, elephant etc. Those societies had more commonly widely used language, shared over major national and trans national, rather than almost tribal boundary. Aboriginals as for jungle tribes, the isolation of family/tribal groups leads to unique multiple laguages, with some commonalities but large differences too. Far apart groups not able to communicate except on limited basis.
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  82. Yes we will need to await catchup on mail, after the holiday and Christmas accumulation.
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  83. Ian, many years before these Blue Ring Octopus were even known to be dangerous, I had one close to handling it. I was snorkelling off a local beach some 15 km, near enough 10 miles, from home where we often went to go swimming on our Port zphilip Bay at Melbourne. On this occasion I was ranging from beach to near 0.5km from shore. At one point I saw a medium Scallop shell on the sand in about 3 m water, 10ft, these are like the SHELL petrol shape with one side flat. It was clear that it was a dead scallop, but both halves still joined at the hinge. I simply grabbed it and to keep hands free just tucked it into my swim togs. After some half hours or so, chasing fish diving fir other shells, I returned to the beach towels up near the bushes at top of the beach, where my sister and cousin were relaxing too. Sorted some of the shells, and found the scallop shell was tightly held shut. After some effort I got it prised open. It contained a small octopus that initially did not look all that special streaky greeny-brown regions with some splotches. I poked at it with my finger. Suddenly these bright blue rings appeared. Normally I would easily be tempted to take the little creature and handle it. I showed the beautiful blue colours to my sister and cousin. Then realised I had it out of the water fir a number of minutes and it was in hot dry sunny conditions, at least above 30°C to 40°C. So instead decided it best to return it to the water. With its arms reaching at my fingers holding the flipped open shell I went down to the water front, many people and children there in the water let it swim away in the shallows among the crowd. Some 5 years later a scuba diver among a group climbing up a ladder from the water at a tall jetty reported to one of his friends that something bit him as he held onto a pier pile at the ladder base. He died within minutes on the pier, as breathing became paralysed. Investigations of the following weeks and autopsy determining a extreme venom as having killed him, this little octopus was isolated as venomous in the extreme. That was a NEW discovered hazard creature to add to our list. The area we went swimming is within a mile or two of a rocky stretch of Bay coastal area of our bay, that apparently is a major habitat of these Blue Ring Octopus, a coastal area of over 15 miles, with small beach bays where many go swimming, between Frankston and Dromana on what here is part of the Mornington Peninsula . Almost certainly this Octopus exists from Victoria up the east coast to Queensland. I suspect I was close to death. Had that octopus exited the shell while tucked into my swim togs, or if I had handled that harmless looking little octopus, I would have been close to 100% likely to be bitten. That blue ring pattern is its extreme danger warning, under stress. By the way in the same times, I regularly gather Mussels for fishing bait from the pylons of the Frankston jetty, swimming out near the outer end with a Hessian sack pulling a kilo or two of mussels into the sack by bare hands. These octopus also exist among these mussel collections growing on the pylons. Never did see any there though. So yes among catching venomous snakes, scorpions, spiders even being bitten by a fat female Red Back Spider weeding in the garden, catching 5 inch Centipedes. I have experienced a Blue Ring Octopus when they were even unknown as dangerous.
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  84. The miniatures of supermarket products were a Coles, or was it Woolworth, promotional toy offer free with shopping one item per $20 on invoice if I recall correctly.
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  85. On one of the GM test car hot test trips at Kununurra WA, in 1990s, a group of the test team went down to a large river crossing, where a large Goanna was sitting at the river edge. The two Japanese engineers were "Ooh Ahh" about this large one about the same as the 6:40 one at edge of the concrete. I handed my DSLR camera to the one engineer, and proceeded to catch that Goaana. ThecAussie guys all said I must be crazy. Well maybe, but having caught others before I was confident. On first attempt I had it behind its head and at base of tail but had to straddle the body. But they are VERY strong and it put me off balance and the claws where heading to my legs. I had to shift a bit and it broke free. I tried holding, but it slipped free and ran around a small bush. I went again and had it lifted a bit off the ground damp heavy and its tail tried whipping around. As the Japanese were snapping photos on their cameras I had to drop it again. On third try the Goanna had enough at broke my grip again but this time raced about 80 to 100m away where it sat hissing furiously. All agreed that was enough, the Japanese were so impressed that I would take on such a Dragon as they expressed it, the Aussies just said I must be out of my mind. Other than one minor scratch and annoying the Goanna no harm done. Yet do strongly recommend that without experience DO NOT TRY THE SAME they can do very serious injury. Some say these monitor lizards have some venom, but it is a disputed issue. They do however definitely carry a horrid does of bacteria in the jaws and teeth, that can cause extreme serious infection. Animals bitten may take days to die from the septic wound and their teeth do very nasty bite wounds. The claws create bad deep wounds and the whipping tail can be very painful leaving bruises at best and even broken skin wounds at worst. Smaller animals can have broken bones or be killed by the tail blow. I think for us humans could break fingers or possibly even wrist or ankle. Now being some 25 years older, and likely slower I might well decide to leave it alone not try to grab it. In long past I have chased and caught several smaller, mainly, Goanna and in some cases had them trying to climb small trees, and grabbing their tail as they scurried up, even had them jump and run down my back leaving some scrappes through the T shirt, and denim jacket. Largest I ever handled was a big near 3m road victim hit by at least one car, bleeding from its mouth. I stopped and dragged it, it was too heavy to try to lift, off the road into the scrub. Hoping that it may possibly survive, as reptiles do seem tough to kill, at least not have it mashed into the road as cars and trucks kept running over it. Impressive creatures and nice to see in real life.
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  86. 600+ died of COVID due to gross mismanagement by Dan and Sutton not doing their job.
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  87. An oldie classic ON THE BEACH, a post nuclear war survivors film was filmed in Melbourne. Contains numerous Australians as well as famous US actors.
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  88. Inspite of everything seen, it is most stringently suggested that such snake handling is left very much to well practice snake handlers and in remote places like this with NO medical facilities within day or minimum many hours, should only be done with supply of antigens on hand and with several people. NOT ON YOUR OWN OR NO ON SITE MEDICAL SUPPORT. Otherwise likely is a final resting place.
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  89. Your across the river has been everyone of my gold finding efforts. Much more success on gem stones, smoky quartz, citrine, amythist, sapphires, opal etc great times, Gold always plentry fools gold but no real gold
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  90. Sure missed several great performance cars from Australia. The many models released as specials, to get into Bathurst would one group. Monaro, which a South Africa variant mentioned, and above all Torana muscle car versions would on such list.
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  91. If you do not put yourself into the more expensive places in the major cities in Australia, you can do very well with $1 million. Even in those cities, Melbourne, Sydney and even Brisbane, there are plenty of good suburbs with great offers under that $1M. Choosec Adelaide or Perth the money goes further. Go country areas and larger country towns you do very well though recent moves from cities out ofvbig town is msking popular country towns ever more expensive as destination, and quite large acreage properties can be obtained with house and numerous other buildings existing if not directly in major country towns, yet still not too far from major town access. You want tourist hot spots it will cost but just want access to ocean beach or other water be it river or lakes or nice bushland (forest) you could still get very large place for such money.
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  92. I remain appreciative of the Australian TV team that developed the first race cam for TV showing in Bathurst races. The ability to see driver perspective in the race car to me is so much superior to just external view of cars going round the circuit in remote view.
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  93. Lake Argyle is a huge man made water storage originally established for developing far north WA as a cotton growing region. It receives huge water volume from the heavy Monsoon rains of our 'Wet Season', our summer time in far north areas. The rain can dump many inches of rain each day and particularly overnight for months from November to March/April. The huge rainfall amount is typical in tropics nearing equator . Southern US and northern Mexico are very dry more like central Australia most of the year. But admittedly those areas do also get heavy rain at times, as probably do the southern US and near parts of Mexico. Just your areas have recently severe drought. Lake Argyle has many years of water stored, and would not likely run low even in decade long no rain, but currently is too full to store more. Located at Kununurra on one of the huge rivers draining the enormous wet season rainfall. It covers an area probably larger than some US states. The river gorge below the dam has Salt Water Crocodiles, so probably not advisable to swim in. The river also has good fishing for the ever popular Barramundi fish. Sadly the cotton industry failed due to insect pests. As for many regions of motocross, they become target of massive insect infestation. These days the area around Kununurra is a major fruit and vegetable growing area, irrigated by plentiful water from this lake Argyle. The Argyle name has also become world renown for the large diamond mine, sadly now I understand effectively exhausted, that lies not far from Kununurra. At its peak this mine was yielding as much gem diamond as all South African mines together. Especially great was the supply of pink diamonds. Also among the hardest diamonds in the world. I realise few recognise that diamonds have a huge range of hardness depending how deep they formed in the magma before ejecting in the volcanic pipes leaving them at near surface. The hardness of the Australian diamonds is such that cutting the diamonds needs to use other Australian diamond, the Afrucan diamonds is too soft and dies not scratch the Australian. Some Russian diamonds can work but on the whole also softer. Much of this volcanic deposit has actually eroded long ago, likely washing diamonds down rivers into the Timor Sea off the northern coast, and maybe even some buried ancient river deposits. There are hopes that other such volcanic pipes will be found in the area and be mined. Note worthy is that the region is known as "The Kimberlys" because the region looked so similar to the Kimberly area in South Africa. Well not really surprising as before separated by plate tectonic shifts, both were once together on one giant landmass. Thus also not surprising both areas have diamond deposits. Other major tourist attraction included the famous Bungle Bungle 'Beehive mounds'
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  94. Certainly making me hungry, waking up at 4 AM on Sunday morning...❤😊
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  95. Keep in mind many of the vehicle manufacturer supply cab chassis vehicles and the end user gets a third party to build a custom body on the rear chassis space. It is not necessarily the vehicle manufacturer that supplies the variant you see as emergency, police or commercial vehicle.
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  96. The faith of spectator crowds in the driving ability of the rally drivers is astounding. To stand so close to the flying along cars, many instances reallybairborne, must have supreme confidence that the drivers will handle the cars and keep the spectators safe. Or they must be suicidal.
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  97. Definitely British test, with Australian military support. Even had Australian live soldiers in trenches at several distances, and pilots took air samples flying through resulting clouds. Normal prevailing winds would have assured spreading residues direction NSW, Vic and New Zealand too. Aboriginals were forcibly removed from their homelands, and to this day are not allowed back. Radiation now is quite low, and unlikely harmful to short visits, but the area remains restricted access. No one seems to care about dust storms blowing materials from the area. Though Australia has many Uranium deposits anyway so has areas of raised radiation naturally. Big fear these days is Putin and his war on Ukraine. He is highly unlikely to accept defeat, and given continued heavier missile attacks may yet choose to flatten Ukraine with nukes, rather than accept defeat. We may yet live to see more mushroom clouds. HOPE FOR PEACE!
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  98. An unusual experience was Pizza in south Korea. Basically majority have no tomato paste base nor sprinkling of cheese. The base of popular Pizza os then Korean standard KINCHI. That in case you are unfamiliar is the fermented mix of cabbage, chillies and peppers, quite hot flavour. That is buried in stone ware jugs for 12mnths or more. Kimchi is of course used in much Korea style foods. Any how the topings are also various meats and seafood. Cheese tends to be an issue among many asian populations, as is any milk based product, as many asian prople apparently having severe reaction to milk, unlike European - Caucasian derived population. Pizza can be ordered with cheese but most standatd Pizza will be without. Another aspect is the standard Pizza is thick and soft, rather than thin and crispy. Of course the reaction is "This is NOT" Pizza!", no tomato paste or molten cheese.......
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  99. That "Right turn from Left Only" is a special on a nimber of central business district Melbourne to prevent blocking tram traffic at intersections by turning traffic. Yes non Melbourne drivers do get confused. For Victorian drivers, the knowledge of these tyrns in the city centre are part of driving license testing..
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  100. On that steep climb a Toyota managed only about first 20 ft, two Landrovers not even that. I was challenged at a shorter steep slope in that river valley without any existing wheel tracks, to show if the Suzuki could even get up that. I left open jaws, as I drive up and down without issue several times then added to the amazement by stopping midway, handbrake on stepping out and saying to the gathered group surely they have something a bit harder. Then re-entered and proceeded from stop up the rest of the way, then several more forward and backward runs stopping and restarting. One member with a V8 engine tried it by brute force/speed, got most of the way up and with locked wheels slid at speed back down digging his towbar hard into the ground at the bottom others tried but barely got all 4 wheels onto t he slope before scrabbling tyres. For good measure I completed two more up down runs. The joker admitted I was right to not do the long hill with blocking logs though suggested that likely I would have had no issue safely reversing down. Over my time in Sydney my Suzuki got several others in the same, and I was invited on special extra hard trips of limited number of vehicles and experienced drivers only. Throughout that time the Suzuki kept outperforming larger vehicles on trips. Too much to go into on these comments. Still regret in 1980 upgrading to larger size 4WD Nissan Patrol , to now a Landcruiser Series 80 getting on with 29 years on the road.
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  101. Already chosen to avoid TEMU as a market destroyer, and shoddy substandard goods supplier at impossibly sustained prices.
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  102. There have been many "Genie" ads over time Same theme, wish for endless TimTam pack.
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  103. Sadly Albanese is also remaining silent, and one could gain the impression those labor premiers have his FULL support in their grossly maniacal methods.
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  104. To me the 1960s was hotter than now, went swimming at the beach from late Oct to Mar on regular basis. Now only go to beaches to swim when regularly 30°C up. Means no beach time till Dec earliest and Jan Feb for most beach time. At 40°C less inclined to be out under the sun midday, but still love eveninhs going swimming.
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  105. Wine cask. Bladder bag to draw wine in airfree casual way, better than bottles opened and kept to consume over time.
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  106. They keep experimenting with alternate flavour Tim Tams, if popular keep it, if sales poor, they cease the new flavour. Do not over indulge, weight is easy to put on, hard to remove. Excess sugar has consequences, and I too can not open a pack and stop till empty.
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  107. Really sad is that long before Biden actually got elected as president, I totally predicted that he would make USA a laughing stock, joke in the world. May predictions were that nothing but decline of US status in world affairs would result. I am so sorry that the result is even worse than what believed would happen, and now Democrates actually want/propose that the same two go for reelection. USA is sure the hit bottom all too soon if that ever happens to come true. The hidden puppeteers must long for more time to dismantel the nation.
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  108. Don't get calorie overload, you definitely do not need a Genie to wish for a "Never empty TimTam" pack, you have a lifetime supply.
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  109. NOTE: internet speed is Mega BIT per second, not BYTE. A byte is 8 bits, and protocol overhead means data rate in bytes falls a little under 10 times slower than the BIT rate. A common misinterpretation of MBPS. Data streams are defined by bit rates,, formerly refered to as BAUD rate, which is really defining rate at which signal state can change per second. In olden times it was the actual voltage switching rate, like the mechanical switch. As phone lines had wider bandwidth, tone encoding allowed faster rates by encoding data as different frequencies, so data rate, Baud, pushed 300, 1200, and faster. Ultimately such trickery used multiple frequency channels, to push Baud rates to 38.4kBaud and higher. On modern internet the data is again back to using the digital speed of the channel, the maximum supported rate that voltage changes or in optical fibre the light pulses can change. In the case of USB 2, 480Mbit/s, USB 3 at 5Gbit/s, now extending upwards 10 or 15 Gbit/s, similar for other specialised cable channels. New 5G telephony, by using frequencies in high Gigahertz allow also data speeds 1Gbit/s. WiFi too can support or approach such fast rates. The actual data transfer in order to code many different characters is formed from multiple bits. There are many character coding schemes, But ASCII is presently most common and is commonly 8 bits (7 bits basic, but extended set 8 bits). The data stream has protocol bits and charcters added. For modern language support there are also longer Unified character encodings using 16 bits, but for most data schemes one still uses byte, 8 bits, as the unit data.
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  110. Kangaroo motion seems unique, but... No doubt you have seen the modern atheletes with curved springy blades attached to their feet and thereby achievong higher speefs with lower energy required running. Inspired by the efficiency observed on kangaroos and its relatives. The motion recovers considerable energy in each step, as the springy nature stores impact energy to release into the next stride, at the same time absorbing considerable of the shock in each landing step minimising damage to body for harshness in each step. Precisely the body straons and long term damage suffered by many, in joints and spine from the effect of jogging and running on hard surfaces. At same time also compemsating for uneven surfaces quite an amount. To the kangaroo provides far longer distance per step while running than purely provided by leg length. There are other animals uding somilar benefits springbock, antelopes, ostrich, emu, even rabbits and hares to quite an extent, all aiding survival. Also unique is that Australia has no natural HOOFED animals. Far less damaging to fragile ecology, hoofs tear up the ground considerably, and becomes very evident in Australian agriculture of sheep and cattle, and damage in mountains by brumby (feral) horses and those in farming.
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  111. I am fully for any extermination of feral cats especially, but also feral dogs and feral pigs. Normally I have no interest in shooting with guns much preferring shooting photos and film/video. But if it comes to feral cats I would shoot any I find, if I had a gun. I have been attacked by three feral cats while camping, and seen many more while travelling around. Trouble is they attack and will not be driven off. Seen dead animals killed by cats, dogs and boars. None of these deserve free roam in Australia, most wildlife has no defence.
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  112. Sunshine state = Queensland
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  113. I truely believe you have many more positive experiences to come. Keep in mind that there will be variants in preparation as occurs with all things. Some do it better, others worse. Even here in Australia, some for example, sausage rolls are terrific, others not to be experienced again by choice. Coffee can be great, but also can be made badly. Being used to coffee like the flat white you just tried just imagine the reaction of someone craving a good coffee while on a long road trip, being served a US percolated brew at some Cafe while refuelling while travelling. Why the much praised STARBUCKS offering, failed in Australia. 👍👍👍😃😃😃❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
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  114. In its time 1950s to 1960s, a 1/2 penny bought a few lollies. 5 Penins a icecream, 10 pennies got a small bottle of lemonade.
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  115. Other than people hating chocolate have never found anyone not easily eing hooked on TIM TAMs. It is virtually true, that it is nearly impossible to stop till the pack is empty, your hand almost automatically reaches for the next one.
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  116. Note running empty they lift numerous wheels off the road, reducing drag and improving tyre wear on the lifted wheels. Also lower road wear.
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  117. Whether going left or right at a given entry, you can still reach your required exit road by either shortest or longest path. Just depends how many merge points you need before facing the required exit node.
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  118. Our local people have been doing well with 1 to 3 Oz nuggets in the Bendigo Victoria area found, and from recollection in Tasmania in the last months was a 5.5 Oz nugget. I suspect you would love such nuggets in your claims.
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  119. English unlike almost any other language must predominantly be learned by exceptions, rather than uniform structure rules. Sadly it is a mish mash of many other other languages, but worse has even distorted the original base for many words. In doing so the original structuring is lost and rules break as different origins differ in applicable laws. One that trips up many other language users is (excessive?) Using double negatives. Very confusing "Should you not be doing ... instead of ..." Spelling must learn specific words rather than word structures. Then there is confusing pronouncing different words identically, TO, TOO, TWO, and inconsistent almost identical spelled words, TOMATO and POTATO. Australia and US both have made further distortions to original english, even replacing meanings of some. Not to say other languages do not have issues. German is well known for compounding words, to create new words, ever longer in form. The US probably more than others seem to use ever more abreviations in place of the full words, however a few Letters strung together, need context or in special group knowhow, for understanding to even hope the get the right intended meaning. Many abbreviations are having different meaning for different groups and topic context. Can lead to serious mis understanding, even wrong results. Further by modern TV, Film, and Internet many English and foreign words are slipping into daily usage of many other languages, just by frequent exposure or specic clearer one word conveying meaning by less than lengthy wording of the original. Even product namibg and advertising is heavily mixing languages.
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  120. Restaurant sitting meals will normally have a selection of bottles on the table, or available on request. It is fastfood/takeaway where these little packets are an optional item, most have a low fee each, though also many are free, but not a large container or bowl full of packets where some fools pack their pockets full, or even worse shovel a big load into the hand/shopping bag. At request one or two free yes, you want to stock up home, buy some...
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  121.  @midnightkitchen8379  I was SO surprised by those three mice. Weeks of failing with the other traps, and then within one day, three mice, well speaks well for the surprise quality bait.
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  122. Have never seen these offered in Victoria, may have been a Sydney trial. Normally McFlurry is in the tub bucket and plastic lid. Ther shaped wodden spoon has been used for some time. MACAS have been reducing plastic where possible, so even the trial TimTam McFlurry appears to have a cardboard square box container.
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  123. Bob Jane of course was one of the greats in racing in Australia, and built up a sognificant business empire around cars and of course racing, the Calder Park facility a big part of that. Sadly for him one aspect became a tradgedy. In business, money is the prime aim, and whether enemy, competitor or family makes no difference, it is all about being top man, the riches determine the target. Legal, illegal , dirty tactics, legal proceeding, take overs, everything is fair game in business. Well one major business Bob Jane built was the Bob Jane T-Mart tyre sales chain. I have purchased all my 4WD tyres from these stores sinve mid to late 1980s. Sadly Bob had his son involved in the the business. As business goes it was profitable and as mentioned where money is concerned, anything goes, and while I can not relate the whole saga, Bob got taken out by his own son. Dirty games and legal proceedings a plenty, Bob got displaced by his son, who I believe in greed stole (legally?) The entire T-Mart business, thereby effectively the whole empire, dumping dad, Bob, in most cruel manner destroying his life. Many more legal actions followed, but seems money and lawyers win against those left few resources. Such should never happen in the family, but business is often dirty business. Bob became a broken man.
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  124. Another good catchup step. It is getting harder and harder to find NEW things that are not duplicates. On the otherhand there is plenty more you do not have yet, just needs more time and consideration to arrange new surprises. The children love these little giveaway toy items and both Coles and Woolworths regularly run such special give away programs. Amazing is that it almost seems US shopping chains do not have the same at least I would like to be wrong, but really seems rather than such "game" items for children seem more inclined to giving vouchers to future purchases. When not running these children specials, you collect points towards cooking pots and pans, or cutlery, or drinking/wine glass sets, or other useful home items obtainable either for sufficient points half points half price or outright purchase for full price no points. Depending on item 10 20, to 80 points may be needed and common is cost is equivalent to $1 per point. Typical is 1 point or toy/collectible item per $20 spent on purchases. So against actual goods 1/$20 and thus value of 5% of purchase price value. On children items often the number given could be one or two more than purchase qualifies for, and near end of special item offer, have been given double or more quantity items while still available.
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  125. In Germany Christmas remains more a public social event than a commercial event . Sadly the US is mainly a commercial event than a social event Yes, all these are markets and the stalls are there to profit, BUT mostly they are small traders, selling handicrafts, small gift knick knacks, foods, drinks, NOT Huge stores pushing expensive things and appliances. The markets remain a place to buy very basic things, as many community and farmers markets and small town event markets are. Definitely no sign of crass commercialisation for big sales event. Fun and joy above SPEND SPEND SPEND.
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  126. Americans are heard before seen, it is not unusual walking around in city areas regularly visited by tourists, or at tourist sights with bus loads coming and going, you typically pickup private discussions from hundred yards away before even seeing them. In hotels riding a lift and it stops at some intermediate floor, you know Americans are waiting to board before the doors open by the voices heard through the closed lift doors. Riding in a tour coach, you know Americans sitting near the back by following their personal discussions, from near the driver at the front. Sorry if that offends, but it gets offensive to others to hear all about their private lives without bring involved in their discussions.
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  127. 4:04 Commonly called 'Bottle Brush' for obvious reasons. Botanically a Banksia if I am not mistaken. Many will only release seeds after a fire, otherwise hold the seeds long time in woody nodule remains after flowering. Seen just off centre bottom near flower.
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  128. The F1 racing tickets for the Melbourne Grand Prix for 2023 went on sale earlier this week, and tickets to main race day were sold out within 4 hours. Surprised everyone....
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  129. For me, while Grand Canyon and other Arizona etc deserts of the USA are great attractions, these Northern Australia areas pale the US places into almost insignificance. Keep in mind too that Aborininals settled here between 80,000 and 40,000 years ago, spreading through out Australia in that time, many ancient rock art left, far before civilizations developed elsewhere, and long before Americas indians move into the Americas.
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  130. A very common RED food dye still used in many places is banned in many countries as it is carcinogenic. FANTA is expected by many people to be orange colour. In Europe it is a pale more lemon yellow. Our local Tasmanian farmed Salmon and Atlantic Ocean Trout are farmed in open inlet ocean waters. Having bought both packaged, and whole fish, that I filleted_ carved myself, the colour is a consistent pleasant salmon pink. Also matching wild trout caught fishing in mountain rivers. There does not seem any evidence any is artificial colours. Pickles out of Europe are mostly a dull green-brown, yet some imported pickles are a luminous strong green far beyond growing cucumber colour. Fruit also I have not any impression of artificially coloured. One aspect is some people expect extremely perfect appearance no blemishes or shape deviations. Some markets/countries expect premium only fruits, but are paying more. Quite a bit of local premium sorted fruit is exported to sell at even ten times or more normal price, while we get a lot of thevsorting rejects with shape variations blemish spots. The fruit is perfectly fine as natural fruit is far from perfect skin , size and shape. In meat retail, displays are often under red coloured lighting looking real rich blood red but on unwrapping at home, the actual meat can be almost anaemic looking, pale red and almost tending brownish. Yet flavour is fine. Yes we like the meat real red to seem very fresh. In reality meat must be hung for days at least. Having had fresh kill beef less than 12hrs after slaughter, est about 6 hrs, it actually tasted unusual and even not entirely pleasant, though hard to define. It was barbequed on a cattle ranch with about 120 people in attendance that evening, slaughtered before I got up in the morning. Definitely very deep red even dripping blood.
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  131. Locally, Australia, seems mainly demands for tax owed is being used to demand immediate payment. The payment demanded in gift cards so clearly fraudulent! Yet some people fall for it
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  132. I did just that. In 1976 my 4WD was stolen from my work car park. By Feb 1977 I found a 3yr old ex police Toyota Landcruiser 4WD, wlith many extras and low milage, 27000km, at just on $40000 . New value with all extras at least $59000 so still good value. The extras were tow pack, safety cargo grid for rear compartment, factory Airconditioner, Front 'bull bar', Power take off 25000kg winch ($3500 value). A huge increase on $6600 insurace payout, but I asked cash price, no finance, no extra charges, drive away price. On basis of full cash payment, they agreed to labelled price. After deposit,and getting alarm/immobiliser fitted, I scrapped together the money, borrowing in familay and friends. On coming back 1o week later to finalise paymentand pickup the ready vehicle. On giving the bank cash cheque they started adding inspection registration, detailing etc etc. Some $3200 ontop of agree "drive away" price. I simply had all the money I could get. I started to walk away, and the sales guy offered terms, a short term loan and finance to cover the extra, anything to get away with the extra money. I remained firm on the agreed "drive away" price. As I was about to exit the car yard a senoir sales manager interuptted a session with other customers and approached. After going over the history of my deal he calmly insisted the other charges were necessary, and required to be paid, and they can not lose money on the deal. I chuckled and stated they could not lose, as they buy these ex gov vehicles at auction and that must be way below the demanded sale price, and proceeded to leave. On the footpath outside the car yard he persisted but finally offered to decrease the cost to $1000. I started opening the door to the borrowed car, with friend who drove me there. FINALLY, he turned to the younger salesman, and got him to recalculate the sales price so that I paid the agreed price and also added compensation of 3yr/200000km extended Toyota warranty worth over $1500, as I was already on new vehicle warranty due to 27000km on a diesel engine is hardly run in anyway. I thus got my original agreed price, extended warranty, and before driving away noticed the removable part of the tow hitch was not there, got that as well, a further value over $150 included and not needing to be bought extra. I WON BY STICKING TO THE TERMS AGREED. No dealer ripoff accepted, though they tried hard for that extra CREAM. By the way my final price was about the same as advertised on a similar vehicle with 80% less extras at another caryard of the same dealership but with over 56000 km.
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  133. The Symetrical park would be kaos, if anyone parks badly, like so often seem taking 2 or even 4 spots. Also NO SPACE for the oversized pickup trucks so common in USA
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  134. Had no CHEER since name change..
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  135. Investigation should not be under Exclusive police control, independant investigation at least including persons outside police system is essential. No cover up of what happened for sake of all remaining police to keep some public confidence.
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  136. Up to mid France, southern Germany, they getcquite some hot weather with winds carrying air from Egypt, Libya, Morocco across the Mediteranian and Alps Temp e raptures go over 35°C to 40•C, so 95°F to over 104°F at times for week at a time. However my experience in Gemany was people do go to T shirt, Shorts and sandals. I as an Australian still ran around in long trousers closed leather shoes and long sleeve shirt as worn to work in engineering office, though for after work beer garden did take off the tie worn to work. I have at times pointed out, on topic of Tshirt as Nd shorts habits that real hot countries, such as Middle East, India Egypt, Arabia, the normal clothing is full body cover of loose clothing, not the half naked style of most of our country people in hot weather.
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  137. Do these storages cover say 1week of clouds and low/no wind?
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  138. The Alice Spring regatta on the Todd River is insured for costs if cancelled by the river being in flood.
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  139. I think the ISNACK 2.0 was a rerelease of 'Cheesy Vegemite'
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  140. I hate musk flavour
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  141. The area we have snow in winter goes from these Snowy Mountains to just east of Melbourne a huge high Plains snow fields, that in snow season provides plenty for down hill skiing as well for snow touring in places that in warmer times provide with ample bush walking and hiking. For hiking there are trails all the way from Queeslnsland to mid Victoria as continuous trails that in winter cover many hundreds of trails through snow country. Travel with many mountain huts usable for overnight rest on multi day treks. 4WD trails/fire tracks exist too for enthusiasts though much of snow country roads and trails are closed over winter months. Some highways remain open into snow areas that for cars allow access to snow resorts and require cars to have snow chains fitted while 4WDs only need to fit these if needed for progress, though must carry chains . I have travelled through over hundred km snow covered highway both ways on the same day by 4WD, with up to 1 m snow on the road, even in mild blizzard needing to stop every few km to hand clear snow accumating on the windscreen that wipers could not clear away. Car to resort must also pay fees, while through traffic as I was going is free, but thereby not allowed to stop on the ski village/resort. Other times travelled open 4WD trails to the point of being blocked by snow over 2m and needing to recover by winching and back tracking as through progress not possible. Even placed into a snow cover at a low track point with progress stopped with deep snow to door handles of my Toyota Landcruiser. Now certainly the USA has a large part of the country covered by snow and very cold conditions, far greater than Australia. However we can choose to go to snow areas within as little as hundred kilometers from some major cities BY CHOICE. While a very large part of US population have no choice but to be forced to endure Snow and Icy roads for months. Even southern states seem to get snow and ice for significant times. It happens each and every year whether you want it or even like it. We have full choice to go or not go to enjoy snow, not have to endure it and hate the stuff, and resulting life copromises. Other than frosty nights and a few lower places getting snow for a few morning hours or worst case mere few days of few cm of snow, people do not need to worry. Temperatures even in NSW and Vic remain at worst to just under freezing point say -1°C. In the snow fields extreme lows get no more than -15°C, approx 5°F but mostly no lower than -10°C, 14°F so still compartively mild cold. Also day time usually good chance of sunny conditions, not to exclude cloudy and snowy weather also. I think if given a choice much of the US population would be quite happy, even overjoyed to not ever have sub 32°F, sub 0°C or much lower as applies to much of USA. As car drivers we do not even need a second set of wheels for winter tyres, unless regularly intending to go into snow country, or even have tyre chains for that travel need. Though cars entering snow resort must have and usually fit tyre chains on reaching snow line. Yes really nearby snow is restricted to NSW Victoria and Tasmania, needing rather far travel for larger part of Australia like Queensland, SA and WA. Still quite possible to go if wishing to go to the snow. NZ is also quite within reach.
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  142. Just enjoy the wonderful range of a very moorish produnct, continuing to expand from the original single milk chocolate Tim Tam long a favourite.
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  143. I currently have at least two large huntsman spiders around the house. One I spotted last weekend on Christmas eve, the other about two weeks ago. Yes two different spiders. Not sure where they are right now, but they manage to keep any unwanted bugs sneaking in under control. Best thing if all those poison sprays bother you. They remain very neat, as do not spin webs, in fact eat the messy web leaving spiders along with flies, moths, cockroaches etc that sneak into the house. You can certainly constantly poison with spray or self releasing systems, if you like yourself loading up with biologically hazardous substances. At least these cleanup, leave no mess and do not harm you in any way.
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  144. Many supermarkets have associated alcohol businesses, that operate a bottle shop directly attached to the supermarket or a side building to the car park, so while generally supermarkets do not sell alcoholic things, there are now other means, and Aldi (originally German chain establishing in competion to Coles, Woolworths, IGA and other small places) do have license and do sell a range of wines and beer. Far smaller chioce than the proper bottle shops that are the legally required original outlets of alcoholic drinks. Originally all alcohol sales were part of Hotels and public bars locally just called 'Pubs' with several independant sales groups establishing associated to hotels and 'Pubs'. Yet as these grew some were bought by the large Coles and Woolworths, central organisations which unsurprisingly are a different name to the retail supermarket names.
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  145. On the otherhand that last person may get wiped out in crashing his Porsche at high speed. Again to German fate. Similar to a young woman in the 1980s, having just got her license in weeks before had huge luck to win a big lotto first prize as only winner so in millions level. She bought her dream car a high performance Porsche. Her first trip heading on Autobahn towards Munich she at high speed lost control on a bend at estimated near 300 kph, launched off the guard rail and flew through upper few meters of a pine forest, growing in countryside slightly below the Autobahn. The remains of the crash looked more like a light plane had comedown. Killed instantly, sadly lacking real high-speed skills, did not handle the "Unlimited" speeds inspite of the quite hard extensive learning required for getting a drivers license in Germany, that concentrates on safe driving in city and normal country conditions, not high-speed racing like conditions.
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  146. Look out Dan, Prof Sutton, Mr Crisp, Security companies, managements of old people homes, etc The community deserves to see the full provisions of OHS laws to be applied for lack of proper planning, training, controls and managing of this disaster.
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  147. As you would by now well know, Australia can provide a life time of discovery doing and seeing, with more left over
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  148. 320 kph is 200mph
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  149. Nice summary, good idea to create this.
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  150. Temp: above 40 DegC is not uncommon even in coastal areas, and mid 40's over loger periods not uncommon inland. Peak temp varies over seasons, different parts at different times over thd large latitude range. As most people are around lower east quarter and southern regions, summer, Nov to Mar. But upper end to mid Australia mainly Aug to Nov (Oct/Nov) as over southern summer it is Monsoon (Wet Season). Did considerable car hot testing Oct to Mar, progressively southerly towards March. Seeking 46 DegC or above (in the shade temp) If below a bit disappointed for tests. Have had 49 DegC but many times 45 to 47 DegC, with car tyres getting coated by road tar, which is already a mix far more heat resistant than most world road tar composition. Have had 42 DegC low of 34 DegC in Melbourne. The dark brown could could be result of a dust storm, by the colour.
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  151. GREAT, for a long time I was concerned that my parcel was stolen. By tracking it would have been delivered about the time you returned from your holiday trip late last year, yet never showing in a mailtime. Recently as you did a number of older catchup I began to have hope it was among backlog. NOW IT HAS COME TRUE. You have received it and now unpacked, hope the RC Race car is appreciated. Whether worth running as RC I do not know the supplied charger is 240V, and the batteries might be well dead being unused since 1980s. Maybe just use as a display model Race Car. My next parcel, well delayed, by now, probably needs to be two parcels, as I have accumulated too much for one. Maybe sent in this coming week.
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  152.  @Twenty_Six_Hundred  my hope certainly was that he could make it work, but even if not it would still make a reasonable display item in his displays given his interest,for me it has just sat in storage for along time.
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  153. Sadly soviet union actually took control of most of the countries that became free with the ultimate breakdown of the soviet union, that currently appear to be the main aim of Putin to restore to Russian control to say it has restored the Soviet Union. Like now the Baltic countries Poland, Yugoslavia, Czech Republic, Hungary were all independant, though many had close ties with Germany/Austria. Big parts of present Poland were in fact under German rule. Anyhow if anything Gemany was defeated on Soviet side as its losses there depleted resources to continue fighting in the western side. But under US pressure, to my understanding, the Soviet occupation of eastern Europe and Baltic States was allowed to un challenged in part to get out of continued fighting. Much of Eutope left in poorer state than had Germany won. Not that I agree with the EXTREMELY BAD , IMMORAL aspects of Nazi actions. One point, majority of northern and western regions of Germany suffered under Nazi rule and resisted the Nazi regime. Majority of soldiers sent into war were scared conscripts much like present Russian troops in Ukraine, and faced firing squads for refusing to serve. Younger children/teens were forced into youth leagues fir indoctrination, and gained extra credits for dobbing on anyone not following party lines and doctrine. Fear abounded. A frequently overlooked fact, Hitler was NOT German but Austrian from very close to Yugoslave border. A region that in not so distant past had internal genocide issues, a war that US helped clearup. But those regions have a long history of cultural genocide. Further Hitler was a military courier in WW I and was almost killed by a Mustard gas attack leaving him somewhat brain damaged, needing many months of on hospital recovery. Hitlervwas NOT fully supported through out Germany most power and actual votes that put him into political position was by Bavarian voters, who always have more link to Austria than Germany while remaing one of the number of United States making up Germany.
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  154. Coles had these STIKIES as give away for purchases, 1 Stickie fir every $20. For those wanting the set they allowed purchase of the Set Box, like you were sent. I got only a few due to shopping for only one person and fortnightly to three weeks apart so less time to collect.
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  155. That first deep crossing Ruford Ford, became so popular for videos, that it is now closed to traffic when any water is on the road. All kinds from small sedans sport cars, to trucks and even famers in tractors appreaed to try crossing the flooded ford. Officially anyone attempting it now faces very big fines and license penaties. It is a runoff channel from a small dam spillway, note side channel the Blue Landrover went after passing the hesitant driven car, off to the side at this ford, running away under a walk way crossing. Up to over 1 m 3ft depth at bad times. Many viewers gathering and lots of fools purposely were trying it. Forcing legal efforts to stop its abuse.
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  156. Worst floods for quite sometime. Especially the total area affected, now all the way to Sydney NSW, from way up north in Queensland long way beyond Brisbane.
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  157. Great ice forest, stalagmites!
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  158. To be remembered is that the convicts both USA and Australia got, were Brits, all minor criminals enterprising survivors, hard criminals were executed, which were sent to be imprisoned. So possibly we got the cream&butter, they were left with the sour butter milk.
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  159. Have often been through Shepparton, but was not aware of this museum.
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  160. Not just a Texas problem. Many areas in Australia suffer from feral pigs in large quantities. Same problem here nearly impossible to eliminate, just barely able to dent the overall population, at considerable cost.
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  161. Sadly, extreme lack of world knowledge does stand out in many contacts with Americans. The US education system definitely fails outright. It is no wonder thatcso many ofcthec"Flat Earthrrs" are US based. Lack of understanding of the world is excusable for tribal populations with no schooling, but unacceptable from people who have completed college level education.
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  162. Looks to me that the vehicles are road registered standard vehicles. Unlike the US where extremely modified vehicles seem to be allowed on roads many countries have very tight controls on modifications deviating from manufactured, homologated, meeting regulation standards. No major lift no big fat tyres, engine modifications. Very limited changes from manufacturer delivered form
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  163. Victoria has regular changes to motto, Garden State, Place to Be, Education State, and others. The new, now years old, change to digit, 2x char, digit, 2x char rrplaced the old series 3x charcter and 3x digits as thevcharacters were about to rollover ZZZ . Now the number of combinations is larger but also running up. One I saw years ago on a Black BMW was "1DO-1CE" so the driver was claiming I Do Ice, so highlighting as a drug addict. Nice way to gain police tracking.
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  164.  @goaway9977  certainly just as I wrote they are far more moderated with neither HOT nor DEEP COLD. The Northern US and Canada go far below zero, beyond -30°C, to temperatures NO parts of NZ ever experience. That however does nor mean it is not cold in NZ at times even summer. It is actually more likely to get cold any season than extremely hot. As anywhere there can be individual extremes, so it is possible for Norway Sweden for example near Arctic circle to have mid 30 °C on rare conditions just not at all common. UK this year had a rare lengthy time of for them extreme high temperatures that in many places including Australia, India, Africa and Middle East are regarded normal and not extreme.
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  165.  @durv13  certainly any "potch" would still have colour, just not prime gem material, might even include some seashell opal piece. You are quite welcome to send IWRocker some pieces valued into thousands $.. I find most people are very happy to see colour even thin streaks not suited for cutting yet still visually pleasing. IT IS STILL REGARDED AS WASTE POTCH, not just blank milky silicate without colour is classed potch, miners dump quite an amount of non salable opal all refered to as potch, even burying it back as dirt fill in the mine to ease problem with fossikers on the diggings seeking just a bit of colour.un certain what I can in immediate future find much of my material is deep buried among clutter.
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  166.  @durv13  Yes depends on many factors, 9n the actual opal fields the main trade is to international buyers 2ho really only buy top grade, and nothing thin layer or uncertain depth. Yes I too assisted a cousin from Germany to buy some opal pieces for as little as $25 for a small jar full and up to $100 for a jam jar size of cutting pieces, Also seen some old guys at sunday markets with jars and bottles from $5 to $200 and rarely above $500. Basically up to 50% cutable. These bottles and jars are generally material the miners were unable to sell to the gem trade, does not mean that there is some very nice stuff in there. Also little sample tubes full of tiny chips all very beautiful colours, but too small for other than epoxy potted opal chip jewellery or as curiosity tourist trinkets for from $1 to $5 typically. I have found many people are very happy to have some lower grade piece with some colour for their rock collection, even seen a cactus potplant surface decorated by potch with colour slivers. Cutting grade opal is wasted laying in some rock box as a curiosity. If you really have desire to, please feel free to send IWROCKER some terrific Opal sample, I will try with what I feel is a suitable non gem grade example, depending on finding a suitable piece in the next few days, else it will miss the current parcel being packed now. As far as local guys selling pieces of Opal, I have in last 5 years not really tried, but used to see such regularly at markets, but have never seen any in 10 years. The local area had three guys selling from their garage, but they have no longer been listed in the local newspaper/council magazine adverts. But also I should add I have picked up pieces swept from buyers rooms at the Coober Pedy motel where they reside while buying and also pieces dumped in surrounding garden and from ute trays during cleaning the vehicle around town, that equalled or bettered what was in those offered cheap jars. My first big buying attempt, as mentioned in my first comment for $250 of pieces at Andamooka, on light aircraft trip there was a massive disappointment as the smallest bags at buyer/seller agents, were thousands of dollars, and that not far over 5 oz, at the low cost end. Larger batches were $5000 and up. All offered pieces were as normally sold to international gem buyers. Premium grade large, thick gem layer, colourful, no sand/rock inclusions, much even clear jelly, and good size pieces, no small chip pieces, suited to make several cut stones each, nothing intended as tiny cut size stones say under 5mm or for doublets and triplets, no cheap gems. When I talk quality it is for opal that yields cut stones in the thousands of dollars in value. Yes I too have made nice looking opals polished from what had been throw away rubbish, that is included in the potch class, though seriously potch is really the milky or grey colourless mass, to many though if not gem quality it is lumped together as potch. Just luck and persistence and trial error and some have enough good opal in there. Nothing beats digging good stuff yourself, but that needs good miner mates, either having good luck themselves and letting you try a few days, letting you keep what you find or more typically wanting 50/50 share. Certainly if you value living, no illegal access to claims, you may not be found again, and maybe your opalised bones might reappear a few million years in the future. Else unless you yourself care to invest big in your own claim and spend years, if finance supports it. There has been a period of very poor Opal yields, many miners abandoning the diggings, and ever more regulations and OHS requirements. Some diggings are now closed, returned to aboriginal ownership, one a bit north of Coober Pedy for example, just the name escapes me now.
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  167. Not a setback, they expected to discover any problems. Infact SpaceX were quite expecting some issues at final touchdown. These are experimental flights to determine issues to be improved. This flight exceeded expectations, and provided very positive information
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  168. When they mention some towns do not allow alcohol in the boot at all, effectively alcohol is restricted within the town, it is, to my understanding only in places where the Aboriginal population is restricted in access to alcohol, due to severe drunkenness drunken violence and property damage issues. Mostly requested measures by the Aboriginal Elders wishes. Alcohol and petrol sniffing has become a najor problem in Aboriginal communities. I do not know of any major cities with such restrictions, though police do act if finding open alcoholic beverages in a vehicle being pulled over. A box of or collection of closed cans/bottles especially in the boot (trunk) of the vehicle, not accessible to driver and passengers would not be queried. Conditional on of course usual DUI checks no odour of alcohol or evident impaired state of driver, where presence of quantity of alcoholic beverages would of course become an issue.
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  169. I do hope you like the latest set of $1 coins issued this year. With coins for the full alphabet, with leter specific image. These are valid currency, but most will be kept as collection items and not handled much. Thus the folder to lip the collection into. There are special sets, where the G coin is overprinted in colour, but are in much lower circulation quantity, and thus as a set will have high value. Hope the set you got sent is one of the special sets. If the roll tube has one it will be fpund as the top coin in the roll. Good to see that more people have realised that you have TimTam overload. Much nicer with other presents being sent.
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  170. WEIZEN BEER (Wheat beer) comes in two variants, 'Hefe Weizen' (Yeast Wheat) cloudy so not heavily filtered contains yeast residue, and 'Kristal Weizen' (crystal wheat) is filtered leaving a very clear beer. Both are excellent refreshment on a hot day. I personally like the clear variant, but the cloudy type appears most commonly available. Here in Australia I mostly get these wheat beers at Aldi at certain times of the year. Aldi have both zero alcohol and high alcohol types at various times of the year. Currently I have a number of 500mL high alcohol ones, 2 standard drinks per 500mL due to alcohol content. Also still have 6 bottles of zero alcohol, as we enter autumn here. No more hot days left, but need to consume it while still not too old. As made to German purity laws, only 4 basic ingredients, no preservatives or chemical stabilisers added, should be consumed I reasonable time, not stored for months to years it spoils, drink only good fresh beers.
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  171. No racial abuse at all
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  172. School year is normally three terms, summer holiday is longest from before Christmas to start Feb. But there are two shorter fortnight from memory term breaks, say May and August I think.
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  173. It is one thing for a tourist to complain about all the foreigners they see visiting say Spain on holiday. Expecting why don't they learn English so they can answer me when I get lost in their strangely named streets. Have they made any effort to speak a foreign language? NO. Quite another matter when a business person seeking to do some business in a foreign country, EXPECT that the businesses they seek to deal with have to be fluent in English. Why no effort to at least be able to handle a basic level of the language of that foreign country. If not prepared to do so themselves how about hiring an interpreter to assist their effort. Why should the people they want to meet be fluent in English, or provide the interpreter, it is they that seek business contact. If that foreign company comes to the US to establish business, they send people with English ability, or at least have a trusted interpreter with them. It is appropriate for the seeking company to be prepared. Another bad business approach, stomp into the reception without any prior appointment, state you have little time, so insist immediate contact with XYZ department. When asked to make an appointment as the people required are not currently available , out of office, with another client, in a meeting demand again immediate attention. No wonder they get nowhere. I arrived at a company once, also without appointment two US businessmen seemed closed to threatening legal action if no one attends to their needs NOW. I was concerned I was not having any luck, as I had just over an hour before needing to be two kilomters away at airport checkin to fly home. My employer needed urgent supply of some special glue for production processes, and I received the request mere hour earlier as I departed Kyoto for the airport in Kobe, a trip in the Japanese Bullet train. I had walked with my suitcases, no taxis at the taxivrank, maybe a half mile to this company. After the two US business men being sent away, escorted by security, due to their belligerent manner, I explained in humble quiete terms my urgent need and that I was flying out that evening and now was having little time. The young lady at reception nodded and made a phone call. Very soon another young girl with better English, as I too spoke no real Japanese, except common greeting terms, and proper humble behaviour, bowing and simple queries. Again explained my needs. She too made a couple of calls and stated unfortunately the people I needed were in a meeting, expected to finish about the time I was due to be at airport checkin. But if lucky these persons might be available in half hour. I accepted the situation and asked if I may wait till I must urgently make my way to the airport. Not only was I invited to wait, but some refreshments and snacks were given. Some 20 minutes later I was taken up in a lift to a conference room and four people greeted me. They were most pleased that I have business cards with both English and Japanese details (by the way forbidden by my manger as only for senior executives, but my chief engineer had arranged these). They could not do enough. In 15 minutes I had a complementary 2 Kg tin of the glue, as sample, several catalogues, a basic quote for larger batch of the required glue, and promise to follow up with our purchasing people, for which I provided details received in the email requesting me to make that contact. Interesting was two of these people need to then return to the meeting they were in and I was told sorry about the rude visitors earlier they actually had demanded these other two, I had just been dealing with, were required to meet with them. I was then driven by one of their chaufer cars to the airport. Now that is the proper way to get business to business activity. Especially in Japan and most Asian countries. No harsh demands, be humble ,apologetic about language barrier. You get more from offering honey than vinegar.
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  174. No managers in industry who presided on a activity that caused even a few deaths would escape a significant jail term and massive fines for the organisation and personally, no matter how directly they wete controlling the situation. There is NO excusing such gross incompetence and mismanagement even for politicians and public service for the developments that caused the Victorian disaster. The entire bunch need instant dismissal and being brought to court under existing laws and held fully liable.
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  175. And a significant CO2 reduction too. There is also considerable saving on train brakes as with massive regenerative braking there is minimal need for conventional brake pads to handle many thousands of tons of ore down hill. Wear down of pads train wheels alone will be reduced massively along with down time for maintenance brake pad exchange and wheel replacements. Beyond that is that the train is now braked on board not by friction from wheels to track rails, often for steeper sections even demanding sand onto tracks to keep wheel to track fraction high and not just slipping. Well the tracks now will have considerable longer life, as even will the rail stays having less forces from needing to carry the braking forces horizontally in same transient affected manner. Longer rail line life and lower maintenance of even that infrastructure system.
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  176. Weird is of late Starbucks, who basically failed as a business in Australia having closed most of their coffee shops, now by frequent advertisements are trying the home capsule coffee market, selling Starbucks coffee to make at home, competing with the many existing suppliers of capsules for home coffee machines.
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  177. Sad to see the "Suicide doors" return. While definitely very convenient for entry/exit to the vehicle. Such rearward opening doors have a long history to fling passengers out while in motion if a passenger makes a serious mistake of opening or having, a door open while in motion. The air stream rips the door fully open as soon as cracked a little free of the latch. A passenger holding the interior handle is launched out into traffic or roadside obstacles. It seems, and is hopefully secured in modern implementation, not as in past a partially closed door, or miss operation, say trying to open a window unlatched, causing opening unexpectedly. Now closed/latched sensors and electro lockout of opening mechanism may make it safer.
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  178. No surprise that several of those drivers were to become leading drivers of the Armstrong 500 that now of course os the Bathurst 1000. But of course over 9000 laps, running 9 days, makes ALL endurance races, including Le Mans 24hr a minor event, and 600+ laps in Bathurst race short. No doubt the short rest breaks left drivers as much endurance strained as any modern race. Not very emphasised was the extreme hazard of kangaroo/wallabies, the area has huge numbers and throughout all the years into 2000s they remained hazards to test cars, no doubt to this endurance, and understated. Rabbits too but not such major hazard to cars, excepting making skid hazards. The circuit then was rather primitive. By the 1980s when I was regularly there doing the first Fuel Injection adaption for Falcon and LTD versions, there was a fast loop circuit, various endurance road sections, various rough road, hill slope of various gradients , hot and cold test cells, and several workshops. For me several times a week driving from Melbourne to this You Yangs or Geelong engineering, where engine dynes were located. Other days were going to Holden Engineering and Holden Proving Ground at Lang Lang similarly highly developed test area, with almost certainly better and many equivalent facilitie to do Fuel Injection for the Commodore. Very interesting work times. Both meant much time away from my office. Attendance to both facilities continued into 1990s for various activities. My last junior injection application engineer, departed my employer at a sad difficult time latter 1990s, and was employed at Holden, to several years later become manager for the Holden Lang Lang Proving Ground. Sadly after shutdown Holden has sold their Proving Ground Ford has retained their You Yangs Proving Ground, a basic Engineering group in Geelong, and do Ford development for Ford vehicles on the world market. Latest the new Pickup truck just released near end of 2021, Nov (?)
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  179. Coober Pedy is a OPAL mining town, in central SA desert area. Directly beside the main highway between Adelaide, to Alice Springs and fibally to Darwin. Lots of residences are made underground to better manage the hot climate. Local power is Wind Turbine and Diesel Generators, and water is created by a Reverse Osmosis plant to turn subterranean water into drinkable potable water.
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  180. Those times 1980s, it was probably 3:1 or more Manual to Auto transmission in Australia. I still prefer Manual, it is just part of driving for me.
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  181. Over use of A/C and lack of dual flush toilets stand out to me. Dual flush saves massive quantities of potable water, excluding modern systems using recycled water for flushing and garden use. There are many places where sufficient good quality water is critically short for population. Do not waste good quality pure water for flushing in unnecessary volume. Also saves volume into sewage works and evaporation ponds or waste outflow to lakes, rivers and/or ocean. One common problem of A/C is wasteful use and wasteful temperature settings. Use of entire house conditioned and that effectively 24hrs a day, even while unoccupied is extremely wasteful. Keep the conditioning to used areas only. If no one is home keep it off. A typical house, which normally is also insulated can be left many hours and minimal temperature change happens, quickly recovered in minutes after reactivation. Keep the A/C on a timer, so off while all are at work, school, at sport etc. All can be fine when switched on before arriving home. The temperatures should track outdoors conditions. Why in hell, set 15 to 16 degC, say around 60°F in summer, so if entering from outside in light clothing have such cold conditions that one needs to put on a sweater of jacket, to stop shivering. Then in winter dial up 23 to 26°C, upper 70°F, so entering from outside in warmer clothing, needing to strip down almost to the thermal underwear, to keep from sweating like in a sauna. We had the problem in college, where library, lecture rooms and study rooms were such skew conditions, so before seating in these places, you either had to put on or strip off clothes, to keep from chivering or sweating/dozing off while inactive for some time, yet while around campus both indoors and outdoors different clthing was needed for comfort. Save energy, do the opposite, set cold values in winter, so the clothes, short of thick jackets are right indoors no need to strip off, and set the warmer values while outdoors is hot, over 30°C, mid 90s°F upwatds, in the clothes worn outside the temperature inside is then just nicely cool, but not so cold that warmer clothes are needed. Now given these low and high settings are so right, whichever are used, why bother runnong the A/C at all while outdoor temperatures are in that range. The human body is quite capable in that range with moderate clothes worn. Also seems most US homes have a refriggeration type A/C and seperate furnace for heating. Why so few reverse cycle A/C systems, that pump heat in either direction? In cooling mode it takes heat inside, sheds it outside, much as a refrigerating sytem, but in heating chills outside air, and sheds heat indoors. In effect using outside conditions to dump or draw energy needed for cooling or heating respectively. Power use is a fraction of the two classic A/C and furnace systems. For very cold conditions the classic heater for living area is fine, be it wood, gas or electric. Only do cooling and heating of actual occupied space not all the house. I for instance have no A/C at all, and summer regularly is 30 to 40°C , 90 to 105°F or higher a few times, a fan is used, window shutters keep much heat out during the day, and free air passage over night cools the interior well. Yes the nights do at times stick in above 30°C, and a fan is nice but sleeping in very light cotton night gear without any blankets or sheets cover is fine. Winter a small electric fan heater is fine in living area, and a good doona or blanket still is fine for sleeping, even with near 0°C, 32°F, and extra blanket if colder. The energy use is a fraction of that of people cooling and heating in extreme. Wearing clothing appropriate to climate is best. Do not wear summer beach gear indoors for winter outside and keep to light airy clothing in summer. Waste disposal units, also not good environmentally, destroy the recycle by compost possibility, amd the US hanit of oversized food packages, th iui d over sized meals particularly high waste of foods, well suited to composting, results. The ground up food vegetanle matyer compromises the bacteroal breakdown cycles of sewage plants leaving higher solids settled and needing clearing far more frequently.
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  182. Renovation elite at best but for that cost Glad I live in Australia, that is best demolished for rebuild
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  183. Bad is the must be better than the neighbours, must have more, bigger, richer, than others, that does seem very pervasive in US, rather than sufficient to do what you need for comfort and have time to enjoy life and happiness.
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  184. I got into work with BOSCH in 1977, and in 1979 I visited Bosch Development near Stuttgart. It was here riding the bus to work where I first saw UNIMOG vehicles around most farms and some in other roles including village Fire Brigade. Being into 4WD since late 1960s I was enthused by a versatile 4x4 vehicle with lots of capabilities. As it turned out there were a couple of Unimogs at work used for injection and electronic ignition development, so I had chance to get into one for a close look oh the drool over its features. Sadly at the time only dreams. At start of 1980s I had to undertake training for injection system application work. During a 5 month working stint I got another chance for closeup Unimog experience. It almost happened, I had opportunity to buy a second hand, development Unimog for a mere $10,000, which was way less than a new price but the vehicle was low mileage around 16,000km from memory, and a mere two years old it was superseded by design changes but matched normal sold types. Sadly I procrastinated so it was sold to another engineer whose family had a small farm. As it turned out, I was very fortunate, the Unimog had never been built in Right Hand drive version, which I needed for Australia. As Left Hand Drive model I could not have driven much or long term in Australia except under limited special permit. As no parts ever were designed to allow Right Hand version , a conversion using standard parts was impossible, and custom rebuild virtually impossible or at least SUPER expensive. From memory three Unimogs were imported for a deep expedition to central Australia to search for the 'mythical' lost Lasseter's Gold Reef. These had a two year permit for the expedition. Not until Australian Army contracted for Mercedes to supply Right Hand Drive vehicles for the army did a redesigned version become available. From memory near end 1980s. To add to the prior 6WD army landrovers used prior to getting these bigger tougher Unimogs. I had opportunity on one summer Red Cross Canoe marathon event to use my Nissan Patrol with Warn Electric winch to unbogg an Army Unimog on a sandy river bank flat. UNIMOG bogged? Yes bogged, which realistically is virtually IMPOSSIBLE. It took a less than brilliant young army driver to actually bury one in loose sand. Not the only vehicle getting bogged that day I would have winched and towed over fifteen vehicles out including a tow truck that someone called saying he did not think I could help, so I got him and the tow truck out. Anyhow this young army driver first tried only two wheel drive getting rear two wheels dug in. Then in 4WD rather than slow low range gears to crawl free left it in high range and second or even third gear reving engine hard, dropped the clutch spinning all four wheels, and progressively on several such spinning efforts dug rear in deeper and front now also dug in. He argued with fellow army guys, that that was the way to get out, not slow low gear crawl. By the time his senior order him out of the truck even slow crawl did not help just churning loose sand now up to wheel gear hubs in sand. Now those wheels are BIG , must be over 1m outer diameter so the wheels would have been over 1/2m dug in. I used my winch and gave needed pull as the new driver of Unimog slowly rolled his wheels and the Unimog was free in under a minute after hooking up. It then managed to crawl off the sand slowly. Still a very impressive vehicle which driven properly can do more than most vehicles of its size. While ex Army Unimogs have become available, and far cheaper than new price, which is still daunting for us normal humans the continued cost of maintenance and spares remains painful. So likely never to own one. It is also large as far as parking space in suburban home yards or garage (height as well as width). A bit more feasible is a vehicle sort of in Unimog style, still in upper cost range, that is getting good reviews and kind of popular, is a IVECO model that us mere mortals could afford. It also has massive capability beyond the typical 4x4 and small to medium pickup trucks. It is worth following up, sorry Right now can not even state the model name.. just it is by IVECO.
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  185. Victoria, Melbourne & major towns, is also somewhat technology and entertainment oriented, while NSW, Sydney is business corporate oriented. Tasmania is largely wilderness, so like Alaska, few large towns and wilderness.
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  186. Sadly Google still ripe off ADS profit on this video...
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  187. Classic statement on computing, equally valid for super computers I'd..."Garbage in... Garbage out" and a super computer tells the resulting garbage faster than anything else!!!!
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  188. I pray I am wrong, but the impression from a number of sources suggests that Amish women are raised to a very subservient role to their menfolk. That to me is not acceptable way of life, men and women must have equal rights and all equally be members deciding community conditions.
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  189. We do not have the many US constitution rights. Askedby police for identity you are required to self identify. One aspect we do NOT have town based police,only state police and federal police,but federal police do not normally have any direct state policing duties, just federal crime, other federal investigations and related political protection duties. There are less situations where police invent their own laws and justice than seems so common in US video of checking constitution compliance, and invalid police stops. Not to say there are no "bully" cops, many drivers have complaints about country cops in particular, or recent police excesses enforcing extreme political imposed COVID limits, where there has been extreme excesses displayed. You are certainly best advised to comply with police demands, or you may regret it.
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  190. The location of the iron mine in the Pilbara region of WA of course is ideal for solar power, with large area available for solar cells and very commonly major sun availability for most of the year, also being in tropical near equator region actually above Tropic of Capricorn southern limit of solar travel for our summer, northern winter, so even has much time for solar overhead or close to overhead maximum power capture. Maybe only for short times needing diesel generator supplementing for tropical storms and cloudy conditions likely only under 10% daytime though storage needed as mines operate nearly 24/7. So truck may need some top up power even in the night. Still making huge gains towards zero emissions, maybe improving trucks and storage batteries the 2% deficite can even be reduced further or be so small that the number of trips overnight can be run on stored power alone. But recharging full capacity in early daytime is too costly in time vs work capacity so remains difficult. All a great future benefit. Cost savings should be very good, though rather than increased profit, allows cost of the ore sold to be kept lowered adding to competitiveness with mines in say Brazil.
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  191. While I do not have a RC Unimog I do have a Toyota Hilux RC model. It has 2 WD, 4WD, High/Low range, Freewheel hubs, leaf springs, oil shock absorbers. It is no racing car, it is relatively slow but as far as realism it is very good. Sadly I have not used my RC gear for over 40 years now. This Highlux and another RC 4WD dunebuggy, goes real fast too are both idle for a long time now. Really should find a good home for these.
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  192. Likely the Subaru is built and prepared for European rally events, so left hand drive as all of Europe,except UK/Ireland.
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  193. Just think of sitting in it watching a Grabd Prix race or Bathurst 1000, on a large screen TV infront of this car.
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  194. The Queensland sign phone number did not include the state wide area code, 04 Queensland, 03 Victoria, etc. The phone numbers were some long time ago extended with an extra digit making phone numbers 4 + 4, previously 3 + 4 started running out of numbers, so had to expand. For international there is also another prefix as all world countries. The area code is only essential when calling other states numbers, but most people store numbers including the prefix state code. These state numbers become useful weeding unwanted marketing calls in many cases when unknown numbers appear from interstate, as the calling number if not blocked out will include that 2 digit area code, and unexpected calls from out of state tend in great proportion to be telemarketers.
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  195. To me the last places of America to visit would be LA (been there 1 day, that is enough), NewYork, San Francisco basically most Large cities , but would welcome most open wild places , mid west, forested north west, eastern forests, great national parks, and desert areas.
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  196. Having ridden as back seat passenger on German Autobahn at 265 kph in a Mercedes V8 car doing ignition system testing, that was plenty fast enough. The distance ahead that cars had to move clear of our lane,in response to headlight flashing was just enough time and distance, any delay would have forced slowing down. What was impressive was the ease that Mercedes had doing that speed with power in reserve, and minimal engine, wind or tyre noise within the car. Just calm low noise cruising, as if just normal 100kph (60mph) touring. No doubt given opportunity that could have run faster still.
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  197. Trouble is US, Australia too, rail/bus are largely star oriented. Transport is ftom outer to inner areas, more than across city transport, so less oriented to general travel around town, as to get from one part to another part means travel via central point, leading to slow, time consuming travel for anything other than getting to/from central work/shopping activities. Public transport is thus mainly oriented to peak commuter travel times, less to all day general needs. Poor service guaranteed.
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  198. Avocados are variable by season, at times in past year from under $1 each to over $3 each depending on type and size. Currently Hass arecat $1.50 to $1.75 each. Aldi has bags of 5 to 7 medium size ones for a bit over $5 a bag. Yes I have seen up to $7 each in some stores, but also bought some at barely $0.50 each.
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  199. Such traffic sensing systems also negate need/purpose of racing the lights. The ahead lights no longer change according to fixed timing. No longer can you expect by going faster or slower that the lights ahead will favour you to be green. Also approaching a Green you need to expect that anyoment it may change to Red as you approach and that any change is due to cross traffic, be it cars trucks bicycles or pedestrians. Drivers become more traffic aware.
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  200. Iceland would likely be very smothered by radioactive fallout.
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  201. I do not know if you have ever fallen into the water at speed. Like a fast run waterskiing. It hurts plenty when you hit the water at speed. Arms and legs tend to get mashed/twisted very hard while seeming to skim the surface your limbs almost get ripped off. I ended up bruised over entire legs and arms, inspite of almost managing to remain balled up. After several spills at speed I was done for several days. At the speed these 'Turbo' boats go it would be very hazardous to end up flipping, airborne as many racing boats crash. These unlike those special racing craft DO NOT have a safety capsule for the driver and others as seem to be on board often. They will all, end up fully hitting the water potentially mixed with a disintegrating boat and HEAVY ENGINE mixed in.
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  202. KINDER is German for Children, so it reallly is to be K-IN-DER surprise so means Surprise fot Children.
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  203. He is certainly appears be preparing us to sell to the CCP at a bargain price
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  204. Real participation motor sport, where spectators can be part of the team success.
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  205. The statement, "You need to get a American Passport to come to America" is itself an absurdity. If you are not American you need a Passport of the country of your origin, NOT an American Passport. An American needs an American Passport to visit other countries. America DOES NOT issue its passports to foreigners. At most a foreigner need to get a VISA from America to visit there, BUT that is not even needed for many foreign countries, and for many transit passengers even waived for very limited stopover. The checkout lady and her manager really do seem bottom of class examples of schooling and IQ, real dregs of the barrel. 😳😳🙄🙄😫😫
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  206. Religion and politics create most strife/wars, not only on world basis but also inter-personal relations. AVOID THESE TOPICS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
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  207. In many cases I and many others tend to use the highway names more than the numbers in talking of ways around, while driving a mix of follow the abbreviated numbers on signs but looking to follow the named highway and where to turnoff onto different highway. Amusing to international visitors is finding dirt/gravel roads with major highway designations though that is in remotevareas not major cities.
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  208. A month and a half, covering 13,600km of countless parks, gorges, waterfalls, rivers, beaches, reefs, rain forest, gem diggings from Victoria to Cooktown North Queensland seems to vanish as if it is a long weekend only. Time past, long before you realise, and sad to rejoin daily city grind. Similar 2 months to Kakadu Northern Territory and to Broome Western Australia, visiting the many sites, parks, wonders galore, too many to do all possible places, as that needs years.
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  209. Tour only a few food/ drink factories. On school tour in Tasmania, toured the Cadbury Chocolate factory in Hobart, yummy chocolate sampling too. in Melbourne toured the Coca Cola factory all these above in distant 1960s. On a Queensland holiday toured the Bundaberg Rum factory. Not so desirable, and never of interest to me as I am a STRICT NON SMOKER, had a tour of Philip Morris Cigratte factory in Melbourne, and on another VIC state school tour visited farms in remote country areas farms producing Tabaco, Drying and slicing. Couple of school boys got in trouble stealing some raw dried tabaco leaves, and chewed them. They got so sick...next day they were out of shape, urgent running regularly. Have visited a number of Australian Wineries and vinyards, Vic and SA, some with basic tour of production areas but mostly only the cellar door tasting and sales areas. Also visited Hops growing farm on that Vic school tour, Hops supply for use in beer brewing. But did not join another school tour visiting Carlton & United Brewery, but have visited several local breweries in Germany and several Wine cellars and vinyards in Germany.😊
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  210. If Dan says he has no knowledge at all, he has actually admitted that he has not managed anything at all. So all the lockdowns are being done out of control too.
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  211. Many houses are being submerged to roof level, all contents will be trash.
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  212. Basically the industry became dependant on Gov handouts, and demanded more and more tax payrr suppport. When finally told NO, NO MORE PUBLIC SUPPORT. The foreign headquarters just pulled out any future, and one by one all announced shutting down Just Ford and Toyota keep some engineering. Holden have even sold their extensive Lang Lang Proving ground, engine plant, engineerong offices in Melbourne gone, old vehicle plant in outer east Melbourne was long shut, having gone totally to north of Adelaide at a town established largely around the Holden vehocle plant at Elizabeth. That was shut in the recent death of Aust car industry. Toyota just making large investment snd ecpansion plans fell on line to GM and Ford and also effectively pulled out. Nissan and Mitsubishi had already closed previously. Nissan had a casting plant established that for some time still made engine castings and such, but all raw castings sent to Japan for processing and machining. The Nissan plant had grown out of the original VW factory, that converted to assembly of three types, Volvo, Nissan anf Renault (from memory) to become totally Nissan. Its facilities became large warehouse/truck load distribution, engine dynes taken over by motor sport, and part of property became Holden Special Vehicles. Misubishi plant, the original Chrysler plant was shutdown some time ago. Ford continues design and development for Ford world models, using their You Yangs Proving Ground near Geelong and engineering staff in Geelong. Original engine plant and engineering offices closed down. Ford Broadmeadows car plant is no more. Most recently the new world pickup truck model locally engineered was released.
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  213. Sadly based around BAD management for too long. Too much reliance on business and economic executives, and driving engineering and innovation skill out of management and thus death.
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  214. I do not worry at less than 2ft deep and really only get worried nearing 3ft deep, in my Toyota Landcruiser and I DO NOT HAVE A SNORKEL INTAKE that is very common here in Australia for 4x4 serious users. I have done chest deep creek crossings, with wrapping the hood/front area entirely in a canvas tarp. Water up to base of windscreen for over 50m, 150ft. Also used my Nissan GQ Patrol to tiwn stuck cars out of a deep flooded road, with the sedan like a Holden Commodore, so not a small comoact, but full size family car, with water up to door handle. I drove in idled my Diesel Patrol while attaching a tow rope, water running into the floor area of my 4x4, then towing the car to higher dryer ground/road area. Did six cars before I was forced to leave by Police arriving, "not my job to rescue fools" was the police attitude.
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  215. The wildlife risks of outdoors in Canada I would be far more concerned than Australian wildlife
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  216. 2.2 lb per kg
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  217. An experience in food fraud I have seen, was a number of years ago at a large central city market in Melbourne Australia. This is a very popular market for various goods, but my main purpose was to buy fresh fruit, vegetables, meat and fish/seafood. My time to visit this market was Saturdays and combined with other shopping in the Central business area. As a result my visit for fresh market goods/produce was often delayed later In the day, as the market closed mid afternoon for meat, seafood, vegetables and fruit. As a result some traders were also discounting/special deals to clear stock before closing for the day. Fruit at times for example a box of mandarines/oranges/cherries, etc for a few dollars rather than a dollar per kg. The Seafod reduced as low as half earlier prices, though equally that late what you really wanted already sold out. That however is a product not normally well suited to return into cold storage, as spoiling too easily so high priority to sell out stock if at all possible, refreezing is not advisable on seafood. The meat stalls also offer great discounts especially on large bulk hunks of beef, pork, lamb , goat. A lot of time you could get say a beef rump of 5 to 10kg for 2/3rd earlier price, though some with only 10% to 20% reduction. Same on pork or lamb. Chickens half price, other items I bought were for my dog feeding like ox tongue or heart, liver and similar. It was a surprise to see the cheating clearly on display as a meat stall was observed for that discounted sale time, pushing a large hollow needle into a big hunk of beef, while pumping water into the meat. Thereby pushing the total meat mass up. Thereby increasing the final price by having higher, significant higher, weight due to contained water. So with reduced price per kg, they merchant quite possibly still received same profit, or feasibly higher profit on the meat. Further what evidence is there that the meat sold was not so treated even at normal price times, and was just being topped up. Do we the customer notice the extra red leakage from that meat. Realistically are sold meat is hung for some time prior to sale at retail, there should be no blood dripping from any meat , no significant liquid from the hung meat anymore. How often have had meat that flows in juices when unpacked? Does it not suggest boosted weight by water loading the meat, that should be moist but not dripping. Chickens that unpacked and up ended run significant juices out, along with excess internal junk that should not remain on a cleaned plucked item? How about cut steaks, displayed in rich red form on a display tray, often falsely reddened by red light tubes added to the display cabinet lighting. But on purchase they pull and pack your purchase from a rear not so clearly visible tray at rear closer to the server. That when unpacked at home have a more brown colour than the rich red nice meat that you thought to be buying? Bought packed fruits at a supermarket and on unpacking several internal to package items being severely bruised or even mouldy/rotting? Boughtseveral identical items, even checking "best before date" of items on the shelf,and taking say half dozen, not looking each specific item, at home finding that two or three are actually weeks past due date? Here shops are required to not sell beyond due date or sell clearly marked down price with clear expiry highlighted. Though shops generally do not sell such just trash it. Rarely donate to charity food services. Some things like chocolate, lollies, cookies, canned/jars might be on special sale. Milk is discounted by the due date though I find that is good for many days past due date, with one exception a container some shopper dumped around the store so not kept cool all the time, but returned to chilled display. I had one a few months back that opened two days before expiry date was going off by taste. It was drained down the waste. Honey is one that I find us often faked by added sugar. Pure honey by my experience remains quite liquid at normal indoor temperatures, not low like below freezing, but many honey containers after a a month or two are are solidifying and crystallising . Yes you can reliquify in warm water, but it is indicative of sugar loading by my experience. Last year I bought some special honey, "Leatherwood" honey, meaning harvested in an area with mainly 'Leartherwood' Eucaluptus tree blossoms, a Australian tree variety in southern and Tasmania areas, for bees to gather the nectar. It sells for a premium price due the excellent distinct flavour . However I temporary honey selling merchant stand at my local shopping centre, had it at good price, so I bought three small buckets about 1/2 litre each. Believed it genuine pure honey as many small private bee keeping people do so sometimes sell their annual product like that. Well not so good as less than a month later starting merely two weeks after purchase the honey was solidifying. I would suggest it was massively loaded by cane sugar, which is readily and cheaply available in Australia from huge cane harvests in Queensland. It is sadly a "Buyer beware" situation, that mostly the consumer has no real chance to avoid much food fraud. In Australia and New Zealand we have for years had severe problems with baby formula. NOT DUE TO BAD QUALITY QUITE THE OPPOSITE! China has had a series of scandals on baby formula, with various serious adulteration and contamination problems. Intentional mixing in Melanine powder, that actually caused several baby deaths and ultimate jailing and from memory even some executions of the business operators. Melanine of course is used to manufacture kitchen goods like plates, bowls and cups, a form of synthetic plastic to loosely describe it. Our stores were being stripped of available baby formula produce, leaving store shelves empty and mothers unable to locally buy sufficient to feed their young children. The available deliveries from manufacturer to stores and store sales stock were being hoarded by people, mostly Chinese but anyone else too, buying all they could get repacking and shipping it to China to relatives and greedy traders for huge profits. The local baby formula very much in demand in China, by parents for their babies distrusting local Chinese products. Selling for up to 10 times the Australian, NZ retail value, there was huge profit. Stores and supermarkets took to restricting number of items a person could buy, say two per shopping trip and limiting shelf stock quantity put out more periodically only, to make waiting times for hoarders a difficulty. Well these hoarders were now arranging teams of people who one after another bought the limit, left to other nearby stores/supermarkets and/or returned to the same store repeatedly or later times of the same day thereby purchasing dozens to hundreds of containers per day. Whole shipments, semi-trailer loads were redirected to be packed to large containers to be trans shipped. Manufacturers were increasing production to capacity levels and still the shortages continued. Australia Postal operations were being over taxed by the number of parcels with baby formula being mailed to China. Nothing illegal so could not be stopped by any legal proceedings. Manufacturers started being careful about abnormal size orders from previous unknown and non shop/supermarket ordering systems, but again nothing to stop orders, just slow handling of clearly trans shipping based orders. One city shop was detected ordering several hundred times the past several years sale volumes, and observed moving delivered stock from one truck straight to another. They were put on limited delivery schedule but nothing could be done to refuse supply. Fortunately the critical times have eased, increased volume of manufacture direct export to China has made sufficient stock for local people secured needs. Still observed by me, are 'Asians' pushing three or four supermarket trolleys full of several brands of baby formula to the checkout. So I assume there is still profiteering or direct family supply shipping to China today. A case of good quality product highly in demand in a place with unsatisfactory, unsafe equivalent goods. Food safety organisations are left without sufficient powers to really assure us the consumer safety from food fraudsters. Often the entire chain of supply deny guilt in detected cases, and getting to catch the crooks with sufficient evidence after detection is hard. All seem to point at others, all covering up their own practices really quickly. We the consumer are left the suckers in this.
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  218. If driving the larger US pickups, you would find many 4WD destinations becomes difficult as the tracks tend to be best suited to vehicles more to say Toyota Landcruiser, and Hilux types, or the very many other 4WD vehicles, Nissan, Mazda, Isuzu, VW, Landrover, ,Mercedes, Ford, Suzuki, GM, etc The wider and longer US pickup trucks get very tight and cumbersome. Yes many places they are fine, and many trails are also traversed by firefighting light trucks, but even these tend to be narrower. A HUMMER is impossible in many places as it is too wide, in sme places height is also an issue.
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  219. Just another note, The "Loose Change Menu" is significantly different loose change situation. In Australia $1 and $2 are coins, and the $2 is physically smaller than all but 5c coin. By comparison USA coins are all under $1, and $1 and up are all notes. With dimes, quarters and other smaller coins if any exist making such prices would require a significant number of coins. To get $8.95 using Australian coins is not all that many. At probably minum put 4 x $2 and 1x $1, for only 5 coins up and get 5c change. Other may be 4x $2, 1x 50c, 2x 20c and a 5c, also only 8 coins. Other mixes also possible. Usually the 5c coins are a pain accumulating as change but often not spent for next purchases so often many endup in the loose change. I a few months back cashed in accumulated coins from my jeans small front pocket, that was bulging full. I got over $57 with most from $2 and $1 coins, but also several dollars of 50c. Even 5c had over $2 so over 40 of those. A significant weight reduction in my jeans, that actually had a trend to slide down if the belt was too loose, contributed by the mass of coins
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  220.  @timjohnun4297  I must agree, several test cars were destroyed by Japanese drivers, and some of my electronic test equipment damaged after a Japanese driver tried passing a car and trailer on a long left bend, almost having a head on crash with Telstra repair van, the Japanese driver panicked, spun 720 degrees, and went backwards of the road embankment on opposite road side taking down wo white roadside markers and ripping one rear tyre off its rim. The Nissan company banned their Japanese visitors driving any test cars and most company fleet cars, due to repeated write-off accidents. The Japanese do not cope with long distance driving, totally loosing concentration over extended distance and time driving. Another interesting observation also for Korean and Chinese is that to hold constant speed they seem incapable of holding the gas pedal at needed state to go at desired speed. Rather they appear to modulate the pedal on/off, that on more powerful engines generates a gentle to bad surging and rocking. That on more than one trip gave passengers travel sickness, more than one ended up vomiting and refusing to ride in any car driven by the asian driver. Not so bad on under powered Auto transmission, but on larger 6 cyl or worse V8 cars no difference mA ual or auto gears.
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  221. Australia has more skiable area than Switzerland Lots of cross country skiing, and enough downhill also. Moutains south of Canberra, throught to near Melbourne has snoe cover. Tasmanoa also has snow cover and ski areas
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  222. You got my agreement on that, choice of Lamborguini or one of the Unimog or Oshkosh the choice is clear on having one of the trucks ANY DAY.
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  223. Bread is an interesting case. I have on long range travel purchased multigrain bread at little country bakeries, that like most multigrain bread lasts very long time. It was not stored in other than ambient in a plastic storage box with tins , other dry products, biscuits, and other snack items. Typical was two weeks before signs of any mould. Unlike white 'junk' bread that is spoiled in days, multigrain lasts longer than product based on over refined flour like in white bread. In one case we finished a loaf at home two weeks after getting home to Melbourne Victoria, and the bread was purchased near Cairns Queensland at least a week before reaching home. Supermarket bread is pre baked, and shipped frozen, apparently made upto and over a month before thawing and sale. Even the fresh baked loaves,are baked from dough manufactured and frozen for upto months ahead. Just thawed and baked at the shop. White bread appears, I avoid it anyway, that seems off if over a day or two from purchase, even multigrain bread seems off within a week and a few days, nothing like 3 weeks farm fresh bread. Flavour of the country small bakery is generally far better too than mass produced city breads. Most general supplied breads available in many countries like USA, Australia and others, would have no chance in most of Europe. Nobody would accept bread of no texture, lousy terrible soft crusts. Bread rolls are even more so, crisp outer crusts,baked in the night, fresh baked and warm for breakfast is the only way. Typical no substance,airy, burger buns are useless.
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  224. Good on you for your offer. Many times have played videos at a user group gathering, 3 to 4 people on the basis that the same group could have been viewing in my home, though the group is actually in a rented public house room. Technicslly it might be regarded 'public' viewing, there is no difference to friends viewing the same video at home. Not public in the sense it is not publically offered nor is public access available. I wonder at what level of group gathering is it truely Public? I would have taken public play as being for payment to view!
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  225. Clearly best to avoid such situation, may be better to reverse back out, since clearly the driver was capable of precise reversing. Had similar circumstance once just not so right angle shaped faces, more like 60° slope down and near 75° slope up. Problem was having just driven down a steep rocky track came round a slight right bend to find about 100m length of track had slipped off the mountain side in a big rock and dirt slide. No way forward, and a tough and rocky steps and boulders, steep climb back where we, two Suzuki LD50 had just descended. Reversing would have been extremely testing. Turn around was however also more than seemed possible. However we both chose to try a U turn, not 3 point but more like 15 point turn. My Suzuki had a winch but first took to trying to climb the up embankment and short reverses to tyres just on drop off similar to this video. At one stage my vehicle was at tip over at a slant, had to step out, had open top with rooftop and doors removed, so door opening clear to around ankle level. Standing out on the gravel track I held up the Suzuki by the passenger seat, waiting for a person from the other Suzuki to come and do sideways rollover support. Continued in small increments to finally face the otherway, forward up slope. The other Suzuki was then going through same exercise but somehow had a slightly better patch of up slope, had no near rollover. We both battled up the rocky slope to a larger track up top. The whole exercise would have been impossible in any larger 4W as where we turned around the track was not much wider than the Suzuki was long. The super low 1st gear and diff ratio giving 56:1 reduction made the entire manoeuvre using the up embankment to assist possible. The climb back up the rocky part would have been hell in reverse though probably would also have succeeded. Any larger 4WD would have not made it impossible to turn around and the low 1st/reverse gearing of most 4WD could have made reversing also impossible due to bouncing on boulders and rock ledges. A perfect case, in hard places explore ahead first on foot, you could save your vehicle and yourself from such getting permanently stuck. Larger typical US vehicles would not even have fitted on that narrow track, best suited to hiker's and trail bikes, probably not even for vehicle access. One time I actually went up a couple of miles of a walking track, finally noting only one worn path, and regular sharp turns over protruding tree roots or rocks. The Suzuki was such fun to drive and agile that pushing through tight disused trails was always tempting.
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  226. Good to see the view from opposite side, even that there is a rail line down both sides
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  227. Back in 1997 I participated in a 4WD tour in central Australia, and due to heavy rain were forced to travel back esst some 1200km, past a fossicking field at Mt Garnet few hundred km north east of Alice Springs. Here I forced a break for a couple hours, against initial objection by my fellow travellers and we picked up Garnets on old fossicking diggings ranging from under 1/4 inch to near 1/2 sizes, and did not even bother with tiny specks and grains. Finally had to force moving on, the rest of group wanted to stay longer. We left with a group (4 adults 3 children) total of maybe a kg or more of various garnets. Talk of people getting gem fever. Not all best quality, not transparent and tending muddy red-brown but still some facetable garnets included. Prior to that spent a couple of nights at Gem Tree camping area about 50km from another gem field, lots of zircons, which we also found several to over 1/2 inch size with a few hours digging. At neither place was any effort made on anything under about 1/8th inch, seems wasteful but given plenty larger examples were too eager for the larger ones.
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  228. Dan has two answers only, no answer and lies.
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  229. China mass production specialists. No woman should have to put up with that! What should be be a special event becomes a horror...
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  230. One caution I suggest is to not examine the average home costs as a pure number. While the pure number looks high, also the average income has to be considered. I have little feel for real average annual income, both Gross income AND what remains after tax (taxes) and basic community costs, so what remains as disposable income, that remains to pay for living expenses like food, clothes, energy (electricity, gas, car fuel) and what is able to pay off any required mortgage in reasonable time, say 15, 20 25 years, or less if feasible. Keep in mind in some countries .outrages can be huge time burdens beyond a generation, of 80 years for example. Taking current Victoria average of, from memory in this video, like US$ 660,000, so at current exchange more like AU$ 1 million. Truely scary for many younger generation, especially the saving enough, to qualify for that loan to even endup with a mortgage, and have that first home, often associated with starting the family, with baby too. But average wage is more like AU$80,000 so let us call the average home about 12 years of gross wages. However the modern home is now usually somewhat larger, spacious, well constructed, fully with airconditioning, double car garage, etc. My parents arrived end of 1959 as migrants, with a few possessions I wooden crates, little but prospect of starting a new life here. Our family was two adults, two children 8 and 12 yrs old,plus a cousin just on 20 yrs old (WW II orphan) My parents got jobs as assembly line workers, with GROSS annual income summing both, of barely over £950 (pre decimal times). They in six months took on purchase on 25 year mortgage, of a by current standards small home, and land for £12,000 only basic weatherboard wooden frame house, tiled roof, by current standards half the home area of lowend basic homes. All small dimensions, with 1 master bedroom, 2 small bedrooms, lounge, kitchen, small bathroom with bath tub, wash basin, outside access small laundry room that would not take more than a small washing machine and moderate wash trough, and a outside entry toilet room, no sewage, just weekly collected bucket. The lounge just big enough for a fold out sofa, couple of chairs not big enough for more than a small coffee table that had to be pushed aside to fold out the sofa, that was my parents bed for some 11 years, as the three bedrooms were children and cousin bedrooms. The master bedroom would now be regarded small as a children's room, the smaller bedrooms space for children size bed a small wardrobe, bedside table. There were no walking closets, no pantry. There was no car garage, just level bare ground no landscape garden. Fitted equipment 4 burner gas stove/ oven, lounge gas heater, on demand flowthrough gas hotwater , power points 1 each room, ceiling lights each room, no other appliances or furniture, no carpets. All extras were separate purchased, some furniture, small tables even some chairs, constructed from wooden crates used for possessions. A 17" B/W TV was already bought in the 1 yr delay as the home was being built, while we rented a house. That kind of property would by current standards not cost over $400,000, of which land would 75% of that amount, yet the £12,000 was comparable to over 12 years gross wages for my parents, and took 25 years to pay off, and still needed construction of a garage that also to q car space had a small Worksop and a laundry room, allowing the old house laundry space to expand kitchen a little allowing better space for the dinner table that made kitch space tight at dinner for 5 people, as dinner table would not fit in lounge space. Yes we expanded over the year adding house extensions doubling lounge and adding a extension bedroom, a new bathroom. By the way in today's market, even with all improvements, extensions and garage, the property is barely in the $800,000 value range. For what the present average AU$ 1 million buys, the average wage earner from two persons working, say at least $120,000 sum gross income, the housing is MORE affordable now than I the 1960s. A lot more is expected and you get people want everything and the best I.mediaty. There are so many more, Expensive, things,cards, huge TV, fancy mbole phone , computer/tablet, electronics ingeneral, appliances, all THE MUST HAVE being. From my view, it is attitude not price that puts people off owning a home, location, features, style, all and everything demands and unwillingness to save, plan and make do.😮
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  231. As noted, Aussies can be quite loose in language, especially commenting on idiots. One aspect is that our dashcam videos are mainly of traffic events, bad driving, silly things, rather than crash recordings. The US and especially Russian videos seem more concentrated on crashes. While all videos can add education aspects, crashes do not teach good driving, while showing idiot drivers doing th ed wrong thing can teach better driving and above all the kinds of things a driver may have to cope with in daily driving. Possibly raising the absolute need for very defensive driving practice, keeping aware of all action on the road and constant attention, no lapse of attention, or you may suffer badly. Of course bad drivers also may learn worse driving from the idiots shown, but such drivers should not be allowed to keep their licence. As far as adjusting to driving opposite to home land standard, it is actually only the first few hours that very special attention is required. A good driver adjusts quickly, especially on automatic cars, manual is harder, as shifting is very awkward using unfamiliar arm and hand to do shifts. Essential is keep attention, do not drive in tired state, and certainly not drunk. Within days it is relatively normal. Yes intersections and on ramp entrances to freeways can be issues, especially choosing the wrong entry to a freeway, ending up going opposite direction than intended, more so than going wrong direction on the ramp, that also can occur, fortunately there are bold signs stating wrong way. Harder by far than driving the corresponding opposite side in the suited vehicle, is driving your normal left or right hand vehicle on roads with opposite traffic, so left hand car on left side traffic, ie UK, India, Australia, NZ, Japan. Or Right hand vehicle on right side traffic, as in most remaining world. I have as part of my fuel injection application work had all combinations , including driving in four days, each day in the same vehicle on opposite sides on sequential days, Australian Right driven, first in Germany, next day in UK, next day France, next day UK, and then back to Germany. That takes care as every day you wnd up adjusting to opposite the previous day , the easiest for me then was UK as it was the normal for me but changing in the same car does NOT help. Otherwise had many cases of same car model but mix of left and right hand versions driven on the same day. Switching driving sides every few hours, at least all on same road side. In one instance a car company engineer driving an Australian right hand car, late in the day having driven over 400km, on a narrow country road, suddenly was confronted by a tractor with hay trailer on his side of the road approaching just after a bend. In somewhat tired mental state was instantly totally confused. Was he on the wrong side? Or was the tractor on the wrong side? Well he jammed the brakes on in panic, stopped and thought it through. The tractor was wrong, about to turn across the road into a farm gate right where we stopped. We backed up a bit let the tractor tow its trailer into the farm track and then proceeded at slower speeds. As easily visible in these Australian dashcam videos, it is essential to practice very defensive driving to keep safe, no good if the other driver is at fault a crash will cause much cost in time and inconvenience even if cash is not the issue. But as most insurance carries some cost, significant for young or newly licensed driver, contribution that is often not recoverable to guilty party. Best remains not becoming entangled in accidents (sic) in the first place. I hope to continue my luck, as other than being rear ended at intersections/stopped at pedestrian crossings and one test car being rear ended while travelling at 80 to 100kph, run off the road by a Toyota Landcruiser, driven by a over tired young school teacher with a dog in her lap and 5 Aborigines crammed in having driven over 600km on desert dirt tracks near Alice Springs, I have a 52 years of over 1 million km of driving no accidents. Not to say I have not had numerous incidents that could have even been fatal, but for skill and defensive driving to handle dangerous circumstances. Even had a 4WD up on 2 wheels around a 90 turn at an intersection, or doing 720 degree spin on muddy dirt road, recovering direction just before hitting a deep water pool on the track, that would certainly have flipped the vehicle. Not even to speak of hair raising 4WD adventures. Remain alter and aware of all traffic around, do not drive over tired, micro naps can be fatal, and definitely zero alcohol or drugs and driving. Maintain your vehicle in safe condition.
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  232. Try snorkling off the beach for a half hour, pickup a Scallop shell b9th halve still joined, SHELL PETROL LOGO for tbose needing shape hint. This was tucked into my swim togs the entire 30min. Back on the beach towel forced the shell open to maarvel at the lttle octopus with bright blue ri gs over body and arms. It could easily have crept out anytime while in my swim togs and BITTEN ME. Note they show the iridescent blue rings in warning when feeling in danger or under threat, definitely after forcing the shell halves apart. I clearly survived my encounter. Have experienced several more while gathering MUSCLES off pier pillar to use as fishing bait and also in a rockpool on ocean beach.
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  233. Typical Chairman DAN. His backdown from plans is never ending, there are yet more failures in management, NOTHING that has anything to do with the restrictions imposed on people and businesses and yet again he refuses to proceed with easing the restrictions. The failures that have initiated the current jump in cases is his manegement failings, and those need further efforts. Keeping current disasterous lockdown will NOT FIX the failings, just extend the damage done. Yes keep the new infected groups locked down, maintain tight control to keep the active cases under tight control, extend testing to the areas involved to everyone there like was done in Kilmore and Shepparton. OPEN UP THE BUSINESSES AND THE REST OF MELBOURNE NOW, NO MORE DELAYS.
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  234. Yes the present team deserve no more wages than the currently displaced workers are getting. They too should have to live off their own resources like the rest of us.
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  235.  @KingFahtah  I presume you mean they are all insane with personal worth, and only self interested in keeping their snout in the pig trough of public money, and megalomanic control.
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  236. The old Paris to Dakar rallies have always been great. Normally all with motor bikes, cars, buggies and trucks. As well as actual event participants, all the support crews and spares have to cover basically the same long "off road" rally course. Breakdowns very common on both competitors and support teams. Due to a number of political and war/insurgent issues in recent years the Paris to Dakar has changed to running in other places, including South America like Chile, and other African locations. To me all the various rally events hold greater interest than all the circuit racing, though racing like Bathurst also can hold interest. But round the oval racing to me is not holding interest for long, tedious round and round they go just does not do it. Rally needs peak performance cars (vehicles of any kind) high endurance and especially high driving skills, not just high speeds, but extreme endurance and skill.
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  237. You thinking of an ESKY, name for a cooler, really is a brand name, but is the generic name most used for any cooler.
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  238. Can not image any sane voters still can offer support to the Democrates. Especially while the present President and Vice President are put up as leaders by the Democrates.
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  239. Sadly sounds fictitious . Very strange tale, very much contrary of other Aboriginal lore and lots of other known Aboriginal sites.
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  240. Talking road trains, a few days ago I came across mention that a record road train length is held by ONE example in Queensland, documented as 113, yes 113 trailers, over 1.5 km long.
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  241. On those outback roads all hell catches up with you if rain hits while you are well away from the sealed main roads. Turns these wide dirt roads into impassable deep mud/clay. Roads can become quite deep water channels, and also periodical intervals cross desert water courses that are dry except hours after rain, but in pkaces csn be many meters deep and fsst flowing. The deep muddy surface can close those roads to traffic for months. Driving is more slippery than ice, but worse still often as it is sticky state builds up on tyres, even filling fender wells, plugging exhausts. Needing manual work to remove, exhaust pipe plug gets rock hard, much work to remove. Really stops you even trying to drive. Not that it is even legsl to try. The grooves left by any vehicle remain, and when dry are like formed in concrete channels weaving along, making driving both difficult and hazardous, to even keeping the road unusable until regraded at huge cost. Hundreds of kilometer of the wide road regrading is very expensive. At times a single day rain can result in months of closed road, while drying out, surface is quick but deeper ground takes time keeping road in boggy state. While gazetted closed drivers breaking the closure can face truely huge fines, and result in many millions costs to repair. Not so evident here but even in dry these roads can hide some nasty surprises . The ground is quite sandy, but also very ancient and hss a large proportion of very fine dust, which is slick clay like when wet but in dry state, gathers to low places, that when a pot hole forms, as traffic passes, ever larger nasty big pot holes, full of this dust that sits looking quite smooth like the rest of the road appearance. You come along doing significant speed and CRASH as you hit this hole casting a massive cloud of dust up. If you are lucky your vehicle survives and is able to drive on, you may end up with bruises. Worse though your suspension has just suffered fatal damage stranding your vehicle, or worse causes a major rollover crash, with fatal result. A pothole that a road train bumps through, can near swallow smaller vehicles and 4WDs. Additionally the roads develop quite nasty ripples tuned to suspension resonances of traffic and normal dpeeds travelled. Need careful driving or aldo can cause serious problems. By the way for Road Train drivers those suspension seats are even more essential than for other long distance haul truckers. Without these drivers would in short time destroy their bodies and internal organs.
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  242. Massive innovations tough racing. But total lack of safety was too much price and did kill this "free for all" extreme . However the public on rally circuits remains an issue in many places. I had a severe issue once. Normally all roads and side access means are closed to non rally related drivers. At minimum signs are placed to warn of rally in progress. I once came out of a rather tight overgrown track in my Nissan Patrol MQ Diesel 1980 model. I drovevalong a dirt road in the mountain forest, to suddenly be confronted by a speeding rally car. To their luck I had heard loud motor noise and reacted on seeing colours flashing in the forest ahead, drove my 4x4 into roadside ditch in time for the rally driver to passby at speed drifting through a corner. Avoiding an otherwise major head on crash. Due to gap between rally vehicles I managed to detour about 1km further along into another 4WD track that did have a Rally Running sign. Later went to the rally headquarters to report the failed fully marking the active rally. They had heard of the near collision and were very happy to have an explanation of how I happened to be there. All was happily resolved, and no arguments re suited. I actually spoke to the two of that rally car. All smiles there too.
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  243. Never seen the likes these flooded cheese, peanutbutter or Nutella things, must be a Sydney madness. Leaves me off food seeing that junk.
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  244. Hard braking for animals is potentially dangerous and very ill advised. Yet drivers must keep safe distance separation for speed condition to allow to some extent for unexpected slowing of leading traffic.
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  245.  @katymcdonald5481  ok thanks, my mistake to include it in cactii.
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  246. Australian construction is commonly wood frame with cheaper end wooden slats, or called weather board, or brick single layer, called brick veneer, or at better homes at higher prices double brick. Ultra cheap, though now less common in major cities comment sheeting outside. Many older weatherboard houses are being sheeted with false brick looking panels.(mine is) Roofing is most commonly cement tiles, but even corrugated metal still occurs especially in more rural settings.
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  247. Good end result to the earlier shopping video❤️❤️❤️🙂🙂🙂
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  248.  @AndyViant  thank you for the update, being retired and under COVID lockdowns I missed noting that change
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  249. Relatively old session, the likes of the Audi have no chance against current grneration Super cars. Just the top speeds on Conrod Straight now easily exceed 300 kph. Speeds throughout are higher, total durationis now around 5 1/2 hrs, while then it was well past 6 hrs, approaching 7 hrs.
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  250. Alcohol and tobacco products are heavily taxed in Australia, driving prices well above places like Germany. In case of smoking habit the price is set high to severely make smokers pay, and much encourage stopping smoking. In theory the tax helps pay medical costs for the illness results of smoking , keeping in mind that medical costs are mostly born by tax payers, with medical and medicine expenses reduced to virtually free. The long term costs of cancers and lung damage on general causing many years of expensive treatment and support. On alcohol consumption also has considerable social and medical costs and forcing higher prices does affect consumption. Not abolition but harder access is a result. Germany on the other hand makes especially beer, and quite an extent hard liquors virtually as accessible and similar cost to mineral water and soda pop. Of course for them compared to their low costs, our spirits and beer are regarded as super expensive. For many travellers they see the prices in relation to their home country income levels, not in relation to local typical/average wages. Again it is potentially mis interpreting prices. One other matter that comes up is the quality of say fruit and vegetables. Here fruit may be with some level of shape and surface imperfections, vegetables may be variable in shape or size. Back home many people are used to buying import goods only virtually none or very little produce from local farms. The lesser shape, colour, surface produce goes into food processing and canning systems, or direct farm community use. The export/import system deals only at premium level on the goods, under strict contracts, at bulk prices, often below local wholesale market prices of the producing country that actually becomes locked into the export trade for the country producing. For Europe fir example lots of produce comes from middle east on short distance shipping at very low cost. Even Australia exports much premium fruits, vegetables, meat to many countries around the world. That sadly is much longer shipping distances and thus higher shipping costs. While locally the 'sub' quality produce goes to local market. I have seen Australian fruit, apples, pears, bananas, oranges on sale in Indonesia, Singapore and Malasia, and even Japan. It looked absolute perfection shape, colour, skin perfection. Price there was two to three times what we pay locally. On the other hand, we regularly get flooded by California Oranges at prices more like local products wholesale, inspite of long shipping distance. Lots of juice is ex USA, beating out local producers own products. Almost impression that the bulk goods including various fruits and nuts, are dumped at below US prices on export channels. During this year with the Russian war, and restriction on Russia there have been many bloggers noting price changes in their supermarkets. Among that it became apparent that in many cases the standard prices on vegetables, bread, meat and many other goods are 10, 20 or more below our typical prices, and even with the international sanctions, many imported goods in Russia remain cheaper than our normal prices. That is not to say that the prices are now not unaffordable at their wage levels, in fact for their wages those low prices are what is affordable, any rise puts much out of reach of many families. A loaf of bread at 40 cents there, compared to $4 for us, is actually equivalent cost to wages. It is just as mentioned above, a mistake to judge local prices purely on price comparisons to at home when travelling in foreign places.
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  251. That has to be facked blue, as the lake is very clear water. It is a deep volcanic cone filled by natural ground water level and is in fact connected under ground to a nearby other cone lake, but that is always BROWN, and with few exceptions the BLUE lake remains blue virtually all the time. More distinct in bright sunlight.
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  252. Every enthusiast has opportunity to participate in the many events run in Australia without the huge budgets needed by what are in effect professional teams. It is one reason so many leafing performers from Australia are able to appear in major world racing, and immediately be among leading drivers. Less known are people in the supporting teams, that cut their teeth on local racing.
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  253. Certainly seen US and Australia, farm produce by honour sales stand at road side. Fruit, vegetables, pumpkin, eggs, flowers. Even Firewood sale on honour system, sold by small or large bundle (cord of wood).
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  254. I left out earlier comment, I have done specific redesign/optimising to make a replacement item, because the prior part can NOT BE MADE for one of many reasons, but to be capable to provide repair of old cars . Covering from simple devices to full injection modules, a wide range of spares. Substitute replacements are still good business. A regulator for 1960's alternators continued manufacture of its current replacement in over 300,000 annual volumes to present times, because there are still so many old engines in use with alternators needing repairs. I even designed an electronic replacement for original solenoid based regulators, that are commercially unviable due to the huge manufacturing costs of such winding based concepts, though out of asian backyarders the electromechanicals still seem to appear. The electronic one is a huge improvement and cost effective too. My design was ripped off quickly, but also design protected and legally handled to stop the design theft. It continues to be made and sold at low cost equal to other replacement regulators for modern cars, no ripoff....
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  255. Brighton is one of the more expensive parts of Melbourne, not the most expensive but well up in the upper regions. Most of the older inner suburbs have high value properties. Compared with even more expensive suburban Brighton has the advantage of close proximity to the Port Philip Bay beaches, not bad beaches directly there but better beaches in my opinion, lie a short distance away from there.
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  256. Been in Taiwan in 1975 and 1996 and both times found it friendly and open to foreigners . The recent visit was a couple of weeks, more than the first time only 4 days. Taipei reasonably modern, but outside the larger cities, say southern west coast, did seem to suffer from war damage in the form of some buildings with windows blown out, collapsed walls, holes in factory walls like medium calibre hits from shots. A bit run down. But the people were open and helpful. Spent two weeks with the company providing communal lunches, while I dealt with some technical matters in car manufacture and started some training. I was invited back but my employer did not want to pay and the Taiwanese company ran into financial woes. More recently 2006 spent a week in Souhzu and got clipped for 10 times the normal taxi fare going to work one day ended up with severe diarrhea, found walking the neighborhood of my hotel was constantly approached by beggars, even one child under nourished, presented as reason for begging by three different people over two evenings. Second night the person ran for it when a policeman came round the corner. But my work colleagues were helpful, one asked his girl friend to show me around on the weekend, but she appreciated the chance to practice her English. While I enjoyed the time and all seemed modern and tidy, I never felt totally safe like I do in Japan and South Korea when walking around town. The Japanese I found ultra helpful, though few admit knowing English and being reserved in helping, probably fearing embarrassing themselves by mistakes. Though always assisting when I made clear I needed some help, and several times at railway stations was studying the maps or time tables and was approached whether I needed help. Never happened like that in China mainland, though I have spent far far less time in China, Japan I have maybe 4 months on several trips
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  257. The "PAULANER Hefe-Weizen" is a beer that Aldi in Australia have several times each year, however the 0%alcohol type. The 'Weizen' beer is available in two forms the clear type and the 'Hefe' variety that is cloudy in form due the the yeast residue that it contains. Both are terrific refreshing in hot summer times. One important feature of the ckear type is it is highly gassed, and pouring is an art. Too fast, and particularly in not perfectly clean glass, it foams as poured to the point that you lose a lot spilling over as you pour. MUST slowly pour gently running down one side of the glass, tilting to vertical as the glass fills. Do NOT drop hard vertically to massively foam over. Note all German beer is EXPECTED to have a big foam cap. In fact if you get served a glass of beer without cap, it is taken as stale beer and expected to be replaced not consumed. Do not worry, the correct beer measure is assured as the serving glasses have top space for that foam cap. In many places, including Australia and USA, as well as others countries, a foam cap is NOT accepted as it is assumed you are being under servdd on beer volume. German beer inside Germany must conform to only the specified 4 pure ingredients, a 400 year old rule, that forbids all those additives used around the world, bittering agents, preservatives, foam stabilisers/inhibitors, even colouring. As such without any false additives, German beer must be very fresh brew, and fully natural flavours from brewing art. No preservatives means it must be new, fresh beer, as long term storage (and world shipping time) makes it necessary recently brewed. Thus even German export beer can be less than full national standard and quality, as for export the beer must be age stable, for shipping, warehousing and distribution to stores, so may deviate from home (German) quality and flavour. Also the export beer may have foam stabiliser, bittering agent, as it is expected by the foreign consumers. I suggest caution rating German beers if "export" grade, though far from certain that you could not get authentic quality German export product too. There is really only one good way, have the beer in Germany or at most have some brought direct by a traveller to be consumed within few weeks of German purchase. Of the many beers, my favourites are Pils, Bock, Double Bock, Clear Weizen, Cloudy 'Hefe-' Weizen beer, but certainly there are many beer types beyond these. I have on travel for work had many different beers in various places and in various containers, from carboard cup at hot dog stand to glass 1L boot, all very satifying. Virtually each city, town or significant vollage will have one or more resident breweries. Only one type beer made in Berlin, claimed popular there, that I got from a boyfriend of my girl cousin, to me was terrible, beyond drinkable, plain disgusting. It by my statement may as well have been 'Cow Piss'. Had a horrid clover like aftertaste, and created a strong burp to follow.
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  258. We do celebrate Christmas with differences. While much is still the traditional, winter oriented celebration. By necessity of the summer climate some changes apply. I am sure none of your folk will gather on Christmas eve at beaches or backyards and around barbecues enjoying sunset close to 9PM with a nice cold beer and barbecue meat, smoked ham and seafood, salads and abundance of fruit and melon. In T Shirt and shorts or even swimming gear. Repeat all with family and neighbours on Christmas day lunch and/or evening.. Do have a Merry Christmas, and I do not envy your colder conditions, with or as now seems likely no snow.
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  259. The 1956 Beetle is the model car that my dad had in Germany at that time. I spent a lot of my time then riding in the parcel compartment under the rear window behind the rear seat backs. Had in 1956 and 1957 holiday trips down to southern Germany and Switzerland travelling in that car. We had that car until 1959 when the family migrated to Australia. There in early 1960 with first employment at the Australian VW factory on assbly line, my dad bought a VW Beetle at employee discount as our first car. To be replaced by a VW Station wagon mid 1960s. That was written off in a early 1970s T-bone smashed by a careless driver and overturned. Sliding over 100m down the road, roof skewed sideways collapsed roof to just above steering wheel level over the driver. Sad too as dad worked in VW engine overhaul/race prep engine build and had up graded the engine with Porshe racing heads. But insurance collected the wreck so quick we did not get a chance to recover those Porsche heads and restore the standard engine configuration. Suspect someone got a real special second hand engine, if not just metal recycled.
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  260.  @Erizedd  Agree, good beef mince low fat, mixed with onion and pepper it is very tasty. Not so uncommon even in the Uk, but very common in most of europe.
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  261. No doubt at all, without absolute athletic stamina or the extreme physical endurance of any long distance marathoner the drivers are going through a hell of physical and concentration demands few people can endure. Even given two drivers roughly share equal parts of the 1000km, or less for slower cars. As far as cars go, while engunes and transmission are put to extreme test, the race is won more on brakes and tyres, than pure power. All kinds of details may be less than 110% right but the brakes and tyres must never let a team down or they do not finish that race.
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  262. A slot car version of this was one of my fastest slot cars, winning many races at the local track in the times when these were high fashion for young guys. Also saw a couple real ones racing at Sandown Park circuit down the road from home. By then though it was poor performer compared to other F1 cars.
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  263. Actually in 1960s the Sandown circuit in Melbourne ran GrandPrix racing a long time before Adelaide even had F1 GP.
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  264. Sick aussie humor
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  265. Tropical, either pineapple or banana.
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  266. Dan must have access to minutes of all the meeting and discussions. Does not mean making the minutes public but to insist he has no idea how/who this curfew was created id clearly wrong. Or is he admitting that all their xonsultation, processes and meeting are being done without minutes. If so the entire team need to be sacked, no way can the public crisis be managed by random shambles. All business and goverment is required legally to have minutes/records for all meetings and decisions. Dan needs to say I do not know right now, but i will check the records and reply later. If not he is failing in doing the job we pay him for.
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  267. Europe has close to 2000 year history of wiping out almost anything harmful not related to human population. Even wolves and bears are massively reduced compared to Canada and far East Russia. As far as deadly animals, I still face Australian hazards with less concern than I would with cougars/mountain lion , bear or other large animals. As I understand it many places you are foolish to hike forests, go fishing mountain rivers camping and other outdoor activities without being being armed. Here I have had over 50 years of outdoor pastimes, hiking, fishing, gem/gold fossicking, camping and the number of times I have met with dangerous critters snakes, scorpions, spiders, large centipedes, I can count on my one hand. If I include sea creatures, sharks, Blue ring octopus, Jellyfish/Stingers, stingray or similar, maybe the second hand fingers too. Only by purposeful hunting have I encountered those usually while catching them. Then I could come up with many dozens to hundreds depending on what I include, as spiders scorpions, giant centipedes I would not regard significant. Even having been bitten by a Redback spider (cousin of US Black Widow) while gardening without gloves though did not even go to the doctor. Basically you are relatively unlikely to meet up with most creatures if you do not get into specific activities seeking such. I have in prior comments related some of my "dangerous" encounters so skip that here.
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  268. Many petrol, gas, stations do have credit card payment at pumps, but locally drivers largely seem to prefer to pay at the register. Ok some card units are faulty too, I have NEVER tried to pay at the pump, and some petrol stations tried late night overnight prepay at the pump for increased security, and some driveaway fuel thefts, but many including me avoided these places causing loss of business. Before predominance of self serve, the attendant would collect payment and return with change. I did years serving cars, all that was before credit cards, all was cash or account sales. We largely are used to it, and many also pickup a newspaper, snacks, cigarettes, etc.
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  269. Just last week, end July I saw those tyre coolers with many names and other messages, and considered getting "Ian" for you , but held off till next shopping trip, but now you already have one. Oh well have probably 3 post packages almost ready to send very delayed so far, started beginning of this year, but always delayed further.
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  270. At 8 yrs old more normal would be bicycle sports like BMX. I would hsve mainly been using a scooter. Manual lkick to go. Not motor not EV as curently possible. No way would I have driven RALLY style. Yes by 10 yrs old I was driving a "Paddock bomb". A old wreck car, made runnable by school friends driven on open grassy fields as certainly not street legal, not even legal off roads as we drove it. Some school friends got caught by police and had punishment for ILLEGAL driving.
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  271. Sadly in Victoria, Australia, lockdown means just that. If caught outside of home on anything but food shopping medical needs, work activities (if you still have one) or exercise, nver closer than 1.5m to others except coresident family, you get a $1600 fine. Even though exercise is a valid reason, any many do jog and walk in parks and beaches fishing, hicking, camping, boating and hunting are banned as non "Essential" tasks. REDICULOUS as seperation of people is very possible in each of those, even more so than dozens sharing a local park, or path to exercise.
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  272. I would expect the kilt cloth to be wool, or maybe the woven hair/fur of the Highland cattle that are rather long haired shaggy. Goats are also possible, but I think sheep more likely. These are the most likely natural fibres that traditionally would have been readily available in significant quantity. Cotton is unlikely, and most plant fibres are also less likely. If woolen then could be quite warm, but bare underneath, cold would certainly be a chilling drafty experience.
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  273. Lowe's is a clothing store including larger sizes. Mainly men's shirts, trousers, jeans, belts T shirts and hi vis shirts etc. Some ladies things too though I being single male, have paid little attention to ladies items.
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  274. Had a newly registered delivery truck on my tail once. Only saw his windscreen. Gave opt3 light brake indication to back off. He crept closer. I completed a left turn at speed and he crashed across the traffic island just avoiding traffic lights. HIS FAULT! Then road raged and three times tried to cut me off and 'brake ched me' then almost crasglhed as he clipped the curb. DANGEROUS DRIVERS SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM THE ROADS. NO TAILGATING, ITS ILLEGAL!
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  275. Great investment if planning severally yearstravell8ng Australia wide, either many trips or one long round the country trip.
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  276. There is no provision for confidence to excuse not fullfilling the requirements under the laws to carry out fully for the most critical task assigned by for this critical job .
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  277. Some of the oldest rocks exposed on earth are in Western Australia, from memory between 2 and 3 billion years old. Further the huge iron ore deposites are remenants of original high iron content, dissolved in oceans, before oxygen level began rising from action by blue-green bacterial (nitrogen dependant) action. The oxygen then caused iron oxide (rust) to fall out of solution, forming near pure iron deposits. Some are so pure, you can weld the rocks. By the way, West Australia stll has Stromatolites, like pillar rocks, that are such ancient bacteria colonies, possibly unique in the world, not sure.
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  278. You could spend weeks and not find a snake at all. But observation quickly can reveal snakes present especially morning, as their sliding trails are quite visible in sand and powdery dust. Not to say they are sparse either. Camping as a group of 3 travelling 4WDs in the Simpson Desert over 750 km crossing hundreds of sandunes and wide clay basins/ lakes if recent rain. One morning coming from my little 2 person tent there within say 10 ft were three slither trails in the sand so likely three snakes had passed by during the night. Maybe two snakes and one had gone both ways as two trails were about same size snake and one a little smaller, yet length would have exceeded 3 ft of each. Very glad of fully sealed tent floor. Other evidence of wildlife, in the vicinity of camp that night, and not uncommon. Lots of beetle tracks, scorpion trails lizard tracks, even about 100 yds away two camels had passed. The evening before as the group were talking around a camp fire, after dinner. I had picked up very low level sounds in the near shadows. Listen very carefully for some 10 minutes, before flashing on my torch to what I thought the sound source. There stood a single Dingo in mid torch beam Startled it stood still for many seconds before turning and running over a near low level dune between larger dunes beside our camp in the flat area between dunes, camping only some 30ft from the cross desert track. It is only permitted to go a very short distance either side of the official track with vehicles. Heavy fines are incurred departing the official track, no driving random new paths across the desert East-west tracks (two ways over part of the trip) and one mid desert track heading sort of northerly to ultimately link to tracks in Alice Spring are the only permitted ways by vehicles. Though several clapans and a fewvplaces for practicle reasons there are forks and branches in the track, at clay pans/Lakes there are often long bypass around these as when wet of especially full of water, there is no driving across. Many vehicles get seriously bogged, ne e ding digging and winching, often leaving dug out holes size of several car capacity garages on the dry or drying clay. That northerly track requires permits issued by Aboriginal tribal council. Our application was being issued in Alice Springs and while being typed, a tribal elder half drunk came by and rejected approval. Cost us extra 1600km travel to get into the Simpson Desert for our East-west trip. Daytime we saw several more camels, lots of kangaroos, a number of EMUs numerous birds. I caught a 2ft long Goanna (monitor lizard), saw other smaller lizards but unusually saw no actual snakes over 5 days in the desert, only the slither paths where some snake had crawled. Caught a couple scorpions too and some interesting beetles, like staghorn or ones with big horns up front. Also as some recent rains had been over the area numerous plants were in flower, with butterflies in numbers too. All animals released unharmdd
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  279. Definitely light coat for new consumer. Sadly, as salt is regarded as unhealthy, many Australian kids have grown up with it. They also spread it relatively thick, so while the vitamins provided are good, the heavy salt dose is not. Much alike to many US people who will eat very hot chilli, that people that are not used to, will feel they are burning out their mouth and throat. All very dependant on how you adapted to it you are. But some Australians also add a "snow storm" of salt onto every meal even before tasting it whether already salty. Vegemite can trap the unwary. We had Dutch neighbors, and they have a history of sweet pastes, especially chocolate paste. The lady once in shopping, noticed vegemite and in belief it was nice chocolate paste she had craved for, during sometime bought it. On getting home in great anticipation spread an extra thick layer on a slice of bread. On biting in and the taste hitting home she screamed and ran from her house believing she was poisoned. Sadly had not even read the label, just saw and believed it was dark chocolate paste. Personally I rarely eat it, but if I do it is thinly spread only, though a bit more than your test toast. But also I like it thinly on a slice of cheese on bread, like cheddar or basically any of the types commonly added on hamburgers.
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  280. The sky out there is amazing, and I spend much of my time in amateur Astronomy and astro photography. Out there far from anything the the sky is just perfect, and NO LIGHT POLUTION, other than what you or other travellers make. Sadly official camping grounds with lots of city travellers DO suffer light pollution, as some folk insist on burning a gas lantern all night as they sleep, seemingly unable to live in true darkness. Actually drawing massive numbers of bugs and insects into the camp, drawn by the light. SPOILING THE MAGNIFICENT DARK SKY VIEW. For my Astronomy it is near impossible in public camping, as you setup your telescope, cameras, and in no time public are queuing up to look, but walk about with bright torches and lanterns spoiling night vision, and you end up getting little done well into the night, when they go to sleep, leaving their camp area lit up like Christmas. I prefer isolated private away from road camping for that reason. Larger campsites along main sealed highway even have large pole mounted lights all night, similar to sports field lighting, total ruin of dark sky use. This video makes me crave to be travelling the outback. No never been to that remote town. Have been on the Tanami desert road from Alice Springs to Yundumu, but only 150 km or so, hot testing cars. Also the far end destination of Halls Creek that was mentioned on one of the signs in the video, that is on the main East-West highway in northern area of WA, that passed through to and from travel to Broome, pearling harbour at northern western Coast. I just love being away from crowded city life periodically to recover balance in and love of life. Many occasions seen Camels, Cattle, Roos, Emus and Dingoes. Even found tracks around my camp in the morning of these and other desert dwellers, snakes, lizards both small and large goanna a big monitor lizard to couple meters for big ones, scorpions, spiders, centipedes to over 10cm, beetles of many kinds. Many opportunities for photography of animals and scenery. Some travel however, without seeing any other people for days at a time, not a place to breakdown or get lost. You can easily make it your final resting place, BEWARE, BE PREPARED. It is no stroll in the park, true remote wilderness guaranteed. ❤❤❤❤
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  281. From the scenery it was likely filmed in New Zealand as the broad valley is more glacial, and at final drinking wide shot the background snow covered ragged mountains are not so common in Austraalia, though possibly in Tasmania. Impression is hover more a New Zealand scene.
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  282. Great crystals, almost makes the gold a secondary find. I know gold is valuable but it just has less visual value.
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  283. No cognitive decline noted! YOU CAN NOT DETERMINE A DECLINE WHERE THERE IS TOTAL ABSENCE OF, TO EXHIBIT A DECLINE.
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  284. I agree, no one should pressure you or even have any entitlement to presume to you or anyone else has the freedom to at a whim to take on travel half way around the world. Only you can decide the feasibility to undertake such a trip. I have no doubt from your various episodes that you have the desire to visit both Australia and NZ. BUT even when circumstances exist the trip MUST be well planned and targets for the trip properly prioritised and planned. Time and distance play a big roll as does cost, in deciding what to see and where to go. Even living here in Australia, most people only see a tiny fraction in their life time. Many even hardly anything beyond local area they grow up in. Far destinations for many are never visited, even though they dream to do so. For those with ambition and dreams, often it only becomes practical after retiring, when they sell up, get a vehicle and caravan and go off for years. Even they need plans, and preparation. That in reality change as they travel at leisure. Anyway depending on aims for any trip, time and budget set many limits. If aim is beyond visit to a few major cities, to see the 'big' tourist spots only, a month is very tight. But to include wider seing of Australia and it natural wonders a month is actually very tight too short in fact. If you fly costs are driven high, as beyond airfares there will be car rentals and accomodation. Yet to drive the vehicle rental and fuel costs, are also significant. As examples of long trips packing too many things in one trip. My own trips in own 4WD vehicle and mostly camping have been typically 1.5 to 2 months covering 12000km to 20000km. That for example one trip, Victoria, through mid NSW to Queensland to Fraser Island then in stages right up to to Cairns , Cooktown, Daintree Rainforest , Reef Tour, Whale tour , Stop at several gem diggings, and then straight home. Many driving stages of 800 to 1000km in a day to next destination, few places stopping no more than two days stay. Yet 1.5 months and covered 13500km. Another Victoria, via Adelaide to Coober Pedy OPAL fields in 2.5 days, near 2000km. Then to Ayers Rock, Henley Meteor crater, Alice Springs, through Tennant Creek, Katherine to Kakadu Park for 5 days touring there, then quick Darwin stop having so far travelled 5300km in 20 days. Onwards to Kunnunurra WA, then onwards to Bungle Bungles, for 3 days, and then to Derby, Broome and back track home via Kunnunurra Kathrine Alice Springs, Adelaide to Melbourne in 5 days, 16700km and all up 47 days travel. In my parcels you will find some travel related info that may be useful, but given circumstances use it as info as s by the time you will be comfortable to travel all this way some will be obsolete as far as costs. The info though in general is valid long term and short term. New info can always be provided. I again stress do not let anyone pressure you to travel, that MUST be by your own circumstances and time and financial possibilities , no one else can determine that.
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  285.  @Muck006  so true, overlooked during writting but certainly not forgotten. The navigator has a tough job heads down during the run is damn hard, and needs extreme trust in the driver too.
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  286. Ian was concentrating on the Ute at left frame edge not the Patrol running the red light in those remarks.
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  287. Japanese celebrate Christmas mainly as a chance to give presents. That is what I was told by Japanese automotive colleagues during a December car test session I attended in Hokaido. As far as eating chicken, it is substitute for the American Turkey as in Japan Turkey is far less common.
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  288. FINLAND is pushing "Europe" definition somewhat. Finland is rather sparse, forested, Arctic area closer to the pole than northern Canada and northern Alaska and far from what is better seen as Europe. Far from normal European roads and trucking, only a single major highway link, with special 'trial' evaluation, from far north forestry to wood/paper processing in more populated southern Finland. While tonnage in logs is high, the length is still far under Australisn road trains, given those four shorter log trailers are barely length of two full length road train trailers which run from three to five such long trailers. I would not be surprised that Finland has chosen to evaluate such longer 'road train like' transporters based on success of road trains in remote areas of Australia, given the likewise remote well isolated lfrom major other traffic of transport needs they have.
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  289. Movie spaceship could possibly be left from "Pitch Black" that starred Vin Diesel
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  290. Whale SHARK, but harmless as they are filter feeders eating plankton. No danger of bitting there
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  291.  @arnoldhillbillygrizzlyputm1493  rubbish to most adults, and you do not need to accept any zero value China produced toys, since no extra cost to you unless you do more than intended shopping to obtain more of these zero value junk by spending more. BUT kids do love them, getting hours of joy out of make believe mini shopping items. Falsely learning being good supermarket shoppers buying lots of unnecessary overpriced , bad products pushing supermarket profitability in next generation shoppers.
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  292. A totally sand island with the many lakes all located well above sea level perched in sand effectively on top of accumulated sand dunes. Base of lakes sealed from water seeping away by accumulated dead leaves of vegetation. The island even has forests formed on the sand base. Sadly a large part was seriously burned and damaged in recent years. Has kage population of Dingoes. A very popular place for 4WD touring and ocean beach fishing.
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  293. In Australia the RAM has image of a vehicle for posers with " Mine is bigger than yours" attitude.
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  294. There are many more points about Hook turrns not mentioned. Firstly come as surprise trouble and fines for interstate and foreign drivers (rental cars) getting fines. All Victorian Drivers licenses require Hook turn knowledge, even which major intersections require such turns. Still many country folk have issues on visiting middle CBD area of Melbourne. One point not mentioned as well as through traffic by trams, some roads also have parking meters or other parking, including short term commercial/load/unload vehicles in the left most lane, now worse even reserved bicycle lanes. Through traffic is forced to use right lane to flow through, and not deviate onto tram way reserved space. The hook turn as shown allows clear through flow of traffic and trams, that otherwise would be blocked by right turning traffic at almost every intersection, leading to to traffic jams and grid lock. Not so evident is another IMPORTANT point, the road about to be entered by right turn traffic, has a public crossing filled by people crossing the intersection while traffic is on red light for that direction . Now imagine the scene for right turning traffic without HOOK TURN. Looking for a short break in on comming traffic or no trams approaching. The driver guns power and takes off to gain advantage of the gap. BEWARE thhe poor pedestrians mid crossing to dodge a fast oncoming vehicle. With Hook turn no traffic should interfere with the pedestrian traffic till lights have changed cycle to have traffic flow across legally, pedestrian by then cleared by light changing. As far as someone racing beating through changed RED light, causing collision with now legally moving right hand turning traffic, or even traffic legally proceeding on the now Green light cycle. Firstly liability of such Red light runner is greatly responsible in case of crashes, further would equally cause danger to the pedestrians now crossing on the Green light path. Additionally most major intersections have RED LIGHT and even SPEED recording cameras, leading to significant traffic fines and demerit points to drivers detected running the Red light. Enough points and drivers license will be cancelled for time period or on multiple history even loss of drivers license long term. Yes the turning traffic is well advised to be sure about trams and trhough traffic to be cleared, and not last second crossing as lights changed, no more so than pedestrians dashing across aganst DO NOT WALK sign. Note the walk crossings use a changing tock sounder too audibly also sugnal pedestrian free to cross or about to become Do Not Walk. Pedestrians have fewer excuses entering road way iin unsafe way. Note also at most intersections a pedestrian safe zone to access trams is provided, that should only be reached by pedestrians as crossing in the relevant direction applies. Yes some fools will still bolt across through traffic, can not avoid rule breaker endangering themselves or others just following them oblivious of wrong timing. Providing bicyycle lanes in mid city roads is adding new major problems to traffic flow, often dozens of cars and trams affected by a a couplle of cyclists.
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  295. No concern about using beef, as that to me is far more common than lamb or mutton. In theory any mince meat could be applied, usually though some fat content is normal or need to be added if the meat type would tend to dry status. ❤❤❤❤
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  296.  @oldlud8971  I think you got it Kankkunen
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  297. Ian, just a heads up from Australia. The new Super car series starts this weekend with "Bathhurst 500" race
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  298. Highlights how weak Putin and his Russian nation is, so low morals and capability they can only cause devastation to unarmed civilians but is hopeless militarily. The existing power especially Putin must go, for the safety of all public including the poor Russian public who themselves have no desire to create or experience this terrorism of unarmed people leading their simple lives. Unless this state created terrorism by Putin and his extreme followers ends, then only spreading the equal action to Russian public and the world can result. WW-III IS CLOSER EVERY DAY.
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  299. On topic of WORLD CHAMPION. Take the very high profile sport Baseball it is certainly well known and played outside the USA. There is NO EXCUSE to title the winning team as WORLD CHAMPIONS. Taking just one country, Japan, Baseball is very popular there. If one takes the number of teams and number of players, Japan probably exceeds the number of US players and viewers of the sport than US so even on basis of that one example already, by not competing including them US has NO right to claiming WORLD Champion. I do agree Japan adopted this sport from visiting US military occupation post WW II. Other sports likewise ARE also played around the world. It is pure inflated ego, to title anything WORLD .... if not including world competion.
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  300. Yes an Echina, and it is a ant eater
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  301. In 1975, 1976, my WEEKLY grocery shopping was done with AU$21.00 maximum, and some weeks even under AU$1700. That is including some Rump Steaks 2x, bread, milk, various vegetables and tinned goods, say 6 cans, 2 to 3 Coca-cola 2L bottles, fruit apples, bananas oranges/mandarins, peaches plus misc chocolate, candy, cookies. Definitely a small shopping trolley full, say 4 to 5 paper supermarket bags full. These days even $120.00 hardly is achieved for a less full supermarket trolley. Not unusual to end up spending $160.00 or more for 1 week for 1 person.
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  302. What nonsense by a reporter standing in ankle deep water scanning sourounding houses STATING THE HOUSES ARE COMPLETELY UNDER WATER! That is extreme sensationallising, and ridiculous exageration. Poor reporting.
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  303. While camping at Waddie Point camp ground on Fraser Island I was just dozing off in my 2 person little tent, when a dingo pushed its nose against my forhead through the mosquito mesh at front of my tent. I opened my eyes to look straight up its mouth. It stood back maybe a foot and looked at me. I greeted it "Hello" and after brief looking at each other it trotted away. At all camps on the island all food and rubbish had to be kept inside my 4WD vehicle as otherwise food was raided and any bag of rubbish was ripped apart overnight and scattered. Lots of fishermen go to Fraser Island for surf fishing. The dingoes hang around to grab bait and waste of cleaning fish caught. It is required that fishermen do NOT leave or bury fish scraps or feed dingoes, on the beaches. Many throw wastes of cleaning back into the surf, sadly some washes back onto the beach, and dingoes get some anyway. Dingoes hang around many popular fishing spots, always ready to grab anything edible given a chance. Peoples lunches, caught fish or even bait supplies, anything edible needs to be kept secured or it is carried away real soon
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  304. Still today finding lots of LARGE gold nuggets in Victoria and Tasmania. Really all overvAustralia gold remains readily found. Multi Oz gold nuggets are still found, many by metal detectors and just plain luck. Smaller nuggets very regularly. Many hundreds of people go panning and metal detecting. At some tourist spots like Ballarat Sovereign Hill old gold mining village anyone can try at low cost their hand at gold panning with high chance of finding specks of gold. Many old mines are reopening due to high enough gold prices making it profitable again. Other mines operate on continuing basis for past century or more. Some like the huge open cut mine in Kalgoorlie WA are a spectacular sight in themselves for size. At one time during the Gold rush times, Melbourne was I understand even the world's richest city. Some of those largest nuggets are best described by the size in kg or lbs not grams and Oz.
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  305. Gongratulations again, you deserve it. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️😁😃
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  306. Apple have had good software since Apple Ii days, but also had crap hardware design since then. Yet always sucker buyers into the next generation defective machines, no change there
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  307. Only some sections are open speed. Quite a total distance is open speed but most is now restricted, and even open sections are impacted by maintenance and other temporary limits. As far as 200+kph is not unusual. Have driven over 210kph in VW Golf GTI and near 240kph in a sports car no longer sure if Alpha or Fiat. As passenger in a Mercedes we travelled at 265kph.. Experienced problem of speed while doing close to 180kph on curving downhill saw an overturned small van and banking traffic ahead. With activating hazard flasher standard practice to warn drivers behind that barking is for massive slowing not just light touch then braking firmly just short of lock up but light squeeling tyres, I stopped with only minimal distance of a few car lengths. Two cars from behind however ignoring hazard lights and brakes on zipped to fast lane and roared past me. Then discovering the scene ahead were left in very hard braking locking wheels , pre ABS days, with massive smoke and 4 black lines of tyre rubber. Both stopped with only 1/2 to 1 car length from crashing into already stopped cars. At those speeds the stopping distance even though actually not so long, was barely enough for reaction and braking with the limited sighting range coming downhill around a sweeping bend. Hate to imagine scene at well over 200kph at that location. Another scary incident was trying to drive slow due to fog obscuring cars mere few car length ahead. But at 80kph had numerous cars appear behind braking hard. Ended up like other traffic coping at 120kph. Had I had similar fog at home in Australia I doubt I would have wanted much over 60kph. A saving grace is there the cars have very bright single rear RED lamp for such foggy conditions, visible a little, maybe two car lengths earlier than normal tail lights. It was however impressive to travel 600km at close to constant 140 to 250 kph, with several short restricted 80kph zones for repairs or maintenance. So in 4 hrs did that 600km distance, then with heavy traffic another 180 km in another 2 hrs to around 90 kph average much at 60kph with short faster bits. Yet overall few places in the world could you travel 780 km 488 miles, in 6 hrs by car. That including one petrol stop, with refreshment and restroom visit.
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  308. Never an issue, even going to the boss at lunch time to ask about leaving in a half hour as I have a delivery arriving at home at 3PM. Approved instantly, he knows I will make up time in the next days. Time not even recorded as absent. In fact have had 127 days accumulated annual leave, and as it is not possible under law to have it cashed out, even when I asked to do half as cash I was forced by company to schedule two holidays in the next year, took 1 month, and later that year another 1 1/2 months, using around 56 days. The following year I had to apply again at request of my manager, and again scheduled 1 1/2 months 7 months ahead, except that as a work crisis developed nearing the due holiday, my manager insisted I did not apply for any leave so told me no, I can not leave on holiday, as I was critical to solving the crisis. I did acknowledge the need, and did not go on leave. Interesting was I had even checked 2 months before that he had lodged the leave form with Human Resources dept, which he stated was being done at that time. WELL, it came to haunt him, as Human Resources manager contacted him, as among some paperwork he lodged during my intended holiday, the application for my leave was also passed on. They wanted to clarify why the leave application was lodged after I was on leave, not earlier. I was also contacted, when he said I was not able to go on leave due to work commitments. It became a huge issue as the actual demand for me to reduce my still over 80 days accumulated leave was driven by Human Resources. I was asked to take leave immediately which I refused, as the timing of the trip no longer lined up with the intended activities. Quite some back and forth arguing, and I took 2 months the next year. Some 10 years later still had 65 days owed at retiring. Also we get 4 weeks , 20 days, "Long Service" leave at every 5 years after the first 5 years. Having been with the company 40 1/2 years, I had some 160 days long service, plus 65 days annual accumulated leave, plus remaining 8 days sick leave so on retiring had 233 days full pay cashed out . That plus a retiring bonus of 3 months, in that case a 90 days amount. Now a working year is only from memory is only 212 working days given 365days, less weekends and holidays. I had over 1 1/2 years full pay on retiring, sadly as all paid in the one year, hit by higher tax rate, still I managed to live on that money for near 3 years, though effectively continued earning as I was asked to be available on casual terms, $60/hr, and did mostly 2 days, 16hrs, a week until stopped by COVID in March 2020. By the way while always entitled to 8 days sick leave, in those 40 1/2 years, I used about 6 days of which about 3 were time taken for personal reasons rather than sick, as only over 2 days need to have medical certificate, so many use their sick entitlement, as single days to attend to personal matters.
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  309. Whatever went wrong, it still seems that it is too dependant on skill compared to the other alternatives. If it has higher risk to get it wrong it is inferior and too dependant on perfect method. Also seems far more dependant on having ideal water flow environment conditions that are rarely found at the many locations to seek gold.
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  310. Seems to have needed mirrors and lights, but exhaust note/noise is probably NOT street legal. However the low slung clearance is unlikely to manage normal road conditions, it would bottom out too frequently on normal road conditions. No speed humps, even shallow dips on cross roads , road repair patches sunken down and certainly trouble with occasional stuff lying on roads.
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  311. Now try that consistently for 5 1/2 hrs, even on simulator, without the physical impact of massive G forces and heat. Keep the car together without repeated wall scrapes. Likely you would be physcally and mentally exhausted within an hour on sim alone. Need peak athletic status, as well as super driving ability to do the real thing. The sim is how most of us have been able to sort of expetience Bathurst other than sitting watching races. From memory PS4 Gand Tourismo had Bathurst or was it the last version on PS3. The Grand Tourismo cars were very realistic, and up to the PS4 version a huge range with many ways to alter most cars. Fun was trying good times in the likes of VW Beetle or Combi bus, British Mini, 2CV, Ferrari, Lamborgini etc. There was also in Australia a specific Bathurst Super Cars video game/sim at one stage.
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  312. I would not be sure about mamba win
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  313. 1000 % agree, a BAD dealer has put FORD off my list to EVER buying another FORD PRODUCT. Got swindled in several ways on a vehicle deal, even delivered the wrong model, missing several important contracted features, as well cheated on agreed price. Came within close to fighting the matter in court. A later issue on another FORD car owned by my sister, sealed the fate, never again dealing with Ford dealerships. From a work colleague who worked for 5 years at a Ford dealer, pre delivery check costing $1000, compulsory fee was a quick wash outside dust off, and vacuum interior. FIRST SERVICE, DO NOT BOTHER WITH OIL CHANGE and spend less than 15 min to look for any leaks, otherwise hose down outside, and vacuum interior.
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  314. When it comes to jungle action Australia teaches the likes of USA and others. Most recent action that involved Australia, from Vietnam Timor, middle east, Iraq, Afganistan, in all Australia has more than carried it weight well. Being very successful in all theaters. Before Vietnam, all Australian soldiers were volunteers, none doing service to gain college or other benefits. WW I and WW II the Australian soldiers were not restricted and were able to leave war, without desertion charges. Sadly many were unjustified punished/executed by other military services, who acted on their own military rules. Some in Boer War in South Africa, were executed for actions forced on them by British commanders, who saved their own rearend, by blaming the Aust soldiers, who acted under their orders, claiming they did atrocities. Even recent Afganistan claims of atrocities seem highly politicised, and far beyond actual happening. In WW II many Pacific and South East Asia actions were only successful due to Aust actions.
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  315. Deluxe is not just a marketing spin to justify higher price, they ARE DELUXE. I hope you may get more of this Deluxe range as well over time, a step at a time. Hope that Arnotts will over time also export the Deluxe variants. So good that these are now being released to the US public, and with the better chocolate too, compared to typical US chocolate. Quite possibly YOU and the Australians that sent so many TIM TAMs to have promoted the product and have opened this export into US market, merely by raising the public awareness, to such a level of demand that Arnold's could no longer resist expanding to that market. Who knows, maybe other Arnotts products may come along too. All to the advantage of US customers to have some quality and range provided. For now the small initial steps are underway. Ibwould be confident that Arnotts may have great success with US market.
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  316. Great lakes come to mind in Michigan, and Chicago.
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  317. The current changes are trivial decoration, not an easing of the idiotic excessive lockdown
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  318. Sadly there are plenty of larger animal or obstacles that can DEMAND sudden braking. I had a newsprint roll (tons mass many feet dia) appear on a bend after it fell of a truck going the other way. Rushing toward me. Slammed brakes an two cars behind almost rearended me. Roll just passed infront of me. Also horses, cows, deer, moose etc. Here in Australia kangaroos and wombats are serious hazards you do not want to hit. Wombats a joke suggests are worse than hittig a rock boulder.
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  319. That image of Biden used on the video start screen is enough to put me off any trust in that person. Pure horror, nightmare to be faced by that...
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  320. Yes, isolation from family and friends was the hardest for my mother after we, parents my sister and me, migrated to Australia. Many nights were spent crying and feeling home sick. But over decades even my mother accepted the benefits and opportunities that the migration created for me and my sister. The ability to own our own home, rather than spend our life in rental apartments, freedom to travel, freedom in life path. Homeland Germany has very high level of life and generally free life, but is far far more constrained in life choices. Keep up your new life, and keep the freedoms you have gained. Sadly for you there are some losses, but you children will gain much.
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  321. Prisoners began being sent to New South Wales, as a result of US indepedance, so US is somewhat responsible for settlement of this fine place, by excess criminals, such as stealing food like apples, carrots and bread, to quench extreme hunger.
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  322. Yes, Kenworth built trucks in Melbourne
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  323. Learning is the spice of life. A reason to exist. Life is lost when you no longer learn, or especially act as if there is no more to learn. SADLY THERE ARE TOO MANY THAT PRESENTLY GO THROUGH LIFE, CLOSED MIND IN BELIEF THEY KNOW IT ALL.
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  324. Does Dan actually have a mask on at ALL TIMES that he is no actually in a press presentation. As if not he does not comply with his own regulations unless he is actually in his own home.
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  325. Let us hope that Dan does not use his new hotel mismanaging to justify the exyension of the community tringent limits. Sadly I suspect that his new hotel stuffup is intentional to sabotage the possibility of easing limits.
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  326. The louver at rear window is a aftermarket addon to limit sun into the rear window, keeping some heat out, but the louvers being horizontal do not block the rearvision. Seem to have overlooked Utility versions.(sorry did get to it later) By late 1970s Ford had dropped V8 engines, and had their 3.3L and 4.1L Inline 6cyl as only options for their sedan utility, panel vans. While Holden (GMH) retained V8, and the 6cyl non crossflow, even experimented with 4cyl on the Holden Commodore, as per European Opel standard, the 4cyl was a flop in our market. The V8 choice ended up their big success, and loss to Ford. I did the first EFI system calibration on 4.1L Inline 6Cyl cross flow engines for the Ford Sedan and LTD (stretch limousine version) , work from 1981 till these came out in 1983. The EFI was the top line, and base models had Weber 4 throat Carburetor. Then in 1984 I did base development on Throttle Body Injection (TBI) for both 3.3L and 4.1L 6 cyl intended to replace the 4 throat Weber carburettor. Boy those poor Ford calibration guys on the Webers, struggling calibration on hot and cold tests during the EFI testing period. The EFI and TBI, both were a dream by comparison and made major emission and economy improvements. TBI on 3.3L and 4.1L was regarded as most strange to headquaters in Germany as TBI was regarded as poorman alternative on small cheaper cars not using EFI, such large engines were assumed to be EFI only up to this time. I still have a Ford Falcon sedan XF 4.1L (1985/6) with Carburetor in the backyard, not used since dad's passing in 2009.
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  327. Great show. By the way did you see the release this week (Wed) of the new FORD utility truck designed fully by Ford Australia, to be sold world wide now.
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  328. The Coles, mini items are a promotion, aimed mainly at children giving a mini replica of typical shopping, groceries. They are pure toys, teaching children shopping habits. PURE BUSINESS PROMOTION FOR MAJOR BRANDS. Woolworths have a similar though different one based around LEGO like pieces that let you assemble like supermarket shelves with goods, each bag, each with $20 purchase value , contain a number of pieces and some stickers to mark items to stock for the shelves. ALL TEACH KIDS TO BE THE NEXT BUYING GENERATION BY FUN TOYS.
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  329. What is worth remembering looking at those remote wide scenes of far horizon, it is quite likely that as far as you see there is low chance of any settlements, roads, maybe some 4WD tracks left at sometime past by vehicles, exploring, prospecting, and Aborigine wandering paths, and at any specific time, any people at all, or at most extremely few.
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  330. Numerous mega fauna did exist zdx some vanushing during early Aboriginal history, but the most impressive one pre 100, 000years ago.
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  331. At such price you need to be off your ROCKER, unless a racing sponsor is funding it for advertising benefit. One race and it might be $0!
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  332. Thorium reactors can not go critical, so never meltdown. Thorium uses small density of other radio active , even waste as now stored, to fully activate the thorium. Never high enough to be critical. Also liquid salt is very high temp and thus turbine is higher efficiency
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  333. The Rocks crumbling are really not hard rock it is a compressed dried mud and sand and vegetation deposites of ancient lake bed just becoming compressed rock like material, now eathered back to surface as ocean, rain and wind erode ancient buried layers. Not quite real sandstone or mudstone , just highly compressed material that over millions of years might have become real stone. It is somewhat soft yet and crumbles under that high load. The whole island is just accumulated sand, there is virtually no real rock on that island, just huge forested, vegetation cover hills, with a number of lakes, fully suspended on sand. The lakes bottoms form sealed surfaces based on old vegetation, and mud layers. That accumulation on old long gone lakes are what forms these seeming dark rock like layers. But have not had pressure and heat over long time spans to become solid rock, that takes millions of years and deeper underground forces. These massive trucks really are doing harm on the sand island tracks and the few "rocky" outcrops not suited to these loads.
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  334. Hate to see result of a thrown chain.
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  335. Point Piper as much as old heritage are reasons for the huge value of the ex Fairfax property.
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  336. Unless the person totally remains in the car 100% of the trip wherever he gets out and mixes with others he is able to introduce the virus to otherwise clean places, if the person is exposed along the way. By never leaving the car would fullfill the isolation criterion fine. But who spends 100% of time in the car, rather spend the time at home. Australia has only 30 deaths and 5000+ known corona positive cases and restrictions ARE showing reducing incidence of infection.
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  337.  @stephenjohnson2800  sadly because the virus survives some time on surfaces, separation distance is not complete isolation. A person leaving traces behind, or picking up traces will spread viruses from one place to another. If that were not so there would be no need to stay at home, unless absolutely necessary. Any time you go anywhere except your own bubble environment you may pass on or receive the virus. Sadly we all do need to get supplies or exerc8se or other NECESSARY reasons to expose ourselves and other. Just avoid ANY unnecessary exposing. Your own health and that of others is at stake.
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  338.  @scottwhat3362  how many cruise ship and resued residents has WA had. Is the number of cases rising, levelling or decreasing. I agree all Australian areas have done very well compared with many overseas areas. Hooray that we have acted early here, though in8tially were very criticised by stopping overseas travel into Australia, be glad of that now. I do not deny much of the present restriction will eventually prove over done, but until proof exists we will not definitly know . Hindsight is always perfect. The major problems have been created by people ignoring/bypassing restriction, take the rich mob from Aspen holiday, holding group gatherings after return, not doing the required 14 day isolation, we have quite a chain of positives tracable to thses idiots. Othe4 fases too. WA has among most stringent and longest running baring of people moving from other states. Again be glad to be in Australia not elsewhere.
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  339.  @Midnightwhiskeymassacre  exercise is expected to be local to your isolation, travel by car may transfer infection to or from areas remote to where you are suposed to remain in isolation. I doubt you are prevented to drive a short distance to your local park or similar for exercise, but if caught many kilometers away driving in general you could be fined. Use reasonable sense to prevent spreading the problem to or from areas
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  340.  @stephenjohnson2800  Her actions were inexcusable
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  341. My employer, BOSCH, makes charge stations available presently for employees free during work hours. Probably only for now with fewer electric cars in use.
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  342. Time for Labor to step down, immediately. BE GONE SCUMBAGS.
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  343. I wonder about the pyrites as years ago, visitin our Anakie gold fields, about 130km form Mrlbourne Aust. I could have collected 50kg of pyrites in the one day.
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  344. Bunyip is Aboriginal lore, and is like Lochness monster unproven.
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  345. Compared with racing, this is far more in line with my activities. I have only ever owned 4WD since 1973, and while driving many vehicles and cars for work, 4WD is likely all I will have until private cars are banned or limited range EVs are only choice. At 70yrs age, I hope to be able the keep current driving options while alive. Presently drive a 1994 Toyota Landcruiser Series 80 wagon, standard with limited slip diff, 5 spd manual, 4.3L Diesel, dual fuel tank (145L approx 1400km hwy range), but has tow hitch, aircon, bull bar and sort of unique, a power takeoff winch. At 20,000kg load and close to 200ft 30,000kg cable, being engine driven extremely capable of extensive winching. Unlike electric winches that soon use up all available battery capacity, I can winch as long as fuel is available. Sadly one aspect is a bother, unlike electric winch it is useless to rescue yourself when drowned in a deep river. Hive iwned a Suzuki LJ50, three cyl 540cc two stroke, which went like a mountain goat any place it was aimed and fun to drive never a few tons of steel to handle like larger 4WD, Then a Nissan Patrol 3.3L diesel (24V electrical outstanding for ekectric winch efficiency/endurance), now the Landcruiser, but before these also driven my dad's Nissan Patrol G60, long stroke 5L(6L?) Inline Petrol engine. Went like a bulldozer, near unstoppable, went steep enough to spill oil from the large airfilter, and dribble oil from the steering tube at the steering wheel. Even bull dozed dirt on a steep river bank where the front bumper dug into the dirt due to approach angle. I have mostly driving in Victoria where this video was. That even mostly solo,, not in groups, though plenty of that too. You think those tracks are difficult try it with only yourself to do it all. Really not so safe at all, probably not advisable. There are plenty of very extreme tracks and even more relatively safe but still interesting tracks. Many mountain tracks get closed over winter, when snow may cover tracks, or tracks are too muddy and vehicles cause excessive damage and erosion. Yet plenty opportunity still to go into deep snow, rivers and mud. Travelled 120km in snow up to 1m deep in the past and even rescued police patrol bigged, on a closed track. They were patrolling to catch users like trailbikers and 4WD users on the closed track. Did I get fined? No, as I helped them and actually ended up there as a result of mistakenly driving and old disused track to get there, never saw any closed signs or gate barriers, and was actually on the way back to a main (dirt) road. In the Suzuki I even ended up 5km up a walking trail, realising that this can not be a vehicke track as only one bare trail, lots of winding around tree and roots. The tiny size of the Suzuki handled it well. Have also travelled northern and central Australian areas, including Simpson desert, Kakadu and other northern parks, Daintree Rain forest, Beaches, Fraser Island, Ayers Rock, Flinders ranges and far too many many others to go on here . Probably of order of 100,000km of driving in 4WD, excluding any non 4WD.
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  346. Nice opals, but I think you would love to find Australian Opals
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  347. Given the amount of gold deposited on this effective bank area of the Fraser River at high depth. I am left wondering about the volume of gold actually washing down the middle, deep section of the main river stream
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  348. For on coming road train it is best to pull off the highway. A car compny test engineer crashed in the dust cloud ended up with his test car run under two of the roadtrain trailers. Three months in hospital but he survived.
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  349. A variety of vehicles are used, and vary across Australia. Most were based on vehicles with larger rear body on chassis like Ford F150 or sinilar, leaving room for patient trolley and med team in the rear, but also there are some, mainly patient trasport based on multiseat van, like Toyota Tarago
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  350.  @nelsondawson9706  yes you qre right, the ambulances are bigger than F150, I mis identify the type intend8ng mainly style than size. The current Vic ambulances might also be as Queensland though from observation there seem to be several types appearing.
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  351. Sad person down voting, must be illiterate as the entire post not read!
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  352. I would say that there is less danger in Australia, if excluding large number of venomous snakes, which by nature avoid people. While sometimes found around homes few people get bitten and in almost all cases safely treated with antivenen. We have no dangerous bears, mountain lions, wolves, coyotes, like in the US. I can go hicking or fishing without carrying firearms for self protection. Proper attention and possibly a good stick will keep you safe. Over many 4WD trips, unless specifically seeking creatures, only maybe a dozen snakes, and similar for scorpions, dangerous spiders, etc have occured. We are surprisingly safe on the whole. Been bitten by a red back spider, and fid not even seek medical attention put up with a couple of days ok aches and swelling. Had my forhead pushed on in my tent by a wild dingo's nose, on Fraser Island, where people have been attacked and children killed in dingo attack.
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  353. Nothing stopped any US person to hsve used a mask by choice. I have worn a mask by my choice in public since March, avoided unnecessary exposure in public, avoided crowds, used disinfectant regularly. All by choice not forced by anyone or law. Each state could have introduced their measures, except seemingly most US people stuck to own freedoms many have paid the price. BUT DO NOT BLAME TRUMP, PEOPLE HAVE CHOSEN THEIR OWN FATE!
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  354. You had cursor around Sydney it is Sydney & Port Jackson
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  355.  @travelingman6511  he actually swung his cursor over the "SYDNEY Port Jackson" text several times before and as he said 'can't see Sydney
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  356. A computer only gives results based on programs created by people using formulas invented by the people. No assurance that all ASSUMPTIONS programmed are valid. Further the results are dependant on validity of the inputs given. The results is this based on human input in program and data. If these are fundamentally limited, which will be the case the results can be totally wrong. Results of actual actions around Australia and with very limited world cases, show that Victorian measures are meaningless trash. The reductions following stage 3 were as slope even as percentage rate faster within the acknowledged 9 to 14 days from intro, are faster than after stage 4. Neither rate is different to rates in the reduction in early part of the year. Further if the state monitoring had been followed the second wave was permitted to grow for over half a month before stage 3 was inplace, even though the hotel disaster spreading to community was known earlier than serious rises in cases. Dan and Sutton still show to be very incompetent.
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  357. Experienced beggars in Suzhou, and got taken for 10x the actual taxi fare. Beggars with a young child ran for it when police came around the corner, saw same child used by three different beggars over two nights, while walking near my hotel. Never felt fully safe like I do in Japan. Personally might be tempted to intervene in a crime, but kidnapping? I think I would fear a triad involvement or knife attack against me, so probably not intervene. Here in Australia could have hinted to police that an adjacent house had drugs growing in the roof cavity, due to light spill between many roof tiles. Chinese family so feared gang involvement and if busted by police would be clear who sobbed them in. So fear of gang reprisals did nothing. Fortunately they got arrested a year later, distributing 'weed' and heroin.
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  358.  @pixiedust7659  Yes after floods some have been found up to the gorge. But then in floods they even swam in middle of town. Normally the park rangers eliminate Salties in post flood times. There is common swimming at the Goerge reserve. I have also been swimming at the lower crossing just below the weir, where the Aboriginal kids do plenty of swimming, now there you do regularly see the Salties. Further on a trip to WA I pulled into Sprinvale Station to camp overnight. I arrived after dusk, and was directed by the office to go a particular path to the tent area near a billabong. Found a nice spot adjacent to a Landcruiser Ute with camper in the tray, and a small mesh tent, but they slept in the camper. I was in a ground level two person orange nylon tent. During the night, there were noises nearby as ducks raised a rocks, running around. WOW, on getting up after sunrise there were crocodiles tracks within 10m of my tent, and a lot closer than the water at a bit over 30m away. There floating not far from water edge, was a 2 to 3 m Saltie in the billabong, The Camp ground staff were not aware it was there. Yes, I am aware they do turn up in the north.
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  359.  @jamiemctainsh3267  they can certainly byte if you bother them, never had them even be bothered by our group, or others swimming, staying basking on the banks, and any in the water actually swam further away,
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  360. COVID DEBT is a small part of the balance majority is over spending on government expendistites including cushy ovrr payments to union buddies for the MANY big proects zones that are also mismanaged and cost blowing out way beyond even under (un?) costed starting budgets.
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  361. Hope that log carried was a BALSA wood log.
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  362. Normal grpcery run is to Woolworths, then Aldi and finally Coles, each for certain goods, and some whoever has the best weekly specials. Also some separate trips to smaller grocery/supermarkets including IGA a small franchise of supermarket/grovlcery stores under IGA title (stands for Independant Grocers Associatio or similar), operating free from the big chains, and over years gathered numerous small family businesses under their joint purchasing fold, leaving them competitive, else these would die in competion to Woolworths, Coles, and Aldi, originally a German supermarket group There was actually another German chain about to move in too having commemced a large warehouse store near me, about 8km away. But around start of Covid, they suddenly abandoned plans, construction and sold up. Aldi was unique compared to Coles and Woolworths, in several aspects. No packing at checkout, you pack it yourself, and always a range of other goods than strictly groceries, cleaning products, personal care, meats, vegetables, fruits like the Woolworths and Coles. Aldi at various times have tools TV, ski gear clothing, garden items, almost anything at some time. Also Aldi generally does not carry major brand name goods, but quality smaller brands, at good prices. Many times, for items to be used in next few days, I will specifically seek the reduced price items, about to reach Best Before Date. Recently even had intended to use lots of milk, and had luck, a 2L milk reduced from $2.67 to $0.69, because it exprired the day before, and it was refused sale at checkout on the basis of prior day expiry, objecting that it was being used that day at home was rejected. I would think the checkout lady took it home herself. If kept refrigerated milk easily keeps for many days byond stated Best By Date. I was most annoyed and bought milk at normal price elsewhere. By the way under current COVID my shopping is done for a couple of hours once per two to three weeks, lots in a freezer or fridge and much in sealed packages until needed. Fresh vegs and fruit running out by next shopping, bread some home baked, but multi grain/whole grain bread can last over a week, sadly not the supermarket stuff as it is prepared long before on sale, and commonly goes off witin 5 to 7 days. A fresh baked loaf at a small country bakery, I once had good slices used 3 weeks after I bought it. Only the multi/whole grain lasts, the over processed soft white bread most people buy goes off within a couple of days. Nothing beats fresh baked bread though, prepack/supermarket bread is rubbish compared to nice fresh loaf.
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  363. Makes panniing even your better claims, seem poor results for the hours spent for the small gold returns. That placer mine is real business stuff. No doubt you need those returns considering expenses of running the mine operation. Love finding large nuggets, sadly my results many decades ago were so poor, I stopped even trying. On our Australian gold fields there still regular finds by weekend fossikers, that make even the 9 oz you showed here minor. Not saying everyone is that good, just there are regular nugget finds that go over 9 oz for the two weekend days, even single big nuggets can be found. Never tried with a metal detector but hundreds of people do so.
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  364. CUB (Carlton and United Breweries), is Victorian and VB (Victoria Bitter), Carlton Draught, Fosters, Crown Lager and more, pare all of this CUB origin . Fosters is now made in many places around the world . Each state has its main brand of beer,with strong local favourite, but CUB beers are readily available. Most brands get nicknames, "4 X" due the shape of four Xs, is often referred to as Barbwire as an example, NSW hss main brand Tooheys, and so on. Different serving volumes also occur and non local drinkers stand out by asking for strange named volume glass of beer. Schooner, Midi, and many other names will get different sized glass of beer served. One aspect here is beer must be COLD, with very little foam on top, else the barman is cheating on volume. In the UK most beer is almost warm normally, in Germany the beer must have a significant head of foam, or the beer is suspected of being stale. I do like the German beers as they by a 400 year old rule, must contain nothing but the basic 4 ingredients no bittering agent, preservatives, colouring, stabilisers, etc. This has caused much EU action , claiming the law restricts other countries selling their beer in Germany . The German answer is simlly make the beer to the 4 ingredients law, and any volume may be marketed there. Sadly most beer around the world, especially export beers are heavily modified by these additives, especially prezervatives and bittering agents. Without presevative, stabilising agents the beer lacks endurance and spoils over time. German beer without these is always very fresh.
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  365. If US drivers were faced by the narrower roads, and much more constrained parking possibilities. Also if the fuel costs were more like those of other countries, that make US fuel prices now going to US$6 or more per gallon seems super cheap. Not anthing like the past historically extremely low fuel cost. Then fewer large vehicles like seem so common in the US with pickup trucks and oversized vehicles most common, would be the purchased as preferred vehicle. In most of the populated world such vehicles would be impossible to park and drive through, or on anything less than main highways. Roads in towns are just too tight, and/or twisting. As far as owning multiple vehicles even for several household members, let alone a single owner, is out of the question for most just on space basis. Lot more shared use within a family or household. In especially tight countries, many places you need proof of having a parking place and apply for a permit BEFORE buying a vehicle, and if it is larger than sub-compact you pay hugely higher annual fee for the vehicle, greater the bigger the vehicle. Then most countries put strict limits on the size and total length of the vehicle and trailer. Those huge common RV vehicles and trailers all require a TRUCK driver's license, along with conforming with trucking road laws, as to speed restrictions, where allowed to drive. All the trucking related driving time, rest stop, inspection rules for trucks. Consequence of such and the above roads space, parking, fuel costs mean far smaller campers and caravans and self contained RV fit out tends more to converted vans than custom big RV "BUSES". In many places even parking tiny vehicles becomes difficult in any community areas.
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  366. No way sirens on cars. Even a two tone alternating (air) horn can get you fined.
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  367. The Aboriginal names are mangled by most people, because without the natural Aboriginal speech form they become very hard. Special tongue and nasal methods make hard. Listening to Aboriginals speaking is in many cases close to a mumble, and even knowing some terms from reading and from Aboriginal dictionary (learned a bit of 7 dialects in my Boy Scout years), it is still easy to miss the words as they flow into one another. Do not be too concerned. Hard is what appear normal English or other language derived names, that Australians by choice mispronounce, deviating from the way they are written. One example, a Melbourne suburb is written "Reservoir " like a water storage dam, but pronounced "reh-seh-vor".
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  368. Once they can do a small robot and get it walking, dancing etc, there is only a scaling of parts and power systems, motors/hydrolics for them, needs the same basic controls to do the same on huge size. Yes inertia and over all mass would need dynamics to be slower, but the basics are the same
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  369. Such discusting editing should be brought before the courts. It is utter lying to the Australian public and falsification of facts. Whoever did the editing and suthorised the running of thst segment at minimum are creating defamation for political gain.
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  370. Take it easy on Vegemite, spread very thinly, NOT thick, on toast. I do not like it too salty, but thin on bread and chease slice is survivable.
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  371. No real border patrols but there are quarantine controls, for fruit and in WA vegetables. Main issue on fruit is control over fruit fly spread. Also for example plant cuttings like grapge vines are controlled. Other patrols rlate to DINGO FENCH and agaon WA to bar transport of pest birds like Starlings, that tend to displace natural species. On the whole borders are no different to things like town name signs simply stating that you are now leaving XYZ and entering ZYX. Some fruit controls are not even manned, any more, ust a series of bins and signs stating penalties for transporting fruits (or other where applies) to dump anything at the bins. Sometimes there are checks done down the road, similar to drunk/ drugged driver stops, looking for cpnformance to the dumping requirements, with applicable fines if caught. I have accidentally had grapes and bsnanas bought in a town 5km from the theoretical border, but did not travel main highway just a series of dirt farm roads, for over 180km to end in another state, no signs or check points along my way. 5km to normal check point to orchards all along 50km of highway, would hardly prevent fruit fly traving well beyond the check point, where you could buy the same fruits you were required to dump. Even more ridiculous near Mildura is a major citrus and grapes fruits growing area. If you buy these in any near town, or from farm stalls on the highway, it is illegal to travel into SA with any fruit. Yet trucks, even Semi trailer big trucks, transport crops from these same farms and orchards direct into SA to processing plants near border and all the way to Adelaide and beyond. Some fruit even gets spilled on corners with fruit all over roadside and squished on the road. We once collected near 10kg oranges on the way to Adwlaide from spill of trucks, all vey good fruit, and did not even pickup damaged fruits. Same fruit carried over the border privately gets you fined. Bureaucratic rubbish.
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  372. Someone being hard on the USA.
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  373. We use a fake tree, but natural looking, not the junk ones in silver or gold, or even ridiculous candy or fluro colours. Some use purchased real trees, others use a potted tree, either pine/fir type, or even other bushy plant to decorate as Christmas tree. Early on we also a few times had real tree or just a suitable branch. We had four pine tree in side yard area, that had been left over after dad and my cousin were payed planting some 30 to 50 trees, forget real amount now, for another family.
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  374. Internet is far different than represented there. Especially on 4G, 5G, or the new NBN fibre, even cable and ADSL slower NBN services are 25 to 100 Mbit/s. Threat animals commonly mentioned rarely seen, and we have NO large dangerous animals, bears, wolves, cougar, coyote to kill you while hiking fishing or camping. Arpund cities basically rare for spiders, snakes etc posing threats.
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  375. Sadly in Victoria, not all that far from Melbourne in the last fortnight a young female trucky, just had a crash off a small bridge, trapped upside down, over the creek, in the smashed truck cabin, for over 30hrs.(from memory) Was finally rescued by amputation of one leg,, smahed and pinned into the tangle cab, and in hospital the second leg also was amputated. Not the ideal fate for someone in her twenties building a career. Sadly trucking still carries significant risks, it was not yet clear, from news, what caused the crash, hopefully mot some young inexperienced or law breaking car driver, as many truck accidents still occur due to bad car driver behaviour on the roads.
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  376. Columbus never reached America, the trip reached Caribean.
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  377. You ate correct down force loaded DOES NOT AFFECT WEIGHT as such. Yes effective force at tyre surface is as if weight were higher. But weight is the MASS under influence of gravity, now while down force, eg 5G equivalent, acts of forces like gravity would it has NOT altered weight. BUT the creating of that downforce has two serious DRAG effects. Firstly the various protrusions, blades, orifices creating the force are associated with air disturbance/flow restrictions, that do make drag. Then the high forces applied at tyres to track alter frictional losses. As far as load on engine, the drag is all that affects that. Acceleration is affected by the vehicle mass, that under gravity, only 1G , weight remains identical and is constant irrespective of the down forces. As far as drivers that say they preffer Indy they appear to be part of the lesser teams, suffering less chance of winning because their team is at lower more restricted budget so less competitive. With Indy, they have equal car to the others, so more driver dependant, so these drivers feel they have higher chance of shining on their performance not on team budget and thus car performance. F1 aims constant advance of technology, and competion is as much in technology as strict driving performance, though without leading driver, pit, reliability, tyre choice for weather and track, so race performance no F1 team can be leading irrespective of basic technical performance, sadly no matter the best technology can not lead if driver and pit team, tyre choices for track and weather, is not leading too, while Indy is competion oriented, purposely making the cars identical, makes the car less a factor, driver and pit team make or brake the racing, beyond failing/reliability of hardware that all racing suffers as a problem. To me all racing can be interesting, but one stylevI have minimum interest in is pure round the oval, banked corners, I like circuits with challenging corners, surfaces and challenges on driver beyond pressing the pedal to the max and holding steering. Lots of gear changes, hard cornering, challenging passing opportunities for me.
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  378. Two creatures are responsible for closure of many northern Astralian beaches. Of course many places are not safe due to the Saltwater Crocodiles yet still more than enough attacks occur. But most northern beaches are closed to swimming for major parts of the year by potential Box Jellyfish.
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  379. Typical DAN decision not based on risks, but purely obstinate CHAIRMAN CALL. Can not accept anything not to his illogical inconsistencies.
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  380. Work to live, NOT Live to work.
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  381. Basements are rare in Australia. Few even have small wine cellar. In tropical areas houses up on stilts are common, as total open air under is great in tropical heat areas, good in "Wet season" summer monsoon/storm times too for flooding protection. Many homes in other parts are on slab concrete or as was especially common years ago on stumps, so also small underhouse total air flow. Few places have true cold winter if excluding ski villages up in the mountains where snow falls but even there down to -10°C, 14°F is about typical coldest, with few places rarely lower than that. As most population is coastal concentrated, for most people 0°C, 32°F is about lowest, and all above Sydney/Perth latitudes warmer than that on all but rare events as coldest. More likely hot conditions are provided for in Australian housing. Roofing is rarely shingles in Australia, Tiles and sheet metal mainly for roofing.
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  382. But would you like to walk into places like Harlem or Bronx? Probably not so good destinstion for tourists.
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  383. Hope the claim jumpers get suitably heavy fines, not the soft justice that seems to be more and more common at least here in Australia. Too common are the soft slap on thexwrist and maximum few hours community service. Not jail or very stiff fines that make the claim jumping not profitable, or preferably costly beyond profit. Really nice nuggets, you deserve plenty more.
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  384. Look like rally GoKarts
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  385. Play dead to a Tassie Devil, is really saying "I am serving up a delicious meal now". The really spooky thing is that the Tassie Devil growling when heard in night forest setting makes you think you are about to meet a huge dangerous monster more the size of a large bear or rhinoceros. It is ferocious in sound and to quite an extent in aggressiveness. While nothing like the whirlwind character of cartoon fame, they are very active and not to be messed with. Sadly they need careful conservation measures to prevent extinction. They major Tasmanian population is suffering a severe and mostly fatal facial tutor, that is apparently transferred between animals due to the regular fights between them. As already visible they often have significant scaring especially facial scars of previous fights. Some sucess has occured getting breeding stock lacking to exhibit the facial tutor, but also some believed "clean" have later turned to have tors anyway. One can only hope for further success in the conservation efforts, and possible reintroduction in mainland forests, where once they also roamed. Other than reintroduction they are missing in mainland forests for quite a long time. In Tasmania, they are an important oart of the entire ecosystem, loss of this predator/carrion scavenger would have further reaching consequences, the only other predator species was wiped out by settlers long ago, the Tasmanian Tiger, not a cat, but a marsupial with striped body rear, looking more dog like than cat. Apparently the last died in captivity, though like many unusual observations report we d there are some believing in the deep remote forests of Tasmania some are rumoured to still be living. No good proof however has been found. On fight Oppusum vs Tasmanian Devil, I believe the strong jaws and teeth, with overall size/weight advantage of the Devil and regular fights give the Devil an almost unbeatable status, they even beat many attacks by feral cats and feral dogs of larger size and weight. Tough like Devils in every way, name and action.
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  386. On topic of avoiding snakes, it remains so surprising that very many people concentrate on ground level for snakes. Stomping feet can help, but sadly, as my dad discovered after several visits to a local animal sanctuary. SNAKES DO CLIMB INTO BUSHES AND TREES. For many years while fishing and camping dad would always look to where the feet were going, but grab bushes and branches, pushing them aside. He then saw snakes in the bushes and even up in a tall tree. Shock and horror. Stomping the ground is NOT scaring snakes not on the ground and that includes those in large tussocks of grass. Always be aware of the entire surroundings. I have caught as many snakes in bushes and away from ground as on the ground or under objects, like rocks, wood, bark, garbage lying around. But I would say if basic precautions are practiced, you are most likely only finding snakes if looking for them. They keep out of your way if at all possible.
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  387.  @micko11154  well I hope for your sake that you never find Red Belly Black snake, Copperhead, Brown snake, even Tiger snake. All I types have captured in bushes/trees. They love eating birds, their chicks and even eggs. Other than that small lizards and insects. They dont have to be tree dwelling, just hunting nurishment.
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  388.  @micko11154  Ok, but have had very few pythons and tree snakes down south. Plenty from NSW up.
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  389.  @micko11154  one I have particular fear of is the desert brown, fast and very agressive, very venemous, SA and central Australia, had a few runnins, but actually never bagged one. Taipan well I have avoided but also seen a few. Not been active catching for some 30years now, at 70 yr probably slowed down too much as well. Enjoy if you remain active.
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  390.  @johnd8892  while it is so, and others had low silver by comparison, it was the 50 cents that were too expensive to keep producing due to silver content by the current no silver types.
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  391. Agree that if exit time is typically getting long then compensation is due. Some security is needed sadly. In my past job it was necessary to carry test equipment out regularly, including test rigs in test cars. So was known to guards and had no need to carry documents for up to $100,000 of stuff in the car out off site. But the IT dept set demand that to get a laptop off site a special pass was required for their hardware. We had laptops to do our testing NOT owned by IT. As the guards had no easy way to identify IT vs ours we were demanded to have a permit. At one time they refused to issue that permit for several of us for unknown reason. I blew my stack and took it to managing director. We got the permit on permanent basis, not monthly renewal. Shortly after I was at security to show my laptop pass, when a manager drove up at the gatehouse. Tooting his horn at the guard to raise the boom gate. I was left waiting.. BUT had the joy as the guard went to the car and asked to inject the boot ( truck in USA), the manager insisted nothing there 'it is empty', but security went ahead demanded to driver open up. On checking the guard found a laptop complete with charger there. Asking for the pass the manager said non is required. The guard insisted no exit is allowed for the laptop without a pass. Manager got instant and demanded to be on his way. The guard took photos, and details of the IT gear and let the manager go. I did not mind the delay and was quite happy seeing the goings on. The guard was amused as I had a pass, but said I would have been allowed anyway as they had become aware of the IT refusal about passes for us engineers. I was known to be allowed to carry equipment regularly, responsible for our test equipment anyhow. About a month later that manager was let go, now I have no proof that the laptop instance was behind it, but like to think it was. I also much earlier in my time at the company was asked to diagnose a computer with a fault by my manager. I carried a $75,000 logic analyzer out 8n a car handing a needed gate pass signed by my manager. On getting half way home I remembered leaving a bunch of needed probes and cables behind and returned. The guard ran up in a panic, and asked 'You will be bringing it back? ' I reassured him yes.... Picked up the needed cables and left again. I have moved many millions of value in and out over a 40 year time and had good relations to company and security, even to driving my own vehicle in and out on many occasions, with no special permits, though private vehicles are not allowed entry, without high level approvals Trust can be achieved if you do not abuse that trust. In 40 years I only had a bag check on possibly 6 times. Most employees suffered that at least once a month. I had bits and pieces of products related to my job many times even in those inspections, with actual work needs, so was never in issue, again trust deserved and never abused.
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  392. Maybe best I do not comment extensively but I have experienced US tourists in Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Germany, Spain, have spent 1 1/2 weeks in Hawaii ( Kauai, and big Island Kona coast) and overnight stop over London-LA-Sydney route.. On that LA stopover was in the Holiday Inn around the corner from Holywood Boulevard, near Star Walk and Chinese Theater. On going for late afternoon walk from the Inn, I was directed/warned to be back in the Hotel by 7PM, as Holywood Boulevard is not safe after 7:30PM, as of which even police patrols do not travel there. I wanted to see "Jurassic Park" just then in cinemas, missed it in Europe by one to two days by leaving just before first showings. As a result I found myself walking from cinema past Chinese Theater, at closer to 9PM. The street was full of bikies in torn denims and leathers many with various chains, spike studs, looking very rough. I walked with some concern and a few got off their bikes or stood up on the footpath and took steps towards me, but none got close or spoke to me, I just confidently went along winding around some groups talking, drinking, etc. I made it to my Holdiday Inn lobby, with very dry mouth and relieved to not have been mishanfled. The front desk were aghast at my time of return and asked if I was Ok. I certainly was not feeling safe, given the warning on leaving or during returning. Hawaii was feeling safer, but also always concerns about personal safety, while driving around in a rental car I needed on Kauai, as bus and taxi was useless to get about. On Kona coast local bus and walking covered my needs, plus taxi to get to helicopter tour. No real insecurity felt there. Tourists encountered around the world were maybe 50% no issues but many were loud booming talkers, in corridors, lifts and restaurant as if attempting to ensure people within 100m could fully catch every word they issued. Some were very demanding as if being American gave them automatic right of way and priority over the lesser humans. Order to stand aside to get on a lift that I had been at and called, and they couple arrived just as the lift door opened, shoved and belowed at to get out of the way, husband and wife storning ahead into the lift. Some really seemed to have classic "Karen" syndrome. Loud, boistruss and demanding seemed to go with these rich tourists. Splash money, you bet, one couple telling another couple on the lift who were departing next day to home, that no, they were still NEEDING, to stay another week they still had over $5000, to spend before thay can go home. As if going home was only possible once all money was gone/spent. In Germany my work base was Stuttgart which has over 4 military bases in near vicinity. My hotel in Ludwigsburg, a town just north west of Stuttgart, had regular evening group of US soldiers in the streets, especially a long line going to Mc Donalds. Noteworthy was that maybe 80% were dark Afro-American, very few Caucasian s
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  393. Sam Kekovich is contracter to advertise Lamb meat sales, so this is just a massive commercial, using Australia day to promote lamp meat sales, by suggesting lamb chops barbeque to celebrate. NOTHING BUT AN OVERPROMOTION ADVERTISING CAMPAIN. He was a football player.
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  394. Let us hope the new hotel issue is NOT used as EXCUSE to delay the opening up. The hotel is NOT a community transmission but further Dan and team mis management. They have surely had more than enough past issues to get that into control.
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  395. If talking AC keep in mind that while lowering interior condions that heat PLUS heat ofvpower used is being dumped into the outdoors heat environment. Thus temperatures of cities are now misleading for records of maximum temperatures. Only remote country open fields, forests and construction free should be used. Heat Island is made even worse by the buildings, concrete and asphalt making up almost entire city areas. Power consumption gas burning, cars all add to the temperatures. Quoting that city X has a hundred year record temperature now so many degrees hotter than ever before, for last 120 years is entirely fake. The areas of cities, population growth and energy use, mostly becoming heat, have all massively increased. What energy was used by people in that long past time a wood stove lit to cook meals in hot weather not run otherwise a few candles for a few hours each evening. What is now used ovens and stove tops, hot water on tap, often from 24/7 heated storage tank, AC, TVs and computers, probably more than 1 car per household, massivevasphalt roads and car parks huge buildings all AC equipped spring out all that heat to keep offices, shopping malls, cinemas cool 24/7 whether occupied or empty. The claimed record temperatures are a LIE and FAKE, as a very large part is created by our ultra comfortable city life. The old times record temperatures were basically all natural, current ones are results of mankind current wasteful, life input and very little natural change. US cities as noted previously are becoming massive car parks and too dependant on personal cars with none or very little public transport provided. Too much dependance on energy used for convenience and comfort. Turn off lights appliances, etc when not used . Do not run AC or heating for that matter except in extremes of conditions. Then only in occupied spaces. Large buildings and spaces should be off lights AC etc when not in use. Further keep more green spaces, with shade, and free airflow. Do not deforest entire areas. Keep town densities low, limit dark hard surfaces and roof tops.
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  396. Slang is very regional for some things not always common over all places....
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  397. Actually another issue to raise beyond wages are the frequent invalid cost comparison errors. For US people the displayed cost is NOT final price, with addon costs taxes, even tips added at paying. I have infact never experienced, other than in USA, paying other than displayed price, and never expected/demanded to provide tips, because the workers otherwise do not have any or only minimal/insufficient income In most of the world the price displayed is the price you pay, and ALL that you need to pay. Of course you are free to leave a tip, or not take the loose/small change from a transaction. Onthe otherhand also may have attempt to tip or leave the change money strongly rejected. Many co.parisons are made on costs of foods, meals, fuel, and other typical goods. The US pricing without including the additional charges issued ingrained, the comparison is against displayed/menu pricing. Sadly incorrectly as the US price can be significantly higher in actual paid amount. Take a restaurant meal, say a nice steak, chips and salad meal,say US$15, that then is lifted by taxes, and even automatic tip of 10% or more to become over $20. The local cost at say hotel bistro may be displayed at local $18.50. That is final price nothing added no expected tip. US supermarket shelf goods prices may seem lower,but often the difference is again taxes added,or simply the fact that local wages are on average far higher in the first place. Or goods available are all imported not local grown or manufactured, or taxed/duty charged. On the whole fair comparison must also consider local cost of living and these differences due to addon costs. I do understand that in the US, there are large differences in state taxes, and even local city taxes if Iam not mistaken, that mean final prices are different by states and regions. However that does not prevent actual final price being displayed. Soin deciding whether to buy or not you can easily judge do you have enough money to pay. Nothing worse than having all cash on hand seem enough, getting to the register to pay and find you are in fact short and can not pay. Plus that many people are payed unrealistic wages, forced into working multiple jobs, long hours make ends meet. You as buyer either gain low costs, by treating others as effective slaves, to keep your costs lower, or are expected/forced to. give tips.
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  398. Icy pole....um Icy Pauly
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  399. Kenworth most definitely had Australian build, but there is a possibility that some specific models are imported. Sadly I do not cutrently have contact with a work colleague, who prior to working for me for several years, was involved with Kenworth local truck manufacrure.
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  400. If US applied even 10% of its military spending for public hospital/doctor costs, then free or very near free hospital/medical care could be provided, even a 1% tax levy on income could support that, as is done in Australia a from memory 1.5% and possibly to be slightly raised. Private hospitals can charge more, only part cost there provided equal to public hospital/doctor funding. People can have "private insurance" and/ or cover the higher costs personally to avoid public care or some specialised private facility/treatment offered. No one should mis medical care mere by being too poor, or fear getting treated because of cost fears. Above all excessive mark up and pricing above real costs must be stamped out, business may be entitled to profits, but not extortionist costs, because of no alternative, effectively MONOPOLISTIC RIPOFF.
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  401. He is 150% right. You can only succeed by applying yourself to achieve what YOU want to achieve. No one else can change what you are and achieve NO one ows you anything, YOU get according to your input, do nothing and get nothing. Definitely nothing wrong not having that Doctorate at upper education, in fact those people generally can not lead a life without dependance on people just working with their natural manual abilities. They rely on the plumber, electrician gardener sales assistant, etc. Do what you are good at, what you enjoy. Nothing is worse than choosing work based only on what MONEY you can get but absolutely hate that job, and worse a job that you really have no ability in.
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  402. So to do the wrong thing AND do so without a fine, get infected then you are free of all restrictions and fines. Uou are totally free of any supression of your rights by beinh sick. NONSENSE ON GROSS SCALE. If infected and found by breaking the rules, fine them 10x the normal fine, put them in lockup for the duration of the pandemic, if refusing to provide any contact details, or if providing essential contact info for critical infection time isolated plus 1 month, in lockup so being lesser penalised by cooperating in clearing up contacts, but still facing penalty for breeching rules. This lesser or less also for their contacts provided. Society is protected against wrong doers, while severely punishing the seriously guilty.
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  403. Just pulled up area info for Australia, it is 7,692,024 sq km, even WA alone is 2, 529,875 sq km. I declare the video area info is totally wrong!
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  404. Putin should be sending those, very enthusiastic police forces violently arresting protesters to the war. As they clearly are all deeply committed to Putin and his war they will make excellent cannon fodder and be fully committed to Putin's efforts.
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  405. The rounding goes to nearest 5 cents, so 2 and 7 and under round down to 0 and 5, while 3 and 8 and over round up to 5 and 10. On average in normal shopping you should end up reasonably balanced. Also as all pricing is the final price, tax inclusive most packaged, itemised things are priced in 5 cent incremental terms so no rounding needed. Only where price is for bulk items, sold by weight for example do prices calculate to non 5 cent increments. Loose items are likely sold by weight, though some cases per item, and these could have the tricky x.99 /Kg making the X factor of the cost seem cheaper than showing the real implied cost of X+1. Effectively for example fruit selling for $1.99 per Kg, appears visually cheaper than $2.00 per Kg. Irrespective of per Kg price once actual weight is applied to the goods, the end values can be anywhere from ending in 0 to 9 range these then get as above rounded up or down to nearest 5 cents. On a long supermarket, butcher , fish shop, greengrocer or anywhere multiple items are purchased by weight, number of items, the end total summation may end up with some amount of rounded. Again over all shopping you typically end up averaged in balance, in worst case only +- 2 cents. With popularity of credit or debit card purchasing, there is NO rounding applied, the actual amount to actual cents is charged. Though admittedly many supermarket for example have already rounded final total, before charging to the card, the rounded to 5 cent margin amount. By far most transactions are done in 5 cent increments, no need fir former 1 cent or pre decimal 1/2, 1 and 3 pence coins. In fact there is serious consideration to delete the 5 cent coins, for most people they just accumulate in the purse and/or coin pocket, rarely offered in cash sales, as too fiddly to count out a quantity. The traders however often are needing banks to supply 5cents coins for change they need to give, or let customers off by 5 cents and more, due to difficulty making change to a customer. My experience is many shops actually are thankful if you pay with handful of change money. Only yesterday, needing to pay a residual 65 cents, while digging for correct coins from my coin pocket I had many 5 cent coins with 10 cent also. I ended having the server grab some 45 cents in 5 cents and two 10 cent coins. He was happy for the coins. At work I often traded $1 and $2 dollar coins to the cafeteria checkout as I had too many, in exchange for $10 and $20 notes. Other times even quantities of 5, 10, 20 and 50 cent coins as well. I once had my coin pocket overloaded and had many coins also in the main jeans pocket. On clearing out and counting the coins came to over $78. That was heavy in the pockets. The way prices are going in modern times, one wonders when $5 notes get replaced by a coin.
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  406. Unless the Russian military act and remove Putin, in final FATAL means.
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  407. The low rumble is in line with the natural low pitch rumbled natural to elephants
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  408. Yes much if the video from Tasmania in is silenced probably music copyright, Brisbane again audio...
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  409. "And, it's a right hand drive" what else should it be it is Australia....Ian. Nice immediate reaction.
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  410. Good Aussie gold for some lucky Patreon
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  411. Do try to find info on the IVECO Daily 4WD truck, that is becoming very popular here in Australia. Covers a range of vehicles from smaller personal 4x4, to larger truck capacity from cab-chassis, tray utility double cab bus to van. Probably even after a bit of the Unimog universal truck market.
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  412.  @HrLBolle Actually my interest is not do much the 7 tonne up but the lower end range and specifically the hard core 4WD range. Sadly the vehicles you quoted are far from as capable 4WD tough duty as the Unimog and IVECO Daily full spec 4WD versions. The small single and dual cab 4WD with locking diffs and dual range gearing have superb off road working and travel capabilities far in excess of the many pretend 4WD optioned toys.
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  413.  @HrLBolle  It is quite OK, no issue. IWroker is having interest in Unimog, some of the IVECO Daily range provide many flexible features leading to application to some similar purposes. That flexibility seems to be pushing forward in past 5 years.
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  414. Absolutely no argument for me, metric all the way. As far as converting a country to metric, that only takes impossibly long if left optional like the US did. When our family migrated to Australia from Germany (metric) here it was Imperial measurements, mile, furlong, chain, yard, foot, inch, pound weight, ounce, gallon, pint, fluid ounce pound money, shillings and pence. But Australia chose to go metric and set a legal obligation that units be changed within 5 years, all industry and community were required to change, especially weights and measures, road speed, distances. Though for a long time even now old generation still often talks about pint of milk, though for very long time over 50 years all fluids are in liter measurement. Oddities do occur, old generation still talk about pound of some goods, still eggs are sold by dozen (6 12 or 18 pack), beer cans by the dozen or 6 pack. But building materials by meters, volume cubic meter soil/concrete/gravel/ rocks, driving is by kilomter as is speed in kph. Fuel consumption is in Liters/100km, not the old MPG miles per gallon , old drivers still have some hangup thinking in MPG. Money as you know we changed in 1966, and other than ridding the of old pound, shillings pence and half pennies, Guinea (21 shilling vs 20 for a pound), this latter was common in shops pricing in Guinea's as it made yhe price look smaller say 120 guineas for B/W 17 inch screen TV, which thus in pounds cost 120 shillings higher, at 20 per pound, raising price to 6 pounds higher, 126 pounds. Worse still at car yards and enormously for house prices. In realistic terms much improved and all was basically achieved by the set time span, all school kids and adults have had easier time. Only UK and US imports have for quite sometime caused need for two sets of many spanners, sockets an special tools for persisting imperial parts, mainly bolts, nuts screws. Industry really adopted it almost as fast as retail fixed registers and scales promptly. UK did change as part of EU membership though they still have strong old generation trying to hold to old imperial measures in shopping particularly beer for example, as far as I am aware, is still mainly in pint and half pint volumes. For mechanics the need for mix of spanners and sockets is mainly to support US supplied cars and machinery. The UK things are very metric now. It is possible to com ppl late a change but while optional with no formal deadline the change is not going to happen and problems /dangers will keep cropping up.
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  415. Sadly the Labor premiers as a lot all seem to have the same inhumane attitudes. They appear as a lot to be well studied in CCP ways.
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  416. Maybe the basement had mouldy panelling around and to get it cleaned up it was stripped out and was never completed to repanel.
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  417. If you want extreme destruction of public wellbeing, just look at Victoria Australia under Premier Dan Andrews. Longest lockdowns over 260 days. To this day if not vaccinated NO JOB/Employment. Must have 2 shots of vaccines then boosters to 4 and even 5 . Closex playgrounds, kept students from school. Forbidden isolated activities like golf, swimming at beach, fishing. Borders between states closed. L9ckdown applied in rural places that had ZERO cases the entire 2 years 2020, 2021.
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  418. Cut off SA from receiving any power or food supplies instantly. No SA produce to be allowed out of their state too.
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  419. I would need to check but I think there is an error in those areas stated. The overlay showing Alaska as huge may also be in error as the image may be tsken off a rectabgular projection map. All areas nearing the poles projected properly on a globe actually appear much smallerthan a flat map projection. Similarly the old USSR and Greenland are often seen to appear much larger than reality.
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  420. As many bus stops have an enclosed seating/waiting area, keeps you in shade or out of the rain/cold wind, the approaching bus driver may not see people waiting and drive past. In any case it is good for punctuality if the bus does not stop unless someone is actually getting on or off. A further issue is that a given bus stop may service busses going to different destinations, so people waiting may only be wanting a specific "Routed" bus to stop, so if by schedule time or the bus displayed route number/ text of destination displayed, a waiting person can hail the required bus to stop but not need every bus to actually stop and restart run without an actual need by a passenger. There are many reasons to make hail a bus to actually stop. As far as getting off at a specific stop, it is also more efficient if people on the bus can signal to stop on reaching intended destination stop. Yes a pity for anyone not yet familiar of what stop they need to get off, but hopefully asking the driver or other passengers for assistance usually helps for any "Newby"
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  421. Agate Creek in far North Queensland Australia is a massive area of Thunder Eggs.
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  422. I find the statement about Japan very unusual since typical home costs are very high and typical loans for houses are on basis of a 80 year loan. Multi generation payback. Admittedly the land cost is by far the biggest cost, and wooden frame construction is essential because of regular earthquakes.
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  423. I am no wine expert but have been along with work colleague and European engineer visitor with family in German wine production and another time a part time wine judge. We visited exclusively smaller wineries, guess some call them boutique vineyards. While there are many Australian wine that have high world reputation, andcsome very sizeable output volume well suited to world export and well as local retail output. However even these large operations have some smaller volume "Premi wines" few of which, with some really special high price exclusives, do not sell in general retail only at cellar door in limited volumes. Some even restrict volume, per sale event or per month. Some of the very best NEVER appear at retail, only direct vineyard door sales. Production of smaller vineyards may be few thousand bottles of general product and very special lots down to hundreds. The smaller specialists can concentrate on quality blending and working to get that special wine, not worry about meeting huge volume contracts. Often even the cellar tasting and other services like barbeque/restaurant at restricted times can make a visit really outstanding. For Victoria this program only highlighted the two very near Melbourne wine regions, but in the north eastern, central and Ottawa's (near Great Ocean Road hills) are among the best areas. As mentioned over 800 vineyards exist in Victoria, some quite large well represented in retail and export and very many smaller or more exclusive. Otway and Tasmanian wineries do provide what is apparently necessary for real premium wines, so cooler to cold weather. Like some of the world's leading European wines, that are grown and produced in places with winter cold conditions. Not that wine likes snow, so that many Europen vineyards have over past winters needed artificial heating of the vines, to save them being frozen, due to abnormally cold Deep snow condition, like also USA has suffered in past years too. Our cold is most likely to just get frosty never really deep cold , deep snow cover. All I can say is Australian wine deserves even more world exposure. While I say I am no wine drinker and know little, in selecting some Sherry for my mum, after first rejecting any tasting while my colleague and German engineer tasted, I looked around, I did start on selecting some Sherry. Trying several I picked a couple of types, then did try some white and red wines too, rejected several of each, but did settle on one each white and red wine, as we often joined our neighbours for their parties, and bringing some good wine is always appreciated. Took two bottles of each selection home. While looking around more I dud overhear the girl serving the tastings mention to my friends, that apparently she was very surprised, having started by saying wine is not anything I know, I picked to buy only their very best vintages for past 12 years of operation, having rejected the least ones, and commented on the mediocre ones but proceeded to select the best, though far from the last tried. On winter testing in North Eastern Victoria, I also took home bottles and whole flagons of red and white wines, plus Sherry and Port after winter testing of cars. Many chosen as young immature wines to be stored rather than immediate consumption. One red wine flagon even rode around for nearly a year in my 4WD winter through hot summer. I was convinced it was long soiled. At my friends wedding they ran out of wine, and I volunteered to let them try tasting my spoiled Red wine. On tasting they judged it OK. So they drank the entire flagon. Was I ever surprised to be asked if I had any more or could get more of that fantastic Red wine, where ever did I find such quality wine. Still not sure if those people were too drunk to judge that wine that must have cooked in the hot vehicle over summer. I remain off drinking wine though still have numerous bottles, probably bad, old wine around. There are even wineries making special wines from various fruits, including strawberry, peach, cherry and others.
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  424. I only hope that the real number with right answers got edited out leaving impression of almost all get it totally wrong. No way can US education fail so badly that basically hardly anyone can get these simple questions right. AT LEAST I SINCERELY HOPE SO, THAT US YOUNG GENERATION IS NOT SO POOR IN BASIC KNOWLEGDE.
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  425.  @stanspb763  likely you are not from families that suffered under Nazi rule, or families trapped in East Germany living so many years under Soviet rule. I suggest you are fooled by propoganda and distortion of facts.. I do not rely on any history but family history lived and experienced. Some losing their lives resisting those horrid regiems
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  426. Always have used 1 AND 2 AND 3.... and have used such counting out time in Astrophotography and achieve 600 seconds +-5 sec compared to stopwatch or camera internal time record.
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  427. USA will become a world joke if Biden wins
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  428. Back in 1970s a major US magazine publisher, in that case for me a professional Electronics magazine, was available free to professionals in US, Canada and Europe. BUT to have it delivered to AUSTRALIA was at cost of near US$200 per year. Somehow they must have mistaken my address in Australia as AUSTRIA, as I never got a bill for my subscription that I received from just after mid 1970s till start of 1990s. Say just under 20 years of free subscription. Mailing was via Holland, Amsterdam, that many US magazines get world bulk mailed from even now. The address was always clearly identified as Australia, though probably after first entered into their computers and accepted for free European subscription, never had any persons validating it. Only one exception, that was puzzling at the time, in around 1981, for some six monthly magazines arrived, with mailing label hand modified as invalid BRAZIL address, how it came to go to Brazil from Holland was strange. So even large corporations can have Australia and Austria mixed up.
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  429. Terrible case of littering, that fortunately is reducing as smoking is reduced. Observing as a car driver stopped at a traffic light opens the car door and empties the car ashtray onto the roadway.
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  430. The water charges are disproportionate for what you receive. My latest water bill is $10 for water, $2 for sewage disposal, but total for additional fixed charges, water service provided around $85 and parks and garden (public areas) about $45, so total at or over $127. There is little possibility to save costs on water usage, when the fixed, independant of water use, costs ten times actual water use. Really heavy users should be paying greater proportion of at least the service costs.
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  431. I view many dash cam and crash videos from many places around the world. In some places, Russia and China it is absolute necessity to have a dash cam just to protect your insurance and liability from both wayward drivers and scam attacks. Other places there is an unusual bias between bad driving habits and serious driving failures leading to serious crashes. Taking the Australian dash cam videos, predominantly bad driving and failure of keeping to laws stand out with a few crashes included. On the otherhand the US dash cam videos, at least what gets shown, is predominantly quite serious breaches of safe driving leading to serious smahes and while not mostly mentioned must include many fatal results. What stands out is so MANY accidents from drivers total disregard for other traffic, as if tucked into their huge steel box thevrest of the world around them does not exist, no other traffic is using the same roads. Vehicles mege and change lanes crashing into vehicles already in t he lane space being entered leading to many multi car crashes as cars are driven into barriers or spin out collecting other drivers who can not avoid being drawn into the crash or even into the crash situation because they were oblivious to the developing crash. Regular traffic turning across flowing traffic at intersections, totally oblivious to other traffic heading right into, and straight ahead through the intersection. Then also so many rear end crashes. Running red lights Orr just undertaking a U turn ignoring other traffic. Many larger vehicles seem also to create disaster by bully actions, big 4WD and pickup drivers seem to overlook other smaller traffic or demand lesser vehicles to clear the way for their big steel hulks. There seems a lot of "DO not care about anyone else. I have my rights ahead of you" attitude. Anyway maybe the US videos have few bad driving versus crash examples, maybe the bad driving only videos are left off by overly high number of available crash videos there is certainly as noted above as part of crashes plenty of very bad driving leading to the crashes. Russian videos have far more bad impatient driving leading fender bender accidents more than high speed serious smahes more one on one than multi car pileup. Not to underplay some real nasty truck smashes. Running red lights, turning into flowing traffic passing on wrong side and smashing into parked cars/buses/trucks seem more common than else where. In China insurance fraud, either crashing in ways to blame the other driver, or people jumping into the path of vehicles to claim injury payouts seem far too common. Purposely Running into traffic and jumping on the front of the car banging their head or body into the car. Then lying on the road in front feigning injury. When directed away by a policeman just walking away no evident harm. They do get plenty of fender bender due to traffic density but on the whole far better cooperation between drivers, less of the its my priority attitude . I really do not understand resistance to round about though local councils here in Australia do seem to go roundabout mad at times. For example we have near my home three roundabouts fitted to side residential street entry to a moderate traffic road of one lane each way. Never heavy traffic from side street entering and in past 50 years never a access problem to join the traffic flow. Maybe their idea is force traffic to slow every few hundred meters/yards. Certainly mid two such round about there is an additional chicane /twisted bitt needing to go under 30 KPH say 20 MPH but at a car park entry for executive cars only, of the local Greyhound racecourse, used two evenings a week for maybe twenty cars Closed by locked gate at all other times behind high fence. 24/7 all traffic has to slow and manouver through that chicane. Wonder which council people are on the race course commitee. Yet about 150 m along, the public car park with three driveways, used by possibly a couple hundred vehicles each work day less on weekends, all week for train commuter parking and also for Greyhound racing one night and training night with fewer cars one night. These driveways do not get such traffic control chicane to ease entry/exit to/from the car park. Three such minor roundabouts along is a traffic light intersection where a roundabout would lead to much improved traffic flow, especially after a railway crossing has been eliminated by raising the rail line on a high bridge above.. Then several hundred meters along is a bigger roundabout for a major road of two lanes each way.. It seems a certainty that roundabouts save many lives and minimise serious accidents too. There are numerous "black spot" high accident intersections that were changed from traffic lights with almost weekly fatalities to having no fatalities in months. Accidents still but largely material damage only. I had a close call on a country roundabout travelling in 80kph road meeting to a 100 kph road. Ibslowed to under 40 kph following several other cars also going straight ahead in the correct, for us left of two lanes so aligned for going straight ahead exit. The two cross lanes had several cars stationary so basically clear safe for my going ahead straight. BUT as I neared the stopped traffic a driver on furthest side in a Ford sedan pulled out to proceed into the roundabout. I was in my Toyota Landcruiser with about $15k of telescopes in the back, and suddenly found this sedan with me heading right at the drivers door. Quick reaction using the empty lane on my right, I ripped into turning with squeeling tyres and considerable Landcruiser body leaning to continue round the roundabout for a complete loop around, having managed to avoid a dangerous smash. Had my vehicle hit that car even only at 40kph that driver would have had probably fatal injuries. Stupid thing was he should have had clear view of my vehicle, and any way I was merely 4 to 5 car lengths behind a vehicle ahead. The emergency manoeuvre I believe would have been difficult for many drivers, I however as part of my car development and testing have had additional advanced driver training and some at that time 40 years driving these larger 4WD vehicles under various difficult conditions. Even had horrendous near accidents misjudging conditions. For example, driving on wide muddy dirt road at 55 to 60 MPH, yes MPH, in 1972 ended up doing a 720 degree, 2 full turns, spin sliding down the the road, triggered by road grooves in the mud. Heading into a large muddy puddle up to a couple feet deep slush. Managed to straighten out just before the muddy puddle. That in a 4WD, with packed roof rack, supplies, fuel, water and gem digging tools. Just very lucky, I only had my driver license for two years at the time.
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  432. Omega was the Commodore by Opel Germany.
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  433. Not cheap but good packahe offers. Cheaper going to Bali, Thailand, Fiji, but probably well under Japan, Hawaii, but these also depend on package deals. I prefer not going to these over developed resorts, prefer more nature and camping.
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  434. Same here in Australia, mussels,crabs,clams,fish,squid etc all grabbed way above legal taking limits. Even not for personal needs but in commercial operation, for sale.
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  435. Cyclone hit far north Queensland, say Cairns, Port Douglas as well known tourist areas. From one TV news program,they had very heavy rain. As much as 1/2m rain overnight....
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  436. I have accumulated near 100,000km in various remote 4WD travels, more than 2/3rd as single vehicle travel, and the rest as two to four vehicles. More than half as sole vehicle occupant, rest with one adult extra. That is off sealed highway, dirt road some lesser travelled some rarely travelled and deserts both rocky and sandy/dune, and near 2000km of beach sandy/dune driving. I strongly advise against solitary vehicle travels, though clearly have broken that rule too much myself. Especially important is water and food supplies, and extreme care to NOT risk too much. Repair abilities and critical wear out parts as spares. Major breakdown is possible, but essential is vehicle state and pre trip check and preparation. I have I guess used most of my luck, as nothing worse than a flat tyre and broken fan belt so far. Yet, I using my vehicle and winch have rescued other travellers in trouble. Some in places and conditions I would have not driven. Even assisted tourists in a hired Toyota Landcruiser, zero 4WD experience, caught 56 km away from highway, after a overnight major rainstorm, that turned the 4WD track into Axel deep mud , the track flooded up to 2ft deep in places, least covered by at least a foot deep water of entire track for 35 km of that trip. Two other 4WD vehicles had escaped at start of the heavy rain the evening before. The trip included one deeper creek flowing strongly with near 3ft water depth. Both vehicles side drifting in the current crossing it with some 20 yards wide deep part, with shallower approach and departure sections. I had to explain the 4WD, techniques, cautions of driving in mud and flooding, and creek crossing in detail. Only at the creek I went ahead to try and demonstrate a safe crossing and show how to handle the current. Also to be ready to winch if needed. On the track out I had them ahead, to make easier winching if they bog down, without having to turn around, very difficult in those conditions. The track went well, and creek was interesting to say the least but uneventful both vehicles crossed well under control. Shortly later we were back on bitumen highway and they departed very thankful, and amazed how well 4WD works. By surprise the couple were from my former home town and suburb in Germany. Many inexperienced people do assume a 4WD can go anywhere, how wrong and they discovered that in remote and difficult places. Not too advisable if lacking experience. I have turned around many times judging risk not worth it, that experience suggested potentially a problem. Now getting older, I get ever more cautious travelling alone. Still there is a thrill to achieving hard travel and lovely solitude at night under starry dark skies.
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  437. As already aware Australia has many unique experiences. Sadly just so many no one trip can do more than scratch the surface .
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  438. Not possible to give a too long reply in comments. 1) yes modifying foes take place, but entirely independant of Right To Repair. Mostly by illegal modifications of hardware and chipping. THIS IS NOT REPAIR! 2) The locked DTC codes are legal (EPA) requirements, but who actually authorises who can clear these, dealer? What stops them assisting their friends and relatives, without doing full repairs or bypassing. Only legal consequences, and that can equally apply to independant and dealer people. 3) Volume too low to support many repair shops. Clearly that is so, but right to repair has nothing to do with a repair shop on every corner. Independant repair shops will establish if enough work is available and no more than can earn a living. One sad issue is that the computer modules are EXPENSIVE. Yet no actual repairs are done. Defective modules are replaced at full cost! In automotive volumes there have been attempts to do reconditioned modules, but given real manufacturing costs in high volume cases the effort and resources needed make that uneconomical and unprofitable. There have been independant electronic shops that buy defect modules, like you have donor mac assemblies, and reuse parts to repair some These are sold back to dealers who make a killing selling these often without notice of Rework at full price. Whether in agricultural the volume allows that? At least right to repair might let some such reconditioned modules market establish. I have worked in automotive electronics mainly ignitiion and fuel injection for 40 + years and have seen the lot.
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  439. These plastic, security notes were developed by the Australian mint, and are becomming very common around the world. The latest Aust notes are even given dimples that give vision impaired people a chance to identify the denomination by feel.
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  440. Nope, that did not show what we played called HANDBALL. The court was about the length shown there from one end of squares to far rectangle boundary visible in this video Of course no tennis net you just made sure to land in opposite rectangle side avoided line balls. Served to opponents rectangle space. Not making over centre loses point, out loses point, no multi bounce, but hit back without bounce is ok. So all the usual scoring / point lost, all the 15 , 30, etc scoring of tennis. There is a formal sport referred to as Europen Handball played on large court like a basketball court, and indoors mostly. That is different to the school yard Handball which is really a handy tennis replacement for school yard without the usage of tennis courts and accessories so best available to school kids in class breaks. For formal sport the usual were football (winter) as Aust rules or soccer and in NSW their rugby style as they were more oriented to that while Vic was home of Aussie rules, also volleyball, basketball hockey cricket (summer) and a few vairiants. To those of us not inclined to Aussie rules and cricket, we had a hard time since many footballers worked as sport teachers and we struggled to get other sports, but these "teachers" knew virtually only the two sports Aussie rules or cricket and that was core of most school sports and physical education classes. Few athletic sports and with rare occasions one or two sessions of other sports. Only one year of my 6 years of secondary school we had a formal sports teacher who ensured we tried many sports. I also joined the basketball team and swimming much of the time. We had two PE (phys ed) and two sports periods each week, and a half day which is when I got into basketball, soccer, volleyball and swimming at various times. Also once a year some inter school competions, we trained in various athletics / field sports like long jump, high jump, shot put, running, hurdles, one cross country run (typ about 5 to 10km) . I am sad that most of our teachers were so dedicated to Aussie rules and cricket we really got too little other sports. One interesting aspect compared to US we have no school or tertiary SPORT excellence programs, or scholarships. At colledge or university only the academic matters are involved. No such cases as in US where some students are there based on sporting ability not academic performance. Sport in that sense is personal interest and pursuit, not education program.
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  441. Most important is the spplication of existing laws on safety that are used on anyone responsible for failures in work safety. These must equally apply to all politicians and public service with the disadter created under the managing of the pandemic. Any managers in industry face severe consequences even if not directly involved in the actual failure. Dan and gang are in this case ALL liable as the managers of the disaster, no exceptions at all
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  442. While working at my dad's petrol station, one customer smkong had his ear to the filler neck listening for the gurgle that suggsts it is about to blow back, on car model well known to splash back during filling. Not only risking igniting gas vapours exhisting while filling but igning splash/blow back fuel and vapour. I jelled at him while running for cover at the other side of the office building. Instant suicide!
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  443. Keep well, have a good Christmas. Hope all goes well for you, family, froends and associates and no major disastrrs strike like current devastation as on parts of USA
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  444. Part of "Over Commercialised" is this case of if operating profit is less than the sale value of the area occupied, the "commercial" business case to remain operating falls back on "SELL NOW!" To make maximum profit, simply ppl e greed takes over, from public interests.
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  445. Time for the court to order refund of the original amount, PLUS COVERING THE PERSONS LEGAL EXPENSES!
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  446. The Great Australian Bight is a continuous cliff for hundreds of km washed by waves direct from Antarctica..
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  447. That is pure smog, no one else has that smog level
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  448. There are due to geographic layout, huge quantities of monsoon rain fall all running to the oceans. Combining solar power with pumping water inland would allow improving feasible plant growth expansion. Artesian water while used and existing in huge volume already past use of bore water for early farming has had dramatic effect on level, drying up many bores. Artesian water is not possible to sustain greening inland. Some existing rivers like Coopers Creek start in far north inland Queensland and given wet years can fill the huge lake Ayre that is all well below sea level. If regular redirected coastal rainwater can be redirected, that huge area of water could exist permanently not just occasional wet times, and dry in the many drought periods. Once greater plant growth of forests will create increased rain fall as well. Supplementing any pumped coastal waters. Quite likely in long term having capacity to alter the entire Australian internal climate. Also to be considered that Aboriginals have practices burn hunting it is indicated much of the now more baren inland was forested in the past but changed to sparce scrub and gras/ steppe country by the past millennia of the burn practices. The Kununurra and huge lake Argyle in WA north farming largely failed due to mono culture originally used, as pests took over. Now it is a huge vegetable farming success as now very mixed crops are used allowing control over pests, that previously wiped out the cotton crops for example first planned.
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  449. Ood-na-datta
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  450. Do not forget that the unvaccinated are put at high risk of serious illness by being infected by the admittedly reduced part of of vaccinated people getting, and spreading COVID, mostly without symptoms. Due to massively larger numbers, transmission from vaccinated to unvaccinated will exceed the infection of vaccinated by unvaccinated by significamt margin. At least the un vaccinated have taken their risks into account willingly, having had more than enough warning and information, so at their own risk. Vaccination clearly from world evidence is NOT preventing infection, few infected are hospitalised, virtually no deaths but not well studied or revealed, how many truely avoid infection as little information comes with few reporting for testing as they no longer suffer symptoms. The infection and spreading is thus reasonably likely significant, knowing vaccines are Not preventing such, only no longer life critical.
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  451.  @tatianavalueva6834  exactly my point, yet they want to severely restrict the movement of unvaccinated people who by choice "agree" to increased risk of severe consequences. But the primary risk to them wll be the vaccinated Covid spreading vaccinated majority, who have close to zero risk frm the unvaccinated.
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  452. Large jelly fish to over a meter are not uncommon, but it is quite scarry to be swimming, and suddenly be in the middle of hundreds of them 1m to 2m diameter. Not sure in the instant how harmful getting stung would be. Avoided most but did brush one arm and both legs against the stubby tentacles. Fortunately only mild pain like accidentally washing over the skin with a bit too hot water. Swelling went down within a couple of hours. Did take over 10 min careful swimming to get out of the huge cluster, drifting along the beach and surf in a tidal flow. Have seen far more fierce looking huge jellyfish while sail boating, glad to not be in the water, dozen or more tentacles over 3m long.
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  453. By the way over 40sec cold start was a fail. A good start was under 5 sec,especially combined with good idle and a good driveaway within 15 sec
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  454. There is no evidence that the violence at Congress was not initiated by left wing radicals to discredit the protest. Infact over 100000 non violent protesters attended, and Trump never asked or encouraged the violence.
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  455. Not so much general discussion, BUT in car engineering talking of the car 'Bonnet' and 'Boot' has caused many questioning looks in Japan and Korea who are used to the US terminology. On the other hand, I was left very disconnected in my first meetings I Japan, while the car company Australian engineer and Japanese engineer teams got deeply into two critical items needing clarification. Talk concentrated for hours around spoken terms "UH-CHI-CHI" and "EM-CHI-CHI". Very baffling I was totally left without any context of what critical parts were being sorted out, not that it concerned the engine management computer that was my domain. Well I wonder how many would have clicked easily to the topic? Maybe spelling will help, for me paperwork initially did not help as it was all in Japanese. But by evening I had a light bulb event, and finally understood. UCC and MCC were in discussion, anybhelp yet? The references are "Under Chassis Catalytic " converter and "Manifold Catalytic Converter". It turned out they were using their phonetic spelling of the abbreviated item names. There were other car parts where common abbreviations led to some need for explanation, but after the above case I caught on quickly and usually sorted things out in my mind. I did make a serious matter of confusion, on discussion about the circuitry of their engine computer module. To explain some questions I posed the senior engineers needed help from some design team members. I had the circuits to study fir a day and only sought clarifications and confirmation of my understanding of their design. Three young engineers were called into the discussion room and spent some 5 minutes explaining the circuit to the senior engineer all in Japanese with spread circuit diagram. I sat through the discussion watching. On then trying to explain to me, the senior engineer had some difficulties and checked back with the juniors a few times. To save time, I offered to explain my understanding and let them offer confirmation. Sadly that went so well, they seemed to get the impression that I fully understood Japanese, which I do not. Thereafter ALL matters between the meeting members and associates no longer took place at the discussion table, but quietly aside at far from the table, or even out of the room. Making sure I could not gain anything from such 'private' discussions. I raised the topic with one of the senior engineers and explained the noted change, and that really I have no Japanese language skill. I did get well trusted and even asked to help on some technical matters they were having problems with, inspite it covered several "secret" projects no non-company people were not to know about. During ensuing project I even rewrote some of their system software to fix field problems of several of their car projects that also showed in the project I supported them on. But I had to let their programmer take credit, to let my changes be adopted. Language differences can be serious issues and need careful handling, let's call it DIPLOMACY, or wars might be started.
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  456. Modern day tourist "gold", over the years is returning way more than $42 000,000 that was found there originally. Given the income d uprooting all those people and services annually.
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  457. YES, keep up the push. Nuclear Thorium power is the future and it can use up existing nuclear waste too. Thorium in far more abundant than uranium, is fully used not just a small percentage, needs a small addition of other nuclear material to fully activate the process. Existing reactors were for military interests, and quite good for ships and submarines with ready water sources. Thorium salts process can NOT go critical, can be passive self protecting. Scalable small scale capable for local community power station, no need for huge capacity plants. Potential for mass manufacture and periodic maintenance without huge concrete structures.... so many future possibilities.
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  458. Have look at "Kimberley Monsoon 2022 - 120 year Record Broken..."
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  459. Learner 17, license 18 in most places
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  460. You actually adjust relatively quickly once in the correct left or right hand vehicle. If you are a driver lacking general driving confidence the stress does play a big role. Hard is driving in your normal type car but on opposite side, so left hand drive on left side (UK,Australia, India, Japan with US, European car) or Right hand drive on right side ( US, European, Korea, Chinese in UK, Australia car) . I have some 25 years in Fuel injection calibration and testing, having driven all combinations of left/right drive and road driving side, covering what must exceed 100 K miles/ 160 K km. Yes there is a short adaption time the first few drives, and going correct at intersections is initially a extreme caution demand. A easy mistake is when choosing to turn onto a major highway / freeway. Taking an entry only to realise that you are now travelling to wrong direction from the intended, while safely in correct with the vehicle flow is easily done. To end up wrong, in counter flow needs very bad attention as that is normally very well sign posted as wrong way. You must avoid all distractions, phone, excessive attention to radio, music and conversations with passengers, fully concentrate on driving task. Once you are comfortable, just do not get to relaxed. At no time drive while very tired and while adjusting avoid, at least minimise night time driving. Hardest is driving your normal Left or Right hand drive, but now on the opposite road side to your normal. The extra effort for lane changes avoiding traffic in adjacent lanes is difficult. Make absolutely sure for best mirror adjustment. In most countries passing another car in slower lane, ie on right side for lefthand drive, is illegal, thus passing in a left side road driving easily leads to trying to pass on left in your lefthand drive car, ILLEGAL, yet counter intuitive that you now must pass on right side of other traffic. Yet also difficult is in some places passing either side is legal, and these drivers are quickly caught out on roads in places where wrong side passing is illegal. In Germany it is so extreme that though you are well placed i the exit lane and not obstructed inyour exit, if the highway you just started exiting happens to slow its traffic say due to traffic entering ahead a short distance, be sure to slow likewise or you may just be fined for breach of passing on the wrong side. As these exits are also often camera monitored you may well not be aware a fine is just being sent by mail. Another hard case is for example crossing UK to/from Europe, by ferry and switch sides in the one car, sometimes even tired after many hours already driving, with only an hour or two break on the ferry, hopefully not having had some dutyfree alcohol. After many trips in various Left/right conditions and combinations in many different vehicles it is almost natural in any combination. I have driven in Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan (yes I see it as another country), Indonesia, Malasia, Italy, Spain, France, Austria, Germany, Sweden, UK, USA (Hawaii), and of course in Australia my home land, where I have over 1 million km accumulated in sub compact cars to 1 ton trucks, manual and automatic, petrol, diesel, gas, electric . Personally always owned 4WD, but did borrow mum/dad cars before owning my own. Long trips of 4000km in 3 days on occasion, but mostly travel to 800km with brief stops. Record single trip was 1800km non stop over a 22hr stint, my fellow driver kept going to sleep each time he was due to take over, and i just continued till next time he woke, but again slept while supposedely getting ready to take control.
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  461. Wow what an annual tax!
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  462. YUK!!! Would not offer $100. The cost to repair will exceed $ 600K
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  463. 😄❤👍👍👍 plentyy for the festive season.
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  464. A conscript soldier sent into a foreign country will NEVER fight with equal dedication to soldier and public defending their home against an invader. Fight to the death for your own home/property will exceed the invader dedication to following orders.
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  465.  @TheBlackD  that maybe so, but I do not recall ever seeing vehicles on huge mud tyres, superwide and huge diameter, i.e. monster truck style, raised to the point of needing a ladder to enter the vehicle as are seeing on US roads. Nor big paddle tyres. Cars with hydrolic lifters, go dancing on the road bobbing up and down
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  466. The various actors, etc are good in German, some a bit rusty, but singer no1 and Sandra Bullock excellent Christopher Lee minor deviation, of those beyond a bit less so, but stopped watching after a few more, got other matters to follow up immediately for now.
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  467. These COLD starts are a memory for me. Having over 25 years of regular development testing of vehicles for cold start calibration. Not just start, but the idle behaviour and following cold and warmip drivability behaviour after starting. Put simply a number of these starts would have been a dismal failure, needing too long cranking, inability to idle properly, and from behaviour very likely be extremely poor drivability. As calibration engineer I would have been embarrased to offer such poor performance. Long career in hot, cold economy, drivability and emissions for many models and types of vehicles. Now retired but do miss regular cold, to -30°C and hot testing to typically +46°C conditions. One disadvantage of this long experirnce is that now going to a car/truck dealer to evaluate a vehicle leads to generally disappointment at how poor many vehicles at the dealer perform. Many I would never buy one that behaves so badly, so not only bad build quality but bad functionality.
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  468. I regularly get Darrel Lea, but Kookaburra is unknown to me. While the fruity types are now very popular, and seem refered to as licorice, it seems only based on having the same shae. But I prefer real licorice, which is the original based formulation, of specific flavour. I like this original 'black'stuff.
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  469. I wonder why do many people think aircraft are only flying passengers. Lots of airtraffic is cargo snd mail!
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  470. There must be fake/deception on that pizza size shown, the " extra large" is way bigger
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  471. Map is higely wrong about Australia area. It covers Europe entirely, many Euro places are way smaller than shown.
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  472. All birds are derived from dinosaurs. The Cassowary is hazardous as the claws easily can gut aperson. Sadly there there have been deaths, in one case a person on a morning walk met one coming out of the scrub, and it attacked tearing the person open to die on the spot, observed by others a bit further back on the road edge. A totally separate issue, todays 19 Sept Sunday paper has mention that Queensland gov is about to change a number of parks and areas names to proginal Aborininal names. Fraser Island will soon be changed. I do not have the article at hand right now, so sorry I can not indicate its new name now.
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  473. At Friday 6pm we finally left behind the main limits of our last lockdown for COVID, a 85 day period, bringing Melbourne to world record over 266 days lockdown on 6 blocks of such. On Thursday to Friday we had major storm, up to 146 kph, causing much damage, trees down, power lines down, rail network shutdown ny power and trees houses/apartment roofs blown away, roads blocked by tree, branches fences, etc. Anyway I had my car gate hinge ripped apart at top honge and eeded to buy a new hinge. Lucky as part of Friday end of lockdown we finally had retail business permitted to open for shopping, previously only permitted building trades and online oder/delivery. Now on Saturday I had to visit Bunnings for some replacement hinges, got several oncase others showed damage on closer inspection. I was pleased to see "Sausage Sizzle" active. Sadly I got there mid afternoon, just before 3PM, and feared they were closing down. After getting my hinges, I went ordered TWO sizzle sausages and Coca Cola can. Anther person also ordered one. As I received my order I asked if they had good trade for their first sizzle day for a long time. They had a very good day said they bought the entire sausage stock at the nearby Coles supermarkt and large supply of white bread and sone wholemeal, and some 15 packs of 30 can soft drink. I got one on white and one on thick (toast) whole meal loaf end. Onions sadly over done somewhat charred. After the other person was served only one sizzle sausage remained and several customers missed out as that was gone immediately, and the sizzle team egan packing up. Lucky me, just in time, yummy delicious even with charred onions. HOW NICE RETURN TO MORE NOMAL LIFE. Gate repair done in drizzling rain in 1 hour.
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  474. German beer drinkers EXPECT a good foam cap. If poured beer has no cap of foam, it implies old stale beer. So effort to pour without ca foam layer is giving a bad look to the beer.
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  475. Russia in recent times has used other means of death penalty for political "difficultirs". Jailing opponrnts was not permanent enough, and expats were not in reach of the legal channels. Methods lately seem to include.... Radioactive isotope laced exposures. Novochock poison, really only available to the political leaders and military manufacture. Lastly often people have had intensive flying lessons from high level windows. Far more indirect, take serious criminals, offer two choices, continue to rot in jail or 'volunteer' to serve in the "non war" in Ukraine, and be pardoned of any crimes. Of course they were sent to front lines, no training, non or barely functioning museum milotary equipment, limited munition supplies, little in way of provisions. Survival rates extremely low. No Russia does not need 'Capital Punishments', anyone on wrong side of politics was a walking dead case, soon removed or just permanently missing.
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  476.  @durv13  ok, thanks, as I am retired a few years now, there is temptation to sort out the workshop, over filled by accumulated stuff to do anything, and get back into a little rather than wasting time on dull trash TV, to using some of 35 years of accumulated precious and semi precicious gem. Opal sapphire, zircons, garnets, even a number of carats Argyle diamond roughs, (very difficult to get), lots of various other materials, quartz forms citrine smoky crystals etc, WA Tiger eye and many other pretty minerals and stones, some bought at rock shops. Bye.....
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  477. No doubt a far nicer drink than the chemical brews sold by the big SODA creators. Far healthier. Talking about this weekend Thur 1th too SUN 13th October I have no doubt that you I'll be spending time keeping up with the Bathurst 1000 car race Little time for other distractions. A few cans of VB, OR OTHERS IF THOSE SUIT YOU. A online version of the TV presentation and a day infront of the big screen.
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  478. I am presuming these river gravels are from mid river at mich lower water level at start of winter. Have often wondered how much gold is streaming past in the rapid river flow, while you pan material from among rock grooves at shore line
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  479. The Bundaberg Ginger Beer and low calorie "Diet" version are still on special offer by Woolworths at AU$11 for the 10 pack, or $5.50 for the 4 pack. Or at Coles for $5.75 on the 4 pack, not quite as low as the $4.00 I got recently. Similar for the various other flavours. Given current exchange rate of US$ 0.69 / AU$ the price here is of course lower than the imported pricing in your store, so shipping or margin at retail makes that difference.
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  480. Well even before UK Australia has forced GST of 10% to be collected by etrade some time ago, but some small sellers somehow still do not, but PAYPAL has added a tax amount to several transactions. Large suppliers like EBAY, AMAZON, BANGGOOD, etc have been collecting for quite sometime now. Original excuse involved unfair trade for local retailers having 10% GST, while ecommerce avoided it. Further was the claimed loss of businesses to massive increase of trade by ecommerce with customers using stores to examine goods, but then ordering via internet, making huge business loss for actual stores. In actuality the prices by stores are further disadvantaged by high markups not just tax to cover the cost of store/location. I agree these tax collection arrangements are very bad for any small business , when more and more such systems demands come along.
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  481. Sadly the La Nina IS causing severe flooding in coastal and right now Victoria rivers running inland to the Murray River border Vic and NSW. However the dry interior is largely still relatively dry. The rain is hitting the coastal mountains and dropping exceptional high rain quantity. While weather systems penetrative across Australia west to east, the rain still mainly drops in eastern Australia and that in the heavier settled areas.
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  482.  @emilyvickery8081  Most certainly there are numerous floods all over. Victoria had avoided much of the earlier flooding, but this time has been hit hard, and as earlier again hard in NSW YET AGAIN. No way was I meaning to exclude the prior flooding but highlighting the current new flooding area of Victoria. La Nina while it remains, possibly another year hopefully not longer, the cycle of floods remain, and USA will continue draught condition. After it leave we will swing back towards draught, and peak draught will return in maybe 3 to 5 years for large parts of our continent, as has been going through out recorded history, and evidently long before. Seriously, time communities DO NOT BUILD ON FLOOD PLAINS. Nice river side homes are great at good times, but will get wiped out repeatedly. Made worse by land clearing, and directing all rain input by cleared channels into rivers causing higher peaks, over shorter times, where once rain gathered into streams and river spread over longer time spans resulting in lower peaks but drawn out time wise. Keeping the few dams near capacity prevents flood control. Especially in evident wet seasons like this year, foreseen by weather forecasts, dams should have long had level reduced BEFORE new massive rain storms. We must learn and stop the repeated mistakes of flood management.
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  483. While tile place has possibilities, and future possible expansion, rather dark narrow appearance. Tile floors are disater awaiting wheeled chair users. This is bright and open, much better to be an presentable alternative APPLE repair centre, much better appearance to customers. Good work space for your team.
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  484. US has distorted many words, for me in electronics standout things like SODER not the proper english SO-L-DER, and ALUMINUM instead of correct under international element name ALUMI-NI-UM, where the final root term ' nium ' applies to many elements of the perioduc table.
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  485. Uluru is only a short hop of 470km once you are in Alice Springs. So if traveling from Gold Coast, once you have spent probably 4 days driving to Alice Springs it is a mere 1 day to go to Uluru. Longer if not prepared to drive 500 to 1000km day distances. Japanese can not even imagine the sizes/distances in Australia. On topic of drop bears, while the impression of ferocious bears that rip you to bits is scary fiction. There is one aspect that they DO DESERVE the "Drop Bear" title for, nothing ferocious, but walking in forests inhabited by Koalas, there is a serious unpleasant "DROP" hazard. They Wee freely and drop other wastes. It is quite high probability, that while it is sunny blue skies, no clouds that you experience a warm shower below the trees, and as their diet is strong scented Eucalyptus, the shower does have a strong Perfume, not commonly sold (Yet) And also can be bombarded with hard pellets, that can fall into you clothing, also with a natural scent. So in some ways 'Beware of drop bears' has some validity. It will not be deadly, but you could find yourself unpopular with other people. Most bushland is also not well served by wash rooms, so you could spend most of your day well scented. HA HA.
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  486. Different race series, GT higher mods while sports series need to be more like normal but allows significant but lesser modifications
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  487. In Melbourne this week we have 30°C to 35°C till after 26th Jan then a cooling storm should hit.
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  488. Australia has rolling hills as mountains, no real craggy alpine type mountains. The tallest mountains are high hills on high plains/ hills.
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  489. US seems appropriate as the general attitude of majority and their education divides its citizens from the rest as " US vs Them". Calling themselves "Americans" is very much over presumptuous, as they are FAR less than all America continent. And yes, North and South are one continent as all is one joined land mass, unless you think the man made canal relatively narrow water stretch justifies separating the whole into two contents. That canal division from memory has some significant input by the US. As far as the very over presumptuous "United States of America" , well given the number of other places in both Northerly and Southerly segments that are excluded in the "of AMERICA" is hardly a UNITED entity of States. It is a gross insult to the majority of people of the continent of AMERICA. 😝😁🤣
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  490.  @IWrocker  not so worried I was confident that it was just in backlog, you have been otherwise busy in recent times on various motor sport which of course is your andany subscribers primary interest. I only meant to agree with catching up not be pushy just mainly mentioned the two parcels which I must acknowledge are very late being sent as part of the content started being put together before start of 2022. I just kept delaying as a total of 5 parcels to three Yuputiber destinations were being prepared. I will, as for my former parcel happily look forward to some future mail unpacking. It is comforting though to know they are not lost or stolen. 👍👍👍👍🙂🙂❤️❤️
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  491. Thedesert hunter image is relatively recent creation. Most likely using modern GPS to guide positions.
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  492.  @jamesdean2185  Sorry you are probably right for many years now, in 1960s it was 3 terms.
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  493.  @jamesdean2185  Ok, somewhat I do wonder if some variation still exists between states
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  494. The Swindon roundabout is a result of being junction of so many roads into the one junction. Note akso sone entries have a traffic light as part of entry exit.
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  495.  @kevinbowron2688  could you point to the research to age this area to such time. Neither soils, rock formations or vegetation of the area indicate such age from information I received visiting the Daintree in1990s, and geology of North Queensland.
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  496. Have not seen them. Nor heard of them this is the first time seen anything like it.
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  497. With a few exceptions, like needing multiple locomotives due to gradients, like crossing the Rockies, if a train needs multiple locomotives due to number of hauled cars and total tonnage, then legally the train MUST be split, dividing the load between separate engines. The resulting trains will be safer as far as emergency situations, needing to stop, track damage fallen trees, damages to tracks bridges, crossings, vehicles stuck over crossings all benefit from quicker, shorter stopping. Cause far less damage and clearing/repair time to reopen the rail line, if any derailing occurs. As far as disruption to traffic where level crossings, or worse rail runs through main roads of country towns , these Super long trains are an extreme time disruption. The cost for train staff must be small compared to rail company charges for the transport services. Breakdowns will also be easier to manage for smaller total train composition. Also less costly as less freight is delayed as the smaller train will delay less of the total volume being transported. Less shunting too where portions of the train are routed to different places mid trip. To me the Super long trains are definitely the wrong way.
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  498. Trouble is most of Australian suburbs are very similar, and even local people could not localise well from appearance. The general appearance of the first four could be any location based on appearance only. No detriment that you failed, most locals would be likely no better.
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  499. School here is from pre school for many, to 6 yrs Primary, 6 years Secondary, then most these days seem to go to Tertiary level at University or Colleges. Primary school gets the fundamentals sorted, 3Rs as we call it (reading , writing, and arithmetic) but also has many other subjects including history, geology, geography, nature/wildlife, art, handcrafts, music, religion. Much of these topics sort of continue at Secondary level, but become higher levels, but mathematics, science, humanities, literature and others become major topics, and some direction of course sets specific other subjects taken. In my times in 1960s, boys have woodwork/metalwork, while girls typically have home oriented and cooking, but all can take these subjects. In modern times such split is probably much deprecated. Now there is probably more equal direction of subjects. One that maybe stands out is here every Secondary student will at least for early 4 yrs have a foreign language, depending on school, one or more languages will be available, typically French, German, Russian, Latin, very Euro centric, but also Chinese Japanese, Indonesian are often available. Sadly many schools only have one or at most two choices. After 4th yr of Secondary many drop the language, to concentrate on Sciences Mathematics, Humanities, Literature according to longer term ambitions. These days most students work towards teriary levels, as now demanded by most career choices. Formerly many left school after 4th year Secondary into trades, either special schooling or apprenticeships or left school into jobs needing no advanced schooling, factory work, other lower end jobs. There were once separate Technical schools taken mainly by boys, run in parralel to Secondary school used by those directly aiming towards trades professions these concentrated course on manual skills rather than sciences, mathematics and humanities. So heavily into metalwork, woodwork, construction, mechanical careers. These have basically become trades oriented colleges now. At tertiary level the old times Diplomas have become a technician certificate level, typically 3yr courses. Most tertiary courses now head for Degree level all basically a 4yr to Bachelor Degree or ewuivalent, with furher stages to Master and Doctor levels. Of course now the stream is becoming very career oriented so specific to various Engineering, sciences humanities, literature, language, business, politics, social, medical and more. With further sub specialties within each. The most general, probably least oriented or seeming useful is an ARTS DEGREE chosen by many students who have no career plans, but avoid going to work yet, many proceed to several degrees one after another, continuing no work required life. (I know I am being derogatory of these poor souls) One aspect is that University fees are paid by taxpayers, and a debt account is built that does not need to be paid back until a basic moderate income is achieved, and then can take many years to pay off. Ideal for those choosing no work and continuous study, as income for daily life is below threshold so part time work covering basics of food, accomodation etc is allowing this accumulation to point of never being able to repay. No dependancy of parents saving for life to put children through college and maybe needing to choose which of several children they can afford such for. Gifted children can even gain scholarships by excellence in scholarship exams, I did twice 4th to 6 th Secondary and 4yr Degree at Tertiary. Such scholarships covering all fees, books, travel costs (bus, train) and dependant on parents income even accomodation and pocket money if qualifying. There are few if any Sporting derived support like seems common in USA. Some get higher level education as part of joining military service. Ok this is getting too rambling covers the basics so leave it here.....
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  500. A good day for sure. Hope you can better that soon.
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  501. Well to abbreviate GASOLINE to GAS is nonsense, as a gas is entirely different to a liquid. The Propane sold in bottles or refilled in bottles, as fuel is a GAS but petrol or diesel fuel for engines is NOT a Gas as it is supplied in LIQUID form.
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  502. Thylecine marsupial , sadly made extinct by mankind.
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  503. Among sources of failure of such decentralised city development are lack of suitable work opportunities. As there are no people and infrastructure there a few businesses established offering work. As agriculture in immediate area suffered from acquisitions, also less farm work. Thus without long cummute people will not move there having virtually no income possibility. The road connection not ideal, at the time was near the main highway from Victoria to SA, but then from memory still a one lane each way. Since then turned into a multilane split highway/freeway. Also a rail line passes there but no developed rail yards, so industry to establish faced costly truck transport, either to Adelaide or a long distance to Melbourne with larger harbour, transport structure and population. Adelaide had/has lesser harbour, not deep water for larger ships and already much less industry. Further Monarto would have been totally dependant on pumped water from Murray River, which is water originating from Vic, NSW and Qld. Already a major source of irrigation water all along that river system and for Adelaide city water needs severely depleting it, to the point of destroying coastal wet lands and even losing flow to ocean entirely Adelaide itself has little storage reservoir capacity as the hills are smallish, land otherwise is very flat. Catchment and resulting water storages are shallow and limited capacity Inland from coast, Monarto area is also rather flat, as seen in aerial views of this video, some rolling low undulation/ hills. Yet beyond the hills, north-south behind Adelaide there is much decreased rain, as prevailing weather hits the hills behind Adelaide dropping most rain at the coastal strip. So as seen the land is basically best suited as dry steppes country like central Africa, so suited to this widelife reserve. People also would have been living in a dry and often hot place well away from popular coastal beaches and swimming. So quite a few serious issues to get population to move there. As generally evident by Australian population concentrating on coastal areas, other than a few specific inland towns and cities, concentrated around farming, with sheep, cattle, wool, or crops whether grains, wheat, rice (irrigation big water demand) , fruit and irrigation, making much of that possible too. Some localised mining. Else some river tied locations, so few people move inland. Again other than local needed small scale industries there is little major industry inland, as transport costs become prohibitive. I am not an expert in development, but even without special knowledge could predict such plans wete heading to disaster and failure. Have a look at USA cities, where these are located in the main, consider what the core function of each such is and what reasons they exist. Originally east coast built up, then some spread into inland forming farming communities that grew as many small towns. Inland cities established on rivers, with boat and barge capacities. Especially the Mississippi where still other than coastal, or Great Lakes area the main largest cities have grown. Yes there are specific larger cities and huge numbers of once tiny farm communities that have now become moderate towns and cities. Basically developed in times when people were locally dependant with limited outside support. Modern transport and world business not involved. Other major centres developed along former wagontrain trails, as populations moved west, establishing more and more farming centres. Establishing railroads also caused major centres to sprout up along the way supporting the railroad, farming needs etc. GOLD that caused major rush to what now is California where on the whole, population forms on coastal areas holds to this day. See how many new cities are sprouting now, few I think you will find, except in special cases around specific industries.
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  504. Here in Australia, we have rather large 'WedgeTail Eagles' often feeding on road carrion and normally late in taking off with approaching cars. Going through the windscreen they are typically tearing the car occupants to shredds. Also kangaroos or the smaller size wallabies, if flung up can got through the windscreen and have been known to kick and remove heads 9f people in the car!
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  505. Get toisten to real kooka urra laugh, not this sslowed joke sound A large part of their diet is snakes lizards, small mammals, other bird chicks.
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  506. Ian, I came across a video on Youtube a few days ago that I think may also interest you. About 2 months ago WATOP put out a video called "Why Don't They Eat Billions of Animals in Australia" that was repeated a month ago by another channel 'Jungle Supreme' which covers many topics of animals including introduced and feral problems, topic like 'Emu war ' and mouse plagues and far more are touched on. There is a shorter less interesting 'Part 2' of same name touching on managing, and failing to control such introduced animal pests. Another one I have not yet looked into is much the same title but is on 'eating ducks in China'. Have a look, I think it may be interesting for you.😮😮😮😊😊😊
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  507. The high rainfall is normal in top end it gets tropical monsoon, so Broome to Cairns and above are not unusual to get 4 inches 100mm and above in hours.
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  508. Paypal will not get my payments, sorry merchants only using paypal thus get no business from me!
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  509. I am sure you will be spending much more time at both Adelaide and Bathurst circuits. Also exploring other classes of vehicles. I do not know if Sandown circuit made it to that game. That circuit is just down the street for me. Still has Super cars and other 'Club' racing and motor bikes. Back in 1960s had some Grand Prix racing too. Has both motor sports circuits and Horse racing circuits. I have only riden bicycle around it, and got kicked out. Also for my work on injected cars, the circuit was hired a few time for a day or two of vehicle drivability testing. While forbidden to "Race", there were the odd taking speeds s bit higher than ideal and the odd engineer would have a spinout, slide of tarmac to grass and a few tyre marks left behind. On one occasion a Nissan manager brought a NISSAN GTR, and some fun was had giving it a full blast. Sadly one of the Nissan engineers, blew its transmission and I and several others never got to drive it. Fun anyway....
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  510. Sea levels are NOT rising Netherlands is sinking as its land is drying out! Any former flooded soil areas will sink after water level is removed, after initial rise as water mass is absent, the now drying land areas will contract sinking it all.
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  511.  @bionicgeekgrrl  Good, thank you confirming my hope. As I mentioned, that hopefully these doors have additional locking override to prevent the past danger while providing the better entry/exit benefit such doors offer the passengers.
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  512. Outstanding is that Aust dsshcam video unlike USA and Russia, have mainly bad driving and less actual spectacular crashes. Not sure that means we have less crashes but maybe overseas videos only show bad smashes and we highlight more the stupid behaviours.
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  513. Even if you lose $, it would still be nice to get such a bucket. Sadly here in Australia I do not kpe anyone offering such. You can go to old Gold mining towns that for a fee allow you to pan and keep anything you find, no gurantees though.
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  514. I can not believe anyone accepted the offered landmarks, except Sydney Opera House, as really in Australia. Surely no US people, while not very knowledgeable about world , could ever believe these issues are really in Australia. A leaning tower built by Aborigines long before modern times ? Eiffel Tower in Melbourne? Taj Mahal in Alice Springs? Mt Rushmore in Brisbane? Anyone convinced of such needs to be locked away for insanity.
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  515. About time to allow only one pronoun, IT, as it is fully inclusive of ALL people, animal, inert substances like water, air. ground (rocks/sand,etc), fire, space. No more bias to anything different from anything else.
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  516. Sadly in Australia unless you will interupt your trip range closer to 600 plus km is needed. I drive a 4wd with range of over 1200km per fillup so even range of normal fuel cars seems short. Even 45 years ago I had a two stroke Suzuki with 300km range and that was awkward on many trips. Electric vehicles are two short on range. There are inland highway streches of over 400km betwen fuel stops
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  517. No gear stick in sight either
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  518. Well NSW people will be pleased, but the VB is better known around the world. Each state has its favourite beer types, Victorians will most prefer the CUB types, which include VB, Fosters Lager Carlton Draft, Crown Lager etc. NSW will mostly prefer Tooheys, other states their local main brewery types. One thing remains all are available throughout, but by experience readily available all over are tasty beers, whatever type you prefer. Imported types while also available few even come close to local stuff.
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  519. Sixth form normally refers to 6th year secondary school, primary school years are called grade 1 to 6.after the secondary 1 to 6 "form" years start tertiary college and university. Back in 1960s that 6th Form year was also called "matriculation " year, seems out of fashion since then, 1969 my 6th Form was last one in Victoria Australia referred to officially as Matriculation.
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  520. Depends also on whether they quote any standard like IP, and whether it actually conforms to the standard. If a standard is stated and a produbct does NOT meet the criteria of that standard they are liable for false claims. The fine under European legal standards can only apply if proven that claimed performance is not met, for the warrantee time.
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  521. These rally drivers leave modern "drift" drivers shame, on loose, rough, wet surfaces they are drifting in hair raising conditions. Seeming no concern that at any instance they face airborne lauch, off camber, soft verges, on scary narrow tracks, horrifying drop off on hills, or hard obstacles including buildings bridges and even farm animals in many rally segments. Absolutely fantastic skill and daring.
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  522. Flinders Ranges, including Wilpena Pound are definite visitor must see. Great 7.5hr hike around Wilpena Pound from camping ground through old homestead, over Ridge rim, back to camping ground is great day trip. Driving north you can see fossils from 300 to 400 million years ago in the Rocks. Further north the ranges are called Gammon Ranges, where is located a nice nature reserve/resort Arkaroola, with everything from camping ground to cabins to stay in . Have nice pool and good restaurant. Lots of hiking and driving trails, and can provide tours by 4WD, and even flight in a Cessna. I have been there many times for annual Star Party, Astronomy gathering, they have observatory access for visitors interested. The resort is managed by Margret and Doug Sprigg who as babies accompanied their parents on the 1st ever 4WD crossing of the Simpson desert, in a 1960s Nossan Patrol.. Further north via either Strezlecki track or from north west side of Ranges and town of Maree, the Birdsville track, either gets you to Birdsville entry point to the massive Simpson Desert, a trip of over 750km west via dune after dune, and claypans that definitely are a 4WD trip target for many, best only done as groups of vehicles. West you get to Oodnadatta. Also reachable by dirt road south of actual desert from Maree, along that road you can return also to main Sturt Highway at Coober Pedy. So lots of long trip possibilities. Also from Maree or other small towns on the road light aircraft or 4WD travel do not miss the huge lake Ayre, that most of the time is dry salt pan, but can fill with water run down from central northern Queensland. With water it becomes a massive haven and breeding ground for many birds including pelicans. Lake Ayre is actually many meters BELOW SEA LEVEL, so if the land down near Port Augusta were breached the ocean would flood in making a salty inland sea covering a big chunk of the inland SA. On swimming at Ayre Penninsula the waters even to beaches at Adelaide, there are many White Pointer sharks, and for Australia among the highest incidence of shark attacks, though the past few years have been worse elsewhere. Where there are seals, expect sharks are there too. Dolphins may be safer, as they do attack the sharks if such get close, but on the whole take care swimming in those SA waters.
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  523. Only desease free stock of camels in the world, typically over 10000 exported each year, to middle east, also others slaughtered for meat. But the wild stock is in the hundreds of thousands. They thrive in our outback country. Talking size of deserts, one popular travel is to cross the Simpson Desert somewhat southeast of Alice Spring in the centre. The travel is either way, east west for 760 km over hundreds of sand dunes that run approx north south, with heights up to 80m, mostly with gras and scrub regions betwen and many clay pans that can seriously bog vehicles after the annual wet season, and well after as the surface can seem quite firm and dry, yet have deep googy mud under, that on breaking the dry surface can sink the vehicle deep into gooey mud. Many vehicles need recovery leaving deep multi garage width, length and height size holes before winching out . In dry times day temperatures can reach 50DegC night to near zero. Must carry all food, water and fuel for many days of travel. Other deserts can be more gibber, stony desert than sand. There are travel routes that real adventure needing fuel drops arranged to make possible travel. I am glad that my Toyota Landcruiser has dual fuel tanks, for 145 liters (/3.5 for US gallons approx 40 gallons). Normal highway range about 1300 to 1500km, but for example crossing the Simpson desert as mentioned above 760 km needed the full amount, and for safety had 60 liters more in Jerry cans..
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  524. Ah yes, Magpie swooping scares many people, but some, likemyself have fun getting them to swoop. But that is getting you in trouble, I was often at school butvalso can get you arrested by police if caught tempting the swooping as it stirs the magpies up to attack others too. Can cause actual bleeding wounds typically behind the ears and on the scalp, as the sharp beak easily causes wounds on repeated hits. Essy way to avoid hits is to turn looking at th he magpie, though must avoid looking just as thry hit as your eyes are at risk. A common safety tip is to wear a bicycle helmet with a pair of eyes painted on top or some tie (zip) strips with end pocking upwards helps. In public area like parks, around shopping strips, railway stations, whereever numerous people must go, the public is protected by authorities that just destroy the nests by a shotgun blast when the hazard is too extreme.
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  525.  @greatdividingrange1785  well it has been used by cyclists and with several inches of several ties pocking up it has apparently prevented actual impacts. To me the simulated eyes is best I personally have no issue without any protection, as said I like to tempt them to attack, to annoyance of people scared of Maypies.
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  526. All year operating dilutes visitation. How often does anyone go each year? How often with less than ideal weather? In extra hot, or extreme rain/thunder storm or colder chilly months. Yes Sydney has lots of good weather, but still enough times to avoid a day out. With reduced visitor numbers, cost of operation of the park, to received review is up. Drives cost of entry, rides and food sales up, and further driving visitation down, especially if not ideal weather, sunny, mild temperatures, no rain or stormy winds. With seasonal opening, the number of visitors per open day can be higher, with people only needing to go a few times each year. For ideal day out, the season times can be in most optimal time of the year with high probability of good weather, not too hot, not chilling cold, stormy or wet weather.
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  527. 15 minutes away is right next door in Australia. Just to go into the city centre is some 40 min driving even on the freeway, longer on other main roads with traffic lights to get through, and that is not even outer limits of the larger cities. Far is at least several hours away. Day trips typically hundreds of kilometers . By the way Mt ISA in Qld would be some three days driving to Broome if doing thousand km typical per day. Life danger if driving nights, with kangaroos, cattle water buffalo horses as possible hazards among other things. Even day time can have risks of animal impacts. Big trucks, road trains are also a risk to many drivers, as is tiredness, dozing off.
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  528. Spider is not a problem. Just stroke it and tell to go away. They are quite silky to stroke, I had three kids, 6, 8 and 10 yrs old, youngest a boy and two girls, for over two weeks of camping want to go stroke a large Huntsman Spider spanning a hand size across its legs. The first day, while strolling the shore of a lake, we found it under a large chunk of ark on a tree. Just peacefully minding it's own business as I pulled the bark away. While I held it in place by a finger on the throat, I had each of the kids stroke it after convincing, much convincing, it was not going to bite as my Finger was holding it and would be the first thing bitten. After that the bark was lodged back in place. Sure enough next day it was still there, and again holding it, they all spent nearly 5 minutes stroking it each. The rest of our camping time each day we, they insisted, revisited for more stroking. By third day I did not even hold it down, it just accepted the stroking hardly moving, though it did move a few cm several times, and sat in different places at times, always under the large bark piece. A couple of times they left it a grasshopper they caught while we went there. The spiders are NO MONSTERS, and certainly not out to get you.
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  529. None 9f such expensive places would be of 8nterest even if I had half a billion dolars. These are not livable places. Yes la4ge garage, boat, beach 8nternal cinema are all nice, but all able to be arranged 2ithout a high cost maintenance like these. Location is all good but does nothing for actual life. The annual costs far exceed even most rich peoples income. Only as investment, in future even higher selling price could even superich justify holding such property. Also pose value, for self important types. Give me an open bit of land with forest, grass, lake, river or even at a beach front, but available open space, with reasonably spacious home. Far more interesting and liveable.
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  530. In Australia, those 20 days ( summer typically) holidays also get a 17.5% loading added to the normal salary so you actually go on holiday with boosted income., For weekends and holidays where you may depending on job be required or willing to work must be payed loading to 1.5 times (Sat) or 2 times (Sun, public holiday) normal wages. Also if working beyond 8 hr day, overtime or unusual hours(night shift for example), must be payed a loading,typically again 1.5x or 2x, with agreed variations, though by various works agreements, that are governed by enforced rules and registered, some alternative arrangements including time off in lieu may be used. Many people even seek such extra paid time. Hours alone do not show all the extras.
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  531. Biggest bread difference is that European bread has a great crust and the bread has substance and variety of flavours. US bread as shown has even its soft crust cutoff. The common sandwich bread, that is predominant bought is nothing like EU breads, some option in specialist bakery section, but these are almost rare by comparison. The crust when there is thin and soft, and the interior of the bread is supersoft pulp, no substance mostly spongy almost only foamed dough. Flavour is almost entirely absent, what flavour exists is mostly light and simmilar for all white bread. Only sourdough or whole grain/multigrain shows some flavour.
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  532. WA is NOT no 1....
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  533. Get lost in those caves, and you join many ancient animal bones, right back to to fossils of millions of years past. Most of the 'Great Bight' region along the Nullarbor Plains is honeycombed by underground caves, many extending to unexplored lengths, beyond 30 km. The Nullarbor plain is special as NO TREES, that is why it's name. But in no way is it empty desert, wildlife and lower height vegetation, and after rain wild flowers.
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  534. Appears very staged "Press" event intended to highlight the protest cause, that was being ignored by news and public. Quite possibly even 'fake ' police in look alike uniforms. Definitely has the appearance of full cooperation in this carry away, to gain news worthy/headline protest news.
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  535. Talking tight cars, I would put the Delorian as among most claustrophobic, but other than shoulder high centre tunnel, the seat space and leg room was actually like many European sports vehicles. Worst tight feel for me remains a Jaguar prototype, seemed J type based. It felt tighter fit than a Mini Minor, the external size seemed huge but inside the seating space was very tight leg room constrained with ankles bumping together. Those doors must have been very thick almost like half width of the seat causing the seating space from centre tunnel very narrow. Somehow huge external became tiny interior. Other tight fit was a Fiat X1/9 sports car, reasonable seating width but very poor for taller people. My head hair actually appeared to rub on the ceiling liner, and leg room constrained by the mid placed engine directly behind the seat. I am 6ft and it remains a puzzle as one German EFI application engineer colleague owned one of these and that guy was near 6ft 4 in. However he fitted I just do not know. Comfortable enough though not very roomy was driving a Lamborghini Countach. Now other than idling through the Bosch development area to one of the emissions test cells at other end, about 3/4 km distance, idling along at near 40kph, on a 20kph limit roadway riding the brake, rather than slipping clutch to keep speed lower. I also another time, had a half hour warm-up on a short test track of about 2km length doing a loop turn either end, only ever getting to third gear once second most of the time and only ever briefly going over 60kph, and got warned about not doing that again. It certainly had good kick up the backside if pedal got hit briefly. Other somewhat sporty was a SAAB Turbo sports car that I got to run about 200km on German Autobahn. It was comfortable and smooth performing. Sadly only about 50km was on an unlimited stretch, most was 130kph and even 80kph for some roadvworks parts. On unlimited I only went to just over 220 kph. Other than that some V8 Holden is about it for road cars. Two work colleagues in Australia had quite good Go carts with expensive club racing rated Yamaha engines that cost about the same as my dad's Nissan Patrol 4WD for only the engine. These went quite hard, once you warmed the tyres up. What an ideal way to learn cold slick tyres, no differential on drive Axel, is close to driving on ice. You spin out on corners going quite slow, but wow once you warm-up the slicks, the cornering became real G force. I had far less experience than either of them as I only visited them at their club track maybe five times, but given they had lots of experience to my novice, I still beat them in some 10 lap fun races with only four carts on track. One occasion however I was given chance by the owner of a special racing competion Go Cart, do not know exact engine or power, but the normal club go carts were like a motor scooter compared to a big engine Harley Davidson or BMW motor bike. After very careful getting tyres warmed again after owner came in for me to swap into driver position that had an immense amount if Go, and cornering was like it was glued to the track. Cornering at speeds comparable to Max speed of the other Go carts was a breeze. After some 5 laps my body was telling me of strain. I am convinced that I have no intention to try a F1. Just not fit or athletic enough to take that pounding. By the way today 21 Aug we had car racing at Sandown Park circuit down the road here. Audible most of the day. If not mistaken it was a Super Cars event day.
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  536. Fraser Island needs several days at minimum to see and visit even part of its many sights. Sand driving experience and recovery equipment very desirable. Many changes since mid 1990s when I was there. But within the first few km on the island I used my winch to help a Range Rover that had been towing a camper trailer, get recovered. His vehicle was dugin to floor level, trailer already left behind bogged nearly 100m back. He was clearly inexperienced, and tried to avoid the sloped into surf waves moist edge of beach, but tried high up dry soft sand. After winching vehicle and then the trailer back to safer firm wet beach sloped edge used by other vehicles, the driver asked, " How much does fantastic GADGET cost" referring to my winch. Clearly a city Range Rover 4WD owner with no real knowlege about such off road conditions, I am certain he saw very little of the entire island, and certainly not to the outer tip and light house. That is a real adventure. Needs going all the way to the north east end, requiring passing around Negalla rocks ( not sure of correct spelling there) Do lookup some youtube videos, lots of people getting stuck. When I travelled that I was on my own, and that location needed climbing high above the rocks, these days the approach is very low down and continus to be storm erroded considerably. I had two rising sand ramps, to top of the sand dune, no signs. On charging up the right one, slightly less steep, I aborted, as all view was sky and bonnet (hood by US name). On getting out my front wheels were inches from a vertical drop to rocks below. Note the island is entirely sand accumulated on a few rocky peaks that become surfaced on eastern coast in a few, rare outcrops. From memory thogh even that rock os very ancient sandstone. Anyway, had I continued even one foot further I likely would be dead, and the vehicle a rusted away wreck on those rocks. On backing down, I dragged some branches and driftwood from the beach area, and put up a limited barrier to the entrace to that ramp to try to save anone else mistaking that approach and getting killed, as I nearly was On using the left one, it took 5 tries to get to the top, from which I had possibly 1km of driving the ridge of a dune, with several large side gullies that would have terminated any chance of progress, filled by soft wind blown sand. On finally seeing clear beach the trip continued down the steep dune slope and over soft sand to the firmer sand of high tide water washes area. Many km later I was end of the island, and while the lighthouse was back a short distance around that end, I took photos and ware of high tide due in zeveral hours made my way back. Oh my heck. That dune I came down was now a real problem. The soft stretch of beach took away any speed of run up, and then nothing available to climb the dune rise of quite steep form. Some 20 tries, no success. I again assembled some drift wood and dried seaweed. Tried stomping some firmer track space. Finally made it partly onto the steeper dune edge slope. Here used my spare wheel, buried over the dune top to which myself up the dune, then winched the vehicle by near 80deg to face along the dune. Packed my gear and proceeded back along the dune, and to camp at Waddy Point camp. A full day trip, back in camp at next high tide, having departed in the morning maybe two hours after previous high tide, so travelling over 9 hrs, given tides are twice per day, so 12hrs high to high, or low to low. Glad to be alive, and a very important lesson, never drive unknown trails where you can not see your way, walk it to check is safe. Vision blocked, stop do not proceed till checking.
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  537. Like a cornered rat Putin will attack violently in self preservation. He will do anything, even unthinkable, for self preservation or die trying.
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  538. Our home was constructed in 1960, and we have lived here ever since mid 1961 when this woodframe, weatherboard house was completed. It has had two extension addons, and the exterior weatherboard has been covered by fake brick appearance fibre panels. Tiled roof has original tiles though cleaned and recoated about every 20 years. In general sourounding houses did have significant changes of neighbours over time and these days many of these older houses are bought demolished to be rebuilt as double story brick mansions with multi car garage integrated, occupying almost every square inch of the land. While the original houses often were less than 50% of property area, with significant front and rear garden spaces plus separate car garage/shed and driveway. The neighbourhood is becoming more expensive as demand of the larger land blocks of yesteryear are more desirable for these larger houses than most newer properties that were based on smaller land blocks. My area particularly as excellent local rail, bus and park/sporting space are all available, plus several larger shopping facilities nearby. Constant pressure by realestate agents prompting free quotes, trying to get interest in purchasing of property going, to make a killing on resale to people wanting to rebuild these large new homes. Estate agents act like flies around a dead carcass, or mosquitoes/leeches sensing blood. Newer developments are either brick veneer, wooden frame with brick skin or full brick construction, now often on poured concrete base, while original were built on stumps, with floor framework and air circulation space underneath.
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  539. It takes a supreme circuit to impress a multi NASCAR champion in such manner so completely. One aspect not so obvious in such a one or two lap trip is that the drivers must keep that pace and ultimate performance consistently hour after hour for 1000 km, and no tiny mistake or lack of attention allowed as that circuit will take out a vehicle in a fraction of a second at the tiniest mistake. Ok the distance is shared by two drivers, so approx 500 km and over 3 hours each. Sadly one driver typically carries a bit over 50% of the load. Additional is that you are running not as one car with a clear track but coping with several classes of different performance speed and handling. You need to pass and get around other cars, miscellaneous debris, avoid getting tied into crashes by less skilled drivers. Not to suggest any driver in that race can be other than highest performer. But year after year visiting top race drivers and local newbies show unforgiving lack of experience and staying power sorts out the best from the rest. Most quite successful racing drivers have no hope of surviving the Bathurst 1000. For the effective GODS of that race like the record number of wins holder Peter Brock, and other top performers Alan Moffat, Mark Skaife, Dick Johnson and numerous others there can be nothing but admiration. Sadly Peter Brock was taken out by a tree in a car rally event, a freak accident potentially a vehicle fault, as his skill should not have caused a crash there. A tragic loss to Australian racing. By the way our team at work, designed the ignition system used by Peter Brock racing vehicles for many years, and often had him in our office in discussion of new wishes. Also I made the calibrated airflow sensor for several Nissan Bluebird racing vehicles for years. We thus often interacted with some of these Gods of racing. A real priviledge few people get. While not able to accept rides and access to races (much) by company policy, we did get such offers and did participate at events on occasion anyway. I was injection system application /development engineer, and provided injector, air volume/mass, temp and crank sensor, fuel pump support. The supporr activity was one part of peak enjoyment of my job, the other being travel to many places around the world for car projects, driving a wide variety of vehicles in extremes of climate, very cold to very hot. Sadly while driving Lamborginies, Porshes some of these only in very controlled circumstance not on main roads, but many high power turbo cars and exclusive models on road conditions. Ferrari was restricted to be driven only by people that completed 6 month, Ferrari driver training not part of my job, though we had one in the local test facility I managed, for nearly two years
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  540. It is just summer and hot weather comes sometimes. Yes Sydney has temperatures to 40 °C, 104°F, and above expected in these days. Worse is if combined with higher humidity, as Sydney can readily get, as more often linked to tropical north. Though dry inland winds also occur. Melbourne does get heat waves to similar temperatures, but predominantly only for Northerly winds, orriginating from inland regions, so really hot conditions normally are dry heat.
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  541. Any clue why China want Taiwan? Any idea what will be done to TSMC manufacturing equipment if China takeover is likely to succeed. KABOOM goes the critical equipment. Samsung in Sth Korea safe? NO, SAME KABOOM PLANS.
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  542. Only shows the extreme hazard large groups of EV represent at present. Only individual cars are catching fire at present, though some China brands have currently well above acceptable rates of fire. But put many EV together, in enclosed spaces, like these transport ships but also parkhouses store car parks, parking sections of appartment blocks. Sadly there are virtually no stopping Lion battery fires, only let them burnout. That in tight packed and enclosed places are pure massive uncontrolled situations. In apartment blocks with base and underground parking, EV fires will be a massive hazard for residents with resulting problems of escape becoming near impossible with high heat and fumes of multiple cars lighting up from just one failing EV. Much the same in shopping plaza with enclosed parking. Many people will be loosing homes to EV and charger system fires. Add to that fires in Solar Power battery banks. Lots of new problems are coming to our communities.😮😮😮😮😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢.
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  543. To me Bathurst beats racing of any other form. Compared to other racing on typical circuits with almost flat terrain, and circuits with open and plain corners, clear visibility, even F1, Le Mans 24hr, large loop high speed Nascar, all fail the excitement and skill of this 1000km race. I admit as dro ers settle into the near 6hrs, even Bathurst can many times get into a more procession, but even a tiny lapse of concentration by a driver or simple car part failure very quickly becomes spectacular carnage. As a circuit it is basically only challenged by the Nurburg Ring in Germany, which by the way is open to publc to drive their own vehicle and motor bikes on, or even hired race cars. You do need to get qualified to do so, but anyone can run there following some strict rules too. Check out some Youtube of public driving there.
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  544. Seriously crazy doing those speeds on public roads.
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  545.  @joshthomas2536  actually was 750kg gross loaded weight, 250kg load capacity. Two heavy adults could exceed it permissible load. Real fun to throw around, so much so that several review journalists returned damaged vehicles after repeatedly purposeful spinning out thrashing through corners sliding off the road, all was such joy compared to manhandling typical 2 ton steel hulks. Bad was its narrow width, that like the Haflinger 4WD also a tiny 2 cyl Austrian vehicle, assembled in Victoria from imported kits, side rollovrrs were common. The massive 56:1 low gear 1st reduction gave theoretical torque at each wheel exceeding max mass. Of course different prevented that, but given traction in theory could climb vertically. I have 8mm movie of a Suzuki trying to climb up a large house sized rock. The driver only had to abandon the climb because he was standing vertical on rear wheels about to back flip. On large boulders near Warragamba dam, that US Sydney main water storage, the Suzuki chambered along more like a mountain goat. The short wheelbase and light weight also had disadvantages. The short nature and especially NSW tracks were often granit gravel to easily cause loss of traction and often mound and diverting gully, caused Suzuki to need to climb the steeper approach side of mound section, in climbing hills on tracks, resulting in both front and rear wheels on the steeper mound side slope before crossing the peak. Where larger 4WD would have front over the peak as rear wheels started climbing. Si Suzuki would be left scrabbling in loose gravel spinning all four wheels. Even stopped by loose gravel on hill climbing by larger tree roots, then spending time spinning and sliding back and forth against said root. Usually made it after removing loose surface gravel, and especially knowing and proper driving technique minimised that. On the sandunes at Newcastle bight the power and speeds in gears became a limit too. With fast run up the bigger 4WDs conquered many dune faces, that little Suzi just started on and dug in, with sand even sliding down over the bonnet (hood for US). However on a saddle ridge between two tall dunes, three vehicles had to be winched out. Yet my Suzi climbed the side of that saddle ridge, from side across the top down the other side. The wheels were turning in second gear low range but like clockwork driven a TICK forward rotation then stopped as opposite wheel would do TICK forward, all four wheels progressing in tiny increments over 20 minutes making a climb across with total height near 50 ft base to top. Another part of that dunes trip allowed under special government permit, as normally only beach access for surf fishing allowed, was fuel use. My Suzi did the weekend trip Newcastle, dunes and back on its 30 liter tank with near 15% reserve. Most larger vehicles needed jerry cans of fuel unless having secondary fuel tanks, and one Landrover burned through 120 liters fuel, needing an extra 20 L jerry can of fuel from another vehicle to make it back to a petrol station. Long trips were awkward with around 350 to 400km range depending on how hard the terrain, and on highway how fast you pushed it. Quite normal was max speed redlined at 80kph, and that was engine screaming at around 7500 rpm. Gets tiring on near 800km or 1200 km highway run Sydney to Melbourne depending inland Hume Hwy or coastal Princes Hwy. Also bothersome on long highway hills trucks would require you to pass them or drop also to lower speeds then they roared past downhill and the flat stretches as you were stuck at 80kph max. Same for cars with caravans or boat trailers. On ghe whole though I would like my old two stroke Suzi back if that were possible have many fond trip memories, inspite of its clear limitations on load capacity, speeds and other things. The later evolution to four stroke engines wider track etc to the model "Stockman" version is just not the same. Though as a small second vehicle could be nice. A fully EV version might also be of interest.
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  546. They got the name PARKER wrong, it is JAMES PACKER, no R in the first part of the surname. He inherited the media empire from his father and since largely redirected into Gambling Casino ownership and going backwards finacially and legal status, though still very rich.
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  547. Melbourne has had most of its good aspects totally destroyed by bad political management of Covid, total shutdowns have killed of Melbourne. Will take many years to recover almost every aspelct, sports, theathre, restaurants etc .
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  548. They are not always so difficult. Though my sister, 13yrs old, was laumch backwards about 3m onto her backside, at a local animal sanctuary. It had just had enough pf various children petting it. After the swift kick it hopped away about 20m and minded its own business away from the people. We had a wallaby, ie small kangaroo, settle into our camp one holiday period, opposite to the camp general store, with lots of people around, except it moved deeper into our camper annex when too many people came near. The ranger threatened us with a fine, for restraining ot. We denied that. He chased it away but as he walked away it came right back. Several repeat chasing away and the ranger gave up, admitted we were not restraining it. For best part of a week it left overnight, but returned each day for most of the day. Other than a water bowel and the pdd slice of multigrain bread, we fave it nothing but shelter, and occasional stroking, which it was happy for us to do, but avoided much from others. The ranger isited a number of times and just shook his head, saying he had never seen anything like it before. Normally up to 100 or so crossed the camp from one hill largely grass covered to one more covered by light forest, as dawn/dusk respectively. A number of years later, I toured the same area, to visit limestone caves, with a cousin and his wife visiting from Germany. While waiting on cave session I got down a number of birds including Magpie, Crow, and parrot types, Lorikeet, Rosella and white cockatoo, by offering bread and biscuits. The visitors were so happy to get such closeup photos, especially the various parrot types that even sat on arms or shoulder, and Magpie taking food from fingers. All are totally wild birds, though used to people as the area has the camping section too. Anyhow later close to the cave entrance my cousin's wife saw wallabies on the adjacent hillside, but because the simple camera could not bring image close enough, she tried climbing the hill to get closer hoping they would not run away. Sadly about half way she slipped and came sliding on her belly down most of the way geeting a bit grubby with mud and grass. So disappointed, but I offered to call the walabies down. To their and a few others waiting on the cave tour, I soon had most of the mob down around us. My visitors got very close photos as they fed bread, stroked them and posed in various ways. A few of the other strangers also benefitted, but most stayed around us, as only we (I) had bread at hand. Personally I have not had to fight any yet, though some wild ones made clear I should not get too close, so ability to read reactions of animals is useful.
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  549. Do not try that grab without lots of experience. Look but do not touch. Take a few photos there is little reason to grag it unless needing to capture it, for good reason.
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  550. Best wishes and good safe recovery. Good to see you feeling better so soon.
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  551. But spent a very long time trailing well behind the G Wagen, nowhere near remaining in passing distance. Inspite lots of noise no faster than the G Wagen. I do not deny had it been fully open road might possibly been able to better travelling times but mostly fell behind by major slowness negotiating tight corners that the G Wagen was opening it far lead through. Not impressive driving for a high performance sports vehicle, compared to G Wagen. I think quite possibly he was actually required to follow that lead vehicle, acka G Wagen, to be permitted that mountain drive. Not actually free to do full performance run on own merit.
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  552. No not road legal for those buggies. Do not conform to various road conditions, and without registration not allowed on public tracks, and cross country also not permitted all vehicles must be only on tracks. The side by side is usable on private property and race circuits. Also official desert races. Road registration requires ADR qualifications, that need lights, crash worthyness, and many design details that the side by side and many offroad buggy do not fulfill.
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  553. Button plan please! LABOR PLAN.... Howard was not instigator.
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  554. Would seem weird to Americans, that the bill total is the listed prices in the menu or displayed by the ship in general. PRICES DISPLAYED MUST BE FULLY INCLUSIVE. It is illegal to not include tax like GST (goods and services tax of 10%) What is permitted is statement of x% surcharge on for example public holidays or Sunday, as the staff wages are loaded by 50% or 100%, "time and a half" or " double time". Notice the USA where you see the price of items, get your money ready, and find at the register you must pay more as taxes are added to displayed price, and that tax(s) seems to depend where you are, not the same everywhere. WHY NOT DISPLAY WHAT YOU MUST PAY, FAR EASIER TO KNOW IF YOU CAN AFFORD IT.. you get your loose change to see if you can afford that drink or snack, try to buy it and end up short unable to pay.
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  555. Thylecene are possible due to huge areas of dense forest in Tasmania, an rummers keep coming of sightings yet no physical evidence yet found, say scat the droppings all creatures leave behind. The image shown could be a mockup to get a photo to gain publicity, some people do such
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  556. Great results on that claim.Those ocean stones have so many ways to look fantastic. Good for you to get a well deserved return on a claim.
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  557. In season Avocado prices go under $1, for good large ones, even 5 for $2 or so small to medium ones
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  558. Critical driving in Germany, and as far as I am aware in other European countries, it is VERY important that on country roads a higher speed limit reverses to slower city limit speed at and as of the town/village name sign. NO EXTRA speed limit signs are there. You pass say from a 80 kph road, the name sign to the village, you are now in a 50 kph limit area. Quite possibly only a short distance and an additional sign might even drop limit to 30 kph, but that will have a sign. Worse for inattentive drivers is that quite commonly only 10s of meters past the name sign may also be a speed camera, so drop to the lower limit BEFORE passing the name sign, NOT start to slow on passing. On Autobahn if you do find yourself in the left most lane, say having passed another vehicle, note trucks are NEVER allowed in the fastest lanes, do move back soon. If not you may find a car coming up quickly, flashing its high beams, warning that it expects to come through fast. On one test drive we were in a Mercedes doing 265 kph, and flashing cars a very large distance ahead they had just enough time to move right for us to zoom past. We were NOT the fastest car travelling there either. Another aspect to catch out foreign drivers, while it may seem known that passing on the right is illegal, even where there is a separated lane, say at an exit ramp or turn off to another highway stretch, you must still not be faster than the cars to your left not actually on your separated lane. I have experienced a case where the speed limit of the main highway reduced, while the exiting lane was continued at speed going to change to another Autobahn stretch. It was still necessary to slow to matching speed of left side traffic, until well away from the main highway just exited. In Australia we have legal requirement to keep LEFT on multilane roads note our normal traffic flow is UK standard left side, or right hand drive cars. It is illegal to cruise in our right, fast lanes, unless overtaking. Not that our Dash cam videos do not show lots of right lane roadhogs. They may get fined however. In principle it applies where more than two lanes exist, but many highways two lanes are also sign posted with " Keep Left" . On issue of speeding, passing on such keep left conditions, will NOT permit speeding above limit, just to pass another vehicle also travelling at speed limit, since already at limit there is no need to pass, just follow at safe separation. On speed limit and getting booked for speeding, in the now distant past, the police had about 10% tolerance actually same as the legal speedometer tolerance of cars. Note the speedo tolerance is a positive, no under indication is legal for vehicles so in theory must indicate correct or at least over indicate, no excuse you were on right speed by the speedometer of the car. Under inflation ofctyres also over indicates speed, and as by design most vehicle speedometers are by design on over indication, for production tolerance reason, even moderate over inflation of tyres should not be a problem in far largest cases. HOWEVER quite a few years ago the police dropped that tolerance, and while never actually stating any margin, you will certainly be fined fir as little as 3 kph over. And no assurance even 1 kph will prevent getting fined. In fact recently a number of NZ drivers are being fined for 1 kph over limit, by their claims. It is very chancy to go over the limit or hog right lanes on highways. Speed camera abound, fixed and mobile cameras plus a new feature on highways is the longer distance tracking average vehicle speeds to be under limit. No longer possible to slow for known camera locations, and speed in between. Now anything from 10km to over 100km distances, your average speed can be used to issue fines for speeding based on your average speed. Around city/towns there are plenty of RED light cameras that combine speed and Red light, so also catch speeding through the intersection even on Green. No speedup to avoid a Red light. Another driver trap is regular "Booze and Drug" testing mobile monitoring. All or large blocks of vehicles get pulled aside, where a group of police will perform breath tests and saliva swab for drugs. Fail that breath detection you get to park your car, you then get in the mobile testing bus for formal breath test on known calibrated equipment. Fail that and you get to leave the car, get a big fine, and if not marginally over taken to lock up, at low levels you find alternative means to get home. Drugs are similarly severely fined and limit driving. Both can lead to longer term loss of driver license. Trying to avoid the testing stop, by diverting down side streets or turning around is likely to get you pulled over by patrol car or motorbike police, tested and/ escorted to testing location.
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  559. A lot of Australian motor sport is so good by not being over commercialsed, and thus closed to common private racing in olvementt. Anyone can work into having involvement on reasonable budget, and gain skills and ultimately needed racing license.
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  560. Yes we have a number of outdoors type shops. One you recently had briefly, BCF, is one that is popular near here I assume fairly widely across Australia, at least east coast states. The name BCF stand fir contraction of "Boating, Camping, Fishing" while there are others and some have similar products but more towards camping, hiking and outdoor clothes. Due to weapon restrictions there is less support of related and hunting equipments, unless soecial related licensed businesses. Pepper spray is regarded a offensive illegal weapon, in the same class as knives, swords, guns, crossbow, archery bow. If caught with restricted weapons you face significant penalties.
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  561. Sadly many councils are driven by what I call nuts, pushing woke, political correctness try to be inclusive of non Christians, and cancelling any Christmas decorations and events, to not upset/offend those not celebrating this. However over look the majority that do want to celebrate the event, being massively upset and offended by the canceling. Many non Christians fully join in the event as a gift giving peace among people event.
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  562.  @Yvolve  Well aware of it, still remains amazing for road circuit like the Isle of Mann TT, it is FAR beyond anything like a race circuit like Nuerburg Ring, with wide open track and clear spaces of bitumen. On the TT circuit the road is narrow, buildings and structures leave NO margin, it is still super human, and inthis speed record run the driver was on his own, no co driver reading details from a script, he even still commented the drive. Taking nothing from Sabine, but the TT is longer under much harder conditions.
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  563.  @Yvolve  my comment relates to acknowledging the super capability of such driving. Few people could achieve such nothing more, not dealing with one track vs another, or merit of one vs another driver, all deserve receiving credit for their ability.
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  564. War-nam-bool
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  565. I still have a 1993/94 series 80 Diesel Landcruiser. Have had it since 1997, when purchased second hand, post Police dept use. That was being a model then just being updated by Toyota to Series 100, which by now is to Series 300. Which presently is very much in demand on backorder for many months, the cost is $100,000 upwards. The Series 70 is more retro and very popular, and lower cost, but lower power and many lower spec details. However I love the manual transmission while the Series 300 is higher power/torque, full time 4WD, and ONLY 10spd Auto, no manual. Hard choice as I am considering updating, as the current Series 80 is reaching 30 years age end of 2023.
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  566. Inland is hot and dry, but excatly the dry also creates no clouds and very clear sky. It is quite possible and have actually had it three nights in a row, for day temp up to 45°C, but night goes sub zero, long enough that a 5 litre plastic water bottle goes solid by morning. That very dry clear air allows massive heat radiation to space. In many areas night temp can quite commonly go to frost levels and under 0°C on many nights. Inland farming country in SA, Vic and NSW have many towns, not in mountains that regularly get down into -5 °C to -8°C over winter months. Also in winter coastal places can suffer feeling cold by higher air moisture and wind, so even +5°C can cause shivering and need for warm clothes. In fact my experience would suggest the region -5°C to +10°C is least comfortable, as clothing is either insufficient or too warm, when relarively inactive to being active. Real cold, -10°C to below -30°C proper clothes can work fine. I have done many years of cold car testing in Sweden, South Korea, Hokaido (Japan North Island), on high mountains in snow, including a having to shovel snow of more than 1m, taking half the day to access the test cars and equipment. Temperatures down to -30°C, say -25°F working hours long outside, and even driving 80 kph with head out the window, as with four test people in the car, fogging and icing over inside the car was instant, and with cold engine no heater, sonce purpose is testing engine and car start and driving performance after starting. BRRRR... lots of hyper chilled face, nose, ears, and long icicles off the beard and nose. Yet more work in cold chamber at down below -45°C, though here for Australia, most only to -15°C to -20°C, but my projects covered world markets too. I actually did some cold chamber work up to an hour in T shirt and shorts, and enjoy really cold, below -10°C, but hate the 0 to 10°C range, which is also the worst for colds and flu.
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  567. By the way, I am not aware how the US supports migrants allowed in. If they have employment issues, do they get the same unemployment money as other citizens, what about if the migrant and family have medical needs, are they entitled to same free public treatment and subsidised medications as other citizens. I AM RATHER SURE THEY DO NOTGET BEFENITS ANTHING LIKE WE PROVIDE. It is not unusual for official migrants, to endup needing social support, but especially for "boat people" that are allowed to stay to remain for years on unemployment benefits and definitely deoend on the universal health care. Can illegal border crossing people get public funding support in USA?.
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  568. Yes many places as mentionned by other comments use holding lanes and dedicated traffiic light arrows rather than hook turns. Two matters are not not raised. Firstly the space for such holding lanes is scarce. Melbourne had trams long before car traffic existed. Buildings and road spaces fixed likewise long before trafffic volumes. There is simple no room to add spare lanes deicated to extra turning traffic. Than the issue that a dedicated turning arrow time for those waiting to turn must add a dedicated time period to the overall lights cycle times. In order to allow turns to complete in that dedicated arrow green time the through traffic must already be stopped by a red light period to avoid headon collisions. That time is reducing the Green light duration for all through traffic, reducing overall traffic flow possible just for a few turning vehicles, whether any exist or not, unless inroad detection supresses the turn green arrow if no turn traffic waiting. Experience suggests reliability of such automatic detection is mediocre in many cases. Hook turns remain on only a few intersections, especially some inner city block roads unable to be widened without tearing up the existing building structures and older historic buildings. Outside the dense inner block such hook turns are not required. Noted in many comments is that cyclists in many places aleady do their version of hook turns more than efficiently and trouble free and very commonly. In early days infact first traffic was in standard doing hook turns among horse buggy and cart traffic
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  569. Really super size monitor lizards, today the Komodo dragon is largest, but Australian Goannas, some species, can exceed 4m, I personally have dragged over 3m injured, stunned goanna from a roadway, after it was run over by a car, and chased and grabbed 2m examples. They are damned strong and claws are long and sharp. Do not get bitten as the wound is assured septic and needing urgent medical care, or likely faral consequence. So no laughing matter. Fortunately little risk of being attacked, only risk is to fools like me who collected lizards and felt confident to grab a gonanna. Snakes and such large lizards are definitely only for foolhardly people who over estimate their own abilities. Yet I have survived to 70yrs age so far and while alot more cautious and possibly (probably) too slow now, would still not be scared to try.
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  570. By nature having lots of foods of neighbouring countries applies rather widely. USA has considerable Mexican and Middle America influence, and while also Chinese, Japanese and Italian, French plus others, Mexican is lrobably by far the most common. Australia has far greater Asian influence, yes Europe too, Italian, Greek, German, French and others but very many Vietnamese, Cambodian, Indonesian, Chinese, Japanese, Indian restaurants, and goods in shops snd supermarkets. Even fish, meat and vegetable shops have many Asian products on offer. We have Mexican restaurant but far less than Asian and European. Much of Asia however is much as Mexico tending to quite strong spices too. Yes Curries of several variants, but also chillies and related. Korea staples like Kimchi (cabbage and chillies, potted, fermented underground typ 1yr) very hot if not experienced. While not havong US experience of Asian goods and restaurants, I have Europen Japan, Korea, Malaysian, Indonesian experiences, and I believe we have very authentic restaurants for India through Japan region while Asian restaurants in Europe seemed much altered to European tastes, not so authentic. A very good Mexican meal was had on pne Holden Car test trip, at a Mexican restaurant run by a original Mexican chef, as part of the Burke Golf Club. Burke is a far north central NSW town, by the Darling river. The chef came out to suggest to several of the dozen in our group he would lower heat rating lower, 0 to 9 choices across differing dishes in the menu, some had 4 to 7 rated choices and he suggested he tone down to 3 max. All agreed but myself and one other stuck to 5 rated, I finished ok but it was about all I would have wanted. The other guy was late to breakfast and suffered problem sitting comfortably, due to what he called "scorched backside: He had severe reaction to the strongly spiced meal, causing many night trips to pass on excesses. I understood this as very authentic Mexican offers. Holden used the area for testing as good long straight roads existed either side of town, with police quite cooperative, understanding that some outside law driving was needed. Even got test rides of "Desirable V8" models, and shared cool can of popular mens type stuff. On special occasions testing involved far above legal speeds, and police had drivers provided, but they often relaxed in the shade while experienced company test engineers did the work. Also if speed patrols were due on our side of town were warned, and we tested on the other side of town for that day. Away from the actual testing, during travel from Melbourne to Burke about 1200km from memory, so needing to get there in one day, speeds were often pushing the 100 Kph speed limit and highway patrol was quite happy to pass on numerous speeding fines. After several years Holden finally granted the test teams to break journey overnight about 2/3 distance, after union issues about a proving ground test driver being stripped for 2yrs of his driving license, due to fines and points accumulated during test trip, and Holden tried to dismiss him, as no longer able to do his job. Union stepped in as his loss was due to the one day demands to reach Burke. Holden had to keep him on as test drover within the Proving Ground AND provide pickup and return home either by chaufer or fellow proving ground workers as that young guy had no way to get to and from work othwerwise. Also the break in trip was now allowed, with motel overnight stop. Was quite interesting keeping up with V8 vehicles, in transport to/from Burke, when driving smaller 4 Cyl model Holden cars. One funny, but close to tragic event occured on one return trip at end of two weeks testing. While passing through one moderate central NSW town, West Wyalong from memory, suddendly two police vehicles with lights and sirens chased through central shopping strip, and cutoff one small test car, a light blue sedan, can not right now remember the type, with CB antenna on the roof. They hauled the driver out bundled him roughly into a police vehicle and off to the police station. Our group seniors wanted to know what was doing, but no reply, the car was left to be towed away, while our entire team went on to a large petrol station and roadhouse and started a early lunch break. Lots of confusion as we would have been in town vicinity for under 2 mins. Finally one mechanic went back to town, while test team managers were discussing options and what to do. Sadly that mechanic almost made the situation impossible and tragic. He was typical brash loudmouth joker and on walking into the police station, seeong this poor French Carburetta engineer, sitting handcuffed opposite two tough looking police, and one suited detective, without any tact or thought, loudly called out " PLAYING WITH THE GIRLS AGAIN?" WOW, hoe best to get someone jailed and key thrown away. Over two hours later, the matter was explained to our test team leaders thus. About 5 min before our light blue small sedan with CB antenna on its roof, was stopped, a identically described car had been involved in a gross sexual attack on two young (under 10) girls in a park in town, seen departing by people that saved the girls. So the mechanics comment was about as damaging as it could possibly be. The two girls were brought to the police station still in tears, however they were able to clarify this person was NOT the one, and the engineer was released as was the car though it was extensively unpacked and searched needing nearly an hour to repack. We were able to continue as a group some 5 hours delayed, getting to Melbourne after midnight. Had the two girls still in shock not been able or willing to identify, the engineer could well have spent long time in jail. Especially as police certainly were unwilling to take our travel time from Burke or statements of over twenty people as evidence that this person could not have been guilty. Sorry about this rambling test trip story, it is just so horrid to think how easy one could be left proven guilty, while innocent, merely by a series of coincidences.
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  571. Not wrong, the Unimog is more universal working vehicle and probably the better all round choice. The Pinzgauer is very capable but far more Spartan, and lighter than Unimog. Durability was excellent and it's body flex due to the unique herring bone structure gave it some advantages as did the excellent clearance. One area from memory that did give some concern were the wheel hub gearing that produced some faults. But as a working tool it did stand out in load carrying in adverse conditions. Definitely noisy and not so nice on highway.
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  572. Philip Island track was of course the birthplace of what became Bathurst, in its dirt track days. Later as in this a sealed track, still running races of cars and motorbikes. Runs big events including annual MOTO GP races, except during current COVID lockdowns
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  573. KOMBI was the original naming in Germany, really to imply "Combination" for its universal usage and configuration possibilities.. From closed body to open rear tray, side doors, and due to the boxer 4 cyl under the rear driving back wheels unlike most little vans there is no interfering drive train tunnel or engine bump in the front. Offering a very flat unobstructed inner floor space, that considerably enhances its flexibility for configurations, and definitely extra benefit for camper conversion and deliver van applications. Good multi seat row are easy. The utility tray version was great for farms and persons carting tools and machinery around.
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  574. OK while shops must put a mark up on goods sold, such prices on meat pies and sausage rolls are RIPOFF. I do realise that food concessions at major sporting venues also charge high prices, they at least can justify their high prices because the venue charges them very highly on making the concession space and facility available, and also often carry considerable overhead on unsold overstock, as sales volume is unable to be perfectly estimated, leading to scrapping quantities, hopefully providing / donating excess to food services for homeless or disadvantaged assistance services not just dumped trash. As far as supermarket, depending on brand and specific pie or sausage roll variant and pack size price can vary. One of the major brands Four and Twenty, as 4 pie pack, standard Beef meat pie standard price is around $7 per4, Chicken&vegetable near same or $1 less, but regular supermarket discount weekly can have these down into $5 range, specific variants like Beef&pepper, Angus Beef normally around $11, but special reduced to $7.60. Other brands can be $8 to $12, and even only 2 per pack, but some real variants Sous Vide, Wagu Beef, and many more. Yet some house brand could be 8 basic meat pies for $6 or less. Individual 'cold' pies could be $3 region or less. Hot ready to eat will be marked up a bit on that depending on shop. Sausage rolls mainly vary mainly by size less by varied recipe, but supermarket packs, 6 or 8 similar to basic meat pies. Individual quick microwave heatable pack, both meat pie and sausage roll normally around $3, with specials at $2 range or less frequently as low as $1.50. Another variant are Pastie, either meat&veg or vegetable only, in 4 pack like basic meat pie in pricing. In normal takeaway shops or small bakeries, hot meat pies of many flavour variants, including pepper curry chilli and many more typically are in $2.50 to $4 range. Pasties similar, and sausage rolls as low as half those prices though up to same prices. Another variant are "party" pies, sausage rolls or pasties. Basically smaller 'bite' size items often served as finger food at gatherings and parties where large groups grab as needed. In supermarket pack a dozen or so might be $12, or less if on sale. Larger packs also available at scaled relative cost to quantity. Those exorbitant prices in the video seem to be tourist zone or sports/special function concession offers typical.
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  575. Should be treated as other people tryingbto enter the US. He has no Royal Significance by own choice to remove himself from activities associated to Royalty. If he has lied in his application the treatment of such needs to be as done normally, or if given special considerations, the reason for such must be evaluated and must meet reasonable reason for leniency. If failing the fair test, then he needs to be deported and need to be excluded for required period, before permitted to reapply. At that time his history needs to be included in any reevaluation hopefully to full negative grade.
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  576. Do not over rate Alaska size, when shown on flat map it is distorted in size, compare size by area in sq miles or as depicted on a globe. I think you will find it is not really so big.
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  577. I always chucked all pyrites, never realised gold may also be contained. But I am talking about large cubic chunks of pyrites up to cm sizes.
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  578. Working trucks
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  579. Today 17 May, I saw a YouTube video I am surevyou would like. By "WICKED WOMBAT" Title is :50 Outrageous Wild Animal Moments From Australia" Hope you watch it too.
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  580. Upton 10mins I get the impression that this estate sale is one I mentioned earlier as rarely available as snapped up by extended family or friends after someone passed on. Compared to the prior two I commented on this looks absolutely terrific. At that price I suspect it is a rare bargain in the NY area. Clean, no major issues seen in the early video, will resume watching.
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  581.  @Gordon_L  Woops, sorry stuffed that up badly...
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  582. Slip streaming supreme by Porsche and McClaren
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  583. IVECO is a truck family by FIAT
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  584. A third dead by 20550 could be true, but not due to climate. There are car accidents cancers suicides drug overdoses. In my own 1969 high school list of students, some 25 years later, for class reunion there were near 30% listed as deceased.
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  585. In the news this past weekend a young girl is critical in hospital after being attacked by a kangaroo on their mid NSW fa. She has severe cuts last e actions and some Internal injuries if I correctly recall the news item
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  586. Hail can occur with strong rain storms or particularly as part of thunder storms, that can occur throughout the year. Mostly only small hail grains, but some places from memory Sydney and north seem to occasionally get large hail, causing severe damage. Back many years ago, Sydney had massive damage that grounded many aircraft, needing repairs, stranding tourists for days. My parents having mistimed departure of their Europe trip, had to wait two weeks for a alternative flight to clear the backlog of such stranded travellers. Huge number of cars were written off for excessive damage, including new cars in dealers yards and even entire shipment of new cars at habour import area, having just arrived by ship. Many cars with moderate damage with dimpled panels and replacement widows were sold for large discounts if repairable at moderate costs. Some private cars went on for years with the dimpled metal work and where need some spraypaint. Yes we can get several hail storms each year, few actually doing harm, but not uncommon to have icy snow like cover that melts away in minutes to hours.
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  587. Seasons wise, yes opposite to northern hemisphere. However Australia stretches a long way north south. While the lower part Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, even southerly part of New South Wales all have winter, and especially Vic and NSW have extensive ski areas both down hill and cross country, Tasmania too but I believe not as developed. The general climate is above 0 degC / 32 degF so unless exceptional most peoppe live in regions from a few degC up, with day time high mostly in teens. Some country areas do get sub zero minimum overnight but lower than -5 to -8 degC is the exception. Northwards the temperatures are of course warmer, even Sydney will have into 20s range in winter, but so can Melbourne Adelaide and even Hobart in Tasmania. More rainy days and moderate temperatures is best description of winter. Summer in southern regions may have 30 to 40+ range in hot times, but high 20 DegC maximums are more average. Hot spells may be week at a time, great swimming conditions. Mid north like Sydney may tend towards humid, and more thunderstorm, rain shower conditions though also general warm to hot sunny weather. Though Sydney in winter can have periods of sunny weather, like more southerly cloudy more rsiny weather also sets in. As one goes even higher north, the weather in winter gets most pleasant, warm but not so tropical humid. In fact the winter months is the best time in northern areas, while summer Nov to Apr is a hot humid time with monsoon rains here that season is called "wet season" up north and not exceptional is heavy rain and flooding. A time to not plan travelling there. Inland Australia can be totally closed by flooding in central and northern areas as very few sealed highways exist, and could have flooding and wahouts. In general dirt roads are not suitable when wet and are even closed for months while wet as traffic causes severe road damage costly to repair thousands of kilometers of such once dry again. But almost undriveable until regraded, as ruts and potholes created by even one vehicle once dry and hard makes travel very difficult and damaging to vehicles. In essence for very northern latitudes the winter is best time, and summer is to be best. Progressively southern latitudes are best in summer, and less so in winter, except skiing. Colder and rainy weather makes summer better. Though with possible 40 DegC and over may make Dec to Mar less interesting for people not liking hit conditions. In southern summer heat at least normally it is dry heat not so humid. A point for Central Australia is that while day time could be hot 30 to 40 degC, nights can fall to sub zero as ckear skies and low humidity can plunge tempertures during nights. Have had 45 day and -3 night temperature extremes during desert travel. In overall view where one jntends to gi, the best season is variable. Far north do avoid the wet season Nov to Apr.
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  588. Cost Ford a lot when deciding to stop V8, in interests of emissions and fuel economy. Caused Holden much gains.
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  589. To my take on words and implied meaning it is the DEM side that is inciting extreme violence.
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  590. One wonders about that super short flight in Scotland. Do they have a 60 minute checkin time for the flights? Does baggage arrive on the collection carousels after about 30 min after landing?
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  591. US is rotting from inside by political and police/ legal excesses and corruption. Hopefully it is not too late already to cleanout the system. Otherwise you will endup worse than life under Russian/Chinese communism or corrupt dictator states.
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  592. That time was pre emission and very basic emission controls, and fuel was still very cheap, like AU$0.12 per liter at a time it was AU$1.20 to $1.50 = US$1.00, so say US$0.39 per US gallon ( 3.786L =US gallon). Tighter emissions csn post 1980s, and V8 became far less popular.
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  593. No way should Biden Harris deserve the Time honour, so far they have done nothing at all to standout, except stealing an election. . The left bias of Time magazine shows through
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  594. Dry air passes more UV than humid air, even thin wispy clouds help. So tropics though under stronger sun suffer less problems, but long hours through mid day, spent in outdoor exposure, clear skies, with light or absent clothing ie swimming, that are certainly very common in Australia. It is worth noting excluding dark skin African people, most populations in hotter climate places, with strong sun exposure also tend to wear loose full or mostly covering clothing and/or spend most critical mid day times indoors or in saded places. I used to makesure to get early light sunburn, but getting tanned to avoid stronger sunburns later. Only nose and lips protected by the commonly seen 'Zinc cream' white or recent times even various colours, that is an absolute sun block water resistant though messing up clothes towels and other things when accidentally smear red d ekesewhere than intended. Seen often on Australians at beaches or sports (Cricket, tennis etc). Later have used block out lotions frequently ( always). These were once SPF 10 TO 15, now available in 50 and higher rating.
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  595. Just called "Grand Prix" in those days
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  596.  @henry247  ok but hardly ever referenced by the F1 term
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  597. Hope you make it further given the reduced airtraffic during Covid. I am sure you could qualify for asylum with your family. Sorry that you suffer such situation. Wish you and family the best .
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  598. Many tourist souvenir bommerangs are not realy good for throwing, just mass produced, with illustrations or mock aboriginal art. Easy to produce form good flat wood, commonly ply wood or thin boards, a bit of edge rounding, a bit of paint, lacquer, and images...bommerang for sale. In my teens we made many from plywood, and even got good return a tion by correct airfoil shaping. Some practice and lo good throw fly and catch in the hand. Real aboriginal bommerangs are fashioned from curved roots and bush branches. Necesary for strength, as cutting from a flat board puts woodgrain wrong one one side or other, easily fraturing it on hitting ground or objects. Hunting bomerangs are mostly heavier and harder wood, for maximum kill or knockout potential, and not foiled for return curve, but accurate if even curved path of flight. Normally even one arm is far shorter than the other, unlike returning types that tend mostly symmetrical arms. I can confirm getting hit by a hinting type hurts, and could easily cause serious injury. Do not throw from person to person, you could well, even at best, end up in hospital. Do not be disappointed with return of typical tourist souvenirs. While many will still return if thrown well, they fall far short of a well made one. Results vary by source. If it is plywood, probable a visual product. However if truely carved of natural curved grown wood more likely well formed and more likely to fly well.
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  599. Another more recent woman in leading motorsport was the Gerrman girl who also appeared in Top Gear the UK motoring program. She was certainly in lead performance class including the Nuerburg ring Can't recall the name at this late hour, surname " Schmidt" ?
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  600.  @tommytomato6588  Thank you, yes quite right. She sure could drive,outperforming many men, and not only on track.
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  601. Merry Christmas and a Happy (healthy) New Year. I too wish you continued good recovery, to be ready for more in the better warmer weather once spring arrives, in the mean time keep warm and cosy.
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  602. Just imagine a HOA trying to force rhem to join with that huge home areaand PRIVATE DRIVEWAY
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  603. I was given a extended warrantee , FREE, as purchase deal on a second hand, ex police dept, Landcruiser. Conclusion of the results over the life, km driven and time span, of that extended warrantee , ABSOLUTE RIPOFF IF YOU PAY FOR IT. The vehicle by the way is now 29 yrs old 27 yrs as mine, no troubles in just under 300,000km, almost 200,000 miles
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  604. Water, at least clean drinking water is precious, and so places based on purified bore water, rain water tanks, or other supply constraints, extreme limits exist. In one country town I have visited a relative in Germany, the toilet flush is limited to 1 litre, and the prior muck still sits in the vertical tube till next flush and the drop zone has less a cm of water puddle. Quite disconcerting. Another irksome instance is China, where flush is not even used, a drop pit, but the wipe paper is dropped into a basket at the side, complete with a cloud of flies buzzing around a huge pile of browned paper pieces. YUCK! That was in a tourist tour of a ancient palace. Glad that at least these flies, unlike in Australia did not insist on landing around your face.
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  605. Try some realy dangerous acid! Try Hydro Flouric, DONT ALLOW CONTACT WITH YOUR BODY, EAST BONES VERY QUICKLY, NOR EXPOSE CONCRETE TO IT
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  606. Will be sorely missed. Fairwell in heaven Barry, no one was better.❤❤❤
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  607. Not eaten YET. Of course he is interacting regularly with crocs that have such interactions frequently. He would be foolish to try the same just on any large croc he happens to encounter in the wild. Especially with a female near her nest of eggs. Live like that and make a mistake, and likely that is your LAST mistake. There is no margin for errors. It is the likelyhood of Crocs trying to climb into the boat especially for people fishing from smaller motor boats, dare not use a small outboard tin dingy, that to me make those tourist, jumping crocodile spectaculars so dangerous. Bad enough that some Crocs are recognising when people are fishing that easy food is around to snatch off the line as the caught fish are being reeled in, but to teach by high launch from the water food can be snatched, makes it risky even for sizable cruisers, that a Croc may lead from water onto the deck. A 4.5m croc for example got a person on the shoulder, on the deck of a house boat, while the family were having a evening barbeque. Almost dragged the person off the deck, but hitting the croc with some paddles, it let go and slid back into the water. Quite a number of speed boats and larger have had transom or sides seriously damaged and outboard motors ripped of boats. The crocs associate boats with food source, not healthy for people in those boats. The tourist operations use larger, reinforced boats, that most people towing boats on trailers just do not have or afford.
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  608. Corbyn should have paid attention to Shorten result earlier this year in Australia.
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  609. Would not be the first or only person to have died due to a loose shoe lace.
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  610. I suspect front wheel drive leaving rear floor flat, no centre tunnel, for maximum passenger convenience.
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  611. Salery should cover the job, any tips should be evenly divided over all staff, with possible consideration of poor staf behaviour. I do not generally tip! Not normal here in Australia anyhow. Rather leave small change for charities
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  612. Had 26°C , call it just over 78°F, here in Melbourne Australia at 3:30PM 24th Dec. That was in my backyard on shade area. Nice mild Christmas Eve. About to start my Christmas Eve with Potato salad, hot dogs, large Tiger Prawns and Iceberg Lettuce salad.
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  613. A number of idiots goo passing at double solid line which is a no passing marking. Another common error still happening is that now a single solid line is also do not change lanrs. A common bad case is last second chage to go into or exit back to main road at exit lanes, it is illegal to cross the hatched area separating exit lanes and lanes on the road. Most states do not allow U turn at traffic lights unless specifically signed as permitted. Another frequent bad driver issue is turning contrary to road markings on lane direction.
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  614. Solid barrier makes for greater danger. Saved by flame protective suits, and nine lives like a cat.
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  615. I believe you would find that European trucks run better fuel economy. The fuel costvalone would force that since in Europe cost of fuel would make the US$6 per gallon that has raised such strong issue there , seems a super bargain price in majority of Europe. Like on cars the high power but smaller engines in Europe have far better fuel economy than the big fuel guzzling US cars and pickup truck engines that are so popular in US.
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  616. Need more wildlife knowledge
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  617. Nothing weird to recognise a genuine component and accept it. Should not need secret reset codes to accept a genuine part
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  618. Tow hitch injury in Australia makes the vehicle insurance liable for injury compensation if the person injured cares to follow through a claim. By receiving injury from the protruding hitch, it is treated the same as injury by being hit by moving vehicle, even though the vehicle itself was stationary, and the injured person did not pay attention. Thus it is highly preferred to have a removable tow hitch, locked in place by a lock pin, while needing its use. The remenant mounting them is within bumper outline and no longer liable if someone somehow skins their shin.
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  619. The only part I have managed for many years and not forgotten is the last part...GOGOGOCH, never manage the start nor practoced it but somehow that last part remains embbeded in memory. So when asked about this long Welsh town name, i can recall and say that bit with ease.
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  620. Great new mine, but hope Youtube pays well on advertising as well. Seems rediculous to have many ads added, with one over 3min and one over 5min durations plus several typical 30sec to 1min added into the 20min actual program. Good luck with more finds on this new claim site.
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  621. My boss in Sydney had an ex NSW Police Hwy patrol Charger Hemi. These had special increased performance engine, and a 300gm lead plate in the rear for improved highway drivng handling. I had to drive this for 2 weeks while my then Suzuki Jiminy LJ50, with 540cc 3 cyl two stroke (approx 33hp) was in dealer workshop waiting a spare part, they damaged during a service. No need to say the performance difference was like a bicycle to a large motorcycle. Anyway, at end of my borrowed time, picked up my Suzuki, and first drive away thought I had missed the gear, the engine reved and I hardly moved. The issue being the low gearing of this two stroke driven vehicle made need 1st to 2nd gear change at around 3 kph. And there being almost no acceleration felt at that. It was a definite adjustement to be in a vehicle that had almost no performance. By the way it came into its own in 4WD low range, where its capability was almost mountain goat capable, climibing almost anything, unstoppable . Though very narrow wheelbase did leave them prone to tip overs.
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  622. Kununurra is a place I have done much car "Hot " testing. Pronounced KUN-UN-NURRA. Just east was a permanent test site used by Holden. With concrete test pads to put cars driven to extreme engine, coolant water, oil and transmission conditions. We stayed in a Kununurra motel, and spent from sunrise till sunset out doing various hot tests on road and test pads, for injection and all other car hardware. My work was fuel injection, but other systems from radiator, airconditioner, to transmission had entire teams active for weeks. Ideal were days with 46°C in the shade, even hotter exposed out on the roads and even hotter than that were hot soak, sitting engine off in low shielding canvas surrounds, blocking wind from dissipating heat from car systems. Not unusual were temperatures we had to handle of over 65°C inside car, if we were required at the car, if possible we had shaded rest area, close by while logging temperatures, but some required active test steps, that meant things like restart, idle and drivability after soak. Many litres of cool drinks, loaded by light dose of energy additives like Staminade. Not too heavy dose allowed, but perspiration sure drained the body as after many litres of drink little was left to pass naturally. Tyres often had coatings of asphalt coming in from driving cycle, although here special high temp asphalt is used, normal city asphalt be comes soft liquid.
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  623. OK, true. I think you know already, but just incase. Note this Sunday 16 Oct, is the motorbike MOTOGP at Philip Island Victoria, in case you are interested.
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  624. The UGG brand has existed here for a longtime, but in recent times the name was STOLEN by a US company who trade marked an long existing product, and actually won the right to exclusive use of UGG branding in court. PURE THEFT!!!!
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  625. Coober Pedy is right on the Sturt Highway, so traveling from Adelaide to Darwin via Alice Springs you are going past Coober Pedy. Almost all travellers, except transport trucks, all make an overnight stop there. Some trickers also stop. It is also one of few fuel stops, which are typically every 400km.
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  626. Candle lit event, the karge main city pnes are normally televised, here east coast Melbourne and Sydney Carols by Candlelight Concerts are televised.
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  627. The Ozone hole has reduced but still is thinner in places, more in southern sky than northern sky. Why the Ozone hole? What have southern nations done wrong? WELL, NOTHING! Much blame is on Chlorinated FluroCarbons CFCs and those are in extreme majority created in NORTHERN HEMISPHERE. Classic needs were, until altered/forbidden, used by propellant spray cans refrigerants of Air Conditioning of buildings, homes and cars home and industrial freezers and refrigerators. The use of these while present in southern regions of Earth. One may as well call it ALL Northern Hemisphere sourced, with mere percent levels actually used and released to atmosphere in the southern regions. Sadly global air currents transported it south and lesser landmasses, less vertical driven air exchanges seems to have concentrated at high altitudes of the atmosphere where these CFCs break down the Ozone layers, O3 molecules created and blocking UV radiation from the sun. Almost entirely absent from deep south between Australia and Antarctica, and even to Tasmania reach, and badly depleted over at least southern Australia and Southern America South Africa. It is the sun, outdoor loving Australian population that suffered damages caused by largely northern caused CFC induced loss of Ozone. Fortunately the serious hole has been reduced to almost Antartic regions only, since the very bad CFC are now banned, spray can propellants changed, AC refrigerant and freezer/ refrigerator coolant altered, but sadly some replacements are barely better. But now much maintenance must pump out existing refrigerant of any type, service and refill by new types if the system still had old banned stuff. Old times many systems being serviced just exhausted the refrigerant and refilled later. Now basically only accidental leaks let these harmful gases out. Huge reduction from past levels. There will certainly be some places (China?) That are not fully compliant on modern practices and materials. It sadly remains we here paid a dear price in lives, for that BIG HOLE caused by the masses of CFCs originated from our northern populations.
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  628. Boat trees are common in the tropical North. The thick trunk retains considerable water, in almost spongy yet tough wood structure. They are very tough, surviving many Cyclones, Hurricanes to US, to survive centuries and longer. Also wild fires common from lightning strikes, as well as lit by Aborigines as part of their Hunter- gatherer society.
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  629. Do make sure to have the wheat beer chilled, fridge temp
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  630. Sadly Ukraine is presently NOT so comfortable, with considerable areas turned to rubble. Safety is not so ideal presently.
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  631. Certainly looks very nice.👍👍👍👍🙂🙂🙂🙂❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
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  632. Tipping is a bad US habit. Derived from service staff getting minimal pay, and expected to cover decent wage based on tips. So bad that you are in trouble by not leaving significant percent of bill as tip. Many places around the world forbid tipping, or discourage it. Similar to the next topic, nothing worse than ending embarrassed by knowing cash in hand, deciding based on menu/ displayed offering to consume a given meal, then find the bill forces 10% or often more demanded tip, pushing cost beyond available funds. Or a happend to me in Hawaii, pay for a nice steak dinner, get the bill, and having no smaller cash notes, from memory I put down $50, expecting change to be returned. After waiting nearly 10 minutes, being asked whether I wanted something else, finding that they assumed I was giving over $20 as a tip. Another bad US system is posting prices excluding tax. Since the percentage tax is fixed surely better is to displayactual price to pay at checkout. Nothing worse than looking at cash in hand, then find at checkout, you are short and can not pay afterall. In Australia it is illegal to advertise prices as anthing other than final total price to pay. But there are unusual twists, for example optional extras are stated in the fine print. Airlines often have super saver fares advertised, but state in fine print that baggage and inflight refreshment are extras. In extreme case, fine if no baggae carried but even one small suitcase and the price can double. Contract for example internet service advertised for a price, but fine print having conditions, like time limit, increasing cist after a couple of months, or hours of usage, with lower speeds except certain time spans. Ckasic cost up practiced on many electrical goods is offering extended warrantee, where actually there is little gained over consumer rights under fitment of purpose. That could be for instance a 12 month warrantee, and offer of 2yr extension for say 15% purchase cost to extend. Yet what is covered by the extension is alreafy covered by cunsumer rights, as defects within reasonable product life can not be excluded by the short term warrantee. Say you buy a coffee maker, and at 18 months it dies, but warrantee hsd been 12 months. Under consumer rights it is normal expectation that such appliance last more than a few years. An extended warrantee is extra profit to the store. I have never included extra warrantee and over numerous laptops, phones, tablet, kitchen appliances etc had any need for extension. A refrigerator died 26 months and had to be replaced, though only 12 month cover, as it is expected that a refrigerator operate reliably way over 1yr, infact other than that unit failing all freezers and refrigerator I have ever had all lasted well over 10 yrs, and planty cases now are well over 30 years old
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  633. You got it right on. Even would have gotten mote ifvset higher. I made many great Opals years ago. But for the joy of creating, NOT for profit. Sent many to relatives. One was a beautiful oval of near 20mm long axis, on a silver neck chain. An aunt received it, and loved its appearance. One time she hadvtobget her husband's watch repaired, and happened to be wearing the opal. The jewler, watch repairer seeing the opal, asked to have a closer look at it, and asked where she got it, and how much she paid. Her response was it "Was a gift from a nephew in Australia, who polished it from Opal he dug ." The jeweller was VERY interested to buy it, surely seeing a good "profit" possibility. He started with offering DM2000, and kept going to a final offer of DM5000. My aunt was staggered by the price, so much so she stopped wearing it as an everyday item , locked in away in her jewelery box. Afraidvof loosing such a valuable gem. A real pity to no longer enjoying the beautiful Opal pendant, the neck chain and fitting werevrathervcheap, so the Opal was what the Jeweller saw value in. I would have sent many thousands of dollars of polished Opals and other stones away as gifts. Even got a cousin into polishing stones, but especially Opals, when hevand his wife visited us in Australia on a holiday. I showed him how I polished Opals, and let him practice on some 'Potch', before letting him polish a medium grade good Opal piece. He came with me to a local guy who was selling pieces of mined Opal, that he and two friends were mining at both Andamooka and Coober Pedy in South Australia. My cousin went home with several hundred dollars of low to medium grade rough Opal, plus I gave him several pieces of more expensive Opal from my own supply. He on return to Germany setup in his basement a full polishing set-up costing a few thousand Euros. Sadly in recent years the ready supply of rough Opal has been very restricted, or been through the roof in asked for price, as supply has dropped to a trickle, almost needingvtobbuy direct from miners, competing with foreign buyers, at extreme parcel bundle lots worth many thousands of dollars, no more little jars of pieces at local markets and backyard sellers, for few hundred dollars. My cousin has been disappointed in past decade as I have been unable to supply him anything at really low cost. I have not visited Opal diggings now for nearly 20 years, last time in 2006, passing through Coober Pedy on a extended holiday to far north Western Australia, and unable to get any good rough Opal at all, without rolling out $15,000, which I did not have, or wanting to spend anyway. Actually I've spent half as much on Argyle diamonds, already nicely facetted.
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  634. I had the opportunity to see him racing in the start of my teen years when F1 Grand Prix ran a race at the Sandown Park racing circuit here in Melbourne, just down the street from my home. A circuit now running various motor sport events including Super Car rounds. The F1 Grand Prix has not been there since the 1960s, now foray years at the Albert Park circuit in Melbourne, as you well know a popular street circuit with the F1 drivers. If you have not seen the Holiwood Grand Prix movie, with Steve McQueen from memory, I think it is worth seeing, covering the time frame of Jim Clark racing F1.
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  635. Sorry to read on 18 Jul , of death of NASCAR driver in California of knifing murder
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  636. For someone insisting not to be talked over, Peter sure does all the talking. Out of that discussion 98% of the time Peter talks and does not allow any comments to his points.
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  637.  @Musicienne-DAB1995  But not one was answered !
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  638. Another benefit for example in Australia, is that there is additional long service leave entitlement. After 5 years with an employer, you gain 4 weeks (20days) additional, one time entitle ment and further such leave for each further long time employment period. If not taking or part of that time over say 40 years in the one company you may have over 6 months longservice leave that must be paid out at retiring, or if changing jobs payed out on leaving the job. On retiring it is also normal to get a retiring bonus paid. Before the first 5 years you have nothing, though some employers do award part amounts annually to be the same legal required amount at 5 years service. Another issue is public holidays, and depending on country there may be quite a few, are normally paid days beyond pure annual holiday entitlements. As you can see holidays alone are only part of the entire benefits offered
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  639. Only had US coke in late 1990s, (1997?) in LA on stop over return from Europe to Australia. The coke was different, and not as good, but also was served at room temp, never the best way for coke. Much before that there was the major issue when CocaCola changed formula and the old coke was being hoarded, especially in USA, as most people hated the change. They apparently reacted to blind taste testing where Pepsi , slightly sweeter and smoother, often was preffered. I was flying into Europe, and had coke on the flight, asked the stewardess about whether they were serving the NEW coke. She said 'Not sure, will check', shortly was back with the can and yes the new formula. I detected the difference on first sip. Have had CocaCola in Japan, Korea, HongKong, Singapore, Spain, Italy, Sweden and UK also and even these had in many cases differences. On the whole the CLASSIC is still besy, though the new flavour was reversed, due to public reaction, I am convince CocaCola company have progressively slipped in the new formulation silently, no fan fare like last attempt, over time. I now rarely drink coke with sugar, only Diet or Sugar Free, though not entirely trusting the alternative sweeteners used. On opportunity I still preffer the Classic flavour when occasional available, though no longer convinced it is the CocaCola I know from 1960s. I dislike the many altered formulation like Vanilla, Cherry, etc they have offered for sometime, do not know if those are in USA also, but Europe especially and many coutries also have variants. An inusial variant I first had in Germany, popular around Europe, was a blend of CocaCola and Fanta (Orange), which also had competitor brands, sold a Spezi Mix or Mezi Mix, or other names. Quite nice refreshing flavour and nice cold drink in hot weather. Interesting in Europe Fanta is not orange colour, but a pale yellow, more lemon than orange colour, as red food colouring agent is banned as a carcinogen for at least nearly 40 years now.
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  640. The split cab version from memory had video sub title "built for BP Gerogia"
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  641. Maheno wreck is a scrap ship that broke its tow to japan for recycling, in a storm, and then washed up on the island. It has been rusting away for a long time and should remain for many more decades
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  642. Might be DOOM or similar first person shooter game some one has sdded animal images in place of monsters/enemy fighters, and replaced the scenery wall images. The motion seems very first person shooter gsme style.
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  643. I think many Australian race fans are more interested in races of cars they can aspire to, and racing driving skills, rather than highest power and speed running processions around an oval track, in cars that are not real, just race built chassis to hold powerful engines and enclosed in fibreglass panels simulating roughly normal cars. For those wanting oval racing maybe sprint cars hold enough fascination.
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  644. While even in Melbourne we had some hot days in Nov and early Dec, even 40 °C, 104°F, but our Christmas now is more like mid Winter. Days from just before Christmas have been down as low as just over 10°C, 50°F to a bit over 20°C, mid 60°F, and heavy rain and stormy conditions. Normal Christmas celebrations and activities are normally very outdoors oriented, barbeques, picnic, sports, swimming, camping, heading to coast and beaches, deoarting on main annual holidays. So many people have had to change plans or had holiday start spoiled. Flooding and storm damage in city and country areas. Of course in tropics, Queensland and up north, it is monsoon season, with high temperatures and humidity, severe rain and even cyclones (like your huricans, typhoon in north hemisphere, but opposite rotation). In fact far north Queensland has been hit by a cyclone well before Christmas, with flooding, severe damage, a number of deaths. Other Queensland parts have had flooding. Sydney also gets humid many times this part of the year, though I think they too have had a cooler than normal Christmas. Normally we would have fine sunny weather with warm conditions, or even hot weather, though hot is normally more towards mid Jan to Feb, even March. Melbourne though is really hot when hot desert winds from north blow in, but are normally very dry, a far more comfortable condition than sticky humid tropics. You would be well familiar with New Mexico hot being dry, not the sticky humid tendancy in those south- eastern US states.
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  645. US accents that especially stand out around the world are the southern states drawl. Another aspect of US speech is that American standout by loud booming voices, as if normaly levels of talk can not be heard. Walk and talk to someone yet talk so loud that you are clearly heard tens of yards/meters away, when a lower level works fine to someone beside you. Even in a lift voice level is almostvlike you are talking to someone outside some distance away.
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  646. If you are serious, this compared to the two prior ones I saw on your videos, this is one not to miss. I suspect it will be quickly snapped up and no longer available. I can not imagine a better offer in NY .
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  647. Calder park provided multiple circuits and a drag strip. Motor bike and car races had choice of a winding track with optional segments/curves selected for different races. It lies on the Calder Highway running from Melbourne North West to Bendigo and ultimately to top end of Victoria at Mildura on the Murray river. The circuit is some distance out of Melbourne though suburban sprawl is commencing swallowing it and making racing harder to run there as noise is complained about. Already the complex is enclosed by a high earthen bank to contain most noise. Why oh why do people move into vicinity of special local systems, racing , sports stadium, airports then complain about noise or large crowds. Because prices are reduced because of the adverse conditions. That low cost of course becomes forgotten as part of the complaint about XYZ problem, is keeping property values down, demanding get rid of it so values can go up.
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  648. Turn on Red whether right in US or left in UK or Australia for example is NOT allowed in general, however depending on roads at the intersection and normal traffic demands, a turn slip lane is provided that clearly indicates allowed turn depending on cross traffic. Yes the turn entry is effectively a stop point forcing checking for traffic before turning. In general this works better and safer than the US assumed allowed turn right on Red. The slip lane normally also has a lane section dedicated to the turning vehicles for a short distance removing most cars from ahead flow before the attempted turn, so also removing many rear end crashes caused as cars do right on Red as that same slip lane is used even for turning on Green, leaving the main road lanes purely for straight ahead. Largely the slip lanes work similar to the turn off freeway to another freeway entry merge turn lane.
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  649. I am actually upset that now that we, Australia, are forced to only imported cars/vehicles, having killed local manufacture. Numerous manufacturers are selling many with only Automatic as a choice. Especially 4x4 and SUV vehicles, for a HOT country, auto causes severe overheating in hard going 4x4 conditions. Also reliability goes downhill, repair and servicing costs high.
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  650. I have little real reference to NY properties in general as I am living here in Australia. That house gives me shivers, there seem numerous defects suggesting shifting foundation, moisture soak into basement some rot or termites, gerneral needs of repairs. For brick constructions here in Australia that house the thickness of cement between bricks is overly large, we have like 1/2 little finger thickness cement, that thing looks almost thumb thick. I would be totally put off that place as to me it looks on the way to serious decay, requiring much upkeep and repairs and renovations. Depends much on how it compares to what is generally on the market, as I can imagine most good homes are being retained and not sold, unless compelling deficiencies force existing owners out. Certainly there will be some good to excellent deceased estate sales, but in many extended families if the property is worth keeping, someone in the extended family or circle of friends happily snap it up before being on the open market. Must have many living in apartments looking at a good deal, so often what is on open market gets to be in some manner rundown, defective or some other deficiency. As properties here go, typically the house is only a fraction of the property price, the site/land is over 2/3 of most existing old established properties, many old properties the house is as low a 10%. Now many people here in the main cities will spend over $500k to knock the house down, to build a new larger house, often double story as most house here were single level, and rare/never with basements, with new house cost under that purchase price, often well under, and end up with a far improved property that might say have a couple hundred thousand building cost, so a higher cost acquisition total cost, but has a value to over the million, or twice the original price if then resold, and end up with a fabulous new home.
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  651. Who would want to eat the likes of kidneys they stink and just the dirty filters of an animal. Even liver is a filter for materials that would harm an animals life, if left to accumulate. Eyes, brain, gonads etc are very unappealing. Gut washed clean was the original skin of sausages, now largely replaced by synthetics, but that is probably due to lack of enough supply of gut. Lots of the not normally used materials of the meat trade are used in pet food, but certainly as you pointed out much of sausage and similar reconstituted meats are usung ground up skin, fur, claws/toenail and similar. Many unusual things used are given alternative names, lambs fry, black pudding, haggis, etc to hide the origin of the contents. My grandparents had chicken brains often, my mother enjoyed liver and chicken liver chicken heart, chicken giblets. I have had many of these too. I am hating kidney, as it stinks and tastes of urine. At work once they offered by menu "steak casserole" for lunch, many including me, returned the dish. It was "steak & kidney casserole ". The british lady cooking and serving, was agahst that so many were turned off, claiming it was far better than just steak casserole. WELL MOST DID NOT AGREE. How many people actually eat the cheek pouch meat of a cooked trout. For that matter eat the eyes, my parent had a friend who sent back a grilled trout to the kitchen, as it was, as normally required, with the head attached. There are huge differences in preference, I like a good steak, with or without fats, but why suffer tough sinewy chewy meat, that is fine in slow cooked well done dish. A good soup cooked on bones, including Ox tail and here in Australia Kangaroo tail is great. Cooked heart is also great, though I used ox/beef heart for feeding our German shepard dog a lot. I like my fried or grilled fish, trout salmon etc with a nice crisp skin, most Australians reject any fish served with bones and/or skin. At least we have choice what we choose to eat, unlike food I have been served in Asia, where the food was often a lot more than menu stated, and not desirable differences either.
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  652. Largely the area from south of Canberra to just east of Melbourne at above 1300m is covered by snow in winter. There are a number of ski resorts with lifts and lodges for the down hill crowds, but as the country os mostly a chain of higher altitude hills and mountains much of the area is continuous snow terrain. Cross country sking is possible, from hut to hit over hundreds of km travel never or rarely outside of snow cover. Same area is hicking area in warmer times without snow. Of course no snow hicking can go from in Queensland to Victoria. A muck longer trail can be done, by 5hose crazy enough to do so.. All that does not yet include Tasmania with its own ski, both down hill and cross country, as well as hicking in warmer times. But it includes some especially rugged, pristine areas, needing extreme experience and preparation. All areas on mainland and Tasmania can offrr frpm relatively easy to very hard posibilties. No real glaciers, extreme steep alpine ( like Switzerland, extreme Rockies) type moutains, not to say there are no really tiugh mountains. No areas are permanent snow though snow in Tasmania has even occured in Dec, Jan summer times, and just now, last week, mid Nov, there was 20 cm snow on some Victorian snow fields/resorts. A very cold storm carried Antarctic chill into southern Australia and Tasmania, with heavy rain, strong wind storm. Snow remainded only a few days. In winter there are times snow falls to lower altitudes, even suburbs of Melbourne and ranges to west of Melbourne, or mountains to North of Sydney, usually though to 500m or higher and also rarely more than mere days. Full winter snow cover is say 1300m or higher country. Lower parts 1000m to 1500m may be short term in many years. An interesting fact is many sking professionals from European ski resorts, and I assume other resorts in the world too, come to Australia and New Zealand, thus earning a living almost 12 months of the year, teaching guiding and otherwise keeping active all year.
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  653. McDonslds pay similar minimum wage in other locations around the world. In Australia the MINIMUM wage is rising from high end of $23 / hr, a wage typical over many years, to just over $24 / hr as of 1st of July. At present for example, a "McMeal Large" is $13.75 and has been operating as a very profitable business. If they claim to be unable to operate with the new minimum. 'Living' wage then they a lying in the extreme. Sure a $1 Big Mac is not possible but neither is the low wages paid in fast food industry so far.
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  654. Some of our vehicle transporters we used for our development test cars covered 3000km in 1 1/2 days.
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  655. This Porsche may well be a normal road registered car, with normal road tyres, not special racing tyres. The Nuerburgring can be driven in your private car/motorbike for a fee and some basic training on etiquette rules about passing and letting others pass. Alternatively you hire time on track with real race type cars. There are many "Crash videos of the havoc created by such private car drivers, motorbike riders as they lose it on that track. Spectacular and worth looking up such crash videos.
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  656. Should exoerience a Tasmanian Devil growling in the dark while out in the forest camping, you imagine a huge monster about to attack. TERROR STRIKES! The thorny devil lizard does look unusual and its water wicking skin is special. But also one of its defense actions, squirt blood from corners of it eyes at a potential attacker.
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  657. Properly equiped tyre workshops have steel safety cages to reinflate split rim wheels. Seen a brick wall, 4ft x 6ft hole, taken down by a truck rim that let go. Very dangerous in normal home workshop, even worse out on the road. My Series 80 , 1994 Toyota Landcruiser was fitted with split rims, which I replaced by normal rims and wider offroad tyres, after my first 4000 mile offroad travels as too dangerous for in the field repairs.
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  658. Certainly there are bad examples in other countries. It is almost (?) hard to come to terms that communist China has ompanies, potential employers charging to accept job applications. To get a job whether assembly worker, technical, trades, engineer, administration,you pay often significant amounts to equivalent of hundreds of dollars, to apply for even advertised vacancies. So bad that companies have been caught advertising job vacancies where none actually exist, just to collect the lodging fees from "suckers" trying for the jobs. Profit for business and thus CCP offices, given most businesses in one way or another are CCP run or significantly connected to and funding CCP connected pro people. Imagine a new graduated engineer seeking the first job, borrowing from parents to tune of thousands of dollars, to submit dozens of applications, keeping in mind that a few positions may have thousands of applicants for these few actual jobs. With population of billions there are huge numbers seeking first jobs or seeking better jobs of job locations each and every year. Some if those may even be these cheating non existing jobs. The huge income created for a company to get thousands, even tens of thousands application fees, of possibly hundreds of dollars value
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  659. Magpies are only a prpblem for scared people. I first got attacked when 8 yrs old, walking along a field. I ended up running thinking it was going to kill me, I dod end up bleeding behind one ear as it got hit multiple times. Next time I had my cap cowboy pistol and on attack, I turned and let off a couple of bangs. But soon observed the secret on turning to face the magpie, they stop attacking. I have sonce been in trouble many times at school and on streets, becaise I was tempting them to dare to attack Always scaring them away by facing them, of course that makes the magpie attack others even more. Thus getting into trouble for teaching them to attack. That facing method is one better solution than spikes on the bike helmet, paint a simulated face on the top, even just a pair of large eyes, no more magpie swooping attack. The large centipedes are certainly large and potentially dangerous. The wife of friends, living in Adelaide, tried to swipe a large one away on her kitchen bench but using bare hands, got nipped. Ended in hospital for near three weeks, in intensive care for two of those. Could have died. Experienced hindreds on a lawn camping site at Uluru (Ayres rock) resort. On setting up our tents on the lawn space for tent camping, there were dozens of small sand mounds on the dirt road and lawns. Many around a provided barbeque area. At early evening a large one over 10cm, 4 inch, long vlimbed up one of our tents. I caught it in a small plastic box, take away food container, which I have a number of to collect various bugs and critters while 4WD camping. Soon I had many more. Within the hour there were hundreds milling around the barbeque area, and many all over tents and lawn. My own tent was safe as it has a sealed floor, more of a problem for several others camping, with tents without sealed floor, as they had these centipedes inside and outside their tents. Lots of insect spray was used by many people. I slept fine with shadows of centipedes over the outside of the tent visible by moon light. By daylight there were only the small sand mounds and holes in the ground, after three days camping on pulling the tent down I had about six centipedes under the tent, no issues. Others were sweeping away lots of dead centipedes and cleaning out bedding, and boxes of possessions of the enclosed live centipedes. Jay for closed floor tents! No one was bitten though I had to warn children, via their parents to not stomping over the many centipedes, especially some kids in sandals, very high risk of bites, closed shoes less so. Ticks, yes care needed, but again closed tents are good, had many bush camps where ticks were seen crawling outside surfaces and mosquito mesh entry way/vent window. Had no bites in 40 yrs of camping, but had some on clothes while hiking. And two trying to attach at a rest stop, lunch break with grassy area around seats and tables. Leeches on hikes in wet country, but also high on mountain tracks, black blobs on rocks, like stuckon chewing gum. On contact they would stretch up and wave around looking to attach. Jelly fish can be an issue, far north beaches are closed to swimming in summer season due to box jellyfish, 'Portuguese man of war' most known mame, and related families, the tiny Irukanji are nasty, as only millimeyer long and clear, not at all visible, and with meter long tenticles a real problem, compared to the hazardous larger types. Bluebottle types, related to box jellyfish smaller and not so deadly, occur depending on prevailing winds all the way to Victoria. Mainly painful, not so deadly, are when driven to swimming beaches causing trouble, even closing beach to swimming. Young son of family friends was warned not to throw ones washed up on the beach at other children. For a while all, ok, then a major hullabaloo, he was screaming and feared he was dying. He again had grabbed a handful to throw and nice freshly washed up ones, on throwing ended up draping dozens of tentacles over his own back and legs. He took hours to recover, never again to touch them. Treating with vinegar eased the pain but memory of pain was embedded. Same kid learned some ants leave strong pain too at another camping location. Not even big ants but little black jumping ants about 2 mm long. Damgerous plants are difficult as only awareness and recognition learned can save you. Realistically most people never have issues with the many potential hazards, in fact most never see these in their whole long lives. People like me actually seeking and catching many such creatures can count on fingers the number of times the more dangerous have been found, caught or even handled. I have had many snakes, spiders, scorpions, Blue Ring Octopus (deadly too), sharks, Stingray, Cone shell( deadly too), various jelly fish including Box Jellyfish, big deep sea Jellyfish about 1m diameter . Have earned "bug man " title on a couple of extended trips, due to hunting up interesting, and some dangerous creatures, but also introduced people to geology, fossils, birds and other animals. Amazed the wife of a work colleague, who is a primary school teacher, how quickly I got her three children, 10, 10 and 6, interested in insects, geology, gem fossicking, astronomy, generally involved in the world around us, during a month long 4WD trip through central Australian deserts. Never fear Australia, it is not all out to kill you, in most cases you never see any of these dangerous creatures or plants. But never forget, you are not in your suburban neat relative safe backyard, but in real wide nature, keep aware and observant. On snakes, do not make my fathers big mistake that they only crawl on the ground, but can be, quite often, among branches of bushes and trees too. My father got scared when realising after years of carefully looking only on the ground to not step on a snake, they more frequently could be among branches he pushed aside. By the way he never had snake experiences except those I caught or found while fishing at lake/river side.
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  660. One bad crash that I have not seen on any program for a long time was a car being rolled multiple times just after the last bend top of track on Mt Panorame. This roll was along the top of the concrete wall, almost centered on the car. How the roll cage managed to save the driver was never clear. Can not recall the driver name, but 'Brown' somehow rings in mind.
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  661. Australia less than full time position MUST be loaded for absence of benefits or proportional benefits applied. Overtime, weekend, public holiday work also must be paid extra rates up 50% and 100%. Holiday wages are paid a extra rate too (17.5% I think, I have for 20 years been on annual contract plus performance bonus so have not tracked that)
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  662. Not acceptable to blast away like that. But I sm dure there is more than A burnout behind that. More likely msny isdues, compounding, to the young guy being very " I will do as I please, and you can get stuffed" no community spirit and cooperation. Seems the exterior light is causing major disturbance too. I suspect many things are points of friction, lack of desire to call police might have some basis in the reputation the young guy has with police already. The old guy is totally wrong, but probably driven beyond limit, to seek this form of resolving problems. Everyone has an ultimate limit, eg a beaten wife ultimately kills her husband. Been used as self defence in court.
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  663. Reef is suffering from farm run off and increased silt and fertiliser from baren farm land that once was dense tropical forest. The forest had clean water runoff, farms plowed, fertilised all the time, cause considerable muddying of rivers. That silt destroys much of the reef.
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  664. One aspect to consider about asian formula variation is that many asian people aparently have milk sensitivity, and do not have good reaction and thus may formulate avoiding full milk. They often mix with water not milk.
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  665. I am amazed by the lack of snow for late Jan. Looks more like mid Spring conditions. Great Garnet deposits....
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  666. The only racists are those seeing racism in such as Dr Seuss. They represent PURE RACISTS as they see simple things of everyday life and common life bad and unsuitable. Majority of us do not see anuthing evil in these simple things and the target children do not see anything at all in these books unless some ADULT RACISTS teaches such as evil topics and racism .
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  667. After previous viewing and comment about location, it was confirmed to me that it was filmed in New Zealand.
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  668. The old Valiant Charger was quite a car to drive. In my case I had one for a fortnight, lent by my manager, while my tiny Suzuki Jimmny LJ50 with tiny 3 cyl 540 cc 33hp two stroke waited on a spare part after the dealership stripped the oil drain plug of the transfer case at a regular service. The Charger was a second hand NSW Police Highway Patrol car, which was obtained at the regular auction after a few years, as these patrol cars were regularly updated. They had 450kg lead plates in the rear, for much better road handling compared to empty at which state had bad road handling and tyre spin issues with high power and high speed cornering. Wow the difference to the puny 33hp of my vehicle, not that I had issues having learned driving on a Holden with good power too. My route to work each day was about 25 km down and up from and through a local gorge lots of hair pin bends but also plenty opportunity for putting the foot down. On picking up my own vehicle, on first acceleration in that I though I missed putting it in gear, almost no go as engine reved up, was in gear and 1st gear was so low ratio that 1st to 2nd was at mere 3 to 5 kph, and little sensation of acceleration after two weeks of kick in the pants take-off in the Charger. Bright Orsnge monster compared to my little Yellow Suzuki. Over the years have as part of my work, fuel injection application design and testing driven many vehicle types from tiny Taiwan and China mini trucks definitely not for tall or larger body people, to Turbo & Sports European vehicles, to typical family mid and full size sedans, to luxury brands including Porsche, Lamborgini, Jaguar, Mercedes. Even some smaller trucks. Even had opportunity to drive a De Lorean development car, after that company collapsed, leaving unpayed project costs and abandoning the test car. It was ultimately used for rescue practice by the company & village Fire brigade team, using "Jaw of Life" etc to cut up snd tear apart the entire car to a pile of scrap metal. A real shame, I would think it could have had sale value, even though not street legal as it was prototype level so no conformance to all legal standards. Maybe a Movie prop for example, like in 'Back to the Future' for example a use, but no a pile of scrap metal only. Sadly Ferrari which in two cases I had access to, required a six month training at Ferrari to be allowed to drive their test vehicles, so missed driving one but got to sit in that, and even do fitment work for electronics.
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  669. You would be extremely lu ky to get to see anything even half that size
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  670. Motor bikes only require a rear plate, as front plates are regarded a safety risk.
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  671. Good to know you are home again, I will finally push on with parcel. This has been compiling content since start of 2022, constantly put on back burner, delay for various life issues. Slacking mainly. Now likelyvat least 2 parcels maybe 3 as too much accumulated in all this time. Good luck...keep well.
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  672. High rates are also the much greater time a large part of Aust population spends outdoors , beaches, swimming, and many outdoors activities, compared with much of USA population. Probably California comes close to outdoor life. Far more than majority of USA.
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  673. No doubt you spotted the regular flies busing past the camera during the hunti g video, flies that buzzed around the cameraman
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  674. Queen has actual birthday one day before my mother on 22nd April, so 21 St, though maybe also 22nd. In Victoria, as most states the second Monday of June is a public holiday which happens to fall on my birthday every few years.
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  675. Wishing you a very good season. GO AND GET IT.... 🙏🙏🙏👍👍👍😃😃😃❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
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  676. Wilson Prom is a popular outdoor and swimming destination. We often went thete on day trips to go swimming, but many book camp sites at Tidal River, the one long term location for tents and caravans. I have not visited in last 10 years, I do not know if any huts are available, in 1900s none, but the camping area is almost booked out a year ahead. Tidal River camp is about half way down the west side of the promontory which has a series of bays accessible from the one main road into the national park. Each has car parks inland from the bays for moderate number of cars. From such car park it is necessary to walk, carry all items to the actual beaches. These have great fine sand and good swimming in surf, that can be from relatively calm, to massive crashing waves. As the area is open to Bass straight between mainland and Tasmania, and that is open to ocean in south-westerley direction from these bays, the waves are possibly from all the way across southern ocean to Antarctica, so surf depends on prevailing wind, southern storms etc. In summer the waters while cool are are very pleasant temperatures, refreshing and not chilling, making hours of swimming fun. The Prom also has much hiking possible, but camping in other than Tidal River is very controlled, and hikers must have permits abd are restricted to only a few controlled camps. The eastern side is mainly only open to hiking no vehicle access and while beaches exist to eastern side, as less direct to wave direction the ocean is shallower and calmer, with tendency to muddy, seaweed beds and lots of fish. Often popular from various places by people in boats, fishing. Access to the far tip, southern limit is only by hiking, similar the trip shown by these tourists. Basically a day round trip to the southern lighthouse and the end of the prom. The entire prom is a huge Granite mass, remenants of very ancient huge mountain range, thus the huge weathered granite boulders. Between boulders soil and plants have established so often creating the mixed bouldervand scrub terrain. Except the formed trails, the land is very hard to travel as the scrub is quite dense and tangled, nearly impossible to get through without cutting a new path. Massive fires do regularly occur, but within a year burnt areas lagely recover. Lots of wildlife, with lizards, snakes, wallabies and various smaller animals. As few large trees exist not really a Koala reserve, though possibly on part of the prom there may be some efforts to establish a colony, in recent decades. We normally went to a beach, just before Tidal River camp, and also reachable by a kike/walk from Tidal River, called Squeaky Bay. This is one almost unique place, as the sand grains have some characteristic that results in quite loud "squeaking" sound as you drag/kick your feet into the sand. The associated car park is just large enough for the number of people visiting to never overcrowd the beach. Always plentry free space and only maybe 200m from cars to actual beach, which itself can depending on sand movement due to waves and recent storns be upto 100m wide from dunes/scrub fringe to the water, or as little as 30m. Rocks at either end create nice climbing too. Water is shallow gentle slope to deeper water, and except in extreme rough waves quite safe family swimming, with little undertow, but care must be exercised., poor swommers or inexperienced people can get into strife. By the way, unlike main popular beaches these on the Prom do NOT have surf life guard services. You are responsible for own safety, if numbers of peo ppl le are there often someone can help if trouble comes about, but do not depend on others. As these areas are exposed to full ocean, and some access for seals and penguins can occur, there are also possibilities that sharks may be seen, but in many trips I have only on maybe two occasions had sharks appear near enough to have concerns. Rock pools may have small fish, crabs, octopus urchins, colourful seaweds, etc. On topic of flies, these can be an issue anywhere, and that classic, "aussie salute", a hand swipe across the face is standard. The flies settle to collect moisture, and head straight to mouth, eyes, nose. But unlike flies around the world, and I have been many places, ours are persistent and do not scare away easily. Almost as the hand swipes, they are back by the time the hand is away. Somehow our flies are not put off but just rise and return as quickly as leaving. Depending on wind and weather they can be minimal, to very disturbing. Insect repellant may or may not work. Seasonally mosquitoes can be evident too. One bad critter is that occasionally there are larger, 'horse fly'' type, biting flies that you definitely feel when they get into you. On a bad day not pleasant, mostly though only an occasional one or none at all. Not all that far inland from the prom is a now relatively small remenant RAINFOREST . It is representarive of original common forest of the Gippsland valley that these days is cleared of the original forest and is farms, and many are dairy farm, has massive coal deposits and was centre of our victorian coal fired power stations, beside huge open cut coal mines. These coal power stations are closing over time, "Global Warming" claims based. On first exploration of the valley region the real ground was often deep under the effective surface if accumulated logs and branch, leaf litter. Apparently up to 10m able to be crossed by horses and carts. The forest was huge trees many meters duameter, and towering high above. In clearing the vally much was cutdown and burned in the mid 1800s to 1900s. Now largely grassy field and scattered smaler patches if forest. The Bulga Temporate Rainforest is magnificent..
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  677. Few ever kept up with Peter Brock in braking and cornering.
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  678. Flying foxes are large fruit eating bats
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  679. It was a mall containing SPUDSHED, among other shops.
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  680. In my driving test, after all the usual, hill start, U turn, 3 point turn, main road traffic, round about, stop sign, red light, etc, on returning to police station, the police tester asked me to "Park behind the car opposite the police station". Well on getting closer, it was a gap like 4 car lengths, so I proceeded straight in, stopped within 1" of the curb, and within a few feet of the car ahead. The police Sargent testing me said " Well you parked very well, position wise, but really I wanted you to reverse in". But he already had judged me as driving well and I PASSED 1st test, while already warned by my driving school instructor, this Sargent NEVER passed students first time, always found a reason to fail one or two teating times, not to worry if I failed, that was just normal for this police Sargent, not my fault on failing. Well my instructor who rode in the back during the test, was most surprised. He did note all my manoeuvres were executed to perfection. By the way I learn on and tested on the driving school car I took lessons driving, it was a MANUAL, HOLDEN 6 CYL, but the old style column gear shift, probably the worst ever gearshift arrangement for manual gear shifting invented by any car company. I personally have only owned Manual cars and intend to continue to do so. Not to say I have only driven Manual, as I spent 40 years in Automotive development and testing, involving many brands and cars from mini 'Asian' trucks, so compact the knees were beside the steering wheel to fit in (I am 6ft tall), to turbo sports, limousines, SUV, utility body,, to light trucks (to say 3 ton) with many manual and auto transmission models, including some rather weird shift behaviours. One truck even with 10 speed transmission plus high/low range and 2/4 wheel drive. The fact is personally I have, over 50 years, owned only three 4WD vehicles, current one for 27 yrs, with 2/4 WD and High/low range gearing. My current Toyota Landcruiser is 5 spd gearing and Hi/Lo range. Am comfortable in all gearing manual or auto, just preffer manual over auto.
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  681. If they can not detect if genuine, do not even do the non genuine notice. The message is damaging the customer interests if not valid
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  682. Too flat hold more vertical oriented at launch try closer 60 deg and need more spin speed at launch and even a bit faster throw too. Keep trying. Presently not enough energy at launch to complete a full circuit, so generally seems to run out of travel at or before half way round a closed circuit of flight. Faster spin helps turning round the path, and more vertical throw angle directs also into tighter path around circuit. We made cheap backyard boomerangs from three ply, by rasping the needed bevel edges on a cut shape of plywood. Real boomerangs are heavier fashioned from suitable root wood pieces. It takes practice, and it is hard to teach in pure text, it does need observation of flight pattern and adjusting hold, amount of spin and launch speed according to how the flight progresses. A good flight should arrive back at almost same speed as launch and generally good hand catch height. Airmail shape influences the ideal looping path, so result of pathvshape is dependant on boomerang shaping as much as throw though range of throw is largely from how fast the throw, tightness of curve by spin rate , peak height of path by the vertical angle at launch. You will observe changes to the flight as you vary the different factors. Current throw being rather flat tends to fly curving upwards, flight speed drops off as height gains, spin reduces and flight falls back to ground at mostly furthest distance. Going more vertical oriented makes the flight curve more around path, rather than gain height and cause less speed loss thereby curving more back towards launch point. Too vertical and path closes before launch point to even passing across infront of launch starting another circuit. Launch speed how long the flight persists, also limited as mentioned by the upwards curving by too flat launch. Lack of enough spin but fast can leave the path open with boomerangs going wide past and even behind launch point. I am sure will see these effects when varying all factors. Given lack of current flight control and accuracy of where the boomerang ends its flight. PLEASE be carefull about the little ones. That boomerang will hurt if it hits them. One thing if you get hit if you fail to catch it, you will likely know how to duck and cover the head, maybe get bruises. At school many times kids throwing commercial and home made ones, have leven ost teeth or even received bleeding cuts, especially the carved solid wood genuine ones. The 3 ply fashioned ones actually have far less mass, so getting hit less painful but also thereby lose momentum quicker making getting a return flight a lot harder.
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  683. A side comment, to recent Magpie attacks. In the news in recent days is that a young child died after a Magpie attack. A mother carrying the child ducked a swooping Magpie, fell and resulting serious injury caused the death of the child hours later in hospital
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  684. The Daintree Queensland image is the remains of a tree that got killed by a Strangler Fig. Here the original tree rotted away leaving only the Strangler Fig remaining healthy an still growing as an empty hollow structure, minus the old rotted tree. These figs grow throughout the rainforests, climbing the tree like a creeper, to reach the sunny tree crowns, and over time get large and strong , normally killing the original tree.
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  685. Have to agree, as previously already commented, Americans stand out for lack of knowledge of the whole world. Almost as if they think thecUSA is the largest part of the world, with the rest just minorcaddons. No idea of distances and sizes of the remaining world. Yes too they are often actvsurprised by English being normal elsewhere, HOWEVER far worse, they also expect others to earn and speak English, do NOT make effort to learn and speak at least some critical words of foreign languages needed to get around while travelling, hotel, taxi, train airport, etc services. Get very upset when even random passer-by can not respond to an enquiry. Part of travel issues are expecting the US$ are accepted everywhere, no need to do exchange to have some local cash.
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  686. Fraser island is entirely sand. Hundreds of feet gigh with huge forest and many perched frsh water lakes (on sand) able to stay there by accumulated leaf layer on base. The digoes are numeeous, and have created some dangers to people. Surf fishing very popular. Great place, and very unique
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  687. Big waves are in many places around Australia but apparently some areas around Tasmania have huge ones. Though world record waves are in Hawaii and of Spanish coast and Bay of Biscay off French/ Spanish coasts.
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  688. Yes memories of more pleasant times. Now it is hangon and trust that better times will return, sadly I think it may well be 2021 to start real recovery. The hard part for business is surviving, and dealing with those who do not, or will not accept to carry part of the load. Property owners demanding full rental rate, even if the business is no longer able to earn. Surely if the rent can be dropped, it makes possible to survive both sides of the deal. Well hope the greedy get their cum-uppance when current business is broke and due to glut of vacant properties the greedy mob have no retals at all. Wages wise the worker maybe needs to also accept reduced income or face long term no job at all. Total shutdown should be eased within months as the cases level off. For now just remain healthy and safe. New York is doing especially bad right now.
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  689. Try finding the filler on a French sports car, on the front fender under a lift up flap! The owner also did not know, saying he only bought it the day before. What a search that was.
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  690. Let Netherlands build a full ocesn edge dam on their own coast!
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  691. The whole world MUST be thankful for people like you, the relentless push for "Right to Repair". Finally some progress with this Exectutive Order, those opponents/lobyists and slack politicians must now get active in progressing to a working solution. Firstly, No longer blocking access to sufficient technical info and special tools (might need costs monitoring) to do undertake repairs. While not necessary to release IP related or software code level, just info to understand what components, the standard component data sheets, pinouts, general product layout, assembly/disassembly information. Make ALL components and subassemblies, as applicable to repair available at realistic, not overpriced cost. Where a manufacturer own channels overheads force excessive markup of spares, these must be freely available by other means than from product manufacturer, so original component manufacturer or other rework sources and standard components sources, like Digikey, Mouser, RS, Farnell, Avnet, etc. Thereby at possibly better accessibility, pricing and stock volume than the original product manufacturer can support. No restriction of alternate parts sources, as long as not infringinging realistic patent conditions, ie cable, leads, switches , displays, batteries, any common componets are not able to be blocked, as long as functional, fit to purpose, though warantee may be affected for non original parts, if used during warantee. However custom ICs that are design specific, holding some patented aspect, may not be substuted by reverse engineered replacements, during valid patent duration. However once the product or components are made obsolete/no longer supported, then open to industry to support even byany means, even reverse engineered parts, where original source no longer supplies such at realistic cost and volumes, any source willing to make and supply should be free to do so. No manufacturer shall be allowed to charge unrealistic prices or delay of supply . Not like charging half the cost of the product for some spare item, unless such is suported by the part being a comperable proportion of the original product BOM. For example no charging 3/4 cost of a finished phone for a replacement LCD screen, where the original product has a screen representing 12% of total material cost in manufacture of the phone. Must ensure that manufacturer can not hold repair channels at ransom by unrealistic cost of parts, and likewise not charge different fee on parts to external/independant than internal repair channels.
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  692. Hope you noted the VERY LARGE parking spaces reserved for women. You could safely park any HUGE US pickup truck and have much free space all round for door opening without adjacent vehicles at risk. Even those in habit of parking filling two car bays would be able to stay within the boundary, or park at an angle even. Small compact cars, common in Europe could almost do a U-turn in those spaces. It is not camera lens distortion, see the background normal parking locations....
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  693. To me beer needs to be cold when served. In Britain beer tends to be room temp, so effectively 'warm' spoils beer for me.
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  694. My business partner, electronics design/consultant, decided to get a RX7 , silver colour back in 1980s. Though I only drove it for about a week, and a few short pickup materials/components trips later, it was quite interesting to drive. Very smooth and responsive. As a car it handled ok, but only having it a short time never got 100% adjusted to it. My own vehicle was a short wheelbase Nissan Patrol 3.3L Diesel, so entirely different feel. My normal weekly job was with Bosch doing fuel injection system design and responsible for injection system calibration, drivability, fuel economy and emission conformance, sadly on sedan 6 Cyl Holden and Ford cars. But as part of training in Germany I had driven many different cars, including Porsche, Saab turbo, Alpha, Fiat, VW, Opel, BMW including sedans and sports cars galore. Even a trip in a Lamborgini, sadly only a warm-up drive at slower speeds. So did have wide experience of different cars. But realistically, to really judge a car you need a few weeks on varied conditions to truely evaluate a vehicle fully. Else it is only test drive first impressions. To really put a car through extreme performance needs time under severe conditions and becoming one with the car. Not possible in daily city traffic and city roads, even freeway is barely letting you fully go, unless you care to lose your license or at least a few tickets. The RX7 did well and surpassed the Fiat and Alpha sports cars, but fell short compared to Saab Turbo and Porsche cars. Well ahead of most standard sedans. One of my daily work colleagues was most impressed and envious, another was a die-hard Alpha car nut, with half rally propped car, who liked the responsive rotary, though down on power of his road legal, semi rally setup Alpha. By the way my business partner drove it for near 15 years, and other than failing radiator and some AC issues, no engine problems. Finally the roof liner was falling off, rear windows started some water leakage and some stone, sand, gravel marks of paint work he upgraded to a car. Worst that happened his wife reversed back out if the garage with door partly open folding it forwards fully, as the crunch caused her to hit fully accelerator, instead of brake. Got repaired, but she also got a few parking dingo and marks on the bumpers.
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  695. White cockatoos at the end. One issue in driving here is differences and local special road laws between states. NSW forbids U Turn at intersections unless specifcally signposted as allowed, while VC allows U Turn at intersections unless specifically disallowed. Causes drivers to get fines when interstate, not even sure what SA,WA, QLD, or TAS have on that. Melbourne catches out onterstate drivers mid coty, as we have trams, so many of those ontersectio s have turn right from left side of the road. You pull towards left side and wait for lights to change tp cross traffic, allowing cleat traffic straight ahead during green cycle This causes fines for unfamiliar country and interstate drivers. Like wise for drivers not familiar with trams, it is not allowed at other intersections to pull onto and stop doing a turn right on the tram tracks, blocking trams progress. Many even local drivers get caught. Another tram issue is that these have regular stops along the way. It is required to NOT drive past a stopped tram, so passengers are free to enter and exit the tram safely. Not all, infact only major stops, have a safety zone, at which it is allowed to safely drive past, caution as many people will exit across the road carelessly, car driver ALWAYS liable if hitting a person. A major driver failing, that is by law forbidden is staying in the right, thus fastest lane on multi, >2, lane roads. It is a keep left unless passing, unless all lanes are filled on heavy traffic. Many drivers will just stay in the fast lane, right, even if no traffic in the other lanes. Will get you fined. Mobile and stationay speed cameras catch many drivers, but on recent time many highways have long interval speed detection, recording travel times over tens, in cases even over 100km to check average speed not exceeded, to prevent drivers speeding, but slowing in known fixed or common mobile speed traps. Cameras are also concealed under over passes and behind over road signs, but there are required road signs near, before these warning of "Safety Camera Used: Radar too is used and recently long and short range cameras detecting drivers on phones etc.old Amphometer, pressure tubes of long ago are seemingly no longer used. Once you could see ahead two black tubes on the road if observant, and lucky to not miss these by traffic ahead. Red light plus speed cameras are common on major and even lesser intersections around cities, even country towns. Random alcohol plus drug test buses and stops get setup, stopping basically all cars, though often to keep overall flow, batches of cars get pulled in, leaving excess traffic flowing. Normally nearby are police patrol, to catch any drivers seening or evidently trying to avoid the stop, using U turn or side streets. Most states now no longer use windscreen registration stickers. Mobile police and specific roadside setups, are constantly detecting and validating registrations. If detected you are stopped and must exit, lock and leave the vehicle there. A fine and points are imposed. Can not drive the vehicle until registration is payed. The parked vehicles must remain in place until released by police showing evidence of payment. Or if towed as sometimes required by location, from impound storage. You must atrend to paying on time, my sister was caught 8 1/2 hours after expiry. She had to walk 2km home, I drove her to a registration office 1hr before closing payed, attended police office, and she was mobile 4 hrs after getting caught. Due to prompt payment and short overdue time police cancelled the fine, which is automatic for driving unregistered. These number plate tests also detect many stolen vehicles and fake number plates . Even cars with missing or obscurred, damaged plates. There is a fine if number plates are in a state, or obscurred by covering plastic/filter sheets, preventing speed/red light cameras catching and reading the plates. This live monotring clears much of such problems. Some may be similar in USA or some states, some may be far different in USA.
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  696. .many shopping strip's are 40kph restricted these days, so not fast appearing. By the way here 18 years old age is when you can get driving tested. Many places allow learner permit earlier like 17.
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  697. Dont know about HP endurance, I have many Toshiba and ASUS laptops and none have ever needed any repairs. Some over 10 years old. Tavelled in 4WD conditions, in rain snow and boating. Some even had spills on key board. NONE of my Apple products other than old desktops have survived even warrantee without sime faults. Never Apple again, any proct@
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  698. Just about any investion/software/network can be used as a weapon/tool of oppresion by uncontrolled abuse by people/organisations in power. The individual/minor entity has NO defence left to abuse by those having overall control of technology.
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  699. BOAB trees are quite common in far north and also exist in Sourh America, and I may be wrong on this some in South Africa.
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  700. Which is better, pay livable wages, and cheapest burger deal is say $2.50, or underpay workers and offer, as in US a $1 burger deal. Note that $1 deal actually still cost extra on tax added, but the foreign price is actual final cost, noextra added.
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  701. Toyota LANDCRUISER has the classic full size large wagon 2 row or 3 row seating, which I have as old Series 80 ( up to 1977) with 4.2L Diesel 5 speed manual, or later Series 100, 200 and latest 300 (which I am considering but currently long delay near12 month delivery like almost all cars) . There is of course the Highlux series single / double cab utility and cab - chassis, for rear tray custom build format, there is a LANDCRUISER PRADO, which is slightly smaller than the full size wagon style actually a wagon body on Hilux chassis. Then a more very old classic 4WD style the Toyota FK Landcruiser. By the way my first ever car, 4WD actually was in 1973 the first Suzuki Jimny LJ50 to arrive in Australia and up grade on the previous model upgrading from a 2 cyl 360cc teo stroke to the larger 540cc three cylinder two stroke. Reed valve induction, oil injected direct to engine so fuel tank standard petrol oil use about 1 L per 1000km, spec 1L from 400 to 1500km acceptable range. That was real fun and quite sporty offroad almost unbeatable going like a mountain goat, getting through tightest places. The narrow wheelbase was an issue as many managed rollovers. The soft top was fantastic as removedcalong with canvas doors open down to ankles and for those really adventurous undoing four bolts even lowered windscreen strapping to the bonnet with provided loops on the fenders and rubber blocks on to windscreen edge. Had mine 6 years, before up sizing to a short wheel base Nissan Patrol 3.3L Diesel MQ60. Suzuki still has nostalgic memories doing all the big vehicles did AND MORE.
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  702. Netherlands is inherently bike friendly, it is almost entirely flat. Hills almost do not exist.
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  703.  @EnjoyFirefighting  I can not speak of all northern Germany Hamburg has very good bike support. I have spent many days cycling the area visiting many relatives. As far as Flat, only the coastal fringe is really flat, even Hamburg has some profile. Moving south from there towards Hannover the country far from flat. No not mountains for that you need to go to southern regions, but the entire area of mid Germany is quite hilly. Very little is as flat as Netherlands. But all the cities I have stayed in all had lots of bike paths, and shared pedestrian-bike areas so very little need to ride on roadways.
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  704. If it can not detect a genuine battery then then message is invalid. If it depends on the tool to only, then a non genuine battery CAN be used as long as a tool is resetting the message
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  705. Rabbits of course are not natural prey for aborigines. Rabbits are introduced by European, as are foxes, goats, deer, pigs, buffplo, camels, horses zgeep and many more. Aboriginals would have hunted kangaroo, walaby emu, goannas, cockatoos (very tough meat). The latter, a joke goes to cook a galah or cockatoon, add some rocks to the pot when rocks are soft chuck away the bird and eat the rocks. On one 4WD trip with several trail bike riders in north western Victoria desert, Sunraisia Country, one rider insisted he wanted to live off hunting. Het shot and prepared several Galahs, grey pink, cockatoos. After boilong for three hours, that would cause a chicken to fall apart, even bones crumbling, these galahs were so chewy, he gave up after half the first one and went hungry that night insisting to not eat other persons food.
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  706. Some people are just funny. Also amazing how many are legal experts but can not clarify the statutes or citation as references to their statements.
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  707. Adelaide is all main roads of Adelaide, including segement of the central business district, most parts are main road around central area an parklands. All carry daily peak hour and other traffic. Was once running the F1 Grand Prix, until that was stolen by Melbourne, where F1 is run on a circuit around parkland with central lake. But that also is normal traffic roads normally only converted for F1 races,adding barriers sand traps and fencing. The pits area has buildings that large parts of share other sporting uses. Super car races are also run on city roads at Gold Coast in Queensland, and a few other racing circuits. One, Sandown Park is just down the road from my home, that has a long history for car , motor bike and horse racing as far back as post WW2. Initially dirt, but sealed surface since 1960s, with extra curves added over the years and a couple of alternative circuit paths for different racing. In 1960s was also used in F1 racing. I have used it for car testing as part of fuel injection calibration and drivability assessments. While we had restrictions on max speeds and crazy driving, we still managed enough to wear out tyres, do the odd spinouts cornering too hard, or loosing control as brakes (normal road cars!) faded. Even got opportunity to drive a Nissan GTR. Sadly some missed out a turn driving, as a Nissan engineer blew the trassmision. I much prefer this road style racing to pure oval track racing, which I just find somewhat boring , akin to model railways just running around and around at almost invariable speeds. Yes there are tussels for position and crashes as cars fail or drivers lose it. Nothing beats racing in places I can also drive myself, and I have had both intentional and unexpected drifting action including winding mountain roads with trees right to bitumen edges. Not only moserate performance cars but lumbering 4WD hulks with tons of steel in your hands, nothing sporting about it then. Exciting, you bet! In Germany I have driven considerable distance on Autobahn at speeds up to 265 kph in turbo sports models. Some experience that, in general traffic, not racing conditions. But mixed other drivers and cars of mixed competence. Flashing headlights for cars ahead to clear the way as you are coming up at higher speed. Normally however cruising was from 160kph to 210kph. Scary was trying to go slow in fog, but at 80kph having multiple instance of almost being rear ended and thus speeding up to 120kph, with a few car length visibility, I felt scared. Was even passed by a truck while at 120kph in such fog.
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  708. Though now retired since 2017, I have fond memories of 30 years of engine and car testing on engine dynes and chassis dynes as part of my job in engine electronics and electrics, back in lattrr 1970s. First mainly on Ford and GM (Holden) development work, but also Nissan, Chrysler and Mitubishi forvsome tasks. Most with the big two, with initially mainly Alternator/charging and minor car electronics, but mostly Ignition system and its sub system components, Distributor , Insulator material advances over old conventional bakelite used, Ignition Coil, including boosted energy spark up to 5 times conventional spark energy, multispark, spark plug matching/temperature range and electrode designs, inductive and Hall sensor based trigger pickup for marching Electronic switched coil module, inckuding hybridcelectronic module to full Computer Spark Timing, that work even involved dangerous in engine dyne measuring right beside engines at entire load speed range, with up to yellow hot exhaust manufold and running to beyond 7000 rpm on some engines. Up to 8 hrs, in protective clothing and ear plugs plus ear muffs. Reading lots of parameters on direct connected instruments, looking at spark scatter, spark current, trigger instabilities, lots of parameters not easily determined in one setup from outside the dyne cell, as signal probes and sensing locations often had to be shifted dynamically while holding given engine state constant. Not feasible comparative results if starting and stopping test run repeatedly, so active testing on oscilloscope and other measuring equipment atcsteadycstate constant running. Even found a reason for a problem on one series of new 6 cyl engines, that had a periodic instability, that the engine design engineers had no idea of a reason, a frustrating, hair tearing situation. I measured a premature termination of the spark burn cycle, that initislly was blamed on poor spark plug design. To benefit of the incumbant spark plug supplier, not my employer, I showed that it was not the spark plug, nor my companies electronic spark control or ignition coil. It was the engine design flaw, that was a result of excessive induction air stream swirl and tumble that had been designed in targetting better emission and economy by improved combustion cycle. Sadly it put a high velocity air stream right through the sparkplug gap, that blasted the spark from continued burn. With abnormal shirt spark burn, the mixture was not fully ignited, resulting a up to several cylinder cyckes of failed delivery of power, and thus actually emissions and economy deterioration, to the driver a noticable brief engine shudder. The car company "F...) redesigned pistion top and cylinder top shapes to fix a problem that had already been a problem for over two years. Also involved chassis dyne and test track work, as well on road test driving, and winter/ summer testing. In one "illegal" testing on one road, had a police highway persute patrol car with light bar removed but all remaining gear fitted, that had tobhave on road ignition system testing over full engine range. Involved a quiet rural road stretch, doing up to just on 200 kph, 125 mph, in a speed limited area of 100kph max, 55 mph max, and done over two days avoided getting caught speeding and losing my drivers licence for years. Came close one time on second day ofcyests, had just done a 180 kph run, done a U turn and as we readied to go again, still going legal speed a police patrol passed going opposite direction. Further danger of course was being rural there was possibility of having agricultural machinery appear on that road, had one instace a tractor with a trailer crossing the road. As of 1980s had responsibility for electronic fuel injection and then full spark and fuel computer system application and ovrrseeing design of the electronic modules. Had tesponsibilty for a Automotive test centre with chassis dynevand teo engine dynes, with emission test sytems and hot/cold cell on the Chassis dyne and one of the engine dynes. Not for high performance engines and cars. The larger engine dyne only for 250 hp and 8000 rpm, the other 300 hp and only 6000 rpm. The chasis dyne only 2 WD one roller set only, and at tyres only 200hp. Had many test cell adventures as well as even more field testing including much HOT conditions in Australia, up to ambient, in shade 46°C, 115°F, with road tar sticking to tyres, to WINTER testing in Australia to -12°C, but colder in Hokaido Japan, South Korea, North Sweden beyond Arctic circle, to -30°C, -22°F, and southern Germany to not quite that low. Exposed to many car models and driving conditions, everything from super compact cars, sports cars, limousines, mini trucks, Turbo engines, anything from sub 1L 2 cyl to over 6L 12 cyl engines. In some ways I do miss those former working days, but can bask in fond memories of good and dreadfully dangerous work done. Even at one stage made special calibration airflow sensors for a racing team. Even Peter Brock for racing had a Electronic Spark Computer module designed by a fellow engineer writting software and hardware designing that I was co supervising, that at the time he started as a graduate engineer I had to teach in the design and functions of such engine spark control computers. 😊
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  709. One thing that is very clear there is no interest at all in huge cubic inch capacity engines. In fact no rally car team will be caught using those heavy big V8 engines that are the ultimate craze of US racing. Rather evervsmaller and ever higher output engines is critical. Can you imagine what structure would be needed by a huge capacity V8 to keep that mass of engine in place under the dynamic rough handling that rally involves. Also the sound levels of the rally cars are more than sufficient to satisfy any car enthusiast. Most car racing raises greatest viewer interest from crashes I know it is not nice but most spectators wait for every crash. Well in rally that thrill is more than satisfied by just the spectacular control and extreme car motions as well as regular near andcactual crashes. It also remains one of very few forms of racing with very close positioning, often too close, spectator and competitor interaction
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  710. Never buy APPLE designed products or anything they have a finger in
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  711. Actually most of the parts of animals we do not use for human consumption are not wasted, most go into animal feed and specifically much goes to pet food. But I gues in China there would not be much pet food as they eat those too.
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  712. Not unexpected that Chairman DAN seeks and finds anothercexcuse to not remove the restrictions destroying lives and businesses. The current new caeses had nothing to do with anything managed by the restrictions. Another case of mismanaged systems, not any community failings. Keeping the restrictions on business , work and public is not going to change the fact that the breakout was improper management of known infected cases. By all means the current breakout needs to maintain isolation and extensive testing, like was done for Kilmore and Shepparton with all potentially expoaed people to be tested not just the "suffering symptoms" cases. By the time an exposed person has symptoms is well after they have started spreading the virus to others. OPEN UP THE REMAINDER OF MELBOURNE AND VICTORIS, LET BUSINESSES OPEN UP FOR RETAIL AND WORK. GET GHE STATE MOVING FORWARD.
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  713. So nice to treat them so well that they respond as true family and want full contact with you as their best friend. Behave as fully one with you. I experienced similar in teen years with a wide range of pets, including reptiles, birds, cats and dogs. All wanted to be hugged, be together as much as possible. Always running to you and wanting to stay close. Full trust in you, and somehow learning to communicate their needs, it takes special people to be get this level of trust and joined life .
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  714. It is the people of China I have concern for, I regret the life that they are forced to live, far less than they deserve. It is the CCP that must be eliminated to free the population of China to realise their potential. Presently the people are little more than slaves to the benefit of the CCP, they have no chance to benefit from their efforts as the CCP owns all they have can take all they have, deny them decency in life.
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  715. No pet kangaroos are not common, in fact most city resident may never see a real one. To hold a pet would require a wildlife permit. At green frog in shower, the next is a blue tongue lizard, quite common, sadly killed by many city folk mistaking them as snakes. Hardly seen in most suburban areas, especially after a few years due to such killing. New developments usually have some. I used to catch and keep, even breeding these and other lizards in my teens. The next is a small goanna crossing the road. They get much larger for some types. Basically a monitor lizard and related to Komodo dragons. In earlier times also had larger examples, but hunted to extinction duting early Aborininsl settlement of this continent. Still common food for Aborininals living traditional lifestyle.
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  716. Well he has at least mentioned several Melbourne squares. The old city square between St Paul's Catheral and Melbourne Town hall which came about in the latter 1960s, as a block of smaller shops and a large theatre converted to large cinema were demolished it was used by quite a few city workers at lunch times and during nice weather, but was not a massive open space. Also a number of changes made over time removed much of the utility of the square, limiting seating, and being right beside one of the busiest roads through town did not help. Presently it is absent while the underground rail station is in construction, but later is expected to kind of return with station entry/exit within the area so will carry significant foot traffic too. The Federation square resulted after several tall rectangular office blocks were demolishdd and that fancy artistic block of shops and the open square opposite Flinders St Station and St Pauls Cathedral and adjacent to the Yarra river and its park land along the river resulted and therecare proposals of increasingbits size in one of several further developments. Of course on the far side of the Yarra is the very large park land including botanic gardens, streching for kilometer distance and also having the war memorial. In wet winter weather few people will sit in wind and rain in squares if warm cafes and other indoor spaces are available, in fine moderate weather not too windy, the squares can be nice, BUT on hot days sun burning down the paved squares getting super hot from sun, the paving hot enough to melt some shoe soles, does one really want to sit in these squares at over 40°C , not really. The climate of the European plazas/piazas/squares is far more moderate, while they get hot weather sometimes, the sun is far less intense. Melbourne is latitude more like Naples Italy, but summer probably better compared to Egypt, Libya Isreal, Arabia. Winter tends in Melbourne chill moist wind and rain driven in off southern ocean from way down Antartica. No snow but feels cold and while not often major downpour, still many drizzly dull days in winter months. However in fine weather and especially the warmer to hot summer, a greater number of people rather spend their time in one of many parks and gardens that are around the city area. North side has several parks, and eastvend near parliament house and location of Victorian government is a large tract of park, acroos the Yarra a huge park land/botanic gardens. A bit west is the huge parklands around Albert park lake, where the F1 GP race runs on public roads. Do people want to sit on benches a on titled , hard paved open areas with flocks of seagulls trying to get your food, or gather among trees flowers and grass with some ponds birds, ducks etc on paths with park benches relaxing. I and many others go to the green areas and parks not the hard paved squares, having purchased some lunch at one of many cafes , take away shops or bringing own lunch. We tend to go via these "squares to the park lands beyond time permitting. If you have time to go to any of the squares most parks are nearer and more convenient to reach. As farcas squares elsewhere, many communities have town halls with some square nearby or in most cases a green park area as part of city hall/offices. Again parks are preffered to squares to relax during work breaks. As fior places like Sydney, well they have much activity at docklands with large plaza spaces and restaurants/cafes and the area around the Opera house. In city area arecalso some op en park areas. Brisbane has public gathering areas along the Brisbane River. Adelaide as noted does have a significant square in the middle, but like elsewhere the large parkland areas around the central business area tend to be more desirable than a largely paved area surrounded by traffic and roads. PerthbI can not detail much but they too have good water front areas on the Swan River and parkland drawing more of the people than squares ever would. Darwin has much parkland and street side cafe/ restaurant space where people get together for leisurely evening but again not t he drive of one big square core rather relaxed enjoyment of nice evenings except the WET season, who wants to gathervin bucket down pour thunderstorm or sticky humid heat anyway outdoor, swatting big thirsty mosquitos. Just not the same conditions enjoyed by European cities. Maybe on reflection the common existence if squares in old established cities of Europe and USA may be more due the age and long past established city plans. Australia of course most cities as now existing are barely 100 plus years old, and most growth under 100 years. Totally different movement and location of people coming into city mainly as a work location than a living thriving resident population. Yes therecare ever more residential complexes in city areas, especially as business / shops departs the central area. Come end of work most people are off home into suburbia not clustered in mid city and thus not gathering for evening after work community social activity eating and drinking interacting with fellow people, which is one of the old city functions of the town square. Just totally different life style that leaves the old square as less required.
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  717. It is deep in the north not too far from Kununurra and Lake Argyle. It is receiving massive rainfall in the "wet season", measured in ft not even inches. Access is virtually only by 4WD at least if going by car you could expect some damage. There are rough tracks and river/water crossings to negotiate from memory some 70km from highway to camping sites. Lots of gorges to hike into, and the spectacular "Bee hive " mounds, enough for many days camping. In busier times there are also helicopter flights in the park and also helicopter and airplane tours from nearby towns. The park is also setup for tour bus loads of visitors. The darker shades of the rock bands being largely bacteria/algae deposits on the sandstone layering. There also some nice quartz reef exposures, though I understand no gold. The park is very close to the Argyle Diamond mine site too, a bit closer to Kununurra. The rear of the park extends to south westerly limits of Argyle Dam lake, with water from the park actually running to huge lake of that dam. At the time I visited in 2004 there was also a major Locust plague originating in the park. Making driving harder as vision was impaired by swarms of locust in the air, and smashing and smearing on windscreen. Important was having mosquito mess over radiator entry or you could cook the engine as radiator blocked by mass of accumulated locusts sucked by cooling fan into the radiator. Talking locusts some 4 to 5 inches long, quite a sight. Travel as typical in remote places does need care and some experience, it is easy to get into trouble. Even by 4WD if you make mistakes it can be very costly. Tow truck or mechanical repairs in remote locations are EXPENSIVE. A former work colleague on retiring bought a Suzuki Vitara 4Wd, and headed off with his wife for an extended round Australia trip. All was going well until they drove into the Bungle Bungles, where a driving error caused loss of their vehicle, sinking it in a large water filled deep rock hole at a creek crossing. The crossing is simple if you are aware or observant as there is a large flat rock base forming the safe crossing. BUT you need to go a little left oriented side, curving around a deep washed out hole about a good swimming pool size, and some 25 to 30 ft deep. He crossed without attention to the large darker patch ahead, and failed the left oriented curved path around the hole, drove into it and sank the vehicle deep to the bottom. They got out ok in a panic, got rescued by other travellers. However the vehicle was in the depths for almost a week before being winched out and trucked all the way to Perth for insurance assessment. It was written off, engine damaged by hydraulic lock as it sucked water running nose first into the water filled hole all possessions lost too. He had to buy a new second hand Toyota Landcruiser in Kununurra to complete their holiday trip, from savings, as with insurance not paid out for some 3 months it was abort the trip or get another vehicle.
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  718. Looks like the way you wish NewYork to be all evenings, nice clear toads all quiet.
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  719. I keep wondering about the volume of gold sweeping along mid river if there are so many pickers being left along the riverbank rocks.
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  720. I am no coffee drinker, so really no expert, as at most have a coffee I get stuck with at some business meeting/diner maybe once or twice a year. But Starbucks? I can not state knowing if any at all exist. There are plenty of coffee shops all over, every shopping strip along roads, shopping centres, larger fuel stations, many smaller taleaway food shops all serve a wide range of coffee. One acknowledged great 'barrista' created coffees is the McDonald's chain, that operates a ' Coffee shop ', with cakes etc This is to my understanding not so in USA. Except little mainly burger only takeaways in shopping centre foodcourts, basically all "MACCAS" have their cafe part as well as the Burger section. Their Baristas are rated highly, and have a good turnover too. Most people get their coffee at the many specific small coffee shops or attached to cake/bread bakery and other takeaway, usually with some seating food shops, almost all can serve coffee as required. One thing uncommon seems to be that always standing ready pot of hot 'percollated' coffee, one sees so often in American food serving places. Coffee here seems to be prepared, eg Expresso, cup fresh as orders are received. Yes, at conferences and large gatherings large pots of coffee are used to serve the large numbers of coffee cups, but never sitting hours long as hot kept ready pots, always brewed and served. And addional fresh brewed when emptied. If left over, say after a break in conference is over, disposed and fresh made in time for next break, never kept hot to be still reserved later.
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  721. Sadly while US did adopt metric it chose to leave it optional, rather than setting a time span to fully adopt the one unit system. The real problems occur between different companies one uses meteric the other imperial leading to regular errors and mix ups. But quite different still are not the length, weight, volume , area measures, these have clear conversion factors. There are in imperial system adopted units that are in fact non dimensioned. Take wire gauge, in order to know current carrying capacity power dissipation based on wire material resistivity and cross sectional area are important. For high frequencies even skin effect, where current crowds to surface layers based on frequency of current becomes critical, calculable by well defined formulae and wire gauge can be chosen to optimum diameter knowing skin depth. In meteric countries wire is dimensioned in millimetre diameter and multi strand by strand diameter and number of strands. Given wire material and diameter frequency of current, length of cable, all critical matters are calculable. A smaller diameter has a smaller dimension a larger wire a larger dimension. The US, use AWG, American Wire Guage, defined as a number, the BIGGER the number the SMALLER the wire. So 26 gauge is smaller than 20 gauge,which is smaller than 10 gauge. The entire table defined long ago, dos not run 1 to some bigger number say 44. NOOO, at the large end sizes increase 0, 00 and 000. Is there a 0000? Probably,not actually sure now. Now the problem, what is the physical size of the wire gauge of g8ven gauge number, given say 20 gauge is in stock, but tested is under dimensioned, also 15 gauge and 10 gauge are in the warehouse. The tech wants to get double the diameter, is 15 gauge good enough or will 10 gauge be double the diameter. Is 10 double the size of 20 gauge? No! In fact you need tables of gauge data to handle choices. Same problem you need a special insulation,and try to get a AWG gauge size wire in US, but no supplier has that insulation, you need to buy on the world market, and find a Japanese supplier has the insulation and all data is in mm diameter, you know from engineering specifications only the AWG number and existing insulation type. Now first you must search the tables and existing supplier data for wire diameter and insulation thickness, then relate that to world common specification dimensioning. Worst being gauge number and dimension are somewhat unrelated. Forcing dependance on published tables, not all giving all details, and rarely are all needed tables close at hand, costing time, frustration and leading to errors and inefficiencies. Other measures also cause confusions and errors Calories vs kilojoules, thermal factors, hardness, strain factors, magnetics Oerstead vs Teslas, pressure Torr vs Pascal or Bar. Even everyday measure temperature, 0°C as freezing point of water and 100°C as boiling is to most of the world far easier than 32°F for freezing and 212°F for boiling.
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  722. These politicians and their 'expert ?' Advisers say they understand the damage done, but let them get no income while all the public (other than public sevants) get their pay rises and full pay. If they can go 6+ months on NO INCOME, they definitely Do NOT know how we the rest feel and live.
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  723. Sorry rest get nothing while public servant and politician get all income and even pay rises. Let these live on nothing! Mis typed in previous message
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  724. Turkish Delight has NEVER been a delight to me. The flavour is something the Turks can keep! That and Musk Sticks are something I send to trash at first opportunity.
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  725. If you typically endup in the rough,there is PLENTY opportunity on the long course. Nasty sand traps too.
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  726. Lyre bird. Great sounds mimics
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  727. That one is famous, but there there are many crossings of that type around the northern tracks and trails. It is definitely know what you are doing, or DO NOT PROCEED. Locals take many risks, being experienced but mainly novices get into real trouble. By the way most like th his one are well off the main tourist routes, most even in Aboriginal regions that require special permits to enter, if not of Aboriginal heritage. Wet season, not at all passable for months at times. Otherwise basically only at low tide, and being patient for lowest level water is essential. Seen people too eager get into trouble preventing more patient people to miss possible low tide access due to stuck vehicles blocking the crossing. Cahill at least is concreted base, most are just the sandy/rocky river base adding to the risk factor.
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  728. Still such a shoe wipe/scrape mat at my front door steps to the house. They are still around, though most people use the woven brush like door mats in preference as they do finer job of brushing the shoe soles clean. They most certainly remove more larger lumpy stuff than the brush types, including leaves, gravel, mud lumps on shoes, and one nasty smelly thing that is fortunately less common now, dog doo-doo that someone has stepped into. These days there are far fewer roaming dogs, so less such mess in the streets and footpath/nature strip ( we typicaly have a strip of grass between path and road kerb) Also council laws require people walking pets, to cleanup after their pet very severe fines apply, and where in dispute even genetic test on offending sample may be used in evidence of proving the "guilty" animal and owner involved. Required to carry plastic bags and ideally a scoop, or one may need to hand pickup using an inverted plastic bag. Really nasty task be assured so still many avoid this obligation, till fined a sizable penalty, maybe abandon the pet or walking the pet. Our area, back many years ago, had many Greyhounds being led on walks twice daily, and we had many owners in the area, as just down the street is a Greyhound race circuit where weekly racing and betting takes place. So we had say twice a day more than a dozen people walking between 6 and 10 greyhounds past our houses. Some relieved themselves and plenty little piles were VERY common. Now the pickup laws make it impractical to walk these bunches of greyhounds along public streets, the pickup work is hard enough with one ir two dogs, but 6 to 10 is excessive burden, so exercising these dogs is now done by other means. Someone visiting and getting out of their car on the way to homes, typically too often, stepped into the mess on regular basis. Lots then wiped shoes on the kerb or grass nature strip but regularly still carried some on shoes. That scrapper mat helped, but you also were vigilant and offered spare slippers so people could remove their shoes on entering. Sadly unlike for example Japan, and many European homes, we do not always practice removing street wear shoes on entering homes. Really taboo in Japan to keep on shoes worn in the outside walking around. In majority our scrapper mat accumulates sand, gravel, leaves over months and gets cleaned out typically as part of garden work, like lawn mowing, or watering as the hose is a good way to clear accumulated deposits between the strips.
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  729. In my school days, 1960s, cricket and AFL football were the main sports in summer and winter played as official school sports. Soccer, hockey basketball and volleyball were options on rare occasions. For cricket we were given gloves with rubber spikes strip's to protect fingers, leg pads and groin protector, NO head protection at all. Most of the protective gear was well past useful, many ginger rubber backings were falling off, groin protectos cracked, leg pads falling apart, padding falling out. Rare were new equipment. In my age group were two cricket fanatics who were top batters and worse budding fast bowlers, who were very precise too. One bowler when bowling in particular caused some of us either walked off or purposely stepped aside to be bowled out . It was just too risky facing this "rocket ball" that regularly caused injuries. When lucky only bruises but too teeth out, knocked out students, and even a broken wrist and broken fingers. The school treated it as lack of performance by injured student, not excessive bowler speed. Lack of head protection was not even considered. On batting these two could remain in all afternoon, as no one of us normal students could bowl them out. Cricket was a dull dangerous time under scorching sun, getting sunburns, standing in mid oval, In up to 40°C heat if fielding, or standing at field edge for up to 4 hrs, no refreshments except 2hrs forc10 min break. A share way that most of us hated cricket. I mainly tried to play soccer, volleyball or basket ball. On cricket I believe it is the source of the saying from Indua, "Only mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the mid day sun", very applicable to going out in the open standing around the field or two batas men at either end of the pitch, in full glaring sun for hours in high heat. All fine in Brish climate, very mild and often cloud covered. Not so nice in hot sunny climates. Heat stroke not uncommon.
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  730. I have had many cow/steer leather belts but only one that I know as definitely kangaroo leather. That kangaroo leather belt I have for close to 30 years. But given use of other belts, let's call it 15 years working life. The last 8 years except for a few months, exclusive this one belt. The couple of months, I tried some leather belts from a local clothing store, that performed so badly I refused to shop there at all any more. The first tore apart at hip area not at any punched hole area. It failed after 1.5 weeks, say 10 days use. The store replaced it with another. It tore at mid back location so opposite the buckle, after a mere 2.5 days. The store grudgingly refunded my money arguing that I must be overloading it. As if it were possible to hitch around the waist tight enough to make solid leather belt 1" wide 1/8" thick tear and still be able to breath. Anyhow many cow leather belts have lasted for years but stretch evidence and failures at buckle end and puncture holes few lasted more than a few years securing my jeans during driving and outdoor activities. Back to the Kangaroo leather belt. Originally it was worn during bush walking, gem fossicking/digging, offroad 4WD activities. But about 8 years ago, I started using it exclusively, except the faulty belts above, and worn basically 7 days a week is still working great. It does show wear and age, but not failing yet. Even has extra holes drilled not punched, to follow slimming waistline by dieting after years of too much office work left some "spare tyre" buildup. Drilling is not the best as twist drills rip through leaving hole walls damaged compared to proper punched holes. That kangaroo leather is taking all punishment with ease.
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  731. Ha Ha 40C is getting hot but I enjoy once it is 30C or above
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  732. Yes, RAM is on sale in Australia. Sadly the PRICE is WOW. You apparently can buy TWO Toyota HiLux Utilities and have a significant amount of cash to spare, for one RAM. Then suffer space issues in car parks, and even highway lanes are fully occupied by these oversize US pickup trucks.
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  733. It is impossible to breakdown to so few. Bondi as you suspect is too crowded by Sydney users and tourists. Also many of the much promoted beaches get too crowded, I prefer more isolated beaches. Of course the more popular beaches have surf lifesaver patrols, that especially for inexperienced people including very many tourists can be critical. Surf beaches can have numerous hazards without life savers, marking safe areas avoiding strong undertow, rips as called, that can sweep people far out into ocean amd cause drowings. Also unfamiliar locations can have dangers. Our family often went to a isolated surf beach that had fishermen using large surf rods. Years later mum was told by a work colleague that the beach is Victoria's most popular surf SHARK fishing spot! I also 4WD touring on Fraser Island, in Queensland came to a west side beach near outer end of the island, nice clear blue water, and spent nearly 2hrs swimming there, no one else in sight. Two weeks later, returning from far north Queensland, took a whale watching tour, that happenef to end up alung the same section adjacent to Fraser Island, where I had been swimming. Those waters are one of several Humpback whale birthing areas, so a good whale viewing place. During 4 hrs we saw six whales and three baby whales. During the narrative of the tour it was indicated, while the waters look very inviting, clear blue waters, it was really not advisable to swim there as there were many hungry sharks, looking to feed on new born whales, and "after birth remains" of these new born whales, that also attract many other fish that are also shark prey. Well it certainly highlighted a risk I had been unaware of while swimming there. Many far north beaches are having hazards and some not usable for many parts of the year with dangerous yellyfish, also saltwater crocodiles make northern beaches too dangerous. Sharks can be an issue all round Australia, with some places especially bad. Other hazards seen in other of these videos also exist, e.g. blue ring octopus (which I have close experience of), stingray , stonefish, cone shell and more. But with over 27000km of coastline there are immense range of choices, from over developed, Surfers Paradise, Gold coast, to totally secluded to the point of solitary place at end of several days travel. MOOLOOLABA = moo..loo..lah..bah Many beaches presented are around Port Philip Bay at Melbourne, St Kilda Elwood, Altona, and more, etc. Also part of the bay, Mornington Peninsula with a long series of bay side beaches, the one shown with those colourful Beach Boxes is also at southern end of that bay. Also on other side of the peninsula, a series of ocean beaches with surf. Similar beach boxes exist at several beaches. Privately owned, costing in some areas as much or more, as a full size family home, and even selling for millions for some, so rather exclusive. They are under pressure to be eliminated, but politically hard issue as property rights are solid, and only government forced acquisition could remove/cancel that. Politically suicide! Australia have so many fantastic beaches, just spoiled for choices and sadly presently robbed of using them by lockdowns for COVID-19.
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  734. Most common over Australia is that trees tend often to be Eucalypts, and are 'Evergreen' so remain green all year. Not to say other tree dpecies do not exist, therevare many others, yet even there most seem to be evergreen. Classic varieties of deciduous trees that drop leaves in autumn, are introduced and specific planted. Of course local deciduois trees and shrubs are around too. Over a year we do however tend to be green all the time except the more arid inland, andvsummer time ground cover of grass tends to all get yellow brown dry look except where maintained and watered.
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  735. Been driving since 1969 and worked in car testing, driving many thousands of km in foreign places, Europe, Korea, Japan, and well over 1 million km in Australia, zero tickets, but one dropping off a handicap person near chemist shop and tail of car still a few feet into a no standing place, blocked by another vehicle ahead, the no standing sign above my roof line and not visible. Had displayed Handicap sign, passenger got out of car with walking frame but female inspector still issued a tocket. I DO NOT ACCEPT THAT as valid. No tickets of any kind, parking, speeding, red light anything....
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  736. Calibration tool? Tool to charge exorbitant fee, at ONLY company authorised workshops. Apple is regularly way overcharging for minor repairs
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  737. Keep up helping. Apple is soooo wrong
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  738. WiFi is not the limit, it runs at full capacity depending on WiFi node capacity to hundreds of Mbit per second. But pre new NBN the actual internet connections were slow, either to cable with 20Mbit/s download or phone line, copper pair ADSL, with similar or down to 5Mbit/s were the limits not the local WiFi node. Not all premises had cable unless signed up for some video streaming service, most were on copper line and limits imlosed by ADSL and such twisted pair phone line hardware. Further most internet accounts had huge difference in download and upload speeds. Most accounts setup for accessing information from internet and little outgoing u ppl load data. So depending on internet account downloads were still reasonable, even on WiFi, but uploads far slower, to mere 1Mbit/s or less, unless you payed for premium such as people intending to provide info to internet. As a internet site you even had seperate high cost accounts, again most user accounts did not allow operation on a fixed IP address as a internet site, you had to sign up to special internet accounts. Few shops, cafes and restaurants did not pay premium accounts and had upload speeds very limited. Most users of free WiFi were happy enough as browsing the internet worked fast enough, only some who wanted to cheap uploads using someone's free WiFi to send images, music, videos as uploads were heavily impacted not having own high cost account. Optical fibre were very expensive and only used by large corporation and were very few, certainly most users had no such capacity. I however know that around the time in 1990s internet was establishing, high speed connection of mere 64Kbit/s were still costing over $100,000 per year, I had a major work site issue getting such put in by the company IT department as my 19.2Kbit/s modem on phone line was limiting my direct work on co. Poll any computers back in Germany. Cost killed that aim. Modern speeds were beyond imagining. The new NBN was planned by the government to give everyone optical fibre internet, so up so 1Gigabit/s rates, with some upload limiting still present but now at reasonable fast speeds. Sadly a change of government altered to fibre backbone with lower costs, as fibre is more expensive especially the connection hardware, to using older phone local copper pair ADSL to homes from street shared fibre nodes and finally also some to get onto previous cable network. Some lucky people and new housing estates got fibre to the home and could get upto 1Gbit/s download and if paying more even similar upload speeds though default I think more like 100Mbit/s upload. Most common on cable is 50Mbit/s download and 10 to 15 Mbit/s upload, with optional higher cost for 100Mbit/s down and also increased up rates. Copper pair more typical is 20Mbit/s down, 5Mbit/s up, depending on copper line and distance to central fiber node, can go to similar to cable 50 to 100 Mbit down. Still most free WiFi nodes are not necessarily providing higher cost premium service as most usage is for internet browsing and social media, and not to provide zero cost service for user uploading massive data quantity..
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  739. There can be no racing of multiple cars in these conditions. One car at a time forced by dust, so rally only. No getting anywhere in trying to pass a leading car. You would be blinded by dust and crash before getting anyway close to leading car.
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  740. Well Adelaide was the manufacturing base for Chrysler, until the factory was fully b.v taken over by Mitsubishi, afterva period assembling these in parallel to the Chrysler vehicles. The Chargervwas at lesst in NSW used by highway patrol not sure of other states. But as well as slightly boosted motor output they had 300kg of lead mounted in the rear end, to make handling better. The rear was too light in basic empty form and lost rear end too easily. From memory the were second after Leyland as total local manufacturer to close operations. Yes others like VW were gone sooner, but they basically had assembly of knockdown parts shipped from Germany not full local manufacture. Though most car companies were importing some parts to various levels. That was minimised by very high duties on imported parts, so to keep final car prices low much effortvwas used to get parts of local manufacture including licensed suppliers using design from original company so cutting duty because it was locally made. On many parts companies like Lucas and Bosch were major local manufacturers, but many others like Repco ( shafts cams brake drums/discs ) and PBR (other brake parts), other car manufacturers got their local suppliers setup local manufacture. Start ofvdeath of ALL car manufacture was dropping the protective duty with volume low in Australia, keeping prices competitive with full import from plants with lines delivering total Australian volumes there was just no way to be competitive. Government support for some time helped, but some like GM were seeming, if not in fact, using government ( tax money ,) subsidies as cash cows. When cutoff from gov support all closed manufacturing though some engineering remsins. GM however even sold their very extensive proving ground while Ford retsin theirs Toyota bought one that was used by trucking companies, various smaller car businesses, shared access on brakes, tyres , Abs development and Nissan for quite a while. Nissan retained casting plant for alloy parts and engine blocks, however all sent to Japan for machining and finishing.
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  741. It is more than spectacular. I have had many experiences of Lyre bird song during 4WD trips. They not only use plumage but song to attract mates. Some successful Lyrebirds exceed a repertoire lasting over 20 minutes, with little repetition with individual sounds lasting from a few seconds to over 30 sec. A bird needs to hear a given sound only a few times to be fairly accurate and sounds are produced as little as teo or three times suddenly appear like echos. Mostly they are seen fleetingly as they dash away into the bush (forest) and they definitely can be silenced if startled. Normally heard early or late in the day, and often only heard but not seen. Some however closer to regularly visted places of people do openly display and sing. Naturally most mimic is of other creatures like birds, frogs, insects, lizards, snakes, but with exposure to modern equipment and people they also capture sounds thereby created. Personally have heard camera, rattling keys, car door closing, squeeky wheels and brake noises, various engine of chainsaw, motorbike, cars, diesel or petrol, thump of 4WD going over rocks, electric window, roar of cooling fan, even wiperblade swishing. Children group chattering/giggling/laughing. Adults making startled Wow, Oh, What sounds, shuffling of feet, sadly several 'Fart' sounds, even inflation/deflating of air mattress. On one trip with visiting foreign friends I pulled into a small side track in 4WD to allow some sunset photos of a storage lake and hills in nice red setset light. Suddendly, I estimate within 100m though unseen, a Lyre bird letgo on its repertoire. Though repeated many sequences we sat near 1hr long listening, as the sky went through many stages to early night after sun was fully set. The visitors were so impressed. Include were vehicle sounds, chain saw, including falling crashing tree, trailbike, giggling people, and a plethora of frogs, birds and other animals. Disturbing were buzzing mosquito and wasp sounds way louder than the real thing. At no time seen, but we did the following morning see two running away on another section of 4WD trail. BELEIVE IT THEY SOUND BETTER THAN THE PROGRAM AND MOST STARTLING IS THE RAPID CHANGES FROM SOUND TO SOUND WITHOUT BREAKS. THOUGH THEY PAUSE OFTEN SEEMING TO CHECK FOR MATES OR COMPETITORS..
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  742. Sorry I may get a bit longer... The points about road, concrete house build, trees etc is all very true and vslid. No issues taken on thst. One critical heat component not mentioned is the predominant use of air-conditioner. Especially in the newer suburbs. In the past airconditioning was not hardly used in private homes, though increasingly in commercial buildings but now few houses are not fitted with airconditioning when built. Yes many old properties are even getting retro fitted but often with smaller units for specific parts of the house rather than entire house as is new build normal. Anyway the issue is that in cooling the inside it spills heat to outdoors, not just the energy of temperature difference but all those kilowatts electrical power consumed mostly becomes heat as little motion (kinetic) energy is imparted. Plus all the other increased electrical heat created in modern living. Then the heat losses of all the traffic internal combustion vehicle engine deliver under 30% of fuel energy as movement, rest becomes heat from coolant exhaust, oil and transmission, even motion energy becomes heat with air drag and at breaking to stop the vehicle. Even electric vehicles issue the energy as heat on stopping and air drag as well as some heat on charging, though some may recover fractional energy with regeneration at some heat losses in that. All this massive heat loss of ever heavier vehicle traffic, cars, trucks, buses, trains, planes, appliances and airconditioners all adds to local environmental heat buildup raising temperature above what sun alone would provide. At least solar panel help as they supply energy for appliances and airconditioning from sun input not energy stored in fossil fuels, A REAL MAJOR HELP to keeping temperature rises minimised. Further most houses get hotter inside, they do not have external shutters on windows, rather have curtains inside that block sun heat, dissipating solar heat inside, or if no curtains the furniture and carpets absorb the sun heat streaming in and creating heat. So adding to hot interior and higher airconditioning energy demands. If in hot summer external shutters were closed in peak day time, a lot of sun heat is avoided in the house keeping it cooler, and lowering airconditioner loads. My own house has no aircondioner but does have exterior roller shutters closed on hot days. And for most summer the interior stays cool enough to live with only fan air flow used. Opening shutters overnight , and letting night air flow through the house keeps comfort at limits for many days of exceptionally hot days. Yes hot nights staying above 35°C are very uncomfortable, but a fan running makes life ok at very low environmental and power impact. The lack of trees is a very severe problem. Anyone can experience the difference on hot days going to local forests or even local parks with trees, rather than the typical built up and shopping areas. Very much lowered temperatures in forest. My house has several trees reaching above roof height and adds to better conditions, as well real grass and garden space with plants help. The grass and nature strip trees of our streets also help. Sadly most roofs are darker colours, from Reds, Greens to Black/Grey, rather than light pastels to White. Anyone using the light finish actually gets ostracised by neibours for abnormal appearance not matching the norm. We tried a pale green years ago not liked by many feeling it did not meet community standards. All the above are very common issues, yet as pointed out the less affluent have little green cover, while the affluent, old suburbs have lots of green space, trees along roads, larger yards with trees grass and plants. Like many Australian cities the near coastal ocean places are remaining most comfortable, all new developments are pushing further inland so are significantly warmer. Many new developments are on old farmland, replacing what trees and greenery was there with nothing but roads, concrete and houses covering most land area, making all much hotter. Now in certainty at least in Australia, but probably elsewhere likewise, the worst hot conditions at all major cities is when hot air blows from inland to the coastal areas. The inland towns may regularly have higher temperatures irrespective of wind direction, with temperature in the 40°C and up while the big coastal cities have lower temperatures, even below 30°C in the same period. Yet Melbourne, Adelaide get the hottest conditions for northerly winds from inland, while Sydney, Brisbane for westerly winds, Perth for easterly to north-easterly. Melbourne normally only has over 35°C for generally northerly winds, with north-westerly to even some north-easterly included. Over 40°C only for strong northlerly winds. One aspect to the claimed climate change temperature rise, and I do not deny climate change occurs just how much is human caused, is that much of the data is including historical temperature (weather) measuring location data, that is now very city heat Island condition affected and even rural locals that in the past were forested country now open farm fields with at most a few scattered trees or tree rows along roads or fence lines. Yes there are added SOME oceanic temperatures from satellite readings. But how many points at ocean compared to number of land based points make up the stated 1.5°C rise over pre 1900 averages. If same locations on land are applied there would be no surprise that just urban heat and deforestation alone could given even a higher result if not for inclusion of above ocean locations that clearly from experience of ocean breeze is cooler than land. None of thatvaverage rise is definitely dependant on actusl climate change. Not that change is unexpected as climate has been changing for thousands of years since last ice age, and we ideally are reaching end stage of last post ice age heating up. If final stages, possibly it may be faster as last surface ice is reducing to minimal. Note also that a brief cooler period of 1970s there were actually preductions that a new ice age was possibly coming, but soon the same claims converted to warming by the same persons predicting an ice age, when that cool period ended. The fact is since 1600s to mid 1700s there was an exceptional cold period that was then restored to warmer, rising faster than present into the conditions of 1800 to 1900. In Australia there was a 1930s hot period over many years that was hotter and drier than present and an exceptional lower period in 1970s as noted above. I felt the 1960s had longer warmer summers than present. Going to beach swimming most nights from November to March. Not now! Climate is changing but the true cause is not entirely settled, especially with faked J curve, and dubious modelling using software written on many assumptions to show the expectations of the authors, and clear shown not tracking with real observation data, so showing to give false indications. CO2 increase so far is actually leading to significant plant and food crop growth increases. Much greening of the world has been tracked over past decades as CO2 rises fractionally, let's face it we have 0.04%, while past world CO2 has existed to percent levels as most life evolved, and into near full percent levels for most of past millions of years of major life on land. All life including land and water based was created at very much higher CO2 levels never any run away greenhouse conditions burning up everything.
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  743. The danger from kangaroos is not the front claws. The kangaroo, or the whole class including smaller wallabies, all have a hefty kick of the massively strong rear legs as main attack. They place their entire mass on the tail, and kick hard with both rear legs. These legs also have significant claws, that could gut the animal being kicked, especially relatively soft belly creatures, like people. But more likely is the forces of the kick break bones ribs, arms legs or even damage from landing backwards on the ground after being launched into the air backwards. Land on some rocks or pieces of wood/logs and you may be badly hurt. If you end up on the ground expect further knockout kicks. Kangaroo to kangaroo is a long fight, both have strong bellies and strong bones, can take kick after kick, returning what they get. Finally most kangaroo fights end up with the looser hoppng off, leaving some fur flying and relatively minor wounds. That fighting, like for most animals, is part of male domination for breeding rights. But applied to people and other animals, not kangaroo, can have serious ' health' results. This example is quite amusing seen from perspective of that perfect punch. The dog did get some moderate landed kicks, that could have been far worse. The person actually for his own sake did the one right move in after landing the head blow punch, turned away and left, this breaking the fight conditions off, like a loosing contender. Thereby leaving the kangaroo, effectively in its perspective winner , thus it turned and hopped away. Fight done, dogs safe.
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  744. Worse about the US sodas is the push to drink super large volumes per serve, and then even typically free REFILLS, to boost volume sold, given its very bad composition/ingredients. Volume to drink might be to compensste the 'phlegm' side effect, to give continued washdown of that stikytohroat/tongue sensation till after lege volume the sensation is somewhat reduced by longer term continued presence, compared to feel in the mouth brfore to after first sip. I still prefer the SPEZI OR MEXI soda like you recently tried, over straight FANTA, I like the combined Cola/Orange. In fact as this special mix is not available in Australia, I uy both Coke and Fants, make 50/50 mix, so make my own Spezi variant. BY the way Australian drink use cane sugar, though I use mainly "No Sugar" drinks. Yes I realise the sweeteners used have some bad reputation too. Glad that the worst colour add-ons are long banned here like around the world, EXCEPTION USA where the Red especially is still heavily used along with others banned elsewhere.
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  745. I am sure you adjust quickly, yes caution at intersections and especially entry exit of freeways. I as part of my fuel injection work drove in many countries on both left and right hand formats, but even worse in both left hand and right hand drive vehicle both in opposite (mis)matching road driving, so left hand drive on left traffic and right hand drive on right traffic. Even switching sides with 1 hr hop Europe to UK and back later on same day. Or driving with a mix of left and right hand drive models on a test trip switching cars multiple times during hours of testing often on the same road stretch. In the end it became quite natural driving any combination in various countries. I guess you become a better driver.
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  746. 2020 with COVID restrictions/lockdowns/limited distance/restricted holidays/restricted hours exercising, too many really, there was a much reduced exposure outdoors. So while many melanomas are years in developing, there was a reduction on reported cases. Partly too by reduced medical examinations related to the COVID imposed conditions
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  747. Custom plates can be used inplace of the standard pattern. They cost extra, and must not use offensive terms , radical/terrorist related, sexual inuendo. So there are many letter/word combinations forbidden, and even if somehow slipped through, and objections validated, can retrospectively be cancelled/withdrawn. Other than restricted terms any digit and letter sequence of limited length normally the 6 char/digit of normal rego plates. Not entirely sure but I think I have seen up to 8 long too but maybe wrong. Other than these special plates there are some provision for vintage cars, and even if holding a very old number plate, from early days, like a 2 digit number, you can retain that as valid while continuously registering vehicles bearing that plate. Some people also buy rights to a specific custom plate, with intent to sell that for larger amount as owner of such specisl plate you are entiltled to sell the plate to someone else. Also if you choose when changing/replacing a vehicle with a new or used other car you can choose to retain the plates currently registered in your name. If not reregistering, you are required to handin the old plates within reasonable time. If you do not then a fine may be applied, at minimum say after a year not re registered the number is cancelled and you can NOT go after a long time to reregister under that csncelled number. For any new registration or transfer of a vehicle to another owner a Roadworthy Assessment report must be lodged showing good mechanical/ safe state of the vehicle al9ng with various charges and taxes.
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  748. Not a bad payback at current gold prices. One could certainly justify that as worthwhile work. Few workers get that as pay per hour.
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  749. Definitely fun country and very hard dangerous on your own in one vehicle, really ill advised, but I have survived hundreds of trips on my own in just that country, even with winchong on hills and river crossings.
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  750. The great thing is you can drive your own car as fast as yo can go on the North Loop, by booking time and basic conduct rules. Or even book/hire a racing setup car from several on track businesses and get taught how to drive. There are numerous Youtube videos, showing crashes by private drivers trying their best in all kinds of cars, some serious wipeouts, many just loosing it in various parts of the circuit.
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  751. I certainly agree TOO LOUD, in public areas. You seem to hear conversations of people right beside each other from over 100 ft away loud enough that if you arevtalking to someone beside you, you need to increase your own level, and have no issue following the American group's conversation. Even in a hotel lift, packed together the BOOMING American voice can be of a level to make you wish for ear plugs. One gets the impression majority of Americans are very deaf yet do not seem to afford hearing aids, maybe because US medical care is so expensive. At a railway station have even missed an announcement on a speaker unit almost overhead, as an American couple many yards away talked about their next destination. Their voices drowned out the PA system, that was quite audible when not smothered by these voices. The other issue is being interrupted in your conversation by a loud demanding person asking for example directions where right beside them is a large sign with clear arrow and bold text giving the answer. If you dare to point to the sign you are verbally tackled as if you are a very uncooperative servant (slave) whose entire duty is instant response "Yes Sir, how can I be of service, OH MASTER? ". Never mind that without any hesitation they have over spoken an active conversation. Do not dare not step aside in a Queue, they have urgent need to get on with whatever they are planning. Can not stand around as time is wasting. You clearly have all the time in the world as you are at home so no need to hurry.
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  752. Excessive area filled by asphalt and concrete, leaving too little greenery. Is the US over dependance and provision of endless numbers of caes and vehicles, impacting living space provision
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  753. For me it is Milk chocolate. To me the likely reason for preference of dark chocolate maybe due to high preference of COFFEE in all its variants that leads to preference for more bitter flavour. For some people it will certainly also be healthirr choice and the lower sugar levels in dark chocolate but taste based choice to me seems most probable linked to coffee.
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  754. Regular have pies, Curry beef, peper steak, chicken vegetable, chunky beef tend to be most commpn, but we have many variants. On the whole while I do have them, to me, and brand dependant, the sausage meat is often too padded with filler in form bread like stuffing and to me syrongly wrong flavour, almost like strong preservative. For parties and group celebrations, there are mini pies and sausage rolls that get served in bulk volume as finger food with tubs of sauce. Pies are normally eaten hot and are a standard item for football matches. Pie and sauce is a MUST during the winter football season. So hot when served you need caution to mot burn your tongue. Almost can not be imagined that pies like these are unknown to USA.
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  755. While Rome and southerly regions of Italy may have had less snow, the Alpine north as much of Europe had extra heavy snow cover, much as many areas in USA did last winter. So drought in parts of Italy, not all of Italy.
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  756. Steer well clear of the Izusu Fronterra, actually made by IBC (ISUZU BEDFORD COMMERCIAL) in Luton UK, especially the 4 cyl models. Gutless, low capability off road, and especially the 2.2L had severe engine coolant boiling problem 2L marginally better, something about water flow in the block trapped steam pockets that soon boiled to block entire coolant leading to dead engines. Engines were basically Fam II type GM most if not even all made and supplied by Holden. Locally the 2 door short version was sold by Holden, the long wheel base 4 door sold by IBC and Opel through Europe and Arab countries, possibly other markets too.
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  757. Even more than a year in Australia and traveling and you will not be able to visit more than lmited selected places. No way to try as some tourists try to do much on a few weeks. Travel and distances eatup a large part of time, getting from place to place skipping many worrhy sights
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  758. Arms crossed guy probably has no ear drums left so hears nothing anyway...
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  759. In the last generations the Ford designs, like GM and others were forcing world commonisations, so less local flexibility. Caused all to lose market as a consequence. Ford Australia did probably to last local effort on the Explorer 4WD model that was quite popular and went throgh to world market from here, basic design adopted in various places. Among strong local engineering were LPG car adaptions by Ford and Holden.
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  760. US washes eggs, after that they MUST be refridgerated, as a natural bio protection film of the shell has been removed,so eggs spoil quickly if not kept chilled.
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  761. I hope you ate ready and following this years BATHURST 1000 running this weekend Dec 3 to 5 2021.
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  762. That seems pure distillation, not like making for example liquor, where there is major creation of alcohol from sugars added.. For example Kumquat liquor starting with a number of kg of the fruits, in their skins pierced several times , a bottle of Vodka or gin, ideally something of neutral flavour, adding kg of sugar in a large strong glass container/jar. Sealling the container. Now over a period of a year or more, store cool and dark. Periodically turn/swirl the container, if all sugar used add more. At some stage the liquid will become thicker/more viscous. At end of desired storage, over 12months or more decant the liquid through filter paper., make sure to drain remainder of fruit too, even light pressing. Discard the fruit pulp. Bottle the liquor and store again cool. After a further 12 months sample result, it continues to improve with age. It may turn darker colour even brown with age, especially after period of some light exposure. Alcohol content will go way up, beware of local laws related to making alcohol you may face legal consequences. Similar should work for many types of fruit.
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  763. I have had a bleeding wound behind an ear after getting hit a number of times running for my life in an open grassig paddock, to a friends home, stopped by three Magpies when I was just under 9 yrs old. I did however within a week of that learn to turn to look at them and they turn away from swooping. First time I have my toy cap pistol and turned letting off a couple of bangs, but then realised they left me alone even without the bang of the cap pistol. Over the years have fed a few in the backyard at home, though never to the extend of this Magpie whisperer . A friend in my street had a pet Magpie for over 5 years running around in his yard most of the time, though fully capable of flying. It even defended itself against cats and dogs that tried to harm it though got on well with the cat resident at that home even sharing the cat food bowl. It sadly got killed by the neighbour girl riding a bike into their driveway one day, catching the poor bird under a pedal. I have also had fun with swooping Magpies and even hawks, as they attacked my RC glider. By sharp manoeuvres had some success hitting the bird in flight as it attacked though had damage, holes in wing covering doped painted paper, silk or modern plastic film, or holes in the nose balsa block. Some friends had rubber bands holding wings on cut in flight, crashing their glider and one case the owner had the RC power switch just in front of the wing on top, and it got turned off by hit from a Magpie, causing free flight loss of the glider and RC gear on board. On power RC planes speed usually prevented much attack, but there were some collisions with both bird and model plane damages. Magpies like Crows are highly intelligent, learn quickly and remember well. They do quickly learn who they can trust and who to avoid. Are quite likely to steal odd smaller items for their nest and have at times messed clean clothes hanging out to dry. If raised with human contact can be very friendly pets, and given food, meat and some soft fruits can become regular visitors. If as in this whisperer we rer case an adult Magpie has developed friendship , food supply, they are highly likely to introduce their young ones too. Fear is mainly a perrsonal issue, and mainly lack of familiarity. As after that first bad event and learning to not fear them, I was commonly in trouble at school and once by police, for tempting them to swoop. Have never seen increased swooping as a consequence, if anything a reduction because I was always turning them away as they tried to swoop me.
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  764. I do prefer the gem opal in Australia, over common opal.
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  765. I sure pray that editing has removed the far larger number of correct answers. That the actual number wrong is a miniscule fraction as wrong. All hope for USA would be lost if even in percent levels are that dumb. School system and education program needs urgent repair.
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  766. To me these "Child beauty" quests are to be put under CHILD ABUSE.
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  767. U turns differ greatly. NSW forbids Uturns at intersections, unless specific signed as permitted. VIC allows U turn at intersections unless firbidden by signage, but not allowed to obstruct other flowing traffic such as lrft turn at side road when you do a right arrow permited turn because the left may have green arrow on the side road on the roght, hope that is clear described. Often though drivers doing a U turn at intersection breach that. Other states will be similar to these two, but whatever, causes much confusion travelling between states. As for U turn at other times than intersections, deoends on centre line markings, any solid or doubled solid is not allowed to be crossed similar to passing, dashed line ok to do the turn, BUT you must not cause obstruction to traffic flow, and narrow roads, where U turn is not possible, a standard 5 point turn is required. Another intresting change a number of years ago, In Victoria, not sure other states, it was made illegal to switch lanes where a single solid line is on the road, such as at intersections where the line dashes turn to solid line some distance back from the intersection, to make iit illegal to swap lanes in stopping zone. Still is often breached, and so hard on trucks with cars suddenly occupying the braking space needed.
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  768. The severe inconsistencies being forced on us are a MAJOR concern, eg exercise is ok as long as 1.5m apart, but fishing golf boating etc are NON ESSENTIAL and illegal in Victoria. These are just as capable often far more isolating than permitted exercise like running the park paths and beaches. Far overkill of our rights.
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  769. Louis, you are the champion, I hope you efforts can benefit the entire workd not just USA. Manufacturers MUST finally be made responsible for making products that are able to be maintained for maximum useable life, and parts are made available FREELY, to anyone to 7ndertake repairs, either for customers or even themselves. The person doing the repairs being responsible for results. A person doing for themselves, clearly is personally responsible if they stuff up. A commercial operator will not survive based on poor performance record, and overcharging. That latter will also cause manufacturer support to suffer loss of trade if no longer being a captive service, failing repairs and especially on record of overcharging and under performing. YOU ARE THE BEST🤩👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
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  770. A popular SA destination. The roads are apparently rough. Sadly after 2020 major fires in the summer 2019 to 2020, the island and fauna had severe losses, so has needs of recovery. Probably ok again in a few years. Access is a ferry service apparently, though I have never gone there.
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  771. Not commonly know border on island
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  772. Rosellas are very beautiful, and very popular with tourists, especially when called down from the trees by people like myself, to snack on biscuits or fruit, while sitting on arms, shoulders and heads. The glad photos of those tourists are a real treat for them. Most very surprised by how ready for close contact the wild flocks can be. Around urban areas they become very cautious, I have them eating wild apples in my backyard each year, but these are scared by cats, dogs and people so that they barely stay around when anyone goes into the yard.
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  773. There are many different Puffer fish, some very spiny, others less so, and most are smooth skinned. They exist in most world oceans in warmer waters is more common. But in Japan certain types are prepared by highly trained, 10yrs min, chefs and consumed in special restaurants, known as FUGUE. Especial delicacy is the liver BUT THAT IS ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. I have had Fugue as part of dinner on a business trip, tasty and I am still alive. Though had made commitment to NEVER try it, it was severed as 6 slices of white translucent thin slices with spicy sauce to dip. I ate it and as common the hosts asked if I like it. I confirmed it as tasty. At that one host tried to tell what it was. He could not find a English name, instead puffed his cheeks, and it clicked to me, and replied FUGUE? They were very pleased I knew it. We talked about it for many minutes as other dishes were served. Here it is quite common when fishing in ocean waters especially nearer shore, like off jetties/wharfs, or near shallow reefs off boats, that these pesky puffer fish take the bait before edible fish have a chance. Some people end a day fishing with none or few good fish having caught many, 20 to 100 not uncommon of these pests. Here they are just called "Toadies". Being a fish that eats many shellfish they have large knowing front teeth to break into the shells, or even corals, sea stars. In fishing they even snap metal hooks, metal leaderless and regularly snipp the normal fish line nylon or twisted fibre line. The sharp teeth also can take a chuck of finger if trying to remove a hook on a caught one. My father and I often went to fish off a jetty some 50km from home as good catch of fish was common there. My dad got Toady after Toady, while I got good fish after good fish. No matter we ended the day with upto 40 or 50 good eating fish of three or four types. They puff up as defence becoming up to four times the normal size and almost balloon with fins and gasping toothy mouth. Most fishermen kill them, before throwing back as else you could end up repeatedly losing your bait or recapturing the same pest again and again. NOT A GOOD IDEA TO USE THE SAME KNIFE ON EDIBLE FISH, you can deposit the poison of the puffer into the flesh of the edible fish, as s you may die if that is then eaten! Also many deaths have occured for new migrants and even tourists, that not knowing try eating these as they caught them fishing. They are deadly to eat, baring the special Japanese methods, and they have thousands die a year of FUGUE poisoning......
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  774.  @TheTazzietiger  a valid puzzle, but that lies many centuries in history, that probably even ancient Japanese leaves undocumented. Just note for 5 years the apprentice chef practices, no one eating anything, the next 5 years, the apprentice must sample his prepared fish. So if graduating they have survived daily samples for 5 years. Only then are they licensed to serve public. Even then people die, though many of those are infact FUGUE liver, which is like Russian roulette by meal. A chef scoring too many (?) deaths is deregistered till retraining (how long?).
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  775. Soooo much tougher than the typically failed US questions, where even asking " what countries border USA " has people failing that. I would expect most US people would fail these questions, few would succeed as well as Ian managed, as he did quite well.
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  776.  @IWrocker  I do remain startled by the info. I will track back and try to relocate the info and advise the place I came across that. If anywhere possibly Guinessbook of records. But right now thinking back it came up, from recollection, during an "Amazing things about Australia," it to me was a surprise, the longest I have seen by own eyes was about 10 trailers. More typically ones are 5 trailers, with 3 and 4 common. A colleague in car testing was almost killed on a dirt road by on comming road train, with more than four trailers, as his car in the dust cloud was run over by a cattle trailer of that road train. Spent months in hospital, the car was very mangled, virtually shredded. Such super long chain of trailers would have to use several prime movers and probably a formof mid trailer group steering. I have no idea if used on nearly straight level road only. I personally see little purpose for it except as a record attempt stunt not a practicle working road train Actual long "Iron Ore" trains exist in West Australia get that long(er?) but like aĺl trains run on rails not roads.
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  777.  @IWrocker  Ian, I have spent some time since last message, seeking to track back to the original source info. I have not yet found it, but it is certain only a record attempt. I found a YouTube video reported as 9 months old by YouTube, title "GUINESS WORLD RECORDS LONGEST TRUCK", but this was done in West Australia, and is only 79 trailers, total length 1018 meters. Record run over a 8 km distance on a private mining company road section. It is of course quite possible that since that record was set, someone did a new record in Queensland. I will as time allows still look more for the 113 long one. As I said I can not visualise any practicle working roadtrain of such lengths only a record attempt on level straight road. During the search it seems that the longest working roadtrain is a mining company one shown in another video I found searching for "longest Australian roadtrain", but I have not noted down the actual video name. The intro image shows a very long yellow roadtrain, that is never actually in the video, but it seems the mining road train may be the the 10 trailer one I have seen as that seems to be what the mining company operates. All other long 'working' road trains seem to all be 5 maximum and 3 or 4 normal limits. 5 long ones I have seen a few, though on main highway to Darwin NT and northern part of WA, these seem from memory mainly 3 or 4 trailers. The very long ones would be on other than heavier traffic main highways more the isolated dirt tracks to cattle stations for example with very little other traffic expected. It remain very advisable when encountering a long roadtrain on especially dirt roads, is to pull well off the side allow the truck to pass and dust cloud to vanish before proceeding. Other than crashing in the dust cloud obscured view there is very high chance of stones and rocks smashing the windscreen of your vehicle. Sorry I should have had positive reference to the 113 trailer details before raising the matter.
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  778. To put it in very simple terms, US medical care is beyond terrible given the situation shown by number of US people too scared of receiving medical assistance while overseas. To find out that elsewhere your health is first priority, and is at minimal if not even free personal cost. Complementary story was an aged couple on a holiday to USA, having taken out travel insurance in case of problems. On final return to Australia finding they faced selling their home to cover medical costs in California, Apparently the husband had been for years on a number of tablets for a heart condition. For the trip planned at 1 month duration had full supply for two months of his list of medication. However after the first week, from memory, things took a bad turn. On a tour to San Diego, he collapsed, and it was judged that he needed to be evacuated to a major LA hospital, BY AMBULANCE. That was the start of huge costs accumulating. At the hospital lots of tests were done, doctors, ignored his existing medication list, decided to commence treatment, as it turns out with little difference the identical medications. While finally aware of his existing medications on hand, ALL tablets were issued by the hospital at full costs. None of his available medications were used. The huge costs built at horrific rate. After almost a whole month the hospital prepared to release him, to join his wife to travel home to Australia. Their total costs came close to US$300,000. They even refused to return his own medicine supply, but issued a two week supply at their inflated prices. Among daily costs was around $400 for disposable 'plastic' plates, bowls, cutlery, actual meals served on top of that. To their horror the travel insurance, by a US company, had some fine print clauses not covering pre-existing health conditions, which they used to avoid any payout at all, even loss of the any part of the travel, tours and accommodation costs. Even the wife's hotel and living costs while the husband was in hospital were denied. They were advised the while legal proceeding may get some payments, the costs for such would nullify much if not even exceed payout, and take many years, while existing costs would be current and rising at horrid interest applied. So while US people get pleasant surprises, not so for foreigners visiting the US. Combine the safety risks, with health costs, why would anyone dare visit the US.
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  779. A short question. Ok you can drive a manual, have you ever driven a steering column manual shift transmission?
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  780. Pity that oranges are saved from harm, but people a killed by harmful colour and other chemicals making up those US 'Orange' sodas
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  781. Driver cabin space the UNIMOG wins hands down. The Humvee is almost claustrophobic inerterior. The centre tunnel was huge, meaning only heads of opposites in the front visible rear seats very cramped. In double cab version the UNIMOG easily seats adults in the rear seats though short cab is only two/three person wide. The one Humvee in military version I got into at a motor show, the seating behind front two seats, was almost only kiddy space, maybe higher roof would have worked better. Have never been enthused by the public versions, just not up to real Humvee capability. Sadly the full Humvee is also too wide for standard highways in Australia, though might be fine for the wider lanes on US highways. In rough bush trails here, the width of Humvee is a handicap too. But I concede the Unimog height is as much a problem for many forest tracks, and high centre of gravity does represent an issue too.
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  782. Good choice, though I took ' Victoria ' as possible.
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  783. Certainly shows Aussies can take the mickey out of themselves.
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  784. Testing only people with symtoms, then by nature as small number of cases turn up then the test numbers MUST fall in similar measure. Can not depend on high test rate to go on if few cases are actually occurring. Especially as many people are not suffering symptoms as evidenced around the world. The conclusion must be we can not depend on a low daily rate before removing extreme lockdown, but must depend on managing cases, the few that are detected, manage very well, trace possible transfers by following up contacts efficiently, test the contacts, symptoms or not. Isolate known infected people, if necessary but supervised isolation. Let society get back to normal, the Covid infection is going to be around for very long time, even well beyond vaccines, even many of those, and new breakouts WILL happen for years to come especially once international activities return. We will need good managing of occurences, not ineffective lockdown and destruction of lives, society, economy.
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  785. In USA the Northern Lights were visible in Alabama, Texas. Our Aurora Australis was visible to NSW southern sections at least, have no info about highr to northern NSW. Such strong Auroras are when the sun has major storms, Coronal Mass Ejections, which directed at Earth cpuld cause power network damage and destroy satellites. In this case there was no damage zi am aware of only very strong lights show. Have had such a few times during the repeated high numbers, solar spot cycles on 11 yr cycle
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  786. Nothing works for hospitality while 5km limit is in place
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  787. Keep in mind that businesses that fail cost others, so do damage to society, so too easy starting business after business is not socially good. Many failed in business people are the "homeless", whether caused by own business failure or failure of someone else's business. Recent major world economic crises are world issues after US Business disasters.
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  788. The BULL ANT is not only big, but get bitten by one and you will never forget it. My mum sat on a camping chair, and on a bull ant, while we set up for our night camping by the Murray River. Even the scream of pain is burned into memory. On another travel, camping in the Victorian high country (mountains) my dadcand his friend set up camp either side of a small bush. Having the campers setup and an large tarp over the in-between area, and starting to barbeque dinner, it turned out that a bull ant nest was under that bush, mixed into its root structure. With them angrily swarming over the campers tarp and cooking area we were left few chances to tear down the camp. Solution use a winch on a third 4WD vehicle, to tear the bush out of the ground. Pour boiling water from a pot that happen to be ready on the propane stove, into the open nest, and empty three cans of insect spray. Then over two hours smash and stomp any remaining bull ants. We camped there for five days after that. By the way we were visited by six large Huntsman spiders at that camp over our time there. Did great work keeping many insects under control. Also had to remove two snakes that came too close to camp. No not kill, just encourage them to go away. Nice trout in the adjacent river and lots of rabbits to hunt.
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  789. Good, someone filled in this Prickly Pear idsue. I had intended to comment and forgot in the end. Yes we had quite a growtj in our garden, Prickly Pear , Pig Face, and several more vertical prickly types of cactis. But on the end my mother, who did majority of our gardening, was sick of the spines, particularly the fine clusters of Prickly Pear, in fingers or on arms and legs that over a period of years we removed all garden cactii. Still had smaller indoor potted ones just not scaytered between other garden ateas. For me the Pig Face were a Red Back spider, venomous, problem as regularly withon that cactii were nests of these spiders, to the point that I did get a serious byte once while weedong around one of the Pig Face at our front porch. All gpne after a lounge extension was added, removing an entire garden bed. Other plants were in the replacement garden bed including several roses. Presently have several cactii with spineless flat leaves smaller and longer shape as Prickly Pear, in several pots, and only two small bulbous cactii. We have mainly other Australian native plants, and I have some Fly Trap plants. Majority of garden is over grown weeds, roses, lemon trees, plum trees, hedges, cumquat, wattle, pomegranat.
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  790.  @katymcdonald5481  ok thanks, I was not sure of its origin, as so many cactii are introduced types. The Pig Face was almost permanently occupied by Red Backs, not quite as bad as lower beam of the wooden feces between homes. My spiders, all types were regular food for my lizards, so in some ways I was happy enough, but gardening was a bit of effort to avoid the worst. To some extent I was glad I got the Red Back bite not my mother who did most weeding, etc. Crazy me, I did not even get medical treatment, washed bite area, bled out the wound, then the recommended, now rejected way, and suffered sore swollen hand and some days of elbow and shoulder pains. Normally I caught them as lizard food, along with most other spiders, insects, snails slugs, even some scorpions.
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  791.  @helenlecornu1651  sorry, but in the major cities houses are rarely corrugated iron, sheds and garages yes, but not homes. Though I have no experience with Perth, and do recall Adelaide , Darwin with corrugated iron. Otherwise as I said rural places do too.
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  792.  @helenlecornu1651 Sorry a matter of definitions. To me the region cities are part of rural area which is not just farms and homesteads. It is related to numbers of homes, big city homes far outnumber all regional home numbers by orders of magnitude
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  793. Much publicised Beach promoted to Sydney tourists but as beaches go it is far from special, even for beaches readily available around Sydney. Beach quality, well it is much over rated. Many Sydney people go to other beaches. As far as beachescaround Australia, Bondi becomes just a place of no major attraction. Far superior beaches galore exist depending where you are around the coast. If intending a major beach/surfing holiday for example you would never choose Bondi as destination. If you are on a short holiday in Sydney or have never been to Bondi yes go see it if you have time definitely visit other beaches too. In this video the ocean If extra calm almost no surf at all. Great for people lacking swimming skills, and little kids splashing about but rather dull, might as well go to a swimming pool.
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  794. This McDonalds wages issue is interesting when you consider that a number of US people have criticised Australian McDonalds for not having the value deals like $1 burger. Though here you can get the deal of $2 Mac. Given the wages here are legally minimum a bit over $18 /hr full time. I do not know actual salary but that would be minimum. That is full time and would have holidays and other benefits too. However McDonalds has very many young teens and younger generation employed part time. That I presume applies in US too. And likewise both countries there are no or less benefits. Of whatvI believe from this presentation and others in US there is nothing extra on casual pay. Yet in Australia there is a legal requirement where no benefits apply like casual positions thevsalary must be loaded by 25% of the equal full time pay. Sorry to say that is all too frequently cheated on, as casuals will be offered a rate of pay claimed to be loaded to compensate, and then unknowingly the casual employee agrees to work for that rate, where in fact other full timers are on equal or in extreme more pay, and under orders to not discuss their wages with the casuals if they want to retain their pay rate. Of course if caught the business involved will be severely fined and even forced to backpay the employed people even former employees many years in arrears. Recent years many cases of "mistaken" under pay by large organisations have been hitting the news. Companies like banks, restaurants, delivery firms, manufacturers. Ok some might self report that for last 10 years they have failed to fully pay overtime, work on weekends and public holidays, night shift on call jobs (pay penalty rates up to 50% and 100% apply) . I am convinced that US can offer these super special $1 deals because their labour cost is minimal, while here the same super low pricing is not possible due to wages level. So absence of such can not be validly criticised. Base cost is just limiting, but if wage levels compare then our special deal is generally far better, as for minimum payed persons they can still better afford our higher prices than the minimum payed US worker.
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  795. Sadly there are always opportunists, and the place releasing it to the wrong person may regret doing so but they are busy too and make mistakes too.. Hope you can recover your thi gs.
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  796. Again one would need hours to clarify and even correct some of the commentary
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  797. About the only real objection would be it os NOT same as USA, but from my view that is the benefit and reason to come here. Decent base wage, no one depends on tips to make a living, and unemployment benefits are high enough for some to not seek work, though no mater how much goven as benefit, there is always demand for more. Most large supermarkets 24/7, Coles Woolworths over 60% remain 24/7, but their smaler, local ones, depending on trade/user volume run say 6AM to 8 or 9PM.
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  798. In mid 1970s the NSW police used Chargers as highway patrol vehicles. Possibly other states too. The NSW ones and I presume others were booosted performance engines and 300kg lead plates in the boot (truck). The normal road common sales models were too light and prone to loosing driving traction on hard accel pedal to the floor. My boss had one , second hand ex highway patrol, bright orange replacing the police patrol colour, used normally by his wife. I then had a Suzuki LJ50 540 cc two stroke 4WD, that had to be repaired by dealer as they damaged my transfercase oil plug hole by stripping the thread. Unfortunately as they needed to get a spare part from Japan I was left minus my Suzuki for 2 weeks. My boss let me use this high power Charger for that time. No problem I handled it without issue. But when receving my Suzuki, on first drive away, I first thought I hsd missed engaging a gear, as the engine reved screaming and no go power. Not so, the low power and extremly low 1 st gear ratior, reaching a bit over 5kph at 7000rpm, gave the no go impression, compared with the powerful engine of that Charger, and fast speed accelerating in its 1st gear. A number of months later the boss sold it to one of his plumbing apprentices, who was arrested one afternoon, as the orange charger had hit an elderley man late one night, and a hit and run was reported. Soon the apprentice was however released as evidence was raised that a mate at a pub had borrowed the Charger to gp home for his wallet that had been left home. That mate had done the deed and said nothing. Got a stiff fine and 2 months jail, disqualified licence for 2 years. But also the apprentice got regular speeding fines. Certainly the Charger was very successful, and competed very well in market to V8 Holden and Ford, the real success for Chrysler Australia, that went downhill in later years into 1980s, when Mitsubishi took over the Adelaide factory.
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  799. Use the person/surfer scale at 6 ft just under 2m and the big waves go from 3 to over 5 times the person's height. So to 30 ft 10m or a bit above. I have mainly stayed under 2m waves so gentle by comparison, but have been caught by 5m, so around 15 ft waves, as typically there are occasional waves going over normally high. I only ever had one surf board bought at an auction. A total waste, as it was a Balsa wood core covered by a fibreglass skin, some 2.7 m long. Way too heavy and very difficult to paddle out through breaking waves. I think it was never paddled past 2m waves mostly 1m was the limit, as it was heavy so hard to build speed between waves and beaten back hard by wave action. Mostly I body surfed the waves meaning no board at all, swim out into the surf, and on approaching wave start swimming hard, and keeping body stiff as you end up on the waveface go skimming on the surface faster and sweeping over the front of the wave, often almost to shore. Often the breaking wave would dump you, much as the surfers through the air and diving into the bubbling wash. You can be driven down deep by the crashing wave, ending many meters down below the swirling rolling wave. Better be good at holding breath and able to reorient towards the surface. Holding breath can be VERY hard as the pummelling of the crashing down wave can hit hard enough to knock the breath from you. There can be risk of drowning if your diving ability is limited. At all times strong swimming and extreme awareness for rip tide effects is essential. The water driven inwards by waves typically moves along the beach forming sizeable outward directed flow, that can take people far out into deep water, in fact one of the main causes of ocean drownings. On patrolled beaches the life guards assess these rips and changes during the day marking safer swimming areas by flags, and dangerous strong rips by red flags. Insistence on swimming only in safe areas. But at all times soend a lot of time watching for swimmers entering the critical rip area, and especially fir people getting into trouble in these rips. Getting driven down by breaking waves risks also being hard driven into the sand bottom or worse rocks under water again can cause fatal injuries. Smaller waves are less an issue, infact surf is really only fun for 2m or more waves. Also common sights are quite large fish porpoises and sharks to be seen swimming inside the waves. The latter, sharks, hopefully not at all.
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  800. Lots of those cheap airlines lease secondhand aircraft retired by majorr airlines. Have bare minimum maintenance required to maintain airworthiness. I do not know details of US FAA controls vs Euro authority requirements, or how much where the airline is registered and country taxation conditions. Certain Ryanair is Ireland, a known low taxation country. Others may well operate from smaller tax haven countries. In Europe airfares by the major airlines was, years ago while I regularly had to travel with the EU, were not especially cheap. A lot of my flights were however often part of my international flight bookings, including "World Explorer" that included multiple in EU flights on condition that to return to origin, Australia, required travel via both eastern and western hemishepes, mea ing not to and from flights along same half globe. Usually Australia to Europe via South East Asia, and return via US or Japan. Cost actually cheaper than normal return economy fare, without extra flights free. The "World Explorer" with up to 10 EU connecting flights included.
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  801. One and two cent coins were removed from circulation as these small value coins became useless for shopping, now onltv 5cz 10c, 20c, 50c, $1 and $2 are coins, and 5c is almost useless now too. $5 to $100 are all plastic banknotes.
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  802. Opel had very close work with Holden. Large export of 4 cyl Fam II engines to Opel by Holden Aust manufacturing. Over the years I worked on numerous fuel injection calibrations for Holden Commodore, and Frontera, the Frontera was basically for IBC/Vauxhall with injection system work by Holden with my support as engine was Opel/Holden manufacture, for 2 and 4 door Frontera, with minor design variation on 2 and 5 door versions and also assisted Holden with modified/calibration fixes on Vectra and Gemini calibrations for fixing of field issues. Did alarm system work for Opel. Had near 35 yrs with Holden and Opel related work for my job, employed by Aust based division of major German company
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  803. SA wants to be isolated, let's isolate them entirely, for say until Vic is at level 0 they receive nothing via Vic, no power, gas, food or other goods in either direction. DONE SEALED OFF FULLY!
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  804. Even if the LED unit can rarely be totally blocked by snow storm, the absence of LED visibility is so infrequent, compared with old incandescent lamp failures stop showing at all. Surely the old has hugely higher danger of not showing active lights, under any weather conditions not just when extreme weather is occurring, simply of globe fail rates alone.
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  805.  @lknowledge  OK I extrapolated from rules applied in the countries I have travelled in. Sorry to expand to all....
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  806. @BarbaraMacDonald-bq1lb  not ever heard that, though I have lived in Melbourne since 1960 in south eastern region. But that western side remained largely unknown, with St Albans the only place a college friend lived. Otherwise it was only transit to ocean beaches Great Ocean Road, or once working occasional Ford Geelong and You Yangs Proving Ground. The rest of that "vacant" region remained purely a transit zone of no interest, in fact mind numbingly boring.
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  807. Sadly boomerangs are cheap plywood, not real car ed pf root wood.
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  808. Those platform transporters are similar to the NASA rocket/ shuttle movers. Just we use them on long highway run not just internal to a complex.
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  809. Columbus never actually reached the mainland only some Caribbean islands.
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  810. He did sideline the rest of the politicians having got the emergency powers. Thereby no other checks and balances leading to dictatorial powers, executing any dissenting politicians and citizens. Thus leading to the horrors of WW II Not far from current Putin created war. Sad is our Victoria Premier, Dan Andrews, used the COVID19 event to grab power and sidelined the rest of parliament under emergency provisions, to autocratically impose the extreme lockdown, mandates and curfew provisions, leading to Melbourne having world record longest lockdown total. Then on expiry of the emergency powers got three independants voting to support to give new non emergency epidemic powers that still to this time give him total over ruling powers to manage epidemic at his control./direction.
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  811. GWM, used to go by name of "Great Wall Motors" certainly a CHINA product...
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  812. US also had recent major railroad derailment of chemicals and massive fire allowed to burn, creating hazardous fumes/smoke and seemingly minimal governmeny action on that disaster.
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  813. That first case with 4csquares would be "downball", never seen that before. Might be a NSW game as I have never seen such in VIC schools.. "Handball" we played at school, I presume next described in the video, after first 3 min, is played like tennis with a tennis ball on rectangular marked court, way smaller than tennis courts, we used chalk on school asphalt areas and roadways. Very much as per tennis, but using the hands not racquets. Mostly 4 player but at times as singles. Will now see more of video.....
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  814. DRUG STORES: Nothing beats; Sell you something to make you very sick, potentially fatal relatively cheaply. THEN sell you something to try to make you better but at enormous cost. GOOD FOR BUSINESS AND MAXIMISED PROFIT.
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  815. Another factor is in refining cride oil the diesel yield is higher than the petrol end of molecule.range. crude oil is biased in the thicker heavier components of hydro carbons. In actuality it is for major part of petrol production, further refinery processing called, CRACKING, breaking heavy molecules to lighter smaller molecules is used. In that respect, not revealed in retail prices is that Diesel fuel is lower cost to produce than petroleum. Sadly modern Diesels do require extra processing to reduce high sulphur from much world crude oil for reasons of modern diesel system designs. In heating oils, kerosene as in diesels, jet engines, all are similar range of heavier molecules that effectively all are varients of Diesel fuel. Economy comes from higher energy per unit volume. Additional gain in economy is Diesels in effect are free breathing, controlled output rekated to amount of fuel provided, where petrol engines, are massive vacuum pumps, that control output by throttling amount of air input, and ensuring matching fuel to air ratio. Mosyly idea 'stoichiometric' fuel to air, meaning balanced ideal fuel to drawn air. That means much created energy is expended working and sucking in next air stroke. Few exceptions, mainly enriched, excess fuel to air, is used to control exhaust gas tempetature or boosting for extra power, at near full throttle occurs. There have been lean burn strategies using less than ideal fuel to air but have other problems that mean such petrol engines have remained rare. Diesel has for long time been almostcexclusive to working machinery, trucks, generators, stationary power and torque delivery applications chasing continous high power delivery at highest economy. A much under rated aspect is the far safer fire hazard. Petrol vapour ignites very easily, infact for cold engine start petrol has components that vapourise at even sub zero temperatures, and even have flash point to zero and less conditions, also by progressive evaporation easily lead to stale fuel. Yes, diesel has the disadvantage by heavy molecules, to solidifying in very cold conditions becoming waxy or even as slid as candle wax. In way sub zero, there are instances of trucks getting going by lighting fires under engine and fuel tank, fuel line systems to reliquify the diesel fuel. Also Diesel powered vehicle have greater need of engine heaters in cold climates, though petrol cars also benefit by plugin heaters in those cold places. Duesel is just far under rated by so many public. Efficient, high torque from low engine speeds, lower top engines speeds, longer service life, though far more demanding of regular oil changes, and harder to accomodate catalytic emission control, in fact now demanding particulate trap/filtering that is brininging some costly repair asoects when those filters fail after failed regular burn clean processing, and needing Urea exhaust injection as part of emission controls Diesel is gaining some bad press only partly a fault of the system, some by miss maintenance and user abuses like "rolling the coal" black smoke, by intentional low RPM, full throttle, pedal to the metal, acceleration. Diesel has a very important place in world transport. An area that will continue to have difficulty in converting to EV. For agriculture, mining and dustance transport it will remain quite some time for Diesel to be replaced. Having long range of up to and over 1000miles on one tankfull remains a dream for petrol car owners, but not uncommon on Diesel cars, SUV and 4WD From memory unless replaced i past couple of years, a Peugot sedan holds the record consumption versus total vehicle mass record covering over 1700km on one fuel tank full, and that not even an extended range larger tank, but comperable to normal petrol tank capacity. Other than political abuse, diesel has a long future yet. Society will suffer severely by blind political forced stopping of diesel usage.
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  816. In late 1960s as I was developing interest in 4WD vehicles and reaching 18yrs age and thus getting my driver's license, we had a small company in my suburb Springvale in Melbourne Australia that was selling both the Pinzgauer and a popular at the time smaller sibling the Haflinger vehicles, assembling these from complete kits from the Austrian manufacturer. I even test drove both, and thevPinzgauer was quite an experience, but cost wise way out of my range. In 1974 I ended up buying my first 4WD a Suzuki LJ50 'Jiminy' 3 cyl 540cc two stroke motor compact 4WD. The smaller Haflinger was cheaper than a VW Beetle and very, extremely capable, though only a two cylinder motor. Its worst characteristic due to narrow width was a tendency to overturn and worse due to having diff locks, that many used to try conquering especially steep climbs, they back flipped and tumbled down the hill. Efforts to add roll cages made them even more prone to such rollover and back flipping due to raised centre of gravity. The larger Pinzgauer 4WD/6WD cost considerably more, though it too was only a 4 cyl engine from recollection. It fared better as far as stability but also was frequently laid on its side. Its special feature was a herring bone central chassis, which gave significant lengthwise twist. On rough ground in the rear vision mirror you could see the rear end twisted at significant angle to the front end. The central core was almost an oval tubular form with side producing 'ribs' or fish bones holding body and suspension and Axel mounts. Drive was to wheels by down angled shafts to wheel hub reduction gearing. Giving the entire vehicle a huge ground clearance along the entire length of the vehicle, far more than other 4WD vehicles with typical H frame chassis and Axel's. Note both names Pinzgauer and Haflinger are names of working horses in Austria, the Pinzgauer a large sturdy working horse not quite to Clydesdale mass. The Haflinger a smaller horse bit bigger than a large pony. Both used on farms and mine sites as well commonly seen in winter pulling sleds through snow cover land, and pulling various size carts and carriages in warmer times. Another note worthy point, both vehicles are designed and manufactured by an Austrian company, Styre-Puch that Mercedes Benz contracted to design their Mercedes G Wagon 4WD that become quite a success around the world.
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  817.  @BreakingWildGaming  The average person can spend years and f8 d minimal worth2hile stuff, Dan at least shows how and where to look. Part of sucess is having the right tools for the job and again Danbat least shows us what to use and possible source of such. The fine mesh used in this cae is NOT all that common and without it you have far lower success in this gem extraction. So he showed a better mesh now commercially sourced than a less suited home built one. He is more doing it to help others than personal gain. As far as not getting massive Garnets, well that is in this case for some other time. No first try in a reportedly good place is guranteed. He could have shown nothing at all but not helped others with advice on the suited mesh either. You can always turn off Utube and go do some looking for gems, maybe you get lucky. Probable less so......
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  818. Never found Opal and Agate in the same area. ?????
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  819. The DEMS clearly are afraid of being putout of power again. However their current actions prove just that they MUST BE removed from power or the USA becomes ruled by the USCP, with backing of their sister organisation CCP
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  820. Congratulations. What a MEGA result.❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️👍👍👍👍👍🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂
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  821. Talking car tuning, as I started my engineering degree course I had a free afternoon from lectures so popped into my dad's petrol station and car workshop. Fortunate as dad was very busy that day and the mechanic reported sick, but also a young guy with a little bit hotted up car had booked for a Electronic tune up that already the week before had to be cancelled as the workshop was filled by a broken down, part stripped down car. So dad was worried, and asked if I could have a go at tuning the car. The electronic equipment I was not concerned about having previously read the manuals, even clarifying so matters to both dad and the mechanic. We only had the equipment for a bit over a couple of months and dad had trained for three days, to be allowed to advertise the tuning service. However I had NO tuning experience, but had a go, went through all the ignition checks, timing, fuel/carburettor setting for mixture vs tail pipe CO, HC and NOx. Fitted new spark plugs sadly (fortunately?) The ones I found in stock fitting that car were double gap which might account for some of the result. I finished the best I could do, but was concerned that idle was a bit high, and unsteady. But it seemed to drive OK. On pickup, we told the young customer that sadly the mechanic was absent so if anything was unsatisfactory to come back and the mechanic would do it again, or a full refund was available. WELL SURPRISE! The young guy was back the following day, beaming ear to ear, praising the terrific performance change to his car it ran to perfection as far as he was concerned. He said it never ran so well before. In the following months a number of his mates got electronic tune ups done, most however were not as impressed, though all quite satisfied, except one who had the mechanic redo it, I pocked around it too and the customer was pleased to get some improvements. None ever got a rough idle or major performance boost. Some reported fuel economy gain, and smother driving. I suspect I had mis timed to higher advance and may have left mixture a bit richer at high throttle. I certainly had spark gaps longer than intended, as I made a mistake on the feeler gauge setting the gap as well that they were double gap type, listed by manufacturer optional/suited to that car engine, so not wrong in that aspect.
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  822. Wonder how police would handle having open alcohol container(s) in the vehicle?
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  823. Well at least DO NOT HOLD YOUR MOBILE PHONE CLOSER. With a long selfie stick, at least it can only hit the camera or the end of the stick. Even then the snake can easily rush towards you, very fast, faster than you can run so definitely not advisable to annoy the snake too much. The Desert Brown is especially aggressive, but all Brown, Taipan, Copperhead, Tiger and Redbelly Black snakes all can move rapidly if fully warmed. Leave them alone if at all possible, majority of bites are still where a person has tried to interfere with the snake. Yes there are enough cases where the person was not even aware of the snake, but usually the snake will try to avoid contact, but stepping on one is not good. Awkward is waking in your tent, in your sleeping bag to find a snake curled up on the legs/foot end. No not in the sleeping bag, that is far worse. Very careful crawl out of the sleeping bag, then drag it out on the empty bag, to crawl away. Good reason to run the zipper up the tent front not to the bottom, as the snake can squeeze in via the zipper body, unzipping the opening enough, lesson learned.
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  824. Similar Vic.
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  825. Enjoy, lots to learn yet.
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  826. I agree Japan is very friendly and extremely clean. I have few other asian destinations that I have felt totally safe walking around even back alleys. Even in Europe I have not felt as safe in the backend of towns. As far as help I have always had offers to help when I really need and often even while basically managing but spending time studying the maps or time schedules. As far as few speak English, well all Japanese have schooled in English, just part if saving face, they avoid making mistakes and not all have much opportunity to practice into adult years, so end up being tight lipped and admit no knowledge of English. I found when relaxed and assured you understand that they can not be perfect, and your own Japanese is rudimentary, and that you are willing to try your own abnormal few Japanese words, they will open up and try a little of the English they remember. On complementing their level as far above your Japanese they even will try practicing if you have opportunity over days or weeks. I had several car fuel injection projects from Australian base, where I attended technical meetings and test trips. Made real friends, even was asked to provide English names for up coming new children due soon. They appreciated acceptance of their faults in language, but always I was far behind in lack of Japanese language and no reading of their written form. I did have a near embarrassing time at a technical meeting. After asking some questions about one of their electronic modules, they called in some specialists that had to clarify points to the meeting team. After much to and fro, they had difficulty explaining the details. I mistakenly offered my understanding of the matter in question, got raised eyebrows and for the next few days of meetings no Jaoanese deep discussions took place at the table, always in remote huddle or even outside. I believe they assumed I understood Japanese and just made out to have no Japanese language skill. They have extreme saving face issues. Overall I am convince that Japan represents what China should be like if not for CCP government. I am always comfortable in Japan, and at ill ease in China, yet still ok in Taiwan, HongKong. Tokyo is by far very expensive, as are most large towns. In remote smaller towns like on Hokaido, more reasonable.
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  827. We do not have as large gorge as the Great Canyon, but we have very MANY large canyons in this huge ancient land, some are very long and even hard to reach and enter. Lots include permanent water pools and even waterfalls. During 'Wet season', our summer, some can be deeply flooded .
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  828. Actually asking to name European countries, compares to naming countries of North and South America. Not valid is asking Europeans to name the individual states of the USA. To do the equivalent of naming the US states would be to ask US people to name the regional sections of the European countries, for example Germany, Hessen, Nord Rhein Westfallen, Bavaria, Saxony, Swabia, Black Forest, and many more, all the many French regions many known for specific Wines Cheeses , tourist destinations, Spain, Austria, Italy, all have well known regions so many more and so on for each European country. While US states, not necessarily all 50 by name and location, many would be known outside the USA. On basis of some of the Youtube poor knowledge questioning, it seems all too many US people may be worse than foreigners score. Even make easier on US people, been thoroughly hashed by the news and press the past couple of years. Name the regions of Ukraine, that US has funded billions of its peoples wealth in providing massive weapons and equipment to defend. Surely they can name many if not most regions there. How many get more than one or two, if even any. Let US people name all the regions making up Canada or Mexico, sure they probably can at least name a limited few. Asking countries is far different to name the states. Why not make even more interesting, name major cities and where they are located, by country, state, region. How about major industry product or activity in each. Now there is a challenge even the educated non US people have trouble with but any wager US people will be far down the score levels.
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  829. ​ @IWrocker  Ian, Sorry I must have misheard your comment. No criticism was intended. Just reviewed the funny Meme video. I truely believe in essence, the given US MEME ASKS that Europeans should have knowledge and ability to name / locate the US states. All I implied was that is far from being able to name countries. That is already called into question by several of those ask US people questions, and getting seriously wrong answers. Though I remain convinced that the Youtube videos select the bad answers leaving out the majority that answered well. I have yet to be convinced that education and knowledge is as bad as implied. Yet I have personally experienced such deficient educated people, andcUS tend to be extremely insular/uninformed to remainder of the world.
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  830. Not mentioned was that Holden for a very long time relied on considerable government handouts, and had to be bailed out from memory at least twice by GM. The final closure followed refusal for more government handouts. Holden and Opel had very close engineering connections and GM US was already running Opel down considerably along with the UK Vauxhaul operation. With Holden closed and in effect only selling import cars GM ended off 'Cutting off its nose to spite its face' as one saying goes. Sales dropped in favour of the Japanese offerings. If you could not get a local built car, and had to chose a import then the Toyota's (now also closed), Mazda, Honda and others gained market over the GM models offered, even Japanese Isuzu and Suzuki part owned by GM did not gain as much as the other major Japanese brands. Further inroads by Korean brands have left GM further behind. Holden (GM USA) also sold off the finest proving ground existing with extensive track surface high speed circle emission and crash testing capabilities. In effect not only manufacture but engineering was closed. Ford while having closed car manufacture have maintained strong engineering and proving ground facility ( almost same standard as GM Holden had). The Australian engineering of Ford continues in development and testing support for Ford US and other Ford related operations. As seen the new Ford Ranger just recently released here and around the world. They can give extensive support on hot testing endurance testing optimising suspension for rougher, tougher road usage. Holden full shutdiwn lost excellent engineering and technical capacities that are going to be sorely missed and irreplaceable at reasonable cost. GM is unlikely ever to occupy a significant automotive position in Australia ever again. Ford could grow into a essential part of world strength in Ford world organisation. In extreme case depending on future developments in EV battery , hydrogen fuel or who knows what, Australia may yet be an important part in automotive. Australia has some the world's largest Lithium supplies presuming we do not mistakenly sell our rights to China. We could become a major Lithium battery manufacturer. In many future scenarios Ford is possibly able to use the remaining base to build on GM has cutoff all future, without huge expense to re-establish what existed already and cheaply sold off. Mitsubishi will be a marketing only operation, with factory gone they had little else of the once Chrysler base. Toyota, like Ford, still has some engineering and part ownership/lease of a proving ground that has had many uses for a long time much related to trucks and special vehicle needs including 4WD, rough country needs but good car skid pan (Bosch ABS and other brake system testing established there decades ago) Australia has a number of tiny specialist development groups that may find niche market positions but large scale car manufacture remains unlikely, long distances to world market makes export less than competitive anyway. Special purpose vehicles do remain options.
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  831. The core cake is really a vanilla sponge cake. So if you have difficulty, try a prepack vanilla sponge mix. Not entirely sure, self raising flour might contain actual yeast, rather than baking powder, to raise as a soft sponge needs lots of gas creation to 'puff' the cake up. I have not made lamingtons. Only chocolate cake and similar other spongy cakes. But have used self raising flour. Try again....❤❤❤❤❤
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  832. Total airborne is not right.
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  833. I would like to have the entire Dan and associated team in full lockdown, with same 1-2 hrs exercise allowed. I would make provision of food and medicine, so no other get out of lockdown allowed, as no other need for leaving lockdown. No income too and keep them there until Covid situation clears up, with no community infections for 365 days.
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  834. How sad I am, that a comment I made that Biden becoming president is a world disaster, that was criticized is now all too true
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  835. TIME TO NOT BUY ANY APPLE PRODUCTS! Problem solved
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  836. Do not forget CHRIST was BORN on Christmas EVE. By morning the gifts were long passed on. In places like Germany the presents are already given. The children DO NOT HAVE TO WAIT AS LONG, restless sleep anticipating. The gift giving.bcomes a joint sharing event, seeing the joy each gift creates far better than isolated ripping into a pile of gifts, no reaction observed.
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  837. Definite male Koala in sexed state. Might make you half believe in Drop Bears, especially in the dark bushland.
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  838. Do they really want most of europe to be a hudson bsy Canada style climate? ARCTIC WEATHER WILL RESULT!
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  839.  @Brozius-Tulipboy  if the Gulf stream ceases feeding the North sea, yes. The position in latitude will place Europe in equivalent situation as Northern Canada. Have a look at a globe. Beware of climate change altering the ocean currents!. That will make h7ge changes of climate paterns. Of course this WALL plan must be a hoax, nobody would realisticly suggest such stupidity. OR WOULD THEY? There is a huge spectrum of thinkers around, many without any sense..
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  840. Please do ban him NOW, and I hope Canada follows suit.
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  841. Its either lie in extreme or Dan and Prof Sutton are more culpable than presently evident. Enforce the laws that company directors are held liable under for inadequate procedures, education, management of work/safety provisions.
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  842. So much more than oval trck. And so too that it is a distance endurance race than absolutely tests the driver endurane as much as the cars. Keep that intensity for many hours holding a blistering pace consistently and constantly. Not an inch of relaxation, hard penalty for a lapse in perfection. As exemplified in that Dick Johnson Ford crash in another of your videos
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  843. Bikes unlike skate boards and scooters areboperated on roads with traffic, and there are considerable injury risks. Road trauma and road deaths are a large issue. With trauma being especially costly with the medical cover effectively born by tax payer, far more than USA, and a large proportion of people even on private insurance still use free public services for typical abrasions and broken bones, private insurance used only for more serious cases. Many bike crash victims get all treatment at cost of tax payers. In the USA I believe costs of thousands are born by the patient.
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  844. The fuel cost display is very old, ULP is currently over $2, more like middle Diesel price, the bottom one is is for Liquified Petroloum Gas, LPG, used by car to run on gas (real gas not gasoline thatvUS calls GAS) which became popular for some time, it is under government decision to be kept at around 1/2 price of Gasoline ULP. Also I would say this petrol station has large petrol discount active , while diesel is overly expensive as petrol and diesel are normally very similar. ALL THESEVARE IN LITER VOLUME PRICING. US gallon is 3.58 liter. Plus at present AU$1 is under US$0.70, though was recently briefly up to $0.75, and down to $0.65. Petrol in particular goes through regular rises and dips as various discounts are offered, even varying across the city. Diesel stays more stable often a bit above petrol price but also below maximum petrol price point.
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  845. In automotive OEM manufacture, at least Europe, Australia and others the manufacturer is expected to produce spare parts for 15 years. Without raising the manufacturer that I worked for until retiringva few years ago, one job I had in early 1990s was a design of a replacement for alternator regulator to replace an obsolete design from 1970s and before that in early 1980s designed an electronic alternator regulator to replace pre 1970s electro-mechanical regulator, as the old product based on copper windings on metal cores trimmed to actuate contacts to regulate alternator output. Thereby ensuring repairability of cars, trucks, buses etc charging systems, beyond 20 years even into the 2000s and so beyond even 50 years, though now made by a third party who purchased the rights to manufacture when these products were entirely removed by my employer. At least a third party was given the design under license for a relatively small one time buy of rights, no royalties even. I have had involvement of over 40 years in automotive OEM products. Always long term of minimum 15 years support often well beyond assured. Not all were were huge volume items but car model specific. Yes the regulators were continued in very sizable volumes, and if tiny market volume would have received less continuity, but at least 15years was always cutoff minimum to cease product support.
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  846. Not only batsman getting hit got injuries, while fielding you risked a hot ball directed at fielding positions near the batter, which are by design in common directions of ball flight, Even high flying ball you try catching , if you miss the catch can cause injury of significance, as no protective gear on fielders. Just catching the hard ball in bare hands is painful, many twisted fingers, even broken fingers or bones on the palm.. A good head hit too as you try to get under the flying ball and miss the catch. No cricket has definite risks.
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  847. A Hollywood movie on Grand Prix that you may enjoy too is the movie called GRAND PRIX, with from memory Robert Redford and other well known actors of those times. It shows both racing and horrors of crashes of those fast cars.
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  848. Fast pace fun
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  849. Not only Americans have problems, even many Australians do and that goes for most nationalities.
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  850. 25 million presently 2020
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  851. Sadly not all places in this world are urban locations. Take Australia, there are many places where current fuel stops are on highways stretching thousands of kilomters, with existing fuel stops at intervals of up to 400km or more, in some cases at keast 1000 km, so carry jerry cans or have extra fuel tanks. However most of these are no even larger towns, but small towns to as little as a fuel stop, general store, maybe camping ground or motel. No for EV charging it is hard as mostly only a local Diesel generator provides electricity, all highway traffic in effect relies on each stop or at best every second stop to fill up, cars, trucks, semitrailer, buses all need fuel/power. If each EV needs charging possibly 100 to 200 cars alone, ignoring larger vehicles, need to get full charge. That is a lot of charge nodes, if all take several hours connected to power, or less time say 1hr on high rate chargers., but still need say 100 or more connect nodes. But electrical capacity is hardly several MEGAWATT capacity. At low charge rates like single phase home node taking up to 8 hrs, say 4kW each, needs maybe 800 nodes, so still way over MEGAWATT capacity. No way dependant on diesel generator , at least no emission benefit. Huge solar panel farm would do daytime, but night no go, or need huge battery storage and even larger solar array to supply and charge storage battery. Now consider if all those larger vehicles also convert to EV, the huge extra power demand and charging station nodes needed would cover a huge space, and still delay traffic flow massively. I see towing as even wider needs than simple box folding camper. There are horse float trailers, large boats and yachts, full size caravans. I have a Disel Toyota Landcruiser with standard dual fuel tanks, that on such long trours in more remote places works a wonder, as on highway keeping optimum speeds, 80 to 85 kph, I get range up to 1400 km between fillup, and around city at least 1100 to 1200km range. For many years I towed a full height 9m long caravan, dual axel, approx 2700kgm ( near 6000 pound) . Even towing that my range remained 800 to 1000km worst case, if driving in hilly terrain or strong headwinds. At 100kph I stll got over 800km in most cases. To fillup rarely took longer than 10min, if not waiting on available fuel bowser. Usually need more for reststop than fuelling itself. On EV even with extremely high energy fast chargers, I would expect to need about 1hr for a full charge, and be able to reach the next charge stop. However can not visualise any chance to be towing anything significant. On specific 4WD trips have needed 4 jerry cans, 80L, plus my normal 145 L dual fuel tank to jndertake real remote travel. No plannsd EV I have heard of could do that. I also know of two trips that I considered in the past, where the only possibility was to contract drop of fuel drums at two locations by helicopter, as not possible to carry enough fuel and water, plus oth et r food and gear within vehicle capacity. Again no EV possible.
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  852. To me such race driving on tracks like Bathurst is far massively more interesting than round the oval lap circuit of like Nascar races at virtually flat pedal to floor max run.
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  853. I spent in effect over 30 years of my over 40 years working life in automotive fevelopment. Mainly testing and calibration of fuel injection. As part ofcthat work involved extensive projects in various countries, i have much experience driving both sides, abd even harder driving cars with steering on opposite to local standard layout. Original driving is Australia, so first 10+ years all Righthand steering and leftside traffic. Then to learn Fuel Injection work spent nearly 6 months in Germany, driving mainly Left steering, rightside traffic as standard in Europe. As part of that learning had to drive various test cars from little compact Fiats to larger sedans like Rover, Jaguar and sports cars, turbo and even 100% Alcahol vehicles. As the test fleet covered world market, there were also both left and right hand steering models. So I had the situation of learning right side traffic yet still found myself in right hand steering cars, but driving on ride side of the roads. In heavier traffic following other traffic was easy, except passing becomes much harder as you now have difficulty seeing past the car infront, especially in low sports cars. One big issue when not familiar with opposite side to familar learned mode, for many drivers is taking turns from one road into another at intersections, and going into the wrong lanes while doing the traffic turn . No serious problem following other traffic, BIG problem in light traffic, at night, or when tired after long trips. Another mistake is turning onto major highways, either turning into an exit road so wrong way direction or taking the entry ramp to the oppsite travel direction intended, needing to travel the highway till next exit possibility, often many kilometer/miles thus further from destination, and needing to go back the right direction. The going into an exit rsmp and effectively going "Ghost" driver into oncomming traffic becomes dangerous. Yet it was at least for me, quickly adjusted for the variations and in the 30 or so years driving in many countries with all mixed combinations left/right steering, left/right traffic really very few issues beyond that passing difficulty when on wrong car side to see into the passing lane. One driving aspect that did need care and concentration was doing both left and right side traffic within hours timing. Driving to the airport in Germany right side traffic, fly to UK (1hr flight), drive left side traffic, a hirecar to car plant, then travel to do some test driving at Lotus Proving Ground, on both left and righthand steering test vehicles, five hours later, so nearing 11hrs since start of the day, drive back to Heathrow airport, fly back to Germany (1hr), then in relatively tired sleepy state back to my hotel right side traffic, on almost empty roads. On one testing trip in Germany, we had done a 500km trip for a Australian engineer to visit some distant family relatives. Late at night on returning to our test location the Australian engineer was on a small country road after a bend confronted by a tractor and trailer coming at him on his side of the road, right side. But we were in an Australian test car with Right steering driving on the German right sude on the road. In that shock of suddenly having oncomming tractor-trailer the driver was frightened and uncertsin if he or the tractor were driving incorrectly. The driver hit the brakes hard and did a minor swerve in panic and uncertainty. The tractor did a left turn across the road entering a small farm dirt road via a gate. That instant confusion tired, end of long trip, dark road all that was visible was in the headlights lit road infront and a pair of dimmer headlights of a tractor oncoming. Not pleasant at all. Hard was once in South Korea, having to take on driving because the test team by the Korean car company only had teo people with driving license and we had three test cars to drive nearly the entite distance south from Seoul. I had a Right steering (Australian) car to follow the Korean drivers firstly down a 5 lane major road and they zipped along, switching lanes often leaving me hard-pressed to keep up. Then a major T intrrsection with road signage no help and no ideal whether they went left or right, as they were out of sight for some distance already. I chose right path. Some distance down the highway, I pulled into a large roadside fuel and cafe stop, with big car park. Surprise near the cafe not visible from highway were the two other cars. The Koreans without telling me had preplanned a rest stop there. I had no detsils of final destination nor any maps. Driving in Korea is by far the most harrowing caotic traffic I have experienced anywhere in the world. Maybe China and some California freeway traffic jams are worse I do not know. Depending on how skilled and confident a driver is will make the issue of Left or Right traffic applies easy or very difficult. By far having the correct left or right steering does make it easier, than sitting on wrong side of car for the road traffic side valid. So possibly taking own vehicle to travel into countries with opposite traffic conditions does not help, it may well hinder. Though for US people that is less an issue since all adjacent countries are the same side. A hired different to normal vehicle makes adjusting easier as the driver combines adapting to vehicle as well as road conditions, attention hightened. Few people would face my complexity of vehicles and road conditions in even short time spans. Yet for me it is no issue at all, now all combinations are quite natural no problem, nor are road surfaces sand, mud, gravel, snow, ice, rocky, dunes, flooded even pure cross country (no actual road/tracks). Manual or Automatic also no issue many US people would be in difficulty if only manual vehicles were available.
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  854. Most people hardly know what is outside their city. (That is a bit of a joke) But as few really get out there much there is really no issue, no we do not get any specific survival teaching, nor is such needed much by all but very adventureous people. But geography, geology, nature studies, history both local and European/world and more are all part of basic general schooling , beyond the basics of reading writing and arithmatic is well taught. At secondary level mathematics, sciences , foreign languages, etc become a major part We do learn about Australia in general, about as much as about the rest of the world. Comparatively, by my experience of US tourists/travellers, we do know a lot more about the whole world than they do. Among surprises was sitting next to a very nervous young woman on a local flight in Germany. She was heading to visiting her husband, in the military, at a base in Stuttgart. She was from Florida, first time away from US. She was in near panic as the latest news was some US people had been kidnapped on Sirian border in the middle east the night before. As she was now at risk she was scared. I had to use a Airline magazine map to reassure her that Germany was very safe, nearly as far from Siria, as Germany was to USA, and there was no danger of being taken by Islamic rebels. I have many other travel experiences with US travellers having very little understanding and appeciation of where different countries are and how small USA is compared to the entire planet Earth. Seemingly many assume USA is the greater part of this world, and have little to no appeeciation of other cultures and places. Seems education is lacking of world outside US borders.
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  855. Lunar park emtrance to fun park with roller coaster Ghost train etc
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  856. Candle in microgravity is on the ISS space station, so there is atmosphere. Just that gravity is in effect cancelled, by orbital effect, thus the flame behaves entirely different to burning at earth, now under lack of gravity influencing flow of carbon cloud as it is consumed by oxygen burning process.
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  857. Echidna is different to porcupine, it is a marsupial ant eater
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  858. Generally must have front AND rear plates. No annual stickers and for some time no rego label on windscreen either. Now police detect reg status via cameras, notvmuch chance for unregistered cars getting away long and even drivers on driving suspension likrly detected if driving own car. My sister was 6 hours past expiry of rego and was pulled off traffic within 1km of leaving home. Car had to be left, and not moved until rego payed, and police shown status. If you try accesing the car or move it you face extra heavy fine , well more than the unregistered fine.
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  859. Suicide, or falling out with Putin and "assisted retirement" flying lesson?
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  860. If you get close to a kanharoo, or preferably a smaller wallaby, most likely in a sanctuary/zoo setting, where they get used to people. You are likely to find they are quiete friendly, allowing you to stroke them and feed bread or biscuits. Not to say they may still kick if getting too much attention or being crowed yoo close by many people. My sister was once launched a couple of meters backwards to land painfully on her backside, when a 1.5 m kangaroo decided it no longer more petting. We once spent summer holidays in a campsite near some under ground caves in eastern Victoria. Our camp was across the road of the main campsite office and food/general store . So very busy with people and cars. Each morning a large number of wallabies, a bit over 1m high, crossing the camp area from one hill range to the other after sunrise. Little interaction with peole as the would speedily hop across camp and away to bushland. Except one morning we came out of our camping trailer and one wallaby was resting inside our canvas annex. It was not disturbed as we ate breakfast. It looked on did not beg for food, though took some bread offered in its front claws and munched away. Drank from a bowl if water we put down. Then people going to the shop noted and started coming across wanting a closer look. Did the wallaby run away? NO, it actually tried getting into the camping trailer. And hid further back into the annex. The park ranger noticed the crowd, and then the wallaby, came threatened us with a fine for caturing and restraining the wild wallaby. Would not accept we had done nothing that the wallaby was there of its own choice and free to leave. Which the ranger insisted is NOT TRUE, IMPOSSIBLE. He then chased it out and away. Threatened us again with stiff fines. Only a few minutes later the wallaby was back and settled back in the annex taking a brief drink from the water bowl. Not an hour later the ranger was back, angry as a hornet. Accused us of retrieving the wallaby, and chased it away again. It hopped only about two tent rows away, and ehile the ranger crossed the road to the office, the wallaby hopped around our camper and lay in the annex entry. The ranger actually saw it return, with us sitting in the annex. He came back scratching his head and tried again to move it away. To again see it come back as he went away. This time he came and admitted to his amazement all along we did nothing to keep ithere, and told us not to feedit and try to get it to leave. After a couple more days the ranger still amazed accepted that the wallaby was happy and well cared for. It was a major attraction for people at the food shop and vistors yo the cave tours. For over a week it remained with us in the annex or just outside, except overnight. It went deep inside even slightly uh nder the camper if the crowds were too much bother. At end of our camping the ranger was commenting he had never in 5 years witking hsd ever seen any wallaby choose to stay at anyone's camp by choice and so long, especially in the crowded store vicinity. We had a great time. A year later we returned, sadly another campsite location. The ranger remembered us, and commented that the wallaby had never again stayed at any camp in that year, and we did not see it that time either. No idea, we really can not explain it either. I did however on both camping sessions get known for calling possums down in the night from trees to offer food. Fruit, bread biscuits. Others tried and failed, I regularly at various trees got several possums down, even to let children stroke them. I do not know my special ability. On a trip with visiting relatives went to the caves for a day, and cave tour. While waiting I had numerous cokatoos, rosellas, corellas and magpie birds come down as my relatives and other people photographed, with birds on arms, shoulders and heads. A delight to many. Later near the cave entrance my cousins wife saw wallabies up a hill side grassy are. With limited camera zoom, she tried climbing closer only to slip and slid down again on her belly getting quite muddy. So disappointed to not mznage closer photo was in tears. I reassured her I would try getting them closer. Using 'TSK... TSK' sounds got them coming down. Holding out some 'whearen' biscuits managed getting over twenty wallabies around us. Both husband and wife got numerous phots, even with the wife kneeling with a wallaby resting front paws on her shoulder and head placed like about to kiss her. They both got many happy shots with wallabies and many colourful birds. The cave tour was by comparison so so. Other people there also of course benefitted. Why can I do such, I just do not know. It is just the way my life has always been with everything from insects to large mammals, to fish. On one farm the farmer was amazed a bull had just chased some of his relatives. I was able calmly approach and to stroke the bull's head and walk with it from one paddock to another with a slack rope betwen us. Not to saybI like being in close vicinity of bulls, having been chased a few times. Also been attacked by birds in nesting season, even purposely tempted them to attack. Well that should do, but rest assured kangaroos and walsbies are also able to be gentle and pleasant to be with. Totally wild ones are mostly not allowing getting close but also not that likely to attack they are just not vicious creatures, only defensive
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  861. Sadly not all flavours are in our Victorian supermarkets, but honestly I have not looked in the associated bottle shop with other alcoholic drinks, which may include other Bundaberg flavours. I only have looked at the offer in the general grocery, drinks area of the supermarket along with the various soda, fruit juices, bottled water, tea drinks, etc. Note that both Woolworths, Coles have a Ginger Beer flavour 1.25L bottle along with the soda, mineral water, water etc. At both that is house brand at AU$0.75 per 1.25L bottle, and is OK too in flavour, just not a Bundaberg product and in a screw cap plastic bottle.
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  862. Large cats like a black puma or similar have been claimed many places, but never actual evidence. I do know that some feral domestic cats grown to exceptional size, personally was challenged for a bird I shotb By a cat that almost the size a bull dog. I hhad to butt it with the rifle and discharge a couple of shots, to scare it. Should have shot to kill, but at the instant tried not to kill.
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  863. Time to open the covid investigation to full royal commision. Current plans are too restrictive and aimed at wrong targets.
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  864. Not included is the 911 call for ambulamce and hospital stomach pump. Almost assured vomiting later and probably severe mouth and throat issues for a few days. Long term an assure hardening of arteries and heart attack death. He was extremely foolish as overdose can easily occur. People have died from various normal foods on over consumption. Not too many years ago several UK university students were hospitalised, and at least one died, eating a number of super hot chilli peppers, competing who could eat the most. People have died drinking too much WATER. Extreme salt consumption, like this Vegemite case, will have side effects, salt is necessary in moderation, over consumption is BAD.
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  865. About time! Don't care how but these pest callers have to be stopped. Robo calls are the modern pests that replaced the long bsnned door to door sales that we all got quite sick of. I just hope Australia will soon also force telecom companies to block robo callers
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  866.  @stevenlang7709  Yes, sorry should have referred to foam head. Typed late into the night, must have been half brain dead. Yes it is good, but some places like Australia you would near start a fight serving beer with a large head.
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  867.  @Anson_AKB  Definitely NOT a Weizen beer. More some bitter Lager type beer, but atrocious tasting.
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  868. Sulhur crested cokatoo,, and Emu are always bery curious to investigate things.
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  869. Looking at the shape of the reductions of cases, there is no difference to the shape in the March peak and the second wave peak. There is no clear indication that yhe extreme measures in the lockdown for second wave made any difference to what was achieved in March when far less extreme measures wete applied. The same shapes are evident for the same level of infections.
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  870. Only the timing was bad for you, with COVID being a unknown factor. There are many long running businessses that have died due to COVID, that have no changes to blame for downward spiral. You have survived inspite of COVID, and have opportunity to improve current state. Yes it may need to srep back, but you have the go and drive to recover, even if new move is demanded. NY has a big problem due to excessive realty costs, and bad case of greed by property owners, that will yet cause more businesses to suffer. You have previously stated the rediculous costs of realty many times.
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  871. HSV is an independant private company, that had special arrangements woth Holden to buy basic cars, and reengineer to fit high performance engine, wheels, transmission and body detailing and sell resulting performance cars. Of cpurse got heavily involved with the racing side, and to many people as for your ompression seemed a dovision of Holden. But really only a mutual benefit organisation, run as a private business.
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  872. Amazon is part of the evil empire with prime media, Google, Facebook, Twitter in controlling the community to the point where they determine government which is swinging deeper and deeper in the COMMUNIST left and bringing government with ultimate control of the public like the CCP. Elections are no longer at control of public voting. As all information is no vetted and controlled
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  873. Rem I nds me of slot car action
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  874. You will be endorsed "Auto only" if not tested driving manual car.
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  875. Nott just 4yrs of suffering, at least the next generation will suffer the costs of this Labor mob. Dan only got re-elected, because his electorate is one of the safest long term, over 60 yrs, Labor seats. He lost at least over 6% of votes, and as a party many electorates to 20% or more.. They survived inspite of of losses, because they started from high base. They have been shown to have lost public support in many sold Labor electorates.
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  876.  @Joel.V.  what country are you in. Certainly applies in many places.
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  877. Sorry that you face such serious riot problems. On the one hand protest is justified, but not the desyruction and violence, that surely has no benefit just sets back any improvement in approach to disadvantaged.
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  878. Virtual suicide driving
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  879. Yes, huge Hail like that has caused many insurance write-off of cars due to dented panels too bad and costly to repair. For homes smoked cement tiles and smahed windows. Patio/car port plastic roofing sheets smashed. Garden plants and trees damaged. One time even forced many airlines to cancel manybflights as too many aircraft on the ground at Sydney airport got severe damage causing over a weeklong backlog of passengers on international and internal flights. Whole shipment of cars just offloaded at docks were scrapped.
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  880. To me the "Over Americanisation" would seen based on concern of being over commercialised, all flash and show, little substance. Expensive eye candy, but for the cost not all it was represented as.
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  881. Any business manager would not escape penalty due to "Do not know" excuse, that would infact increase the penalty due to increased negligence
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  882. You clearly outperform the critics, time and again. They should realise from your videos that you also prospect. That will by nature turn up locations though with some posibility, are no good. You are at least honest and show fails as well as successes.
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  883. Note that in Australia, toll roads are mostly, if not all, city freeway sections intended to speed up peak hour traffic, and allow shorter travel times to outer suburbs by avoiding all thos traffic light intersections. Sadly all too often the exit back to other main roads causes enough traffic flow problem, to negate considerable part of time saved. Main highways outside large cities are toll free, at least none I know that differ. Road maintenance is in many places of less than wanted level, with lesser highways and other country roads worst. The major highways are often best given heavy traffic and trucking use. Rural roads often most neglected by ciyy centric state goverments or town centric councils. But also be aware that Australia has long road distances for very sparse population. Cities and larger country towns are often far apart, and traffic volumes low to justify t he high costs of maintenance for long distances, compared to Europe and USA (large parts anyway) with amount of users to justify costs. That constant maintenance however has disadvantages too, see German Autobahn, in many places it is roadworks at not large distances apart. But potholes and crimbling road edges are NASTY too.
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  884. Entree, is the original FRENCH for the introduction / entry point of a meal, so the real meaning is correct for the "appetizer " part of a meal. To use it beyond that is a deviation of the actual meaning of the word. So if used in the US for the main part of a meal is a distortion of the word usage. Taljing of "Aluminium"versus "Aluminum". The chemical/element series is actually corect as ALUMINIUM, as that is the correct suffix for many of the natural elements. Therefore the US use of Aluminum is actually a distortion of proper material name. One that is quite infuriating to most of the english speaking electronics industry, and even some other languages, so to people in electronics is the distortion of saying SODDER, when refering to SOLDER, a nane given to the originally formulated eutectic compound for making electrical connections, typically a Lead/Tin compound, but with some range of details including other metals, now also as LEADFREE formulations, made and enforced internationally for electronic manufacturing, with some hi reliability, medical implants and aerospace, needs exempted. That being to remove Lead from the environment as much as possible, after forbidding it in paints, printing inks etc. Sadly that 'Leadfree' soldering remains a major reliability issue, that is only saved by the rapid obselescence of the modern 'disposable' oriented society and rapid new 'latest and greatest' product advances.If electronics in your modern car fails regukarly, a major cause is bad soldering due to Leadfree use. Once much equipment and electronics was expected to work for many years now many products are almost annual replacements and so cheap (ex China) that it is affordable to get the new TV, mobile Phone Audio system, appliance, etc almost annually or bi annually, not expected to work fault free for over over 10 to 20 years. Products are barely new/current for the time it takes to get it home after buying the latest and greatest, must have latest thing.
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  885. Manufacturer should be forced to recall and refund completely! Product is clearly unfit for purpose.
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  886. These dams if done globally as discussed will CREATE REAL HUMAN MADE CLIMATE CHANGE!
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  887. In 1950s most of the interior highways were dirt. The highway 1 around Australia had last sections sealed surface arpund early 1980s.
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  888. Avva good arvo... Have a good afternoon
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  889. Stick insect, probably 4 inches long , at least 3 in. It appears to be displaying for a mate. Spread wings, abdomen curved over the back, doing mating moves.
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  890. Nullarbor, is latin fot NO TREES, and a large part has truely no trees. Travel is 100 Kph limit, maybe 110 Kph on some sections in SA Longest continuous drive for me excluding fuel stop, and pickup of takeaway food thete, was 8AM to 7 AM following day, Left me extremely tired jelly legs on gettong home and even hoong wrong way when within 15 km of home, heading north on a main road where I should have turned south. Went some 5km before realising and turning round. NEVER EVER WANT TO REPEAT SUCH LONG CONTINOUS DRIVE. Shear lunacy, al.ost suicidal to try just never felt tired on that drive. Was Coober Pedy SA to Melbourne Vic.
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  891. Lots about SA has been left out, seems the person making this video had limited info, say only some basic internet search. Major items like Flinders Ranges are not mentioned , major Wine industry in Barossa Valley, Adelaide total dependance on Murray river for fresh water, large salt "mining", Largest source for gem Opal to the world, high incidence of great white sharks, kangaroo island. Used to have teo large car factories Holden and Chrysler (became Mitsubishi), but with close of Aust car industry Adelaide has little large manfacturing industry, though many smaller scale industries, plus Naval and military related industries. In times pre 1980s possibly even a bit after Adelaide was effectively shutdown on Sundays. No open restaurants , no theater/cinemas, no petrol stations open ( had to drive to country areas for fuel), effectively dead on Sundays, probably ideal religious compliance as day of rest. My father tried for a bit over a year 1968-1969 to move our family to Adelaide, while he ran a Petrol station. The remainder of us refused to move there so he returned to Melbourne.
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  892. Somehow you mixed in the garage of the junk 500,000 place!
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  893.  @philward141  actually it was with paticipation of the then leading drivers, as part of the world Grand Prix series. I as a secondary student worked at selling the race guides around the circuit and had easy access in the pits and even talked with some of the drivers.. The Sandown circuit is only just over 300m from home for me.
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  894. US is in serious trouble, if they did not leave out the correct people, leaving only DUNCES. The person for whom Dozen = 10? Is ready to go decimal. Not only do they not know the world, they have no knowledge of their own country. To have so little understanding who president is, or even third last, ie before Trump, is convincing they are so far removed from politics theyvare not qualified to VOTE. The US education system truely stinks, or the current generations must be forbidden any modern Electronic aids tillbat least 21 yrs old. US will decay as many past cultures by internal rot, too comfortable, lazy, do not care life. Haveva phone, TV, internet and plenty food. Nothing else matters, the world does not exist outside their personal bubble. SAD VERY SAD
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  895. Yes a Goanna, one of many monitor lizards
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  896. Often wonder how much gold must be sweeping past in those great rivers. That must endup in some great river deltas as it sweeps into to ocean
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  897. Some are skipped, but the super strong Turkish coffee in tiny bit larger than thimble so thick a spool can stand upright but really it is so strong that a metal spoon is almost eaten away by that coffee. Not much over a sips in volume. Personally no coffee drinker but seems almost deadly. I do not know if covered might have missed it typing comments, the commonly seen US percolated, hours long standing hot coffee glass carafe seems to not have had coverage.
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  898. I would face Australian "dangerous" animals, snakes spiders, scorpions centipedes (approx 10cm long), dingos, camels, etc, anytime before the US dangerous animals, bears, cougars mountain lion, wolves , even Elk and Buck Deer, Rattle Snakes even. I do agree I would like to avoid Salt Water Crocodiles, even Sharks and dangerous 'stinger' jelly fish and related. but do admit swimming in a river known for presence of Saltwater Crocodiles, but the Aboriginal children were swimming and felt partly safe. Also have swum within meters of fresh water crocodiles for hours, seeing them there on the banks, on several occasions. They were up to and bit over 1m, 3ft, long so large enough for sure. Even slept in my small 2 man tent at official camping, tent area, to find a Saltwater Croc was in a billabong within 50 yards/meters of me sleeping, in the morning seeing croc tracks within 10 yards/meters in the grass. Was not aware until morning having pitched there as directed by camping area office, after dark the evening before. They admitted not being sure if one had moved in, wow even suspecting one should have caused changed camping arrangements.
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  899. Even better is seeing these large trucks in for example Dakar rally conditions on rough road dirt and sand.
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  900. Well realistically middle Italy is at same latitudes as Spain, and that has both Mediteranian AND Atlantic ocean moderating influences, yet the central and southern Spain has climate much like southern USA and Northern Mexico. Hot dry, and desert like conditions, thus also all those numerous "Spagetti Western Movies" filmed there rather than Mexico and dry states of USA. Also Italy and Greece are long known for hotter dry climates, with normal clothing being if anything light and sparce. Further these countries are all a relatively short distance north of what is among largest desert areas of the would, Arabia, Egypt Libya, Morroco, none of which can be visualised as anything but hot and dry. A minor shift in prevalent wind directions and all of those countries on north of Mediteranean would get major heat waves. What is the normal visual representation of life in Roman and historical Greek times, style of clothing, etc. Surely the present times climate can not be seen as unusual for the area. In fact having spent many years on temporary work in southern Germany into these summer months June to August in the 1980s to early 2000s, I can say with certainty that when winds regularly swung to being from generally southern direction, southern Germany spent days and weeks above 35°C to over 40°C, so 90°F to over 104°F, leaving locals wilting in heat. I on the otherhand, being used to Australian summer kind of enjoyed that weather more than the sub 0°C, sub 32°F of winter Dec to Feb, and even 10cm snow in start of May one time. In fact always some light snow to early May. Yes much of the time more moderate. Even my home city Hamburg where I was born closer to the North Sea and Demark, Sweden UK was at times into mid 30s°C so into 90s°F. There heat like that was not uncommon for some summer times. Not extremely common, but so affecting people that school children were sent home at above 27°C. One thing that seems to be very hidden is that science has noted that the last 5000 years, about half the time since exiting extremes of last ice age climate has been unusually stable with sediments, tree rings and many other research data shows that past normal was far more variable. Same as recent years of "Polar Vortex" induced massive winter cold and extremes of snow fall that have hit your USA and much of Europe in recent winters the same atmospheric flow pattern changes are bringing some variation is summer not just winter. Global Warming? Man made? Well CO2 is far from extreme as history goes, and shifts of climate also not. The entire middle east and deserts across North Africa were in recent enough times, cradle of civilisation times, covered by thick forests and lighter plant growth, supporting populations and human development, and had it been as barren and desolate as now mankind would have settled elsewhere in preference. None of that change is modern CO2 emissions, though most probably seriously influenced by mankind, defoliating, for fire wood, construction material and creation of farming land. Diverting and damming rivers. Much such as mankind still is doing. Rainfall is promoted by forests, deserts promoted by cleared land. Hotter conditions created by cleared land no shade anywhere, cooler conditions in forested shady places. Does man have influence on climate, definitely, but CO2 or destroying forests for fields roads, concrete jungles? Current CO2 lifting has been beneficial to crop increases, and satellites are tracking considerable greening of many places. The CO2 levels were heading to low limits just above minimum to sustain plant life, known and proven, and greenhouses often purposely used CO2 release to increase crop vitality. Know what happens when plant go, all life dies for lack of food. A slight lift of temperature increases evaporation, wich leads to more clouds that reflect more sun dropping solar input, just think which hotter a long spell of clear weather or a long spell of cloudy conditions say for same location, New Mexico or Texas, or even Michigan. Clouds release rain which is very important for all plant growth, think of thos US states now drying in draught, Oklahoma, Mississippi for example, grass shrived brown unsuitable as feed, and unlikely to provide enough straw for comming winter which is most likely to again give snow and ice to the even the southern USA like recent winters. A real double whammy to farming and thereby food resources for all US people. Inflation? You bet, but worse is nothing available for any price.
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  901. War ordinance problem in US. THEY MUST BE KIDDING. Most likely only ordinance left by US own military training areas. Compared to Europe, then US has not had any significant war on home soils. In Europe they still have very regular finds of unexploded bombs, and even mines turn up regularly. They still keep hundreds of people employed in disposal, some not even in military service, just public employed. Especially dangerous are building sites in cities and industrial areas where buried bombs are revealed regularly. Even in residential areas they still turn up bombs. Opposite my grandfathers home a house was blown up in WW II, blowing out the windows of granddad's home. While clearing the rubble another unexploded bomb was found in the remains of the basement. All reconstructed a family grew up in the new home. Yet in start of 1970s, so over 20 yrs later, the home was sold, and a new family moved in , and undertook house extension. In digging a larger basement, as part of extending the home, another unexploded bomb was uncovered, a over 500lb bomb so quite substantial size one. It was disarmed, carted away and exploded in marsh land. It was certainly very capable as it left a sizable hole. Bombs and mines also turn up on farmland and while most are removed safely, or controlled detonated in place, some still cause injury and deaths. During one of my work trips the press reported the death of an elderly bomb removal specialist. He had retired, but was called out to help one more time, to a bomb found on reconstruction of a large department store in Stuttgart. Sadly his young companion having only small number of disposals done, compared to the old man who had history of hundreds disarmed, The companion appeared to make a mistake, recorded by video taken at the job site, and both were sent to heaven. I really would think ordinance on Alskan Island would not be huge quantities, unless US military used the islands for military training and target practice. But never bothered to clean up. Hardly some foreign war remnants. We have in Australia military proving/training areas too with some ordinance around. I have a couple of 4WD trips that had permits to cross through a naval target range on NSW south coast. Strict rule DO NOT LEAVE THE DIRT TRACK AREA. NO DRIVING AWAY FROM THE TRACK, DO NOT GO WALKING AWAY FROM THECTRACK FOR NATURE CALLS OR ANY OTHER REASONS, I.E. PICK WILD FLOWERS. We even got to see shells half buried within 100m of the track, among various blow-up holes in the ground. Even saw metal fragment on the track on one trip.
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  902. Further to my other comment, I prefer the touring and travel to destinations and scenery aspect over the pure conquering obstackes. I have very little interest as shown in many US 4WD video, of hyper modified vehicles bashing through ridiculous rocky or mud bog obstacles, with over sized engines tires and suspensions. Standard vehicles with some basic improvements like better tyres, snorkle, added bullbar, winch, safety cargo grid, even added limited slip/ lockup diff, added CB radio. Many accessories that make travel safer/better are fine, to rebuild to conditions not usable on public roads is of zero interest. You noted the D-Max snorkle, no they are not a factory item. But lots of accessories can be ordered at time of buying the vehicle, with the car dealer either fitting out extras or getting one of many workshops specializing in modifications. My suggestion is to get that done independantly, where you get choice of what and who is doing it. Some modifications however benefit by dealer done changes so warrantee is not compromised, which could impact you if done privately after buying the vehicle. There are many companies in Australia making parts and performing changes to vehicles. Some that you may already have heard of like ARB and TJM, bat far too many ti go through here. It must be pointed out that legally we have many constraints on permisible changes, tire size, height, weight, structural strength, crash worthiness , safety features, engine suzes. It seems many gross changes that appear common in the US, on vehicles driving around, not even pure terain bashers, such are illegal here. Super fat tires, extreme treads, high lift all changes need manufacturer limits ir independant engineering signoff. Vehicle weight is also a problem, even from one state to another, travelling across Australia you can get put off the road and fined for overloading, or illegal modifications due to differences in rules. Even overloaded roof racks have been a major source of fines, and need to repack or even throw away items to be able to travel on. Many people underestimate total loading with 4 people, added baggage/equipment it is easy to exceed certified gross vehicle mass of many available vehicles. With 5 people some are almost diwn to carrying a packed lunch for each, no more. Unlike many 4WD owners I frown on doing the hardest path, like roaring through a muddy bog, where a fully usable track goes around. So users will keep tearing up the muddy hole just to prove how hard th hey can thrash through. Sadly that behavour is damaging the countryside and tracks. It is to be stressed many tracks exist for fire fighting access or are left over from forestry or old mining activities. Damage created by such idiots make some tracks unusable for purpise and lead to more and more permanent closure of tracks. For those purely intent on testing their vehicle and personal capabilities, there are privately run 4WD adventure parks providing plenty of challenges. Leave access to the natural beauty available for all to enjoy, leaving minimal damage, go only the least damaging way. If possible allow damaged areas to recover undisturbed. Note Shaun and his mates who produce many 4WD travel videos, are normally sponsored and promote products showing off their highly modified vehicles. Yes their modifications make more capable, comfortable vehicles, but without sponsorship and income from such activities, few people can afford all the mods, and damage that their videos show. With certain basic mods desirablec and still affordable, I believe more basic standard vehicle is prefferable, well maintained but used sensibly avoiding the near impossible.
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  903. You have positively shown that GOLD Sluicing is very easy. A good sluice with quality matts is not at all hyper sensitive to erroneous setup, to recover any gold present from material sent through. Any expert user is not going to make anywhere near such gross errors in operation, and clearly from your evidence even a novice, new user even on their first attempts, w in ile most likely to make basic mistakes, to use a sluice is still assured reasonable returns of any gold in their processed material. As they learn they will be less likely to such errors, and more confident. Less likely to rypical beginner mistakes, while actually suceeding in finding gold with reasonably reliable sucess, so more likely to go on using a sluice where feasible. Hopefully though users will not be encouraged to being too lax, believing it does not matter much to do it right. Good practices are to be encouraged..
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  904. Apple is ensuring that I will never buy any product they push, nor do I recommend Apple products to anyone. I will assist anyone who refuses to buy or use an Apple product. I have bought and used many Apple products in the past, from Apple IIC to MAC SE to several later MAC family to Ipod to Ipad to Laptops. No more, Apple has made themselves public enemy one of customer rights. My recommendations have cost Apple over 100 customers so far, not significant to Apple turnover but if multiplied world wide by by similar action, maybe the pain created can cause Apple to change tune. Sadly similar action will be needed against copycat manufacturers that seem to think they too can get away with similar behaviour. FIGHTBACK NOW....
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  905. In most Australian places tail-end to kerb is illegal, yet other places require it. I once while doing a three point turn around in a side street outside a small group of shops, was observed with rear end to kerb in mid turning around having used the extra space of parking bays outside the shops reversing into the empty parking bay, as this was mid evening after the shops were all closed. Well as I drove out completing the turn around, a police car drove past the end of the road seeing my vehicle tail end to kerb. As I proceeded away, I have the police strobe lights and siren start behind me, I got pulled over and given a harsh lecture about illegal tail to kerb parking. I explained that I was turning around, looking for a specific address of a community house where a group meeting was to be held. The police started writing me a fine but neither officer could clarify the location I was seeking and finally cancelled completing the ticket and left me with a warning, stressing to do the three point turn it was not necessary to reverse into the parking space, as normally only road width is used for that turn around.
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  906. There are many pink lakes around Australia, all high salinity. Would you like a swim, well if you like itching all over later, the likelyhood of skin reaction to the pink bacteria is high and such itch can be common on many high salinity lakes pink or not. So caution advised before trying a swim, though can be fun due to high floatation effect, very hard to sink in that water.
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  907. Having high official position in Ru...a, seems to often end suddenly, with considerable impact.
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  908. Pace car on track means all vehicles must follow and no changing position order, may pull into pits losing position but that is usually less than pitstop at full speed so an opportunity if pit due soon anyway. After pace car pulls away when track hazard cleared full go again.
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  909. If only we could be rid of COVID. Above all it must be clear that to see even a tiny part of this great nation, needs considerable, a visit of only a few weeks means minimal time and sightseeing. Plan on many months, use May to Aug for northern parts, and Oct to Mar in southern areas. The north is bad in our summer Nov to Apr, as wet season provides much rain, flooded roads, unusable dirt (muddy) roads. Till May many places remain too wet to get to, boat and helicopter tours maybe, but humidity can be high while the north dries out. Southern areas get warmest finest weather in our summer. While there can be times that temperature go over 40°C even in Tasmania, pre Jan temperature tend lower than Jan to Mar. The further north the wetter and hunid summer can be. Wherever you an to go, allow time for long distances to travel, and costs for travel, car hire, airlines, buses, boat tours, helicopter, accomodation, etc
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  910. Reptiles keep growing so as the age they get bigger special large examples may occur but some of the reported sizes seem well above normal and other than huge Salt water crocodiles not a single captured example of 20 ft or more lizards are on hand. While the footprint casts seem to imply truth no photo or physical examples have been shown. There are however fossil imprints on various places in clay and rocks, most dating back to pre historic times. A cast could easily originate from such foot prints, eithout living examples. Large goannas can take sheep and calves plus other smaller farm animals and a 3 to 4m goanna could easily create issues and be exagerated .
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  911. Fauci appears worse than Dr Mengle who is among worst mass muderers for Nazi human medical experimeter
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  912. Those are British, if banger and mash or fish and chips, NOT Australian at all
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  913.  @bloodirose  You seem to have missed the point. TIMTAMs with those flavours,? Obscene, only the Brits seem to think that as feasible. Nothing to do with actual meals of 'bangers and mash' or 'fish and chips" those of course are popular.
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  914. Among strongest beers I have ever had is a very dark, rich beer, close to Meade, was in southern Germany. BOCK Beer and DOUBLE BOCK beer, the double having over 21% alcohol while the normal Bock is over 10%. As explained to me was that for LENT, The monks were notvallowed to eat during thecrequired fasting month. However drinking was not restricted. They adopted this "Bock" beer during the fasting time. Normally actually able to gain weight due to consumption of this rich brew. Consuming a good serving of Double BOCK you definitely DO NOT DRIVE A CAR AFTERWARDS
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  915. You deserve every bit of it!
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  916. Worth notong is that Mac burgers and mac cafe are in effect at most Mc Donald restaurants almost separate order/sale counters. The cafe in some smaller tighter locations, like typical in shopping centre foodcourts almost absent, but at least coffee and some cakes are also on sale. The menus displayed are separate, not on machine of course together there under relevant order sub menu, and cafe will have a display cabinet with various cakes. The Big Mac sauce bottle does not exist all stores NSW seems to, but VIC I have yet to note the option. An interesting newspaper item today quite separate of Mc Donalds, is that a small Peanut Butter supplier is combining with a specialist of WA to release a Spicy Sauce -Peanut Butter blend as new product. Seems strange to me, but might be interesting too
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  917. What makes anyone believe the 'Global Warming scientists(?) Are any different about lying to retain the money flow than were the virology scientists last year on COVID-19.
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  918. Weather wise and travel safety I would strongly favour Australia. Unless you want colder Snowy winters and Arctic areas too I would not choose Canada. Politics wise with Australia now under new Labor government sadly I think we are probably not the best now, though Canada Government is as much worry as US with Biden/AOC though for different reasons.
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  919.  @terryomalley1974 You have taken comments totally out of context. But while not living there have plenty of seeing other people's lives on YouTube, and documentary programs. We have family friends living there for over 50 years and direct relatives that have extensively travelled there. Also my parents have spent months visting and touring with the resident friends on three trips. Plenty over view actually, I was referring mainly to our much warmer climate, more like California through Florida climate,, we do NOT suffer deep winter well sub zero temperatures and deep snow. Lots of terrific .beaches with good swimming in warm sunny conditions Mostly barely near 0°C in coldest places, except in the snow fields which are ONLY on our high mountains, though these are under 2000m, max peak 2500m and that is more a hill on high country. On the whole most places barely spend coldest months at 10°C and up. Lots of safe hiking, camping, fishing there are no large dangerous animals. We can rely on safe enjoyment of our country, no bears, wolves, and other larger animals liable to injure/,kill you as is even quite possible from deer and moose.
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  920. You probably noted that there is very little distracting advertising and signage along the main roads. In fact even traffic related sinage is minimal and not over cluttered. Only essentials appear for drivers attention. I have driven considerably in Germany, but also Spain, Austria Switzerland, France Denmark, Sweden and England which like Australia my home, has left side traffic, steering wheel on right, so most comfortable for me. However unlike most drivers , due to being in car testing and development I have in all those places driven mixed left hand and right hand vehicles, from tiny 2 seater compact to mid size 4WD from sub 1L to 6L Turbo vehicles in those countries, again mostly in Germany, and smaller range of types in some countries. Driven up to 24 kph on German Autobahn, ever averaged 160kph over a 460 km distance with several slower road maintenance and traffic volume slowed flow sections affecting say 50km of that trip. You break the rules on German Autobahn and likely you soon get pulled over by bright green leather clad motorcycle police.. At all times attention for emergency vehicles is required very still penalty for obstruction. Motor bike police seem ever present and seem to pop out of nowhere if anything occurs. I once had a test vehicle stall at a traffic light at peak hour morning. I had a rough idea what failed and within seconds reached to open the door and pop the hood. I barely cracked the door and two motorbike police pulled up, gesturing to stay in the car They pushed me up on the adjacent concrete footpath and were back on their bikes roaring off with traffic as I got out of the car. It was less than a minute to finally diagnose a faulty capacitor connection across the ignition contacts. I had two spare engine computers provided as the car had a history of breakdowns for sometime never fixed before, usually had been restored by swapping computer module.. That was a fault no one had isolated before. I had a permanent fix, much praised at work. But how quick police were immediately there and how quick they departed having gotten my vehicle off the road to let peak hour traffic flow, no concern about why I was stopped, just not blocking traffic.. Also you face severe fine for running out of fuel on Autobahn. I once was given a "Brazil" market test car using 100% Alcohol, to comute to my hotel. Sadly took a wrong Autobahn turn going opposite the intended direction with 20 km to next exit to turn around I suddenly ran out of fuel as the tank was NOT filled as I had been told but as my round trip normally should have been a mere 12km was not concerned departing with near empty guage indication as normal cars travel quite a distance with even empty light showing that was not lit on this car. Anyway I did have 5L container with Alcohol fuel, but now on the verge of the freeway I promptly poured the 5 L into the tank so then should at least have over 200km fuel. As I started up and just accelerated back into evening peak traffic, two green suited Police Motorbikes passed me, both police looked towards me, but did not pull me over the query my stop and rejoining traffic. Normally run out, and you get towed at significant cost, plus a significant traffic fine and some points lost. Driver is fully responsible to NOT enter an Autobahn without AMPLE fuel to reach destination. Not even excused if travel is a bit delayed by traffic jam and some stop- start adding to fuel used within reason. Obviously some of those summer vacation jams where people start card games as traffic is stopped for hours and even days. Road courtesy wise on the whole excellent, conforming to rules, lack of road rage only Spain was somewhat below best but still good by many standards, England was better but not upto general EU standards with more aberrant driving behaviour, speed and cutting off driving somewhat dangerous for conditions. As far as best and most Curteous were Japanese drivers. HOWEVER a caution there the Japanese fail badly on long distances and handling hazards when traffic is light. They appear to lack concentration on long trips, fail to note hazards, bends animals on the road and more when little other traffic is around. Seems like with lack of constant other traffic their mind and attention departs into oblivion, blank. They and even more so the Korean drivers also have issues holding constant speeds, except by pulsing the accelerator, causing a light serving sensation, that can passengers with higher incidence of motion sickness. Somehow can not adjust foot and pedal to needed position to run at desired rate. I agree that costs fir obtaining a license is so high there is strong effort not to loose it. In Germany I am told it takes over Eu5000 to as much as Eu10000, as not only driving training at licensed training organisations is required but some classroom rules and also first aid traing is needed. With such costs you do not want to lose it as to regain needs more training classes and well a costly driving test. Traffic can be from light to quite heavy stop-start depending on time of day, location, time of year, day of week, weather, holidays.
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  921.  @EnjoyFirefighting  in 1980s to 1990s the motor cycle police had bright green leather clothing on, and often appeared like goats unseen until something happened. Rarely seen just on patrol,, but do something wrong as if by magic two would be right there like by magic. As far as costs for the whole deal of getting a license then maybe costs or requirements have changed since just before 2000, as prior to that ,work contacts and relatives all had the message of such substantial costs due to formal courses required to get a private car license. Well all the better if not so prohibitive now. As far as roadside signage , it was relative to US and several other countries, where personal observation puts Germany well down on the amount of advertising and miscellaneous distracting, not driving necessary signs, well below average. Again times may have changed in past 20 years, since I spent time covering tens of thousand of km driving German and other EU roads. Fines, I never actually ever got any personally.
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  922. The OHS laws need to be applied to past events on a even basis. If a business can be held to account for bad employee consequences, disablements deaths etc, then the current COVID status resulting from government and old aged homes need these laws applied. As government, police medical experts etc are not exempt of the provisions of the OHS provisions these now must be fully applied complete with personal fines and jail terms issued.
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  923. It is afterall PROSPECTING. No gurantees, just hopes and ambition. Most prospecting turns up nothing. Without trying the one thing sure is nothing will be found. Other than that is random luck, to stumble on something, that is after all how many gold rushes started, not by hard effort, but lucky discovery, then followed by prospecting. To guranteed success, you must work at possibilities. Good luck wishes for you.
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  924. Sadly such disrespect for the president and his susposed responsible position, is reinforcing the impression that Democrats are NOT FIT TO GOVERN. The presidents position is now treated as a mere 'populist' figurehead, not actually a centre of power. Also clearly demonstrating that Biden is known by hidden power figures to be unfit for office. Not that such is not already amply clear from events, time and again.
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  925. How sad I can not hope to import soil to Australia, like confiscated fue to biohazard. Wiyh luck maybe offered gamma irradiation but no guarantee. Would love such a range for my overall collection
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  926. In Australia, if you only pass a driving test on Automatic, so have no manual ability, your license is endorsed only for Automatic. It is illegal to try driving on public road in a manual car if endorsed as Auto only. To remove the Auto limit you need to pass a driving test in a Manual car. To learn I presume you effectively must go as LEARNER again, with a licensed driver on road or at driving school on road or training area, then go for the test to qualify.
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  927. I have only two experiencesvofvUSA, One was a short holiday using airline points before expiry , visited Hawaii where I atvall times felt completely safe. The other was a 1 day stop in LA to join return flight to Australia on late evening of the following day of arrival. Chose to go to Holidsy Inn just around the corner from Holywood Boulivard, Star walk Chinese Theater. I wascreturning from Europe wherevI missed release of Jurassic Park movie by a few days. I hoped to see it in LA where it was in cinemas for weeks already. On trying to depart the Holiday Inn, I was dropping by the front desk and asked about cinemas showing the movie. There I was left a bit shocked I was told to make sure to be back in the Holiday Inn no later than 6;40 PM, as after dark Holiday Boilivard is not safe that even police no longer patrolled after 7PM till about 6AM. As it was around 5 PM that would mean no way could I see the movie as that would be return to hotel way later. I went anyway and after some issues, like the cinema listed several films on show in well over 10 cinemas there but not Jurassic Park. I left took a long walk down the Boulivard, and even bought some souvenirs for JP. Getting disappointed I went to the counters in the cinema to ask if JP would be on next day. Surprise they just did not list it but actually it sss on starting every 30 min in some 5 cinemas there. I booked, but it was nearing 7 PM, so I was heading back to my hotel way past 9 PM so was concerned. Along the Boulivard were hords on Bikies, mostlybdrinking, and smoking Motorbikes on the footpath, no way tobwalk straight, you had to sort of wind zigzag along. At several points big rough looking guys would walk towards you, in studed leathers, chain in shoulder loop. Generally somewhat threatening in appearance, not someone you desire unpleasant experiences with. Well I wound my way past dozens of these mean looking dudes, and a fewcactually said something, I smiled and returned a greeting, carrying my souvenirs. No one actually did anything but raise concern feelings, only one stood in mybway briefly but then went on swilling his beer. I got into the hotel safe and sound and did not atcanytime see a police patrol, which had been present when I walked the roads before t he movie. The reception desk asked if I was OK and I told them there were plenty bikers on the Boulivard but they did not hinder me. All I got from Hotel staff as a shaking head and at least made a quitely mumbled "lucky". To this day I remain unsure exactly how much danger I really faced there. Certain is that no one else leav I ng the cinema walked that direction on the boulivard all went other directions and to waiting cars or carpark opposite direction to going past the star walk and Chinese Theater Other foreign places, including China, Indonesia, Hong Kong back alleys some sections of Kuala Lumpur, even some areas in UK are places I have felt uneasy. While Japan I felt 100% safe even in the most dingy narrow alleys. Korea was OK, not really feeling unsafe but avoided wander around till very late. In Germany, on first visit for work I thought it unusual to have so many cars backfiring. Heard from my Hotel one street back from the main Stuttgart Railway Station. Over my first couple of weeks I found from reading the newspaper, that it was not car backfiring but actual shots fired. Especially the immediate area of the central railway station had muggings drug deals and even shots fired by offenders and police. I was already on edge as on arrival at Frankfurt airport already visible were two man military patrols with military Rifles. Which also had appeared while walking the central shopping areas in Stuttgart. From Australia that was very different because in 1970s the police in Australia did not walk around with guns at all now for many years different they do carry guns in holsters these days. Shooting is rare because every used bullet has hours of paperwork required to justify use, so police only use guns in absolute need cases. Anyway at yhat time in 1979 there were some terrorist issues with "Red Brigade" that were believed e d to be planning busting gang member from local high security jail by some high danger action. This all the military action of heavily armed pairs of soldiers on patrol. Generally gun crime is low in Germany, though many have hunting Rifles, pistols are far from common, and far less gun availability as USA. Police however do use guns uncomfortably freely. One news paper report I saw on my second work trip was a driver was observed speeding and running a red light. At the next intersection again ran the red-light, while two police stepped onto the roadway signalling yhe driver to stop.. He did not the police jump d dvaway in time. At t he next intersection a police officer stepped off the kerb and fired at the approaching car, hit the driver in the head and killed him. The driver was a known criminal with several arrest warrants pending, no major issues, but surely the risk of shooting dead a driver leaving yhe car to crash could have been very dangerous itself, and what is the likelihood the actually hit and kill the driver through the windscreen of a moving car.
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  928. Echidna is an ant eating marsupial, but have good diggong claws and sharp spines. Handling does represent hazards.
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  929. Weetbix are breakfast cereal in block shapes, add milk and sugar to suit like other cereals.
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  930. Swirl direction is more than just water, also atmospheric rotation is opposite high/ low pressure zones and tornado, cyclones(huricans) rotate opposite in the south to the north. High pressure is anti clockwise, Low is clockwise. So looking at weather maps the expected wind directions will also be opposite to expected in the northern hemisphere.
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  931. At primary school I actually participated in teaching geology and wildlife. I got rock samples and talked and wildlife I did topics like Dinosaurs with diagrams on the blackboard and did the class talk while teacher marked homework at the back. I caught various animal specimens including bats, spider, scorpions, crayfish, beetles, lizards, and my pets, bringing to class for many class sessions even skipped other classes while going out of school range to catch things for upcoming class. Also did talks on Krakatoa volcano both at primary and secondary level. Funny event at 2nd year Secondary school a young female teacher jumped in horror as she took the yard long blackboard ruler and had a LARGE huntsman spider , leg span like her hand width, on it. She screamed and dropped the ruler. The spider ran up the wall as girls in the class also were shocked. I casually went and with my handkerchief took the spider in hand and proceeded to the classroom window. Sadly it riggled free and dropped to the floor and ran up the row of girls desks. You can probably imagine the girls screamed and scattered. I simply went along trapped the spider again lifted it to the window swung it open and dropped it outside. Order soon restored in class. Other boys were laughing at the girls. Teacher was most concerned that I was not bitten, my reaction "why would it want to do that all I did was help it get outside" . No issue I have handled many. Another was in my first month in school here in Australia after the family migrated here. At morning break I sat on a benchseat in the yard, eating an apple. I did notice a few bees buzzing around, but was not worried. Suddendly a teacher ran up agitated, gesturing to me. I understood mo english at that time, but he grabbed my hand causing the apple to fall. Direct under where I sat down was a large swarm of bees hanging as a mass. Guess I was very lucky, or judged by the bees as not a threat. No stings. Yet I have been stung by many bees while rescuing them from water they fell into, unthankful little critters... Had numerous early adventures in my first six months in Australia, with attacking Magpies, large Preying Mantis, 3 inches long, landed and clamped to back of my neck. Finding lizards and even three times seeing snakes. I at that time did not catch them, that was tried as of years later
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  932.  @IWrocker  You are welcome. Again sorry about long responses, but with covid lockdown I have much free time and have been a bit long winded.
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  933. Certainly deserve support....
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  934. China has not dared to stop various mineral and LPG (Natural gas) like the coal, which is already a major problem for China. If particularly Iron ore were blocked by Australia, the whole zchina economy may well go into collapse no other sources can replace Australian iron ore within several years. Major source Nrazil has present massive mining problrms, combined with that Australian coal is essential to China steel propduction, that inlike power generation can not use the low grade Chinese coal. Yes Australia would pay a heavy current economic price, but if voal and iron ore alone were cutoff China is in big trouble. Add rareearth minerals, litium niobium, amd other special minerals and major industries die in China. Lithium is of course current BATTERY essential, Niobium for high grade magnets, meaning high performance motors, think appliances, general drive motors but especially EV drives. LPG has little mention but is sold to China in huge volumes far above Australian own use, and is a major energy source along with coal. Finally Australian Bauxite is needed by China for Aluminium. Current restrictions on Australian grain has been compensated with Russian and US grain but if China gets deeper into US issues, few other countries can supply enough grain volume. China floods make the imported grain highly essential or major famine may kill hundreds of millions. Note the efforts this year to get the population to stop food wastage. Common in their society is meals with wide variety and ample bulk dises, but often major quantities of food remain at end ofeals, going into trash or for example collected into pig feed. Now pressuee exists to cook only enough to meet consumption punishment exists for over ordering/cooking resulting in unconsumed left overs. As you would know going eating Chinese was based pn ordering multiple dishes shared by the group from larger served portions, rather than each person served a reasonable, if often ample serving of their menu choice. The Chinese, multi dish system normally leaves significant left over, as it is bad to fight for that last amount. Now lookout if caught with excess left overs. Current trade "punishment" of Australia on Wine and several other things is having some effects, but alternative markets are quickly taking up much of excess production. Wine I understand has several new markets, and has made some very fine wine available locally and export at a lower price. Some relatively luxury goods like lobster and oysters are now available locally at larger volume and better orices. Yes there are market and profit effects, but on the whole not as hard on Australia as China presumed in their hasty trade war introduction. Within China some resentment by public of being unable to get premium Australian goods or firced to consume lower quality local product, at elevated prices with original Australian goods (wine, lobster oyster, etc) only available almost as black market goods, at exorbitant prices for sufficiently rich (usually CCP official and connected) people. Well those are my observations and opinions, and I am convinced CCP is aware of the risks of Australia biting the bullet and cutting supply, leading to China in big trouble. Sadly China may try war to force access to what they need.
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  935. By the way, other than my other comment. Think of your reaction to sitting in your just setup camp in the bush, when suddenly several realistic gun shots sound , with THWACK of bullets/shot pellets going through the trees. Alternative you have stopped to admire the scenery as suddenly a loud rally car car or V8 engine sounds with scrabbling tyres and flying gravel. You look around anticipating a vehicle about to roar by.
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  936. Sadly human reaction to a sudden object in front is to brake, while not ideal in an instance there is NOT always time to judge l as it may also be a child not a dog. A safe distance behind is a legal requirement, if a driver is unable then remove their license. Sadly there is always some idiot jumping in a reasonable gap, passing to gain a few seconds, also these do not deserve a license to drive. KEEP SAFE, PAY ATTENTION, ASSESS ROAD AND TRAFFIC CONDITIONS DRIVE CORRESPONDINGLY STAY ALIVE.
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  937. Have not driven in Romania, but have driven several European Alps roads of Austria and Switzerland and also mountain above Granada Spain, over mountain passes, in excess of 2500m heights, from valley levels of 300m and less. Lots of hair pins winding upwards and back down. Travelled those mountain passes even where highway tunnels now offer easier, faster alternatives, just to enjoy the drive and scenery. Well worth the time taken if fast progress is not the primary trip aim. Great stopping at the top for food and drinks taking in the view . Often above clouds in the valley below. Once were even caught mid clouds at 2300m forced by closed in clouds to stop, as a lightening storm surrounded us. Lightening between clouds above , around and below us. Those flashes we normally observe from far below ground level in the clouds during most thunderstorms, lightening illuminating clouds, that never strike to ground. Quite exciting as you never know if lightening might just hit you. Some two hours that frightening condition surrounded us worst effect was hair getting charged and rising from the scalp. As exciting as it was, it was a relief to survive it, but to drive down was near impossible as the clouds, were like a dense fog, blocking vision to meters, and even light levels like night, illuminated by regular bright flashes. Logical would have been to stay in the car, but instead spent much of the time outside marvelling at the light show and VERY loud thunder banging. No one suffered lightening strikes as these discharges were completely cloud to cloud, not cloud to ground. A one time experience to remain in life memory. Sadly only still photos taken, no movie camera on hand.
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  938. If only it be so.
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  939. While you are right some of those prices are unreal. BUT many serving places, including restaurants and takeaway shops do charge surcharges on public holidays and during main annual holiday periods. Firstly holiday and weekend wages require higher pay rate, and many businesses to maintain profitability must add surcharge to cover the higher wages costs. The during annual holidays, to get enough staff many must pay significant higher wages. While actual turnover may be reduced by normal patrons being away on holiday. Not to say that depending on location there may be significant extra patronage by huge holiday maker crowds. That however may also demand extra staff to pay higher wages due to increased workloads. This restaurant may have such massive surcharge, just to control overdemand of services due to holiday and festive season events. Of course again depending on location, it may be their one annual profitable time, at least their max profit time, other parts of the year being barely operating. They would not survive as a business unless remaining competitive. If holiday makers are crowding, any price may be acceptable as long as customers are there to pay the going prices. Nobody likes such ripoff prices, but if it is all you can get, you pay or do without. Free enterprise market, both in wages demands, getting staff and business profitability. Too costly and your business dies, too cheap and you lose profitability or the one part of the year to earn your living is missed.
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  940. One step above derelict, demolition order quality. Really slumming it. Hope they do not try to sue for leaving bad review.
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  941. Biden hardly is owed a better seat. USA in this context is no different than leaders of most countries and USA is not even part of the Commonwealth, so no special privilege over leaders of Commonwealth nations who themselves are lower priority than the various Governor General that were the direct Queen's representative in Commknwealth nations and in fact above positions such as prime ministers in protocol terms. There were very many people attending and seating distributed over many rows. Do not take offense just on position, at least they got invited Putin is angry as he did not get invited
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  942. Why should authorities be responsible to ban access? Anyone should be intelligent enough to realise visiting the cone of an active volcano is highly risky. People remain responsible for own safety, and while my condolences go to victims and family. My greatest admiration goes to those willing to risk own lives to try to rescue those who knowingly take the adventure risk. Like so many other risks others take, those risking their own safety in cleaning up after deserve real credits, not those voluntarily taking risks for own pleasure.
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  943. Melbourne shot is over Albert park lake, the road is part of the F1 racing circuit that is part of the normal road system at other times
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  944.  @beergold  yes often, but significant nuggets also digging/washing, and diving river rock bars.
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  945. At 4:15 that is a typical 4WD with ram bar and CB/2way radio antenna
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  946. Money working at Mc Donald's may be better, but your prospecting is far healthier and interesting way to live
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  947. I will not say I come close to such rally skills. But like my earlier RX7 experience comment, about needing time to become one with the vehicle, before really being able to totally evaluate all its features not just a short term, few days test drive and under varied conditions not just city traffic and freeways. In my case when really settled into a new unfamiliar vehicle I firstly drive in very conservative way. But once familiar and settled into the handling and feel on various roads and surfaces did in the past push limits sometimes near edge of serious crashes. Driving my 4WD so dealing with large over 2.5 ton steel mass, to drive on winding mountain and hills roads, on bitumen squealing tyres in corners, and drifting on corrugated dirt roads, or on muddy puddle covered roads swinging round a bend at 46 degree swing, sliding that mass round the bend to straighten out after the bend. That is feel for vehicle, but admittedly crazy, lunatic practice. Yet while on dirt mountain road drifting corners was stopping on my side of approach to a bend having seen a flash of colour ahead through leaves of trees, realising on coming car. The driver of the Volvo involved, with locked up front wheels slid all the way maybe 50 meters partly through the bend, to dent my driver's door as he finally stopped. He was going, I am certain, slower than I, but lost control. On another downhill winding road stretch, I was going at just limit of mild tyre sqeal, when my passenger, who had done some amateur rally in a Ford Cortina, with significant mods enough to get put off public roads by police, actually asked me to slow down. I was in full comfort mode having much familiarity of that stretch, even once keeping up with several motor bikes not exactly going slow, but not crazy like me. Gets fun when a rear tyre drift off bitumen into roadside gravel. That gets tricky, and highly likely to send you off the mountain road into forest. In Queensland on muddy dirts road but pushing hard to reach a destination as sunset was coming, doing 50 to 60 MPH ( before we changed to metric) to have the 4WD vehicle, with camping gear and water and gem digging tools on a roof rack, suddenly swing into full 720 degree spin, and straighten out to proceed as if nothing just happened, is only possible if feeling part of the vehicle. Did slow to under 50 MPH after though.
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  948. All fot children fun
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  949. Child beauty quests are pure child abuse, worse than whipping children three times a day. Should lead to jailing the parents...
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  950. And Australian police patrols were NOT cpnsuming many donuts...not like depicted for USA.
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  951. Sadly time and again, the left oriented politician show their disregard for honest voter choices. Branch stacking vote rigging anything to win elections.
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  952. If any public company had management responsible for such disasterous mis mangement as these premiers, there would be numerous new jail residents for several years and huge fines that could close the involved companies. When are these premiers going to be held accountable for breaches of the tough OHS provisions.
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  953. What saving action. That pony was finally able to loge a life of joy, in place of neglect and suffering.❤❤❤❤❤
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  954. No need for safety car to pull far across the track just at a corner like that. Sure they want to block the racing cars, but safety is needed, an so be it if a racer rounding that corner still ets ahead of the safety car. Of course we do not see what flags were waving ahead of the bend, that would potentially put the racer at extreme fault
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  955. Halloween is growing, pushed by greedy shops looki g for profits. Not all that common yet. Kids more interested in tricks than treats
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  956. In fact here you would be prevented from gold panning or any similar activity way away from anyone else, probably already just trying to drive down the highway. Apparently people are being tracked by their phones, not personally identified, but as people density or distances travelled!!!! Too much government control.
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  957. Certainly need to avoid falling into the main river flow, extremely hazardous condition.
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  958. Not possible to get tired of seeing Gold....well maybe if others get it all while you get none.
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  959. If she chooses to close borders then possibly all goods transport MUST stop too. No food supplies or fuel delivery into Queensland AND no goods shipped out of Queensland. Also NOBODY In or out for AFL football, especially all AFL executives, families or sponsor representatives, no TV crews either into Queensland.
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  960. There is limited volume of migrant intake per year, and significant part of that is filled by refugees. Yes Australia DOES NOT HAVE UNLIMITED FREEFOR ALL INRUSH and OPENDOOR. Australia seeks control over who migrates, separate to refugees with other conditions applied, to needed capabilities/skills, no criminal record, no deadbeats living off social wellfare, and also expected that enough resources exist for the settling in period, as unless special case like existing job offer by local or multinational company working locally a new migrant may well be taking time to get work, accomodation, basically get fitted in.
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  961. AND THE LAWS RELATED TO INDUSTRIAL HEALTH AND SAFETY MUST BE APPLIED TO FULL EFFECT
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  962. The ragostration is only a small part. We have compiulsory third party insurance, that is payable to TAC, Transport Accident Commision, that means that you are insured for personal and property damage to others, drivers cyclists, pedestrians, property. That is typically $700 to $900, and varies by power GVM, vehicle type, private or commercial. So there is NEVER accidents by uninsured people, unless driving unregistered, highly illegal. Normally beyond this compulsory TAC insurance, you normally get one of several levels of insurance to cover own insurance, beyond cover to others. That can cost far more if you are young, new license driver, bad driving history etc. Young new drivers may face insurance of several thousand, especially if high performance cars. Though for new license holders there are restrictions on vehicle allowed to be driven, for example on high power vehicles.
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  963. One matter you may not be currently aware of is that Mitsubishi and Nissan are currently co-developing and model manufacture sharing considerably. There may be model/build trim differences and cross manufacture and assembly taking place beyond basic development cooperation.
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  964. Also in the local dashcam videos there are mainly bad driving examples, rather than demolision and crashes that are so common and main content in Russian and also much of US videos. But this one of good deeds is also rare.
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  965. Dan, Your pay dirt always seems attractive, it is so sad that it is unlikely that it will be possible, at least very unlikely that it will be possible to get a Pay Dirt pack into Australia. Need to check if anything similar is locally offered as we also have very extensive gold fields here. Have not found either gold or gem dirts offered. Though lots of possibility to fossick both gold and gems, with appropriate miner's right license. Some limited opal pieces at some markets, or pay exorbitant prices at gem shows or lapidary shops. Our border controls on importing various biohazard, including soil of any kind will cause confiscation due to possibility that the soil contains seed or other Biological( bugs, spores, etc) materials. In remote chance one may be given the option of irradiation treatment at significant cost. Back in 1980s it was $40 for 100g item and up to $500 for 1Kg. Probably much more now. But then cost also seemed to depend on the item. Cost my mother $60 to find a relative had sent some Christmas decorations containing small pine cones. But customs would not/refused to state anything about what was sent, only options were to decide "Destroy' or pay for irradiation. Goods worth under$20, what waste of money for us because of not being told anything about the items before deciding.
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  966. Amazon establishing the core to BIG BROTHER for future (present?) governments with intent to control those not part of the elite rlung class CCP COMES TO MIND, with visual and audion oversihht of all people. NOT HARMLESS, TOTAL ABSOLUTE CONTROL.
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  967. I am no fan of any of these, but Marmite is a NEVER. Promite not tried, and vegemite in moderation, but mainly on toast with a slice of cheese, a typical soft cheese slice like added on a hamburger, say Cheddar, Swiss or similar. Spread a thin Vegemite on it similar to adding it on butterrd toast. Had an amusing photo in our newspaper today. Our prime minister is in the US meetong with Biden and UK prime minister Johson, on the new neuclear submarine deal. The photo was of a dinner of our PM Morrispn greeting UK Johnson. Amusing was in the photo is seen a pack of TimTam being given to Johnson. So even at high political level these are a treat readily shared. I do not know if Biden was given some too, I suspect quite possibly.
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  968. Birds were probably sea gulls or white cockatoos. One aspect of these Australian bad driver videos is that mostly they are just bad driving, less crashes, while the US (and Russian) videos tend to be a series of crashes, less just bad behaviour.
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  969. Best is that it is a open public roads area at remainder of the year. It is NOT a dedicated race circuit. Peak hour traffic on the long sweeping side especially every morning and evening, the whole circuit carries traffic 24/7 at all times but for the setup/running/restore of the Grand Prix.
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  970. Sadly he did not demonstrate the claimed non magnetic effect. In fact it is only a isual confusion of level not magnetic at all. There is a similar, asphalt farm area road near Hanging Rock Victoria Australia, that does the same effect of rolling up hill.
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  971. Missed several external territories, Maquaurie (mispelled by me) Island, Norfolk Island, Cocos Island Christmas Island Torres Straight Islands
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  972. A lot of the destruction is due to the structures and even trees are not by design resistant to this type of strong swirling wind. Not clse to comperable to the tornados of central USA. The sheds and roofs could suffer serious damage even in extra strong winds. Far north has cyclones (hurricanes) but down here in mid and southern areas rare. Cyclones regularly cause severe damages, among worst was Darwin was almost completely leveled by Cyclone Tracy, right on Christmas Day back in latter 1900s. . There are past instances for tornado damages, for example back in early to mid 1900s Brighton area in Melbourne suffered much damage from a largish tornado. Strong Earth quakes are also rare as Australia is middling of a large continental plate, but is also moving northwards at near 7cm per year, pushing into Indonesia and New Guinea. Apparently in far distant future liable to collide with China, and finally Alaska, but that is not our concern as we are so far gone by then, as dinosaurs are from us. The movement does build stresses that do release over time, and in fact there are low level shocks all the time. Occasionally stronger ones lime Newcastle in NSW, causing severe damage and from memory 19 deaths, or Mekering WA, causing damage. Last week in Melbourne is the only strong one I have experienced here in 60yrs. I was on Youtube when I was strongly shaken in bed. Some items tumbling down to floor from my booksheld, and a few items toppled around the house and yard. In the past the worst was a barely sensed shake, enough to wobble wardrobe doors or shake reflection in mirror or other glass surface while almost no or none sensed motion. We were fortunate that the centre of quake was not under Melbourne, but under mountains well into country some 90 to 100km away from main population. Even the nearby to epicentre country towns had .minimal damage
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  973. Yes winter approaches. Had first snowfall above 1200m just before Mother's Day at 6th to 7th May. In Victoria, not sure about NSW probably too as it was cold centred air east of Tasmania that brought ir. Normally mid June is official start of ski season, but possibly this year might even come by end May. But there are prior times that weather reversal changed similar clearly conditions to delay to start July. Must wait to see.
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  974. The styling of the Ford Falcon in late 1970s X series form and later EA onwards were initiated by Ford Australia with Italian design studio, and styling was adopted in slightly smaller dimensions for European models, thus the shape seems identical, but the size, width and length are smaller on the European models. While doing some Ford EFI winter testing in southern Germany, we had both sedan and station wagon models on German highway, suddenly had a car with photographers haging out of various windows getting photos of our two vehicles. The sedan being bigger than the current for sale local sedan was cause of interest, but even more interest was the station wagon. Apparently our cars were noted and a motoring magazine sent out their photo team to catch our images. Caused some speculation of next models to come in Europe. WOW, the notoriety, I even got a phone call from Ford (Germany) Factory manager, about the photos, whom I had personal contact with through a cousin. Previously got a private tour of the German factory, including secured areas with restricted access to outsiders. Sometimes it is definitely who you know, more than what you know. We had a good chat.
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  975. 3:22 Insect trapping plants, surviving in poor sandy soils, by gaining sustenance by trapping insects and ants on the sticky little red stalks, and extracting needed minerals. Pretty but deadly to small bugs.
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  976. Ian, sorry you suffer such extreme arachniphobia. I do not have that and handled many in homes, school classroom and in the wild under tree bark. Even held down a large Huntsman to allow two little girls and their young brother 9, 7 and 4 to stroke its abdomen. For a week we returned each day as the girls liked the silky body of the spoder, to stroke it. By end of the week I hardly had to hold it the spider just sat still, and was satisfied as the large piece of bark was replaced each time. Other times by hand picked them up carried outside and let go. Did in year 7 school class room come to teachers help as she did panick, taking the yard blackboard ruler and seeing the spider sitting by her fingers. I sadly then paniced the row of girls in their desks, as it wriggled loose falling on the floor and proceeded to run along the row of desks. I had to regrab it and open a window to drop it in the garden outside. They really are a help in insect and cockroach control around the house, leave no webs, except the hatching bag of eggs, and later the young spiders. They really avoid contact with people and their pets so mind their business. I do understand some people do have extreme reaction to various creatures be they spiders, mice, bats, centipedes etc i do feel sorry for them, not laugh as such that they can reach extreme panic. The Huntsman is far preferable to the Tarantulas in parts of southern USA and beyond Mexico and other places south. Likewise rather them than scorpions, though we have them too.
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  977. Would be reasonable to assume his career in police is OVER.
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  978. Not likely paying $19,000
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  979. Mostly you need to actually seek to find most of those various creatures/insects. That is not to say, dependant on where in this vast land, there will be various specific things you find commonly. Large spiders like Huntsman that do apear around homes are not especially dangerous, but size gets some people. Mostly half a hand size or smaller, exceptional ones almost hand span across legs, are gentle, catching many flies, mosquitoes and moths. Leave no webs and can be left aline to benefit, sadly most people are scared and kill them or best catch and take outside. Redback spiders, close cousin to US black widdow, are found quite a bit, but have not been creating deaths fir a kong time, with antivenen available. Most bites are painful but not deadly. Around Sydney, the Funnel Web spider has killed some.. lots of other spiders but largely more nusence than a danger. Scorpions in some places, mostly relatively harmless some in remote places are potentially deadly. Large centipedes can be dangerous, a bite can result in a time in hospital. Adelaide northern areas I am aware have had 6" long venemous ones appear in the house of friends and the wife soent 14 days in hospital after wiping one away in the kitchen and was bitten. Snakes appear in almost all places, different types depebding on where. Australia has many venomous and as many non venomous types. Generally you almost have to look for them, but plenty are in places where people also have built homes. So do have numerous cases each year. Large monitor lizards are more in remote central areas or forests, not much around main population. Other lizards and geckos occur but are harmless. Northern Australia has Salt Water Crocodiles, actually like the US Alligators, but possibly larger and more viscious, to be avoided on rivers, lakes and ocean areas. Not an issue for most population that is in more southern areas. Sharks are an issue on much coastal areas. Australia has no dangerous large predators, no bears, moose, bison, mountain lion, cayote, etc Most dangers are the smaller creatures/bugs/insects and above all snakes. I have in the past spent much time seeking and capturing many of these critters, spiders, centipedes, lizards, snakes and to put things in perspective it takes much effort and time to find them. Yes you can get surprises, like grabbing a lizard before it can get away, to find you have two scorpions right by your hand holding the lizard. Or getting bitten on a finger by a red back spider while weeding in the flower garden infront of home, dummy I was not wearing gloves. Sore hand and arm for a day, no other harm done. In general the dangers are over emphasised.
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  980. Nice clear ground to search after complete burnout. Notmally ground cover would hide much of the finds. What a great opportunity in the disaster.
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  981. Hope you see the main attack on capitalism used by socialist systems, the pure greed for dollars over the lives , welfare and benefits of the effective 'slave' workers the capitalists make their money from
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  982. That is life of prospecting, not all location realise all that was promised. In fact few do.
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  983. One point not covered is that the earth pin is on top. If a plug is partly out of socket, it is far better protected from something falling into the gap possibly shorting the active-neutral if the fallen in bridging item is conductive.. if anything it will short either active ot neutral to ground. Also most likely that the shorting object is grounded state not live to be hazardous if exposing anyone to that connection. The US plugs typically have the active-neutral at top, guaranteeing to cause a short active to neutral with ground not connected, at all, leading to potential power to the shorting item and potentially hazardous voltage state on that shorting object. I also believe the US socket does not have uniform active and neutral location in the socket, line connection to the two pins is either way round. Never which of the two is active or neutral.
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  984. I suspect the new assistance program is beyond the present form. The new arrangement has not been dealt with by the burocacy yet. Probably the correct form will be over 7 days or more away. Hope my guesstimate is right.
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  985. Sadly I missed out on visiting that beach on my one Hawaii holiday as I was not aware of that. I stayed on Kona coast area.
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  986. If Russia were targeting military sites, then it demonstrates how poor quality the Russian military is. To have such entirely bad aim and strike civilian centres and locations shows totally inadequate military capability. The current attacks are just continuation of what Russia started with all the way back in February, rain destruction on defenceless public.
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  987. Kids learn normal behaviour as they grow, and will do much the same when they are older. Learn conflict as the way of life they will live that way later
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  988. Dr Young is rediculous, she stated funerals are a high risk of COVID transfer. This may apply a funerals for someone who died of COVID, but even there the body could be well treated to be sterile, and direct contact with the body forbidden. However how does COVID transfer risks rise, where all other participants are local people, and the dead person passed away on other reasons. My conclusion is that Dr Young is not qualified to be making decisions. Should resign and leave this job.
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  989. Due to very dry air and clear sky, you can have over 40°C in the day, going to under 0°C in early morning. We had 43°C in afternnon in Burke mid west NSW, and slightly north travelling from there in that heat to Cunnamulla Queensland all in that heat slept in the 4WD with 5L water bottles outside overnight. Both 5zl wTer bottles were solid ice by morning 6AM.
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  990. FUCHS, IS pronounced as does CHOOKS, except starts with F. SO LIKE FOOKS. I the German name of the animal FOX
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  991. These European people are not corrupt, and in the pocket of big businesses as appears for many US politicians and paid "agitators" as I refer to lobbyists. These Europeans are weighing in strongly on personal property right, choice of repair and environmental benefits of repair over dump and replace, oppose denying right to get work done with all needed materials available and possible at uninflated prices. The manufacturer will not see profit in suvh rework, over selling new product, and thus will never see benefit in most basic repair possibility. Only trivial activities, ie complete replacement of subassemblies/motherboard/display, not individual chips, cables, switches that require extensive disassembly will be profotable without massive costs. Main manufacturer repair will be almost a factory mass volume workshop, leading to long delays, centralised facility, and likely exchange not 1 on 1 unit repair. Local dealer will not be doing more than handling customer requests handling and charging. All far removed from possibilities by ondependant workshop, where the work done determines the profits, and ability to diagnos and repair is the purpose and source of existence, not just any unskilled salaried customer agent as at manufacturer agent.
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  992. In the case of police any injuries caused to public by their recent extremes must also be judged under the industrial safety laws. As the actions have in many cases been far above what is needed in the circumstances.
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  993. From first election Daniel Andrew's has a stubborn dictatorial attitude and personal opinion approach that has cost Victorian public huge sums of money. Billion on East-west link that remains on the whole as required,. Wasted money on numerous projects. Costing public money on defending criminal behaviour in the Victorian Labour party. And this year stuffing up completely on COVID health processes, due to management negligence, bad planning, implementation based on his own ideas against better advice and guidance. Otherwise only accepting input by yes men
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  994. The coast areas they crashed into are very dry desert, poor land quality for people more adjusted to green moderate climate life, or familiar with the lush tropical places their voyage was aimed at. So basically they found unusable land of no real interest or survivable conditions. New Zealand was populated by ferociously defensive people not at all willing to share with these arriving Dutch. So on the whole Dutch were not really finding usable places to settle and no trade opportunities, given these ships were afterall mainly traders, so ended low on priorities.
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  995. The 1 1/2 month delay from realising hotel security was failing in May, before mid july finally acting to block increasing cases from mid june makes Dan and his band of merry men(women) still totally responsible for the second wave. Not just decision to use untrained guards and no supoervision of the process is the cause but lack of action on observing the failings. The whole gang must be brought to task on the laws that exist for managemnet of hazards leading 5o serious injury and deaths. The deaths by the way are totally aged and seriously ill people, where the consequences were well known by March. Yet this gang have done nothing until disaster to even start managing the most critical environments for Covid health risks. Again they are culpanle under the existing laws, that from memory they helped to setup. Industry managers get no excuses, and politicians and public service are likewise liable under the those laws. Time to bring them before the courts.
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  996. Well Dan, you fit right in there with hat and beard you do look like you belong there as a real gold miner. Sadly you do not have that rich strike as your claim. These historic sites can be so interesting. Here in Australia there are numerous old gold fields and towns with very good displays not only Goldfields but farming locations paddle steamer ports and more. Of course Australian history is more recent, so much is mid 1800s onwards. Of course Aborigine history goes back beyond 40,000 years, but they did not have p e rmant settlements with structures yet even t hat history can be traced by remains of campsites regularly used and remains like piled mussel shells or bones of hunted animals and fish they hunted and ate. Here in Victoria there are such historic Gold towns open in Ballarat, Bendigo Beechworth and Walhalla with open to visit mines. There are numerous other places too but these are probably best Gold towns to visit here. Some have gold panning "try your luck" also available. Also Beechworth and several other places give gem fossicking possibilities too. Other states especially NSW and WA also have gold mines and towns to visit. Lots of gem areas all over Australia, among most notable are our OPAL and Sapphire areas, not to under rate the Agate Zircon, Garnet and other gem mineral sites.
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  997. Poland likely still has much Soviet legacy infrastructure in power and industry in general
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  998. Feet up for a 'high five'
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  999. The PERENTI is the largest BY LENGTH, but we have several large Goanna species over much of Australia. While the Perenti can exceed 7 feet length, and is rather slim build, leading to being very fast runners, likely fastest as well as longest Goanna Australia has. By body mass several other Gonanna types have much bigger body, wider torso and heavier build, so in many ways bigger by mass if not maximum length of some Perenti. I have removed several large Goannas from roadways after getting hit by cars. Some big enough that two people had to drag it from road, into nearby scrub and forest. Some would have recovered, but some so badly injured unlikely to survive. At least they were not being run over repeatedly, turned into mashed mess smeared over the road, and given a chance if not too internally injured to recover. Reptiles do have excellent self healing, and taking into a rescue centre is not always practicle, sadly. Among catching lizards and Gonnas, I have caught various Gonnas, some over 3 feet long. One Perenti around that 3 foot length I chased for some distance, they do run fast, and outdistanced me several times. But I caught it as it tried hiding in various bushes and large grass tussocks. It broke free of my grip several times and ran again. Finally it climbed a small tree, where I grabbed it off the tree trunk. It jumped down my back, its claws digging through a denim jacket and denim shirt leaving several puncture marks of its very sharp claws. But I finally had hold of neck bade and tail base. I handled it for nearly 1/2 hr with it being quite gentle and docile. Gave it some meat pieces and it happily munched several fruit pieces. On release it hissed, slowly started walking away, turned back to walk to me, tongue flicking at my feet. Then walked away. On getting nearly 20 feet away, ran quicker into some scrub. On one car test trip in Kunnunura WA, with several local and Japanese test engineers viewing, we found a large dark grey wide bodied Goanna by the river edge. Getting a Japanese engineer to hold my camera, I proceeded to try to grab this over 4 foot long Goanna. It was simply too strong, as on several careful attempts to get a good hold it just pulled free of my grip. Had to be very careful to avoid the claws and mouth of teeth. Could have got seriously injured, but especially the Japanese were impressed that I would dare grab such a 'Dragon' . The Aussies were more concerned that I could be injured, quite a possibility. After some 5 or so attempts to grab and hold it, the Goanna ran a short distance away before it settled closer to the road river ford crossing. Have had many reptile adventures including many lizard, monitor, snake types. Including swimming in crocodile fresh and saltie occupied waters . No serious injuries in my 73 years, though far from " crocodile hunter " class adventurer. Had scratches and even some lizard bites, fortunatley nothing dangerous like a Goanna bite, mainly smalller lizards and no serious venomous snake bites. At my current age would no longer be so prepared to take the risks I once did, being a bit slower and less active, mobile.
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  1000.  @archie1299  have had the old style cup right 5hrough to Feb when I had the last one on a hot day, at Waverly Gardens Shopping centre, never had a cardboard one. May be to deliver by Uber makes the difference, and other replies suggest the TimTam Flurry was exclus8ve to Uber delivery.
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  1001. Lead based batteries are not so good. Already have severe polution problems due to existing lead acid car batteries manf to disposal cycle
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  1002. Bye the way TREE KANGAROOS are real. They are stockier than whar you normally see as a kangaroo or wallaby. Even slightly smaller than wallabies. Thicker fur, and shorter tail, they live pn Northern raiforest and up into Papua, New Guinea. Main places I have observed iare n wild and on animal sanctuary/zoo are reddish-brown, pale belly. There are darker colours too, not quite black. Would really like to see your reaction to a real live Lyrebird in full repertoire. Can be near 20 min long with little repertion. Sadly most encounters are brief rush as it runs away and hides, they are definitely very shy. I have had several song encointers, mainly when quiet morning or dusk sitting in my bush camp, when little acti ity underway. With larger groups and kids running around camp, virtually never. Also many fleeting sightings while traveling smaller bush tracks. Larger dirt roads more rarely, even with few, say 1 per hour vehicle, traffic. The Lyrebird has a home territory, and sings on boundaries, so often heard successively from several locations and directions. If very luky even several heard competing from respective territory, that could be around an acre each. Definitely captivating, to even scary with gun shots and chainsaw sounds among many unusual haunting noises.
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  1003. In my opinion and I may be wrong Baha while rough, is far more a SPEED event than survival. Of course go fast and break things FAST. The Dakar event is a multi-day long gruelling challenge through many various terrains. It is truely mainly a SURVIVAL / ENDURANCE event. As much vehicle/motor bike as driver, co-driver and rider. But not only tough on the competotors but generally as severe on support teams/vehicles. Over the years it has shifted location many times. Originally starting Paris, down to North Africa, travel many different Africa areas. However unstabilities and physical life threatening dangers of North Africa, and always, then, finishing in DAKAR. After many years and also building bad reaction to running down French and Spanish roads, in severely modified motor vehicles. The event moved to far locations, for example even to South America, FAR from claasic Paris-Dakar, to finish at west coastal places for example after covering diverse terrain, including very high altitudes, saping performance of engines, and even having breathing issues for people involved, and even tag along spectators. Worth watching far morevof this, both old classic and recent times. Always has been a fascinating event, not as well covered by TV and media in general, though some reporting and video has appeared. Often though subscription channels, and later highlight video releases tend to be best by far.
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  1004. Keep in mind cyclone vs hurican also involves the fact that direction of totation differs southern vs northern hemisphere. The name difference also signals that fact.
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  1005. My dad, I and a friend/customer of dad found a narrow dry creek bed in an area maybe 1/2 mile from a known gem dig site, that on starting a small hole produced several nice quartz, citronella and amethyst crystals. Having set up camp, we spent two days digging three holes, one hole per person, to maybe 3ft sides and similar depth. On our second day an elderly elderly couple came from a nearby road walking their dog. They clearly saw us finding a few crystals. We left filling our holes leaving a cleared natural creek bed, vegetation intact on the banks. A month later we returned to try our luck for more. BUT for several hundred feet the creek and banks looked like worked over by bulldozers. The banks cutback by nearly 10 ft either site, the creek bed a series of large holes and dirt piles. Even our flat camp space was half gone. The local property owner/farmer came reacting angry. Watercourses and creek banks have public right of access and a paid up "miners right" gives access anyway, with requirement to fill/restore after digging. This site was massive destruction and no restoration done, vegetation wiped out. After a short rant he calmed down and we talked for some time. The farmer related in that month after our first digging, a bus load of people turned up for about a week, and tore up all, removed scrub and trees, dug up the entire area, leaving nothing looking close to natural. Police follow-up determined that the group were members of a gem club located nearly 100 miles away in a large country town. There were some actions underway about the destruction they did. But I never found out final consequences. There was nothing left within that area. We had only the over 20kg of various gems we got in our first two day visit there. Lots of of clear, smokey, citrine and amethyst crystal. I have a nice form smokey quartz crystal top about 3 inch across and 5 inch long, and lots of cuttable as well mineral sample crystals.
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  1006. No megalania now or for probaly more than 1000 years. Now the most dangerous reptile is our Salt Water Crocodile larger and string than the US Aligator, though very similar.
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  1007. Latest news late this afternoon is a warning of a cyclone (hurricane for you, but opposite rotation) just growing off west Australia coast, that may in next few days reach coast. No entirely sure ehere, but high probability is far northern west Australia.
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  1008. Fully understand your decision, but personally I would have chosen Australia or New Zealand over the USA as a safer destination. Life here in Australia is good and safe compared with racially stirred USA. Lots of motorbike touring space, and fresh air. Maybe you need denser population, but I enjoy lower population density here
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  1009. The Barossa Valley a bit north of Adelaide is renowned Wine producing area. It is often better known than several other areas of Australian w I ne industry but NSW VIC WA and also TAS all have great wine areas some of which rival the Barossa.
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  1010. As a leader with ultimate responsibility Dan Andrews has become extremely incompetent by total lack of knowledge of anything going on at all. His total absence from any decisions and advice/procedure implementation means he is not a leader of any kind. He would deserving jail for mass murder, of several lifetimes with no parol EVER.
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  1011. Day or weekend trips are great, but especially nice are month long trips away from civilization. Woods Point and Whahalla and nearby area is a common day trip, upto 500km, for me even alnone single vehicle. Currently in a 1993 Series 80 Landcruiser Diesel, limited slip rear diff, 145 L (over 1000km range, bad 4WD conditions better than 800km) with Power Takeoff Winch, meaning engine driven via gears and transfer case, winch with 20,000kg load rating (shear pin limited load)
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  1012. Outback trucking is especially difficult and risky. Potential of hitting kangaroos, Emus, Cattle, Camels, Water buffalo is high especially pushing along overnight. Trucks need to keep going to meet deadlines and keep profitable. Car drivers are generally advised to stop before sunset and not resume till after sunrise due to dangers of crashing into animals. The dead carcasses along those outback highways, both sealed and unsealed, are common. Trucka with solid "BULLBARS" typically cope with minimal damage, leaving dead Roos and other road kill. Not unusual to have half a cattle one side the the other half opposite side. Or for kill a day or more old, bloating like a inflated balloon, to a moving mass of fly maggots after a couple of days. I have done many tens thousand km of night driving, mostly lucky, but have dodged cattle, camels, hirses and kangaroos, very dependant on excellent, well adjusted high power driving lights. But do try to avoid night driving if at all possible. Trucks do rediculous hours and distances, we loaded our test cars on a car transporter in Kathrine NT, during afternoon, had diner slept till next morning before flying back to Melbourne via Alice Springs, to be home by the next evening after putting our cars on the transporter truck. However the transporter delivered the test cars here at the car plant the next morning, having driven just over 2700km Kathrine to Melbourne in just over 32 hours. The drover did so on his own, no driver swapping. I call that suicide. He does Melbourne Darwin and Melbourne Perth, as independant owner driver of the truck, making several trips per week. I can only imagine using some keep awake drugs. Madness, but to earn a living and pay for truck/trailer, maybe necessary. How he manipulates the driver log books, I have no idea, multiple books?.
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  1013. Mailing a parcel today with a PERKINS No11 surprise (so no more surprise now) item, among other 'No Food' things.
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  1014.  @IWrocker  It has departed Express post, this afternoon, and by information should be 4 to 5 days, so maybe by start of next week in your mail delivery. I was just surprised that just now you were having a special on Perkins in that ultra special of winning from being put at rear position by bad luck early in the race. He was definitely one of the greats, but not just on track, but the super performance of the up spec engines and other car improvement provided to the entire racing community. I think you can recall mention of his engine performance boost that was mentioned in a prior video. Hope you get pleasure out the entire parcel, not all about racing cars, but some minor other things, just no foods at this time. No need to compromise healthy diet.
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  1015. While both are very large, one aspect differing USA to Australia, is the distances between towns let alone larger cities. Here in Australia the distances between population centres is huge in many places. Even if a map might show names for towns along many highways in the most populated eastern state's countryside. The majority may be as little as a small store, or few buildings of a community of 20 or 30 people of the farming area. Many times no significant services available. Plenty of inland or across Australia highways can have hundreds of km with nothing but country, fuel stops and associated food store, and possibly camping ground the only available resources. Quite common are 300 to 400km between fuel stops, many with limited store and takeaway food, as needed for most cars, but the larger truck stops with most complete services on hand, restaurant, showers, even overnight or rest rooms to hire, are far further apart as most trucks do over 1000km between stops. Some main highways even have over 1000km between fuel stops, so cars with less range, as most, need to carry extra fuel in for example several jerry cans. My own diesel 4WD can manage up to 1400km on its dual fuel tank (Standard on Toyota Landcruiser), 145L fuel. Cost of fuel in these very remote places can be cloae to double city prices, having to be specially trucked into the location, so delivery needs upwards of 2000km round trip for a truck to deliver there among other supplies, originating at other central Australian towns like Alice Springs. Everything becomes premium priced. Yes USA will have long stretches in Arizona, or similar and even of remote Alaska. But on the whole I am convinced far more significant towns, cities, service stops on highways due to greater population and higher traffic density. Keeping in mind over 80% of Australians reside in the 50km of eastern coastal land. So little is left spread over what would be most area. We once had a young couple from Europe stay with us on arrival while buying some bicycles to tour. First complaint was the high cost of good quality touring equipped bikes, compared to what they had in Europe. Problem being few Australians do bike touring. We tried to comvice them to be cautious as travel under sun and heat will be difficult, and towns were not as known from Europe. They were used to riding around Europe, where after 10 or 20 km you next can stop and refresh at a town. They insisted they were experienced and not a worry even 50 km was ok. They accepted to carry more drinks and foods, but proceeded. Travelling Melbourne to Adelaide via Mildura, then Adelaide to Melbourne via Mt Gambier and Great Ocean Road, they arrived back, very run down, saddle sore, badly sun burnt and deciding no more bicycle travel. They reported in the heat, up to 47 °C on open road, and needing over 100km often into hot northerly headwind, without any suitable rest stops, they found getting refreshment and food was difficult, as too many small country towns had no open services. Often they had to camp by the roadside as no hotels or motels existed in these little places. While they did at times manage to buy cool drink or some takeaway food as they passed through, also many places, while a small petrol station was open they had nothing as far as shops or other things. By Adelaide they were nearing end, but felt the return via more coastal path would be better, they found distances were now longer and temperatures still reached mid 30 °C, and Great Ocean Road while pleasant and very interesting posed similar distance issues with more up and down travel. Queensland, NSW and Central Australia were all on bus, train and plane. Finally flew to New Zealand with their bikes. There the distances and climate were better, and finally sold their now used bikes for more than original purchase cost after 2 months around both north and south islands.
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  1016. Yep, Australia has and had some top talent contributing a wealth of memorable music to the world. This covered pop music, but there is quite an amount in other genres including country&western, trucking, opera, childrens and more.
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  1017. Ian, have you ever looked up the SHERP off road vehicle on Youtube. It is originally a Russian product, but from the videos I looked at some years back, is very popular in USA. Sold and distributed by local assembly manufacture, I presume from imported kit parts. It runs on huge balloon tyres very low pressure, that allow it to go virtually anywhere, even floats on water on those big fat tyres. Skid steer principle. DO LOOKUP THE "SHERP" seems a real fun go anywhere vehicle, that I understand is affordable and locally, USA, supported. An addition, there are a range of vehicles by ARGO, with 4, 6, 8 wheel even tracked, open top floatable ATV vehicles. But I just noted a vehicle similar to the SHERP, but larger. Also like that on 4 large balloon tyres, ARGO CENTAUR.
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  1018. In rough terms treat meters as equivalent to yards, only a few inches longer for a meter. 1m = 1.0936 yd
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  1019. The WA sucks, is only in context of how seen by these early traders striking the coast only, no exploration of the entirity. Seen in eyes of traders/merchants, used to green farms moderate climate, or lush tropics with trade goods, WA offered nothing but suffering and hell. Yes to them it SUCKED, no value at all. No knowledge of mineral wealth or great usable south west et rn tip, inland with huge forests, Gold further inland. All that is now known and more, and thus in current context, no it no longer sucks on modern interpretations.
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  1020. Police car crashed lost grip on a curve, while chasing a stolen car with young people. Slid down embankment and got stuck partly onto rail tracks
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  1021. Another great summary of the 'wrong' view of some US people of their place in the world scheme of things. So true that education is failing the people of the USA. Personally have experienced several instances of lack of world knowledge and over self centric nature. My personal peev is with the number of instances, especially sports related of the title "WORLD CHAMPSIONSHIP..." or similar applied to titles of what is basically only local US city and state teams competing. No other countries or foreign competing teams involved. OK I agree more and more of some teams have players of foreign origin involvement, but still there are no foreign based teams involved, even where that sport has presence in foreign countries. If not involving at least teams from foreign countries and/or continents, there is NO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP involved. Apparently from news I read the current Super Bowl had two Australian players in the event. Is it true that they can not find enough top grade US players? It is certainly good that other nations can provide better players than local talent available for US variants of sports.
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  1022. Terrible the NASCAR driver just murdered a few days ago in California. I did comment on am older recent video, but you probably did not see that or maybe did and already have knowledge I only had a short newspaper column mentioning the death. Sad when such happens
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  1023. Ozone hole was a serious issue over 10yrs ago, but in reality the actual hole only briefly reached southern regions, part of the year. But it has repaired significantly since various refrigerants and spray can propellants were banned world wide. Flurocarbon compounds extensively used were very damaging by destroying Ozone, O3. Sadly much use in all refrigeration and AC systems, as well huge quantities in form of pressure gases in spray can products, combined with common system repair practice to drain the refrigerant gases to atmosphere and end of repair charge up with new refrigerant. Not all repairs pumped the gas to storage for reuse or return to industry, but significant fraction was vented, customer just had to pay for new gas charge. Also many systems developed faults, leaking the charge of refrigerant By the way in moder servicing of systems, it is compulsory to pump out the new replacement refirigerant, either reuse or return to industry. The new allowed materials are not perfect but less damaging if leaked and no longer allowed as spraycan propellant. The Ozone hole has very much shrunken but it still partially establishes in Antarctic regions. Strange is that the ozone destroying flurocarbons predominantly were Northern Hemisphere created as Australia, South America and some South Africa regions combined had far lower use and release of such materials, yet it was southern areas most impacted. One possibility is that Australia has clearer air, less pollutants and possibly less atmospheric water, and naturally less UV absorption. Another aspect may be latidude, where places like Sydney and worse Queensland actually are closer to equatorial latidudes than most US people get exposed under. Sun burns and worst effect Skin Cancers are an issue here, and locally you grow up with the protection messages hammered home. The good motto "Slip, Slop, Slap" has for some 40years pushed, Slip on a Shirt, Slop on sunscreen lotion, Slap on a Hat.
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  1024. Strange is calling a game where very rarely does a foot get used to deal with the ball, FOOTBALL.
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  1025. Advantage in Holland fot bikes is it is almost entirely FLAT, virtually no hills. In USA many cities are considerably up and town terrain, some are hell for pedal power, less so on new electric assisted ones. Think San Francisco, all up/down. Sadly all US is totally CAR bound, nearly impossible to fix at reasonable cost, until alternative usage grows. Spread over large area due to car convenience makes bikes less usable too. Many foreign cities are densee space wise, havi g largely defined layout, pre car times
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  1026. Misadventures of Russell Coight, very funny twisted Aussie humor
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  1027. Resigned as numerous investigations are getting closer and closer to Dan's bad past, potential criminal level proven.
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  1028. I love licorice. Often have choc bullets, but also just straight licorice, but the fruity ones are so so to me, and never buy that.
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  1029. DOGGING... In UK it is participating/organising DOG FIGHTS. Now I am no expert in this but as I understand it, someone may correct or extend the folowing. In Australia, the person coordinating crane lifting work, or even riding the load is called the "Dogman" signalling and whistle sounding during such work. Thus DOGGING is a job type in building/construction job managing the lifting job, ensuring safety and directing the operator when and how far/fast the lift is being done.
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  1030. Sadly the customers have to pay these wastefull businesses their location costs, so it the users/customers that are ultimately ripped off. So good if such excessive property costs can be driven to more reasonable levels, and possibly the cost of the services/goods provided can come down and still allow business to thrive. But maybe the ripoff remains anyway, as greed leads to unreasonable profits by both property owners and many businesses.
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  1031. Of course the lawn darts ARE hazardous, by size and mass become extremely dangerous. Yet the common darts used on targets indoors typically are equally dangerous when thrown carelessly. BUT REMAIN READY ACCESSIBLE TO ADULTS AND CHILDREN ALIKE. Talk of danger, there are children grade guns on sale, and the common access to firearms in USA are responsible for immensely greater children deaths than Lawn Darts. USA simply has very unusual procedures and bans, blind to dangers on many matters, and way overreating to others. As far as maggot or other bug infested cheeses. If it bothers you do not consume such, if you love it by all means enjoy all you want, I would never touch the like, infact do NOT like even the mouldy types, Blue Vein and many others. Consume only what you like, but why deny something to others of different choices. Even the FDA allows significant "BUG" AND FOREIGN matter content in may products. As far as consumption of insects and similar alternatives, the way the world food supply, times are coming that will encourage adoption of such in food supply, infact have trends to replace current meat protein by such insect/grubs protein as less environmentally damaging. For me beef, pork, lamb, chicken, fish, etc will long remain my choice of protein source others can adopt eating bugs....
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  1032. I agree Melbourne is great, my home..
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  1033. Fantastic gem!
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  1034.  @EnjoyFirefighting  Never ever said it is NOT Part of Europe so you very much exaggerate. I was commenting on that Europe is not running ROAD TRAIN SIZE TRUCKS at all. This video is like many using exaggerated headlines implying EUROPE has adopted long Road Train trucks. An appropriate heading could have stated Finland or even Scandinavian country is using ... Even then it is very restricted, experimental, use on one specific route of one particular "Logs" transport needs. Not even general goods transport, or even yet decided as permanent method.
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  1035.  @EnjoyFirefighting  Clearly you have more local knowledge. You are welcome to make corrections...... You mention Swden as similar to Finland, using a bit longer trucks. Can you e lighten which other European countries have Road Train sized general goods transport activities? Ideally not sparse population regions of Scandenavia. Say south of Denmark.
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  1036.  @shaggings  Thank you, much as as I expected, and I expect/assume only in log transport
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  1037.  @shaggings  ok
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  1038. Many main roads have turn slip lanes provided, so there with suitable caution you CAN turn left at a Red light. But no if not specifically such turn lane, you may not turn after Red. However the US need to fully stop, before turning, with fraction of second margin of error, often ignored to stop, leads to many accidents by the dashcam videos watched, and many drivers doibg the most carekess turns bith right and left with conflicting traffic. Here at least clear is yellow stop while safe, and must be stopping at Red active. Red light cameras are common at many lights intersectiob, with error window of mere second from Red active. By the way an unusual fact often not well known, at a traffic light, even having Green in your direction, you are still at fault, when hit from right side by a vehicle runnibg its red light. For our Left side traffic, the giveway to right law applies all the time.
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  1039. The cases back in March-April were able to be reduced fine on nothing as extreme as current stage 4. The measures back then suitably reduced infections. The present peak was falling following introduction of new stage 3 after the expected 9 to 14 days window to show in daily rates. Yes with day to day jumps up/down but reducing over time, but those jumps remained under stage 4 anyway, so not changed by the overly extreme stage 4 measures. The rate of decrease continued over the 9 to 14 days after stage 4. AND the rate has continued NO faster on this stage 4, than was occurring early this year or while on stage 3 already. This surely is plenty evidence for stage 4 not being necessary. Also to be noted is that the extreme peak is a consequence of the gross mis management of the hotel quarantine, AND ensuing the spread period allowed before the new stage 3 was started. The daily cases were allowed to be way above the levels seen early this year. Before stage 3 was even started for this second wave.. Way too late after it was clearly seen and recognized that things were headed the wrong way. When are the responsible people going to be charged under quite applicable OHS laws, that already are holding businesses and their managers personally responsible for worker injuries and deaths, no sorry for mucked up acceptable. Huge personal fines and jail applied readily for inadequate procedures, training and oversight of implementation of suitable measures. Where are the work safe investigators of this second wave disaster? Responsible are all of Dictator Dan, Prof Sutton, police , dept of health, other involved ministers, the managers of contracted security etc. They all should be charged under the existing provisions for totally inadequate and incompetent actions. We are now being told by the same incompetents that "unfortunately" the stage 4 measures must remain, and even that unless we effectively totally eliminate the COVID-19, the measures can not be removed. CONSIDERABLE EVIDENCE TO THE CONTRARY EXISTS FROM AROUND AUSTRALIA AND THE WORLD THAT SUCH EXTREME MEASURES ARE NOT REQUIRED. Also that best is to manage continuing low levels, as we may never be rid of this, vaccines are hopefully becoming ready but there is also the chance they will not be available, further the COVID like other viruses WILL mutate, so any potential vaccine may like flu vaccine require annual/frequent updates. Note that even with use of vaccines the Flu still kills far far more people every year. COVID is less deadly, except for the aged, and there seemingly it is mis managed care homes that are a real problem I too am approaching 70 so do understand that problem too well. The failure of Prof Sutton, to have allowed known positive, sick people to go out at all, and not be kept fully isolated was a further extreme failing, and with known old people home health risks as already fully demonstrated in NSW and overseas, to not institute proper measures in ALL government and private old age homes is responsible for our sad losses in over 60's people. Now I am very angry with the Victorian team for their extremely incompetent management so far and have no faith in them looking forward. The current plan is rediculous for a long list of reasons, some raised above. Now I am very aware of the dangers and have in fact since March, only gone shopping once per week or in many cases even fortnightly. I also since March always wear mask and disposable gloves while out in public while shopping, also use the required antiseptic hand wash leaving my car to the shops and on returning to the car, disposing of the gloves. Likewise use the antiseptic wash and wash hands regularly . As I live alone, I actually have no personal problem at all with even stage4 conditions as other than some shops closed, and now not using any takeaway food, I have little change to daily life. But do not beleive we are given a sane approach to managing the pandemic. Business must be allowed back to operating, the state, and Australia are being destroyed at present. We would never even be in the present health state, if not for the total stuff up and mis-management of the present state organisation, the emergency team needs to be replaced with people with realistic approach.
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  1040. I had a Nissan MQ Patrol Diesel 4WD, from 1980 to 1996, when it was stolen from my work carpark. But right at the start I added a two horn aircompressor driven horn, as like most cars the normal horn was pathetic in sound. I had it mounted beside the engine directed to go bouncing off the road from under the vehicle front end. It was very effective sounding at offending traffic. Only issue was had to be used sparingly as locally, Australia, police are a bit overreactive to Airhorns on private vehicles. For instance had I setup the two separate tone horns as individual, say alternating tone, I would certainly have been fined if detected by police. As it was, both in unison, the sound made more than one driver react harshly if promptly. One time on a three lane highway i outer Melbourne, cruising at over 80 kph, say 55 mph, while in the right (for us fastest passing lane), a light utility towing a trailer started to merge into my lane, as I was beside him, just passing with small higher speed margin. With his open driver window right beside my engine area, and thus beside where maximum airhorn volume issues, I had to signal a warning about his merging into existing traffic, my vehicle. He got a good solid blast of my horn, that shocked him into swerving back to the far left lane, so at least 2 1/2 lanes across, causing his trailer a considerable waggle. The fool actually waved his fist in the air in anger, yet it was entirely his fault trying to dangerously merge right into an occupied lane, causing me to go very close to the road kerb of the centre highway divider, before issuing the horn warning Blast. I really liked that Airhorn over the feeble squawk of standard electric buzzer called a standard car horn. I could hold my own with big trucks to sound warnings. Situations where the Airhorn was very useful were with animals and wildlife on the roads. Including cattle, cows, sheep, horses, camels, kangaroos, emus. And of course errant motorists, including fools passing in no passing road stretches against oncoming traffic, or crossing into oncoming lanes around curves, stopping in bad places partly blocking traffic flow. A good loud Airhorn blast usually got quick reactions. Playing two tone music would have caused police trouble, as would be running two tones alternating separately. I suspect even my parrallel two tones could have gotten unwanted attention, but never did, even once sounding a warning to other vehicles, rushing into a police stop dangerously. Even got thanked by the one police officer for alerting the unsafe approaching drivers, who seemed to not see the flashing lights and banked up traffic, causing them to sudden awareness and fast stopping action, could have been a crash situation otherwise. Feeble car horns are near useless given the excellent soundproofing of so many cars, drivers being so relaxed listening to favourite music, inattentive to other road matters. No surprise there are so many serious rearend crashes, drivers not attending to driving, but more like relaxing in their lounge room, not even noting if some other driver tries futilely to warn sounding their horn.
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  1041. NO F1 !
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  1042. Natural mercury or remnants of old gold rush?
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  1043.  @arnoldhillbillygrizzlyputm1493  my biggest concern is the teaching consumer over consumption/excess buying greed. They hardly do it out of kindness.
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  1044. Woop woop is a slang term for some remote place. Like going to woop woop for somewhere out there, or telling/cursing someone to go to woop woop , get them to go away.
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  1045. Many terms are regional
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  1046. Sorry, no cassowary, just a peacock
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  1047. 20 degrees is get out the jumpers and jackets
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  1048. Sure it is part of the corporation as McDonalds? Not some operation trying to copy McD in some way?
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  1049. One aspect about fast food, whether right or wrong. I gain the impression that one bad aspect concerning fast food is that very often parents raising their children use fast food as a "reward" for bring good. This builds a association of fast food is good and deserved for good times. It is a expensive way to avoid proper rewarding, and teaching that fast food deserves to be a lazy, time saving way to eat, avoiding cooking or spending time sitting having a proper healthy meal. In my case a McDonalds meal, KFC or Pizza are only used as quick meal to avoid time spent preparing a meal. A McDonalds meal as part of several hours grocery shopping, on two to three week intervals. Having spent hours running around, it is a means to use less time as still all the unpacking and stowing is to be done at home. Then to still spend kitchen time is not desired, so a quick substitute, otherwise only as a quick meal on long road trip, but there prefer a good steak sandwich, or classical burger, with salad, beetroot, onions , or good serving of battered fish and chips (French fries).
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  1050. Golly, I need 30°C to start eearing T shirt , at 25 to 27°C iscwhen jumpers and jackets are put away. Spent over 20 year hot testing cars for which Oct Nov we chased our desired 45°C in far northern areas like Kathrine NT, Kunnunura WA, as summer progressed even Alice Springs in Dec Jan, and later through Feb even Coober Pedy SA. We were disappointed by only getting 40 to 42°C, as it spoiled test conditions when so cool. Had over 46°C on occasion. Note all those are "in the shade" temperatures and we did our driving and hot soak tests out under full sun, with breeze shielding/suppressing tent/canvas surround. At most a folding table/chairs and a large beach umbrella where we had some iced water with mild electrolyte flavouring. Testing lasting weeks long, and up to 2 months/ 8 weeks in that over summer. All depends on how you acclimatise to conditions. Other testing in hot in norhern NSW, Broken Hill or Burke with similar hot. Did some summer holidays gem digging in central Queesland and Opal fields NSW and SA. All also with day peaks of 45°C. Yrs for some one in Scotland, Canada, Alaska those are unbarable. But note very sizable populations live their entire lives under those higher temperatures, total number of people much higher than those living in cooler climates. It is what what you are accustomed to more than anything. High temperatures and low humidity is not so bad, not so at high humidity. High temperatures AND high humidity is the real danger. Your body can not cool itself,perspiration can not evaporate no cooling results as you just drip water like stepping out of a shower, worse breathing becomes hard as you feel like you're drowing head under water.
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  1051. Must be the conditions you live in, I only get jumpers and jackets off when 25DegC reached. Really nice once over 40DegC. But then we are hotter in Australia than Canada
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  1052.  @Danhurd  you will love the gold fossicking here. Still many really large nuggets found regularly. I sadly, 30 years ago, tried my luck for some time on Gold, either panning or nuggets, with zero luck. Much better success on gem finding, but there Opals, Agates and Sapphires can consume all your time very quickly. But just about any gems can be found. Australia like Canada is huge and getting around takes time.
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  1053. Ian, Huntsman spider are NOT to be feared. I am most happy to have them around taking care of pest insects. They leave no Webs, other than a small egg/brood sack that they clean away after hundreds to thousands of babies hatch. I am more inclined to stroke them, pick them up. Quite silky to touch. If need be for others to feel safer, put them outside or when several compete in the house. Must note have not had any this year, 2023, so far but likely now for summer, with increased mosquito's, flies and cockroaches appearing with warmer weather. Guess I just do not fear spiders, snakes, scorpions, and a few more creatures, that seem to leave so many people in panic.
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  1054. Driver must be suicidal to even try. Certainly not afraid of ending his life.
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  1055. Unusual working hours, night shift and public holidays, Saturday or Sunday work carry loadings. Typical weekend Sat 50% and Sun/Pub Hol 100%. Overtime and night shifts also vary but again 50% is not unusual, though overtime may apply sometimes to extra long hours over, initial couple of hours could be at normal rates. Also on call or special call in to work will have loading. The best compared with many places around the world is that holiday pay is normally 17.5% loaded, not just normal paid time rates. That often does not apply if you are on annual agreed contract, but most likely you have a "bonus" as part of the contract, which contract also may have some minimum hours of 'unpaid' overtime allowed for, but usually there are other work hours flexibility included..
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  1056. Turning us over to the CCP was too slow using his signup to the BRI, now he is getting us to a bargain basement price to sell Victoria to the CCP, and he can then join Xi Jinping as local manager in gratitude for the assistance to get this valuable property into the communist pocket.
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  1057. Few are noting that the lower income groups have had TWO prior tax benefits while upper income groups missed out till stage 3. Now Labour is denying deferred changes ofcthe legislated Stage 3 and giving a new extra benefit to those who have pocketed two prior steps of tax review.
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  1058. As you know it is very salty. We had Dutch neighbors opposite us. Now a very common spread for the Dutch is chocolate paste. Also quite commonly available these days for all of us, but back in 1960s it was not so common outside Europe. Anyhow, while grocery shopping the lady noted the Vegemite jar at the supermarket, and not having had chocolate paste for several years, craved some. Bought a jar and after packing away the purchased groceries, proceeded to spread a thick layer on a slice of bread. In her enthusiasm had not spent time reading the label properly, just accepted finally having what was clearly, "Dark Chocolate" paste. On taking her first bite, she ran from her house into the street screaming, certain she had been poisoned, as if she had just taken a mouth full of caustic cleaner paste. Fortunately our side neighbor's wife had nursing background and soon sorted out that no permanent health issue would result, and matters were soon sorted out. Lesson: NEVER CONSUME UNFAMILIAR THINGS JUST BASED ON BELIEF OF WHAT IT IS! Read labeling properly especially on unfamiliar things. When trying new things, use caution and do study given information on labels, to be sure to know contents and expected consumption. Especially if having some critical allergies, since many labels are especially obscure. Try small quantity first. A Severe High Risk.... Abnormal storage of miscellaneous contents, demands clear labelling, and safe storage location. Hazardous materials including medicines especially need careful measures. Especially children and elderly people are at high risk. Never use containers for content not matching the normal container use and intended content and not according to container labels. Especially children have died swallowing contents of mis identified containers,.the horror cases like paint stripper, pipe cleaner or weed killer in a lemonade (pop) bottle keep appearing year after year. It is just inviting disaster.
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  1059. Personally I do not like the mint versions, but I dislike Mint as for me it spoils the flavour of anything. I do like pepermint as a flavour, just not mint on anything else, be it chocolates, vegetables, meats.
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  1060. The Chrome Knome was originally beside the Peninsula Freeway heading south from Melbourne and was replaced as part of changing roadside features, and got relocated to nearby Frankston
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  1061. No doubt clear to you is the absence of many BIG FAT Pickup trucks.
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  1062. The lefties will keep the same wromg commentators as for them the message they want to push remains the aim, not presenting truth and remaining grounded in facts and reality
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  1063. I recently removed all coins stuffed in my small jeans pocket, all 5c, 10c 20c 50c $1 and $2 coins, counted up over $48. Yes that little pocket was bulging, and on my jeans that pocket is large enough to stick several fingers in, not a pocket I once had on new jeans that one finger was a tight fit to insert, useless decorative pocket at best. Those jean were BAD as even the main front and rear pockets were near useless, hard to fit keys, wallet or comb, had trouble getting a hand into any pocket in fact.
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  1064. Terrain wise likely Coober Pedy or Andamooka SA.
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  1065. Yes, very unusual in Australia. While dust devils, rotating air masses are quite common, this level of wind rotation truely a tornado creating extensive damage is not so common. In fact almost as rare as the recent stronger earth quake in Victoria I do not know if in all the recent viewing you have looked at more 4WD travels on Fraser Island. There are plenty of bogged vehicle videos. One that I just looked at, is now 1yr old, is "ANOTHER DAY AT NGKALA FRASER ISLAND" which is typical at this location at 18min long not excessi e there are plenty even longer videos. My 1994 travel there, previously described was different terrain now much changed, but still a serious challenge. Some just breeze through, others seem destined to fail.
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  1066. Hope you have cold cans from the fridge (refrigerator), unlike UK beer drinkers who drink theirs warm/ room temp, Aussies want their beer COLD. One other aspect opposite to others, Germany in particular. Aussies feel cheated if large foam cap is poured, claiming they are short changed on beer volume. Even if glasses are marked for correct liquid volume and all foam is above the mark. In Germany if beer is provided with little foam cap, the beer is claimed as stale, old stuff. In Germany 1/2 L and 1 L are basic volume, in UK 1/2 pint and 1 pint are normal ( 1 L = 2.2 pint). Australia has usually at least three sizes, but differences are between states as to name and volumes as standard. Funny names like schooner, midi, and others are used. I am not an authority as rarely drink beer especially at a bar, if at all as drink as part of a meal, say dinner. Or just a can or two like you are trying out. Another bar or dining volume is a jug, to share with several people, I think that is more like 2 L or larger. One unusual size originating in NT, is called DARWIN STUBBY, a very large glass bottle, not sure exact volume, but almost a gallon would not be a surprise ( imperial gallon not US gallon = 4.5L). Though could be smaller, I have last seen one over 15 years ago on hot conditions car testing trip. Elsewhere a "STUBBY" refers to a small glass bottle of beer that I think is around 330mL so similar to cans and half volume of a full size glass beer bottle. Also the name 'Stubby Holder' relates to these bottles, the 'cossies' as you call them, that likewise hold cans equally well as you already noted. Stibbies and cans are commonly sold in six pack form, held together by plastic strip sheet.with holes to retain the bottles/cans. Sadly often discarded becomming serious environmental hazard to animals, hooking around heads and necks, killing many animals. These six packs then often in cardboard box as 24 units, 4x 6 pack.
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  1067. Such parasite issue is not unique to Australia. This and huge numbers of potentially harmful parasites are around the whole world, land, ocean and fresh waters. Mere statistics and luck protects the majority from major harm, exposure is constant, best we can do is CLEAN living, rely on cooking, stick to clean water supplies and wash raw produce thoroughly to offer best protection if consumed uncooked. Sadly raw, uncooked can not 100% remove potential contaminants, so always increase risks. 😮😳😫😭💔🙏🙏🙏🙏
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  1068.  @flamingfrancis  OK good to know, still there are many other areas where US applies World Champion to things that do NOT represent World events at all.
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  1069. Probably the soil is loaded with ir9n filings
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  1070. One pedal mode must be very awkward when trying to use cruise control. Normally cruise control is helping ease strain on ghe driver by not needing pedal activation but still allowing driving at a nominally constant speed. With intelligence, the cruise control system now can keep distance to leading traffic and even slow to match vehicles ahead even to stopping if cars ahead stop. Then even resume cruise rate when traffic resumes moving up to the set speed even. With "one pedal" mode removing the accelerator foot, even before fully removing regen braking engages. So to cruise now means you need to at least hold pedal enough to not regen brake. WHAT A MESS THAT ONE PEDAL MODE REPRESENTS.😮😮😮😮
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  1071. Perenti (goanna) is one of an extensive family of monitor lizards, of which is also the Komodo dragon. But our Goannas are a bit smaller, though some do get quite large, 6ft and larger. I have dragged a large goanna over 8ft long off a highway after it was hit by a car. In shape similar to the Komodo Dragon, but nothing more than say 2/3 rd as larger. This injured one was too stunned and bleddong ftom its jaws, to react. It would have been dangerous otherwise to handle, they do have great strength, sharp clams, strong jaws, sharp teeth covered in dangerous bio/bacterial plaque that causes dangerous infection, septic wound. I have handled 3ft goannas, tried catching a 4ft, but it exceeded my strength to hold onto, while avoiding claws and teeth. The tail can also be applied as a painful whip to hit you if you get too close. Best leave them alone. By the way a Perenti is slimmer and lighter colour as they are mainly a desert goanna, very fast runner too.
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  1072. And koala urine is likely to get you unexpectedly if you wander in bushland with koalas in the trees. You can easily endup in a brief shower though the its skyblue and cloudless. Ha Ha lookoit below.....
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  1073. Frillneck lizard, very nice pets. Has been very popular with Japanese tourists.
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  1074. Yes, endurance of drivers physical, mental state and every single bit of the cars. Exiting was the range of cars as there were definite performance differences, unlike now. This caused far more demands on passing slower cars, at all those difficult parts of the circuit. Now with so well matched performance , really passing is in straights, or more controlled corners keeping pace in harder areas. More sudden catching others in near impossible places causing either collisions or hard to manage pace changes. Peter Brock was quite regular in our automotive electricals development office dealing with the ignition module we created for his team.
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  1075. You will find travel info in my recent parcels. And more in hand now to send soon. The Litchfield Park has its special sights much closer than the very big Kakadu Park where longer travel distances are needed. Making the former more popular for Darwin residents. Both are "necessary" destination for most visitors. Climate wise Darwin tends to be warm to hot but our summer it is mid "Wet season" lots of heavy rain and thunderstorms and rather humid. Not the best time to visit. I heard claim that Darwin is world leading for number of thunderstorms. Sadly both Salt Water Crocs and box jelly fish make swimming in the ocean less than perfect, close to impossible apparently. Due to wet season, and needing to dry out the parks need time to be recovering from. Wet times, making visits after June best. I had restricted access in many Kakadu areas in May into June as still too wet. Many possible swimming areas still closed to make sure no Salt water crops were still lurking, as the move up rivers into pools at water falls during the wet times. Rangers must ensure safe access before public use the areas, at both the above parks. If intending to visit I understandcJuly August is best. By October some hotter times come around, we went to Northern areas to hot test cars in mid October onwards, yes inland from Darwin, but seeking 45°C or higher, but by late November that became too unreliable by heavy rain storms usually starting by sunset, into the night, hot and humid morning into hot day, but then only high 30s •C.
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  1076. To best knowledge they are stripped down real cars, not custom constructed race chassis with body panels making believe to be real cars.
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  1077. I think you always thought those video games allowed unreal driving represented. Now you know that cars and people really do drive like that. Half the time airborne right into a corner, and all the time remaining on course. Takes some real driver skill and a super well setup vehicle that does not fall apart at the first bump on rough ground.
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  1078. Here they tend to call all these prawns. In normal definition shrimps are the smaller species, of mere cm sizes thus the trend to refer to any under sized "XYZ" things as shrimps or shrimpy. Prawns are the larger, say over several cm long types, without getting too much into details.
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  1079. Much of the extinct mega fauna of Australia would have suffered from hunting by aborigines , which seem to have in two waves populated this land mass from 80 000 and 40,000 years ago, respectively, with the first group vanishing after being driven from existence by the second wave, the first being also slightly larger and primitive mankind. Refer MUNGO MAN as a topic.
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  1080. Huge areas are not recorded, only a few sparse town are documented. But I think the previous exceptionally years in 1930s are constantly ignored in current information. Many areas then farmed mainly eastern, but also SW WA, suffered heat that ewualled and exceeded current conditions. Relatively true few over 50°C have been occuring, but likely more than 4 times in recent decades.
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  1081. Red is basically most of Australia, and sunsets are spectacular
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  1082. The conversion is really a simple mental arithmetic formula, absolutely accurate to all decimal places if you are bothered to do the math, but a breeze if only wanting whole degrees or if inclined to stretch it to one decimal place. Depending on direction do the following F to C ( F - 32)/9 ×5 C to F (C/5) × 9 +32 Say some one says they have a hot 35°C day. You are comfortable with Fahrenheit scale, so do the second above method, looking only for whole numbers. 35/5 = 7 then multiply by 9 , 7×9 = 63, finally add 32, 63+32 = 95°F absolute to decimal correct. How hard would be 42°C. Similarly 42/5 = 8 (ignoring decimals = 0.4) 8×9 = 72 and 72 + 32 = 104 near enough for impression, though missing something. Taking the one decimal place correctly, separately multiplying the digit and decimal place. 8.4 × 9 = 72 + 3.6 = 75.6 Then 75.6 + 32 = 107.6°F from 42°C Easy and accurate. What about F to C, let's do a easy one with least arithmetic complexity, say 50°F 50 - 32 = 18 18 / 9 = 2 2 × 5 = 10 °C How about one needing decimals, but sticking targeting whole digit value only as good enough. Say 75°F 75 - 32 = 43 43 / 9 = 4.77777 if you insist on brain exercising. But to simply mental activity, note that taking 43 up to 45, makes it easy 45 / 9 = 5 near enough right 5 × 5 = 25°C And realistically that is more than enough accuracy for most people's needs. If you are demanding and willing to do more 4.77 becomes (4 + 0.7 + 0.07) × 5 = 20 + 3.5 + 0.35 = 23.85°C None of this needs a math wizard and given a calculator so very easy even if lacking mental calculations.😊
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  1083. Certainly becomes a primary target for any ICBM (nuclear) strike. It fills a gap in the major US inteligence/ surveillance as without this they would be close to blind in the asia area. No suitable large site in a secure location would exist, restricting US to such tasks in the east pacific to middle east region of the world. None of US friendly (???) nations, Pakistan, India, Philipines, Japan, etc could fill the same hole.
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  1084. Sadly many trips looking for gems or gold are somewhat best described getting out into nature. That is often justification enough. Occassionally one gets results on later trips to the same area.
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  1085. Not really haggling I got a massive bargain once in my student days. After t 3rd day classes were over and going to the railway station I went via a major departm3nt store, and in its HiFi, TV department was looking at a Sony Reel to Reel Tape deck ( was in early 1970s), a young salesman noticed and said they a super deal price, and they only have two left at that price, then will resume normal price near $100 higher. My cousin had been trying to get one for over a year, getting price offers at several stores, always more than he was prepared to pay. The sales guy was getting pushy about their deal. I reacted responding that while their deal was good compared to normal price, BUT I already was looking at a better price, dropping the name of a major audio shop. The sale guy pushed me name the price, as he might be able to better on that offer. I responded that unlikely as the difference was signicant, I really had no clue on best offer my cousin had.. Sales guy persisted, and I dreamed up a price some closer to $85 lower still. I could see the salesman now frowned,but said to hang on while spoke to his manager. Several minutes later returned and said they can match the offer, but if I took it that afternoon, he would knock off an additional $20. I realised that was too good an offer to missout. I begged to call home and get agreement to buy it immediately, and as I do not carry that amount of cash need to get it from the bank. No credit cards yet then, nor did I have a cheque account. SURPRISE the offer got even better, if agreed from home, I could put down a deposit on the purchase, as long as I paid fully and picked up in under three days, in this case by weekend. I rushed to a pay phone ( pre mobile days then) and called my cousin at work. I was shocked to hear, I was massively wrong, his best offer was over $50 above the department store original special deal price. He insisted I o back and buy it immediately as the price was now $200 under the recommended retail price, almost at half normal price. I went and deposited all cash I had, less some small change, some $25 on a purchase of near $230, signed purchase agreement in hand went home. That evening my cousin gave me the money needed, I went the next day skipping college classes that morning and collected the Sony Tape deck, returned it home from the city by train. Then back for afternoon lectures at my college. You may call that haggling if you will, I just lied imaging a better price, but we got a discount that was unbelievable. That Sony Tape deck remained in use at least till early 2000s, and may still be usable, though now with CD and DVD even as recorders, it may have less need, but then HiFi enthusiasts swear by totally analog signal quality as ultimate best. Though even premium tapes and such leading quality Reel to Reel Tape units, inherent tape noise and Wow/flutter will always be worse than high grade digital, in my view.
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  1086. At least this was extremely funny, unlike the pure horrific actions of real US police behaviour/abuses in the flood of US Police misbehaviour in all those Youtube, and other social media videos.
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  1087. Koala , drop bear is big BS, worst case is copping rain from above as they let fluids go or getting some black beans rattle the skull walking in bushland. Ancient creature true but no longer exists for thousands of years, but did share existence we ith Aborinines who came here 40000 to 80000 year ago
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  1088. Inspite of having finished dinner of Hungarian Goulash, home cooked, only about a hour ago, this video leaves me hungry again for some of those dishes. Though it would likely be a problem of being too full already.😮❤❤❤
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  1089. The clip top bottle stylr is very common in Germany but for juice and sodas, notvdo much for beer. Similar seal is also common on preserved fruits and vegetsbles m Very good when sealing containers that are reused over and over. As noted very good to close for storage if not consuming total content immediately.
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  1090. Poker machines not poker card game. One arm bandit, roulette machine might be more familiar.
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  1091. Botany bay is just south of Sydney Harbour, infact Sydney Airport is on the shore of Botany Bay.
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  1092. To cook you need a black surface heated by sun to well over 75°C
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  1093. Instead cases I and many others tend to use the highway names more than the numbers in talking ways around, while driving a mix of follow ghe abbreviated numbers on signs but looking to follow the named highway and where to turnoff onto different highway. Amusing to international visitors is finding dirt/gravel roads with major highway designations though that is in remotevareas not major cities.
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  1094. IF, AND THAT IS A BIG IF, Dan Andrews was not involved in the disasterous arrangements then he was purely a Press Spokes person, giving daily status reports. Otherwise it is his responsibility to locate and remove all the guilty paties forthwith. However if not personally eesponsible why are we paing him such amounts if only a lowly spokes person facing the press. Rightly the entire emergency team carry the entire blame and need to fall on the common sword. ALL NEED TO BE REMOVED, politicians/ministers advisers heads of public service carrying management/controlling functions. Replace all immediatly if temporarily by Aust defence force, as even police are no longer trusted.
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  1095. Many great engineering companies have been driven to the wall by bean counters getting hold of the reins. Sadly the top engineers are also not top managers, being totally dedicated to their engneering tasks, before realising the takeover by clueless management only people.
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  1096. Do not even have an A/C, natural convection and live to climate conditions, 0 °C to 45°C, 32 °F to 113°F as we have over the year.
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  1097. Surely ignorance of the law as applied to public cases in courts, MUST be treated identical to Police and all public servants.
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  1098. Ah, the prospecting life. Boom or bust. As long as food on the table, keep prospecting, as without that no success is possible.
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  1099. For full power supply huge areas of land, either faming or natural will be consumed
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  1100. There have been many attempts to cut a slice of the Tim Tsm market, and while successful enough to profit the companies competing. Somehow the Tim Tam just seems the choice to make. Of course the "copies" are the basic Tim Tam, and as you know there is now a very wide range of Tim Tam variants in the Tim Tam family, the various additional flavours have almost exploded the range. It is in variant flavours that sibfar competion is very limited. I have in principle only tried limited copies generally just remain true to Tim Tam product, mostlybeven the original and double choc types though do enjoy others. Only the mint ones I do not choose not getting any enjoyment of mint products, and as I prefer milk chocolate, also less so dark chocolate or white chocolate types which I tried too, but return for milk chocolate variants.
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  1101. All notes on circulation are valid, but paper notes will be withdrawn in banks. All plastoc ones stay in circulation unless damaged
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  1102. Light switches were frequently fitted into the surrounding trim of doorways and so not very wide. For modern homes there are the also available the much larger "paddle " switches that need wider doorway trim or fitting of switch into wall panel area where the larger switch construction is not an issue.
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  1103. Currently the source of infection is the vaccinated being infected, not feeling sick and thus not getting tested and idolting. Then go around without masks and paasing the infection round to both vaccinated and unvaccinated. The rate of infections in communities with over 90% vaccinated levels are only possible if as suggested above as the under 10% unvaccinated, using considerble protection measures for self protection as before vaccines, simply can not cause thr rapid rise in cases. Even though most serious reported cases are by people being tested aftrr reporting feeling ill, are unvaccinated, but then few vaccinated people are being tested and thus isolated to prevent passing on the virus. LOCKDOWNS DO LITTLE ESPECIALLY NOW WITH VACCINES.
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  1104. On the main highway there is traffic all the time. But away from highway, say travelling huge distances in your 4WD, or even just car, a breakdown can be very bad. You may be on a track rarely travelled and covering from 500 km to 1500km with NO contact with other people. Mere luck if meeting anyone else in days of travelling. Bad if you you are ill prepared, and unable to do even minor repairs even fix a flat tyre. There is no roadside assist, and rescue/recovery of broken vehicle can far exceed the value of the vehicle. I'll prepared people do die. There are emergency beacons and two way radio link to 'Flying Doctor' network, where you maintain scheduled contact, and can call for help. Or if rich enough even have a Satllite phone. Such radio or phone equipment can be hired for travel to very remote locations. Emergency Beacons probably also rentable, but readily purchased too if needed regularly both for land travel and boating.
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  1105. The USA has had an over supply of ZOMBIE movies, now they seem to want a near Zombie President
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  1106. The Beetle build and durability is what setup the classic DUNE BUGGY activity. The solid floor pan construction and very well performing suspension and engine performance, combined with durability allowed many to be converted into low cost fun machines running in effectively offroad environment. Dune buggy born by the fun of running a Beetle. I had opportunity on gaining my driver's license in 1969, as my dad had restored an old 1960 Beetle he picked up for $50 from a wreckers yard for my mum to drive to work. That I borrowed many weekends for travel with my RC model planes, and gliders. I took it to places I later had caution taking a 4WD. I came close to getting stuck many times, but each and every time managed to extricate the Beetle unassisted. It just went on and on. Even got it on two wheels once misjudging a merging intersection, and turned the corner of over 270 deg angle at excess speed. Completed entering the other road up on two wheels, and got it back level in over 100m of the other road. Loved that car, which we sold in 1974, to a widowed lady with four children urgently needing a car to keep her job at the factory my mother worked at. We sold it for $200, which this other lady drove for 12 years till mid 1980s, so some 36 years old Beetle, and it then still working fine. Mum got a new Toyota Corolla when we sold that Beetle. Dad actually rebuilt several Beetles at start ofv1970s as he had a petrol station and workshop, and kept his mechanic occupied in free/idle time. Allowing the mechanic to be paid rather than forcing part time work. The mechanic also was given free use of workshop to convert a VW Combi bus into a Camper Van. Sadly on completion the mechanic lent it to a close friend, who wrecked it a write-off multi rollover crash speeding on a mountain dirt road. Yes our family had several Beetles from a 1956 model in Germany, to one in Australia 1960 after migrating, to a VW 1500 Station wagon, and then the wreck restored old Beetle. Also at least six Beetles restored and sold from our petrol station workshop activity. These involved typically panel beating and engine over haul, repainting and such. All bought for from $10 to $100, as wrecker status. Even got some external overhaul repair work from customers as a result, and sent engine repair jobs by other petrol stations. Dad had lots of VW factory work background and much engine experience because he a "fitter and turner" by trade, had done factory engine overhaul, and machine/constructing race spec engine build at the VW plant in Melbourne Australia. Our VW 1500 was even engine performance boosted by getting some Porsche heads on its engine.
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  1107. Sadly there was a period in 1980s, where the Diesel in the HiLux got a bad reputation on reliability. They had a severe seizing of engine situations. Some claimed user fault, others no defined basis. In one case an owner was held at fault as he was 1000km over the recommended 5000 km oil change interval under heavy use, 10000km allowed for light duty. The duty of that HiLux many would have graded light duty as it was driven on highway, both bitumen and dirt road from town in the valley to one of the snow fields for winter skiing. But very little heavy 4WD activity, so hardly hard working, and quite likely better matched to 10000km interval service. Yet at just on 6000km from previous dealer service the engine seized. Quite unacceptable, sadly hard to prove that the dealer actually changed oul, though it was charged for. With several hundred seized engines in one year, Toyota were quite dastardly mean rejecting warrantee as 1000km over worst usage case interval should never be destructive. My Nissan Patrol, due to long range travel even ended up with 23000km over its 10000km nominal change oil interval, several times in 280000km driving and still going strong when the vehicle was stolen from work carpark.
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  1108. Worse still paypal do exchange even when not applicable. I buy in US$ on a US currency card, but they convert into Aust$, charge against my US$ card that again gets a exchange charge I thus pay two additional exchanges.
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  1109. Australia has many public holidays, but also standard is 20 paid holidays, but not just paid days, but 17.5% loaded pay. Plus 8 days sick leave each year, originally not roling over but during my working time that carried over and half paidvout on leaving yhe job. Some companies even allow more holidays and sick allowance depending on job. In my case on annual contract pay, there was also an annual bonus paid on company and personal performance, with company being around 60% of the bonus and had even been 100% for sometime. I had a job that involved travel for car development testing, both within Australia and overseas duties. Typical were four to six local trips of upto 2 weeks, and many years one or two overseas trips typically a month. Most overseas trips one year was three test trips of almost a month, plus two sales/technical trips of two weeks. Longest overseas trip was 5 1/2 months, and over a decade several up to three months. Yes not typical job, rather envied by some/many at work. Even had 3 weeks away, and on arrival home, wanted to take a couple of days before going to the office. All paid workvtime, to get a late Friday phone call to go to the office on Saturday, book a flight to Swden, get technical info for a car electronics roject I had no direct involvement in, important was to be there in Swden by Monday morning, even authorised to book first class if nothing lower available, got business class. But booking had a problem, no valid account authorisation. I managed to get it booked to the just completed trip account number by the airline, and departed just on mid afternoon Saturday, on a 1 month trip to Sweden, to rescue the project from some real muckups. Due to timing of my various work travel needs, I often could not take normal holidays, as evident much of some years was spent on work travel, and I was not generally prepared to just squander holidays to use them up, and legally companies are restricted from just payout of untaken leave. I had over 130 days of accumulated leave at one time, and actually took two holidays one year a one month in March and 1 1/2month July into August. Have had several holidays of 1 to 2 months. On retiring I had near 50 days of leave paid out along with "Long Service " leave of just over half year, this leavecaccumulatescat 4 weeks per 5 years service, plus some retiring benefit of near 90 days from memory. So a large part of a year in wages a significant financial start into retiring. In some respects I miss all the international travel, that for a number of reasons I can not do right now, though nothing due to financial limitations. I have visited many countries due to work, Japan, Korea, China, Malaysia, Indonesia, Germany England, Spain, Austria, France, Sweden and US LA in transit for 1 1/2 days, plus a Hawaii visit on flight points personal break of near three weeks. Travel I have had plenty that provided more than most people get doing holidays, as many visits included touring of the place by local business providing touring/sightseeing suport and breaks. A very exceptional beneficial job that few have an opportunity of having. Some 40 1/2 years working, avoiding being pushed into management position, as that would not have provided the same side benefits of work travel that I had. Slight loss in income, yes. But at one time I by accident, the manager left his annual financial/tax overview on the lsser printer at night, and was actually glad I found it rather than other of our staff and returned to him in a envelope into his desk. From it I found out my annual contract was higher than my department manager, who while having a few short, few days, business trips, did not have some 4 months of the year on travelling that I had. Fully paid meals, travel, hotel etc, while my pay accumulated unused at home. I was well ahead by my measures. Preferred practicle work anyhow over just desk, meetings and planning that filled manager time, I got enough meetings anyway. Australia is good on leave entitlements. It is worth remembering the now common 8 hr workday was started by unions in Australia too.
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  1110. No way should Australian public tax money pay for their destruction of Queensland businesses.
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  1111. Most places around the world bring the bill to your table, including in Australia. However most places you must ask for the bill, to just deliver it as you seem to be finished is equvalent to effectively pushing/hurrying you out, thus very rude.
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  1112. Not only fixed position cameras, which most car GPS unit now give warnings about, many get constant upgrade info, but also many mobile cameras. Basically all triggered flashes in the oast especially these fixed and mobile speed cameras, but latest are mobile do not gove visible flashes, and prgressively more and more fixed also do not as well. Many are hidden under overpasses or behind overhead signs, while on many roads the camera on a pole is visible, more instances now are hidden. The mobile ones are often just looking to be a parked car, once identified easily by large asembly out fron, now many have a small unit on the dash, and not at all obvious to traffic. One speed camera mode becoming far more prevalent o many highways and freeways, are longer distance average speed, where the cars registration is captured at succesive points and average speed is evaluated from time intervals, so those speeding by knowing the fixed cameras, slowing down going past, then back to well over linit, are now caught. Most such operate over short distances of 10 to 50 km depending on route. But some continue over multiple segments, yielding results for hundreds of km distance. JUST STICK TO LIMITS! or risk fines. Police also still use radar, and here any radar detectors will getyou a very hefty fine. A new camera is now going into service allowing detection of drivers using phones or other distracting electronics while driving. Apparently able to resolve such up to km distances away, also police are monitoring for such from vehicle and motorbike patrols too.
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  1113. The original powder to add into milk was so popular that the flavour has been made available in all sorts of other forms. Biscuits to ice creams
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  1114. Inskip point is o e of two ferry points onto/off Fraser Island. It is an all day series of vehiles, some getting stuck and others breezing by.
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  1115. Are prices on Ebay US include tax or is the state tax added to orders like when buying in retail shops? In Australia all prices online or retail, must be listed inclusive of all charges, except shipping charges where applicable. Only in sales intended for company to company where GST tax exemption is used by businesses, so price exvluding the GST may be stated, but must clearly state that it excludes GST (that is 10% by the way). Of course if buying outside USA on US Ebay, the US added tax is not applicable. So in the early example XBox, if tax is added it would be even higher if that over $800 price were monus the fonal tax added, while on AU EBay, the retail price offered must by law be inclusive of GST tax. GST is a Goods and Services Tax, applicable to most payable transactions of all purchased item and services and fares charges, but some excluded things, including basic foods, but not all like baked cakes, fast food/take aways for example. To us it is massively confusing to go into a US shop, see items priced, go to checkout with correct money, to then be charged more, because the final price is NOT the displayed one. Everyone benefits if price displayed matches what you must pay. No mental gymnastics required "Can I afford it or not" with the money in hand. Go get a soda and snack with some loose change in pocket, and find yourself short at the checkout.
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  1116. Very much missed. Too much fake offense taken today. No longer able to joke freely, and not be taken as offense. No one can convince me that silently we ALL still take the mickey out of others, just no longer to openly voice it. I think the old "Personality Roast comedy" can survive now, given the instant litigation now pushed by greedy lawyers.
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  1117. Whales...
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  1118. All too many people believe they are safe enough to drive a short trip home then sort out the insurance. A female school friend of my sister on reaching 18 and having her first driver license, spent her childhood savings buying her first car, a new medium size sedan, and went home about 1/2 km from the car dealer. But no insurance, intending to do so at home, not even at the dealer, but all this was well before mobile phones in 1960s. What a mistake! A simple direct route but to reach home had to turn across opposite flow traffic on divided main road to enter her street and reach the third house there. Sadly failed to see another car speeding and got T-boned. Car was a write off, loss of 98% of her years of childhood savings. Here a simple phone call can get a "cover note" from insurance company covering 7 days to arrange for full insurance cover, so excuse NO to drive without. Sadly here (Australia) there is no checking or force of insurance, so all too many people are without comprehensive insurance, especially old cars and young drivers who pay huge premiums, with only compulsory third party injury cover that is paid as part of registering the car. So there remains high risk for others of severe propery losses, if the uninsured driver causes damage and is poor enough to be unable to pay. You may be dependant on own insurance, if they do not hold you co- responsible, or find some excuse. Also most insurance has significant cost component you must pay yourself on any claims. Or you pay huge extra on insurance. Also most policies have exclusions of addons made to the vehicle after manufacture.
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  1119. Soldier beetles are also in USA, in fact some Youtube "Homesteaders" this year had the home garden crops wiped out by such beetles this year. There are several members of this beetle family some the spray is very caustic causing burning sensation on exposed skin.
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  1120. Those extreme temps are in plces extremely few people go. The low is in deepest mountain snow area and even there -6°C is normally the limit.. The hot is either inland SA Inaminka, or possibly WA Marble Bar, both are very inland desert. Mid 40s is more typical limit.
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  1121. The absence of meeting minutes, a standard requirement of any organisation.operations, is already criminal to the point of jailing all senior management of the staye organisation..Each meeting of an organisation, reaching operational decisions, is legally required to be recorded in mnutes, that document the processes and decisions an voting where applicable.
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  1122. Suspect made as a comedy segment, making fun of rally driving, driver-codriver interaction
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  1123. I regret no more China videos from you and your friends, BUT safety for you and family is FAR more important. Also I enjoy the videos you now do as the family settles in the USA. I will keep up my viewing and wish you all the best.
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  1124.  @edwardfletcher7790  thank you, suspected that but it seemed to be fitted with street type accessories, though I only saw the video on a mobile phone so smallish screen. Noise wnd ground clearance were already making street use impossible. But have seen some very iffy vehicles on roads in Europe.
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  1125. That right hand side cabochon blank would have deserved an bit larger oval shape, major axis horizontal, incorporating couple more of the surf waves, and more sky/clouds, now just left of the circle.
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  1126. Clearly getting to see the wide range of motorsports around the world, far beyond pure circuit racing and drag strip. These special purpose "offroad" working trucks for forestry , agriculture, military and other dedicated needs are quite capable. Other than this are the very impressive obstacle events that include steep slopes deep mud deep water, boulders, cement blocks of significant height, sharp approach & departure angle, logs , side slopes and all kinds of other hard obstacles. On such steep slopes it is one of the big features that separate many vehicles. Much fun for 4WD vehicles where sonn it is vehicle more than raw power that determines the result. The suspension, tyres diff lock or limited slip gear ratios and even chassis flex, mass distribution all heavily determine performance. My first ever own vehicle was one that initially got lots of laughs and ridicule by prior 4WD owners. Soon that laugh was turned to scowls amazement and from some even grudging praise. I first ever saw Suzuki LJ20 4WD in American 4x4 magazine, showing these used in steep muddy mountain forests of Papua New Guinea. Also some articles about some sold in the region of US Rockies. Those were powered by two stroke 2 Cylinder 360 cc engines. After a couple of years I became aware of the newer LJ50 becoming available in Australia. It had a two stroke 3 cylinder 540cc engine, still separate oil injection and a 30L standard gasoline fuel tank. With that limited fuel capacity a bit limiting like many EV cars now, but still reasonable with upwards of 350km offroad 4WD range, and even over 400km on road. First shipments to Australia were a mere 150 or 200, and largely promoted for small farm general utility vehicle. I was captivated and borrowed from bank and parents the needed $2799 value, ended up with second last unsold one in Melbourne, actually just outside Melbourne in a rural farm area from a farming supplies tractor service and stock feed dealership. I took an amazing test ride where the dealership mechanic demonstrated deep mud excellent climbing, stop, restart on water channel embankment of over 45° angle. I was so taken I signed even before my bank confirmed the loan the only actual loan in my life. I had a Yellow softtop/canvas top and doors. Soon ran up kilters quickly going exploring 4WD forestry tracks. The limited warantee of only 10 000km and 3 months was completed on the same day. Yes that warantee put many of in early times. I soon was in for my third service, and as the demo dealership vehicle was missing a farmer with beat-up old Landrover was there asking for a demo, getting angry made to wait. I offered to drive him round the demo I had . One part needing an access key for a paddock gate. Anyhow with farmer in the passenger seat and one of his teen sons in the rear tray did all the usual slow low gear speeds allowing walking along beside the vehicle idling along over rough power fields even walking around the vehicle rolling along, then the steep water channel embankment up/down, stop in mid slope, keep going up forward and even stop in descent and restart reversing to top. The farmer very impressed as he realised by many years of Landrover driving that would neither manage that slope nor stop and continue from stop on that slope. On the big paddock I dropped both wheels on one side into a muddy ditch that bogged progress right there. The farmer convinced we were permanently stuck. Well with a bit of low gear and jiggling steering I soon drove back out of the ditch. I then made a serious mistake . In high grass area to half the side windiw height I saw some white pegs in small cleared patches. In manoeuvring around several, I failed to look forward, at farmer gesture I saw a large gaping hole, as I crashed my Suzuki across the hole. Front bumper imbedded and somewhat buckled on far side of the hole front wheels in the air and rear wheels on the near side of the hole. Climbing out I could walk to the other side of the hole. I admitted that looked dire, all this onto of some huge concrete lid apparently a huge drainage pipe had been layed across the paddock. Observing that really the vehicle was on its chassis rails and rear tyres with bumper really not supporting much we noted that lifting the front applied more pressure on rear tyres. With farmers son hanging off my rear mounted spare wheel, farmer supporting the front under the engine by the cross member behind bumper, I actually reversed off that hole. I apologised but the farmer was elated by the vehicle. He actually signed for five Suzuki's that very day, for his three farms, and six sons. Sadly the defeat never gave me any reward only a thank you for the demo. On first 4WD club trip I was advised it was not good for that Suzuki toy, the trip would need a "Proper" 4WD.. I went anyway and during the trip made every part without issue, even had to return down a steep climb as the trip leaders Toyota, even with 4 wheels fitted with tyre chains failed to get up after nearly half dozen attempts, we had to go on via alternative tracks. Anyhow the next club magazine featured a comedic sketch of the Suzuki with a very praising text like "Go Jimny " tearing through rough hill. The group learned respect for the vehicle. Within that first year many 4WD reviews had nothing but praise. I had a shortvterm became 1 1/2 years working in Sydney where my employer arranged for me to contact the local Landrover owners club that also participated in search and rescue and fire fighting, several local district police were also members. My first trip I turned up to at nearly 150km from Sydney , I was told as parts of the trip were hard and that little 4WD Suzuki was fine around farms, not likely to be capable of some of the trip so advised me to wait for a easier weekend trip. Otherwise since the trip was in and out by same tracks I would have to remain at where ever I was not able to go on camp and I could return out when the group would come back by Sunday. I went for the trip and as I expected more than matched requirements. In fact there was on burned clutch and four broken Axel's for larger 4WDs mainly on Landrovers. I learned as previously seen in documentaries Landrovers regularly strip diffs and brake Axel's. I took the challenge by the club joker of driving a deep water crossing between sand/rock bars at a river bend putting water splashing over my engine hood (bonnet as we call it) and only climbing out of the deep water back onto the sand bar dug in and stopped with engine idling up out the water, exhaust bubbling. The joker then tried to show how good a Landrover would do the crossing. Well he made less than half the distance bogged in deep water stalled the engine with water at side windows and engine submerged. . Both had to b e winched out, the landrover needed complete oil change, at camp several got various repairs of broken Axel's. The burned out clutch vehicle finished the trip towed and winched. I was challenged to see how far up a long steep hill I could go I refused as I believed the climb of over 100 yards, as quite possible, but at top were several large logs across the way that would require full reversing down.. continue next comment
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  1127. Ceduna their start is in SA, and destination Esperence is WA
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  1128. Norway has very crinkly coast, with all those fiords, but linear path over all those fiords is not all that far. Australia gains coastline if counting island fringes as coast. Do not know if Canada counts island coast as coastline.
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  1129. I think you see the typical politician avoiding giving answer to an interviewer where they are hiding a uncomfortable topic
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  1130.  @philrichmond5919  thank you, a detail I did not remember.
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  1131. Still it ramains, even if only a hpe, if Apple suffers severe buyer rejection linked to their repair issues, especiallly unreasonable restriction of repair. Then possibly other major suppliers will review their direction. If Apple keeps succeding on restricting repairs, others will be forced to follow suit. Presently the direction is going the way of software, you DO NOT OWN IT and only license its use. If it fails or becomes obsolete, you are forced to buy the new one, at whatever increases in price. You are so right!
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  1132. Vegemite as a drink would be similar to a strong beef broth
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  1133. New York, at least central part , probably old cities say Boston and like, are very well setup with public transport additional to cars, though road space very overtaken by cars. These core cities have choices fot getting about without private cars, even awkward for such. Sadly due to cars orientation, these have all spread outwards with extreme car orientation, dependance.
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  1134. Aust has maternal/paternal leave. Plus extra sick leave for care of sick children.
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  1135.  @jodie01  well sorry for you then, six companies I have had contact with all do, and three allow upto 24 months leave unpayed, but keeping your job, and two even 6 months at half pay then unpaid.
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  1136.  @jodie01  I did NOT say six offered eonly parental leave, but six do offer extra leave for caring for sick children, on top of the normal personal ( old times "sick") leave, So personal leave is not used up because a child falls ill, rather than the worker. THEN far beyond parental leave of either, even both if working at the same company, they make possible longer absence without losing/resigning from work, or losing their position, seniority or length of service. This is far beyond legal requirerment. Anyhow all that is implied,, we have a system with support far above that in the USA, where many are forced to quit their job, as badly paid as they are, to have a child, even on top of average cost in medical apparently around $10000 for child birth using hospital services. By the way I am single, no children, have retired after 40 1/2 years with the one company, but also did consulting for 20 years, while in full employment in my spare time, night and weekend, and casual work since retiring 5 years ago. Have in that time clearly been lucky with companies I assisted, and by the way the people using these benefits have included office and production line workers, maintenance, plumbers, electrucians, so far from premium top level people. Can not point to retail, shop staff, but sure know some who lost nothing about job security, gladly returned to firmer position after taking long leave and not even to have a baby.. Given your job, I feel sorry for the people you support, as they miss out on better conditions else where, though likely you are right too few offer such extras. Possibly it needs companies from northern Europe, not British or US derived companies to give high support to its workers that ensure the company future success, not only current profits. (The US failing) In my employer case, a young guy, technician, barely 30 years old, under my direct responsibility, just married two weeks, and one week before using personal leave and residual holidays, plus one week unpaid, was going on his honey.oon, suffered a stroke .meeting his wife, going to a restaurant in the city. For two weeks he had suffered pains inn in right shoulder, assessed by doctors as a pinched nerve, and advised to give up his favourite pastime of doing mmechanical work on old cars. On the fateful day, he talked to me about his most recent doctor visit the day before, and he had sought over six different doctors at that time. He was paralysed on right side, lost speech. During over a month in hospital received full pay, not touching any of that planned leave. On return from hospital he entered rehabilitation of two days a week. Initially wheelchair bound, and only very limited in light duties using left hand. He chose to, and wanted to be working whatever he could manage as even his rehabilitation team encouraged such light activity. He got full wages for twelve months, while slowly regaining better mobility over months, and three days at work. When he became more and more effective as little by little right side response became stronger and he gained ever more mobility, he became ever more positive about his future. Speech was also slowly relearned, though for a long time very difficult, but all our team became mentors. At end of twelve months he was say 30% recovered and he worked with still limited capacity, especially in fine dexterity tasks needed by test equipment use in the electronics testing lab. As he still did only three days a week, and he was still not fully in full capacity he agreed to 50% pay for reduced duties. Sadly his wife, a school teacher then in the following year got dumped by cost cutting of the state government, and she had no chance for local school jobs, landed a new school job in West Australia, which was also where his family were located, so he severely regretted leaving his job at our company, he really wanted to stay, but choice of unemployed wife, or moving he chose his wife's career and moved. Our company arranged a job for him at an associate business. Sadly he did not like the way his colleagues there treated his disabilities, and they paid less than even the 50% he had here, he sought alternative work. In the mean time he was rebuilding a wrecked car as he always loved working on cars. Nobody would give him work based on past stroke and still some awkward limits in fine dexterity on right hand, speech was ort of OK, slow and sometimes seeking right words at times. He finally gave up, went on disability pension, he tried so hard to avoid. Then went on to build his own home, doing all work himself baring heavy tasks like erecting walls needing several people to do. Digging, concreting, wall panels painting, tiling anything he could do as single handed. A number of contractors assisted where needed some for free others at reduced cost, impressed by his efforts and persistence. Have met him several times when he came back here to meet with some of us, his former work mates.. He is doing well and by the way his stroke was a birth defect in blood vessels in the brain.
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  1137. Working career involves lots of car development testing. That testing included both cold testing to -30°C, -22°F so quite cold. BUT HOT testing involved seeking if possible +46°C, 115°F in the shade and involved getting the car systems HOTTER than normal and heat soaking various periods from 10min to 1.5hrs in wind sheltered skirting tent. Sometimes we failed to quite get 46°C and only got 40°C, 104°F and that had to be enough. Not unusual to drink 10Liter of water, some mild electrolyte added, and all lost by perspiration over the day; no need to release anything else. Some icy refreshments. Not too much. To me nothing from 35°C down is too hot...... infact I prefer up to 30°C, alternative proper cold -10°C or below to make suitable clothes possible while still active outdoors. At warmer conditions I.e. 0°C, 32°F heavier clothing is too hot if active and barely enough if inactive stationary.
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  1138. Very well summarised
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  1139. Try Nagalla rocks too for bogged vehicles
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  1140. Some areas in Austalia put restrictions on transport of fresh fruit, vegetables, animals plants, cuttings, etc. Fruit for example is restricted in many places due to fruit fly, other items for various other reasons. These are more a quarantine stop than actual border. Though now under COVID-19 MANY STATES PUT STOP TO PEOPLE CROSSING BORDERS. Very contentious but forced out of fear of spreading COVID. That on several occasions even stopped people for weeks to months getting home from being interstate, on holiday or visiting family or friends. Some stopped outright having to live in tents, rented rooms or caravans, others having to at personal expense upto over $3000, do 14 days stay in quarantine. Normally other than restrictions for produce , such as fruit, there are no controls travelling state to state. Good is fore knowledge of such restrictions so you do not in a small town buy for example apples, bananas or grapes and within short distance have to either consume it, or throw it away in the waste bins. Sadly in some cases restrictions might apply locally within the state, due to fruit fly outbreak for example. Sadly if you know back roads or are intentionally not on the main highway you could bypass the control, accidentslly or on purpose. But if caught later with "contraband" fruits or vegetables, you could face expensive fines, even if totally accidental. I was on a 300km 4WD trip that ended in SA from NSW and in my food supplies I still had two apples, that I was no longer even thinking about. While fuelling up, a patrol car noted my shuffling in my food box, and came over. Saw the two apples well enclosed in sealed plastic bag. They even had stickers of the originating SA farm on them but having been purchased at a supermarket nearly 450km away in NSW, they were still contraband on reentering SA. I was fortunate that the police let me bin them and dropped the matter. But thst is how silly it gets. In far north WA near Kunnunurra where the main higway crosses to WA fron NT. All fruit and vegetables are barred, because Kunnunurra has a major agricultural industry, fruits & vegetables, established after originally failing a major cotton industry that the area was originally developed for. The huge areas of cotton were destroyed by insect pests, collapsing the original plans. It is simply good to know before getting there to not be disappointed throwung many dollars of fresh goods in the bin. On my travels there only tins, dried foods and drinks were carried NT to WA, but there is nothing restricting back the other way WA to NT.
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  1141. You are kidding, China does not force vaccination? THEY IN FACT PROVIDE UNAPPROVED EXPERIMENTAL VACCINES TO OTHER COUNTRIES TO EXPAND TESTING AND IN CHINA TEST USING POLITICAL AND RACIAL PRISONERS TO TEST THE VARIOUS EXPERIMENTAL TREATMENT, NOT ANY VOLUNTARY PEOPLE!
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  1142. A very large government excise (tax) applies on all fuel purchases, which represents presently near 64cents in say $1.50 per liter. The excise is supposed to cover goverment expenditures on roads, highways and related traffic infrastructure costs. Now there is concern that EV, Fuelcell and Hybrid vehicles are increasingly not carrying full costs of such road/support structure costs, by not buying fuel. There is now planned a annual kilometer driven based charge to be imposed on such vehicles. Even a discussion of dropping Excise entirely and have all traffic charged by annual kilometers and vehicle mass and engine power. One fact is certain, the excuse now is like most taxes never fully used for intended reason, but vanishes into government funds. And as clear as a fine sunny day, the view of kilometer and vehicle type charges will become an even greater tax ripoff by governments to increase revenue. Since 1960s cities have been in constant discount cycles, with daily and weekly variations and across city areas, quite possible is on a given day in recent times min $1.36 to over $1.70 per liter, diesel stays more stable over time, only petrol varies a lot, both vary across various petrol stations. Some areas more likely higher, other city parts lower. Worst aspect is for holidays or other special events the prices go high, even end of week goes up Tuesday back down. If foreign crude price goes up within a day the prices go up significantly, often percentage wise more than percentage crude increase. Then tends to remain high, but when crude prices fall it might be nearly a month before any significant drop in prices, unusually rarely all at once but drawn out over weeks, and seemingly not by anything like the percent crude went down. Commercial users get some gov kickback, especially Diesel trucking, but also petrol or LPG and Propane gas. Yes real gas, Liquified Petroleum Gas. Many/most Taxis but also commercial vehicles and some private vehicles. That is cause of confusion to us when US people talk about filling up GAS, or going to the Gas station, not petrol, or even proper name Gasoline (so abreviated to GAS). Cost wise I have only one Hawaii visit, when I payed US$2.27 a gallon, which since US Gallon is only 3.78 L so 60c per Liter. At that time iur typical local premium fuel price was around 58 c per Liter and that contained the government fuel excise, around 1/3rd so almost 20 c, while from memory, as typical in US state tax still added to the fuel bill. At that time we were cheaper here. By the way our gallon (imperial) is 4.55L so take care if someone talks gallons here versus USA gallons. I have little direct current US pricing, but on the whole believe we are still quite comperable, especially considering possible taxes on the final bill in USA, while our prices aee akl inclusive like all prices displayed. That adding of tax at end of transaction, and the expectation of tips are two massive annoyances to us visiting in USA.
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  1143. Burocracy overreach gone crazy. No way is such even close to necessary. Very unsuitable accomodation for human habitation has existing controls to manage it, without each and every person needs their alternative accomodation allowed by a permit that only sllows government fingers into peoples lives.
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  1144. Congratulations to the new arrival soon.
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  1145. With Holden and Ford having departed as local manfacturers, many import brands are viying for local police fleet buy, goes for all government fleet too, though few actually are for highway persute and patrol duty. Lots like Smart or other small engine small to medium sedams do various transport tasks not requiring high performance. Some are just office staff and others are accident investigatio, burglary, domestic violence and lots of tasks other than busting drivers speeding. Drug and drunk stop/test too. Large buses go to various locations along with police personell in transport, to do alcohol and drug tests at those also nearby are police persuit cars and motor bkies to nab drivers observed U-turning or detouring via side streets, or not pullin into inspection stop as directed to avoid the test stop. Many other special needs are for 4WD vehicles like Toyota Land Cruiser, and Utility vehicles, used in country areas especially, and search and rescue. I actually have a Toyota LandCruiser Series 80, 1993/1994 Model, that was run its 3yrs as police vehicle in country Victoria Bendigo region. I got ot start of 1997, with only 27,000 km and with full Toyota extended warantee. Now only 274,000km as I have only done a few long trips over 15,000 km, but many trips under 1000 to 2000km, rest normal work day and shopping, and also personal hobby astronomy, that has 100km day trip to local iewing site, or 250km for a more remote place a few times. Normally at this age that vehicle type could easily do over 1 million km. Should get good value, as still very much in demand. At current vehicle shortages prices have risen sharply for second hand Toyota currently state 9 to 12 month delivery on Land Cruisers for example. My diesel still manages 12 to 13 L/100km around town, and just under 10 L/100km on highway. Far better than Petrol types at 17 to 20L/100km town and 15 to 18L/100km highway, especially bad Auto transmission types. I may have to consider keeping it, while I really would like to upgrade, but too long lead times now.
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  1146. They protect their nrsts, in breeding season. Depends how scared you are. They do draw blood easily by hitting neck scalp or ear regionss. But turn and look at them they depart quickly. Just do not turn just as they hit home as your eyes can be taken easily. The wack can hurt nicely. I on the other hsnd after first couple of times have been in trouble at school and also from police, as I tempt them to attack. Sadly that makes others, scared people, declare it makes them attack others more. I disagree, as I get them to attack but stop them before actually hitting home. Experience is after a few days attacking they actually stopped having become use to not harming their nest. In public places, parks, bus stops, railstations, school yards, authorities blast the nests with shotgun, and thus drive the attakers away to protect scared people. On bicycle helmet paint large eyes on top and they no longer attack. Some even setup a grid of spikes, by tying nylon zip ties with long tail poking above, disputed by some as in effective, but seen magpies swoop but not actually impact. The bike helmet is a good protectiin anyway, but neck and ears still get wacked.
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  1147. Suggestion:: Given that she needs international visitors, how about rest of Australia closes all borders with Queensland and she fully opens up for International travellers into her state. All safe as long as NO ONE for any reason gets to leave Queensland into remainder of Australia till after the Pandemic is definitely over with no cases, ZERO, in Queensland for at least 6 months She can thus get Queensland rolling without the rest of us paying for her stuffup.
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  1148. From memory on display in Darwin is a stuffed crocodile, from memory 25 1/2 ft.
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  1149. That is genuine drift driving, not the simple asphalt road drift.
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  1150. From memory the Violet Crumble is the original type, Cadbury in this case was a "Me too" product.
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  1151. Houses on high stilts are very common in the tropical places. Here up most of the Queensland coast and upper Northern Territory type areas. Excellent air circulation assists with living in hot humid climates. Also not bad when flood water levels ruse. If you get over 1 meter, 1000 mm , rain in one big downpour you do not even need to be on a river flood plane, just on lower ground than a large land area and you have feet deep water rushing past the house enough to wash away cars. Talking lots of rain, the Saturday news paper 23rd July, had an article in an enclosed mini magazine, dealing with one of Australia's swimming champions, that got Gold medals over past years dealing with their farm life in North NSW, on a Maccadamia farm. They are in one of the districts that has had two major floods this year and several high water times. Apparently the area normal annual rain comes to around 1300mm, this year so far total is 3000 mm. So that is 3 meters, abit over 36 inches rain fall. At one of the floods they received over 1200 mm rain overnight. That run off into the local streams and rivers was why much of LISMORE town was submerged, with major evacuation required. Yes there are tropical places with very high rain falls, even Kauai Island of the Hawaii chain from memory of my short holiday has annual rain of over 460 inches. But that rain on Lismore is a significant part in one night of not quite 10% of that annual amount, and is very nearly the normal average annual rain for the Lismore district. I personally in central Queensland had 4 in rain in 20 minutes while in the sapphire diggings region of staying in a Motel for New Years night in Emerald, nearest moderate town, some 500km inland from Rockhampton . In the morning the highway out of town was for 20km under water by between a few inches and lower sections up to near 2ft deep. Our 4WD handled the trip well, but needing later to wait 6 hrs, effectively all day, for a creek to reduce to get back to the gem diggings. Yes tropical storms get spectacular lightening, and heavy rain, occasionally hail too. Here the Hurricans are called Cyclones and being southern hemisphere rotate opposite to those in northern hemisphere.
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  1152. One change noted is that in past couple of weeks Youtube app seems to offer to start playing next alternative video of its selections, though the "auto play option " is OFF. in the past if that was on it actually started another video at finish of a playing video. Now it shows initial image with play or cancel buttons, this could result in playing things other yhan the viewer selecting from the list of suggested items. As far as 'Iwroker' items, I have only skipped very few, not for lack of wanting to view just had other tasks, so lacked enough time, and had others more immediate to view and by next time available too many new ones, and some live sessions. Some live are getting far too long, and seem to leave the major point till latter part, talking trivia for initial part, leaving it difficult to depart without missing the main point of the live event. ❤❤❤
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  1153. LA to Australia is basically a overnight trip, take off, then a bit of refreshments, a short movie, dinner, then sleep, morning wake up, get refreshed, breakfast served a time to relax, arrive. The time is largely slept away. Longer trips like Europe now often 20+ hours direct or to 23hrs with intermediate stop for up to 2 hrs, Transit lounge Singapore, Kuala Lumpur or in past Hong Kong. Some used to stop in India but normally stsy on the plane, while cleaning done and restocked meals etc. With meals a couple of movies soon at destination. Have had bad booking by employer, with multiple changes of aircraft long transit waits and fonal travel home to hotel nearing 55hrs that was BAD. The times 12 to 25 hrs are soon spent on movies, music, sleep, meals etc.
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  1154. The easy going nature also carries into many aspects of social servivlces, schools are free, including in many ways compared to USA, to tertiary level, though there you do now runup a public debt, that must be payed back at moderate rate, but only once you earn above a basic level. There is good unemployment benefit, not rich life, infact close to poverty margin, but high enough that there are plenty unemployed who do NOT want a job. Lots of young people pool their money for food and rent, rather spend their days free to do as they please. Universal pensions, if you have no excessi e wealth, so for example two people doing same job for entire life, one saves and lives within means. Retires owning their house, a good not too old car, good savings, these days a good superannuation fund, formerly optional either personal and/or employer supported, now built on compulsory employer contributions (9% now over next few years to 12%), with option to put own money in as well . This person may have wealth high enough to NOT get the gov pension. The other, though identical earnings over working life, has no savings, always spent everythi g on holidays, latest car, several boats, caravan, lots of parties, always only rented. The superannuation is there but not really sufficient as compulsory fund is not all that many years active. That person is far short of even minimum threshold wealth, so gets a good pension (though some say not enough). This person needs the pension to go on with moderate life, probably reduced compared to former spending habits, for remaing years. Universal medical support, based on a few percent deduction on saleries, that can be further extended with private insurance both Hospital and option Extras, which still permits access to the public system, but private insurance gives access to private hospitals and services, not constrained by public waiting lists. There are other public available services, supported by kocal, state and federal gov.
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  1155. For Kakadu plan for July to August. May if often only parts accessible as wet season much must be closed. It is large and spreadout there is a similar but smaller are park prefered by people from Darwin, west of th he central highway, while Kakadu is easterly.
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  1156. To run there is close to suicidal
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  1157. Suicide on water skis!
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  1158. Each state, large city has local main brand, most generrally also available across Australia, but local brand primary volume. As well many world brands are imported on moderate to low volumes. Thse are not by far a major volume compared to local breweries. Many tiny brewers also operate with many very local, and some even matching many imports. Even German beer is imported, but generally the German export product is substandard. Germany has a 400 year old law "Purity" law preventing deviations, all local beer must use ONLY the 4 basics ingrediants, water, hops, grain and ? ( not expert, forgot last). No additives, bittering agent, foam stabilisers, colouring preservatives, etc. Thus the beer is ultra pure, and always fresh, but fails the long storage or delay of long distance shipping around the world. It ages poorly without preservatives and additives that are heavily used around the world by other brands. The exported ones are specially made for export market only, with needed preserving agent and/or additives similar to other export types. Absolutely not allowed for consumption within Germany. Import even private is restricted for any beers not conforming to 4 ingredients. Many brewers have tried legal action, especially European brewers, to sell their standard beers in Germany, claiming restriction of trade under EU regulations. Gernany sticks firm to 400 years purity law, insisting that any beer meeting the 4 element rules faces no import limits. Some have done suitable beer for German market, but also some have been banned after being caught shipping non conforming batches. Especially refreshing are the German WHEAT beers, either cloudy or heavily filtered clear types, cooled very nice refresher in warm times. Whle not a regular beer consumer, none in past 6 years infact, I have had beers in many countries on business travels, but German beer has definitely been outstanding, though some regional favourites were disgusting taste, not sure why as supposed to be 4 ingredient only, One was offered by boyfriend from then East Berlin, so personal supply of beer brought ex East Germany Berlin, maybe East Germany allowed deviation while under Russian control, it really tasted like it might be cow piss. Worst I have experienced. Local Australian beers I prefer Carlton Brewery VB or Fosters, with Tooheys in similar place, others less interesting, Tooths XXXX and like . All are however fine.
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  1159. How do 400 sites act as primary sites when FAR under 400 people have COVID, sure there are 400 POTENTIAL sites, as less than that infections have occured?
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  1160. Albanese has been absentee through this COVID pandemic Neither on the economy during, effects on industry and the population of the measures of especially the Communistic stae labour leaders. So should remain absent in future. He has no place to comment on anthing related to Australian future.
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  1161. It is essential that industrial safety laws as created by Dan and his government are fully applied over the failings. There is no excuse for executives in industry nor should such apply to the current labour team and their senior piblic servants and police command.
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  1162. Let all true opponents of maintaining base load generation , put up for their convictions and volunteer to be cutoff anytime available deliver falls below demand. That is when no wind, and/or cloud reduces power below demand not necessarily due to heat, daytime AND night time. Leave full power for industry ( those not volunteering), emergency, public transport (what little California has), and community not agreeing to cutoff on basis of Green demands. If in fact there is sufficient support/demand for (un)reliable renewable energy, there will thus be enough base load for those other needs. When finally the renewables can meet baseload 24/7 and irrespective of long term weather say 1 month minimum in adverse weather.wind/solar deficiency then hopefully the base load for the less desirable old technologies can be reduced.
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  1163. Managed fine in March-April to drive the infections down without the level 4 extreme measures. No reason to expect any different now. No other state or country has needed such extremes to get the virus under control. No way can we continue the present extremes of everything stopped until and if a immunisation becomes available. I have worn a mask in all public places since March , no issues about that, but current measures are definitely far beyond sensible. The current politicians and medical 'experts' need to be judged under OHS laws, as their poor performances have been behind the current 2nd outbreak. If any business manager were in charge of any activity that tesulted in such levels of harm and death, they would be jailed for many years, for the clear failures exhibited by our emergency team. Also managements/owners of old peoples homes need to be taken to taks as the need for extreme care of old was well known and highlighted. If they had clear problems with sufficient staff or tesources THEY were obliged to undertake and request additional support. NO EXCUSES AND HIDING BEHIND ENQUIRIES!!!!!
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  1164. Fate of the Beetle was settled when VW chose to stop the classic air cooled rear engine design and started the new version based on the basic VW Golf design. It ultimately e as reduced to only Mexico from memory as a construction location. It progressively died as it simply ceased being a True Beetle.
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  1165. Problem seems at both government leaders and ministers are inplace by public image by the leaders and ministers by mateship and part backgroom rewards, not based on any knowledge, aptitude, or experience. Ministers are given portfolios they have no knowledge about. Public service is run by seniority and lengyh of service, little regard for qualification and capability. When issues arise to cover backsides pass it hired consultants. Thus both politicians and public service guard themselves as if anything goes wrong about decisions, " Well we got the best consultants, they clearly stuffed up. Not our fault". In mean time we pay Huge costs on politicians and public service, plus the private infustry consultants effectively raising cost to over double.
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  1166. Sweden switched left hand driving to right hsnd several decades back, but was for most of 1900s like UK, India, Australia, New Zealand, Japan and a number of former British places a Left hand country. On switchover day, traffic had to stop for a number of hours, as signage and traffic lights were finalised in opposite side layout. Traffic then continued but on right side. Of course many cars were still right side steering, and is easy enough when you get familiar. UK vehicles run fine in Europe, and European cars do ok in Britain. I have for many years driven both left and right hand drive cars in many countries. Both in Australia, several European countries, Sweden, Denmark, Austria, Switzerland, France, Spain, of course Germany and UK, and also Japan, South Korea, all as part of development and testing of cars. Never had issues switching sides, even with short 1 hr flights Germany to England and back needing to drive dufferent cars at each end of the flight, even after 11 hrs working day, so in relatively tired state, and winter weather with car heater giving a snug warm "sleepy" state of driving. Only issue, while completely safe, was once following other traffic onto an Autobahn, while still driving in valid right hand traffic mode, but going opposite to the intended direction and needing at next exit, some 12 km later, switch to going where I really needed to go.
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  1167. Even you can not buy those drinks for 99cents you have taxes added normally when paying. Here the tax is added to the total cost of retail item before displayed price is shown. That tax however is based on total sale cost, composed of US whole sale cost PLUS shipping, PLUS distributor margin, PLUS transport/warehouse cost, PLUS retailer markup, making final shop selling price, which then depending on food/drink ckass will get at 10% GST (goods and services tax, also often referred as a VAT in many countries). But keep in mind the retailer, distributor, warehouse truck transport, all have to pay quite decent wages to workers, much higher than I suspect than USA. Those wages are also hit with a tax on wages paid by the businesses. Each markup is built on top of all lower step prices. Those percentages added multiply the cost very quickly. The original US price easily goes up 500% by the time the consumer pays for it. Even the US retail, no tax 99cents in Australian currency is already pushing up to $1.75 depending on exchange rate at the time, in recent years from low of US$0.55 to US$0.80 per AU$1.00 but much time in 0.65 to 0.70 range recently.
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  1168. There are heaps of spectacular crashes at Bathurst.
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  1169. Light switches seem to vary, but most I am aware of are down is on, but in my home there are variations. Right hand drive is from UK standard, and is common with Japan, India, New Zealand, South Africa. Was once also in Sweden, but many years ago to commonise with Europe switched, as it made ferry connection easier as cross travel was very common. Pedestrian traffic is somewhat in line with left side traffic, but also bit jumbled. In many places around the world I have been the impression was far more jumbled left-right so more kaotic. Just escalator and travelator at airports were fixed. Ozone hole streched from south pole to lower regions of Australia, but it is closing now since world ban on CFC compounds in can propellant and refrigeration systems done many years ago. Interesting is the main cause of CFC damage to the Ozone layer originated in norther hemisphere, but southern world suffered most. Skin protection from excessive sun exposure has always been high priority in Australia, just more extreme due to Ozone hole. Weather reports in summer months include UV exposure expected. Yes skin cancer risks are high, but that is also due to high exposure outdoors in daily life and recreation. A generally fine clear sky, good temperatures, sunny weather. Unlike much of Europe and other places tending to more cloudy days that bright sunny days. UK has a reputation of always raining, there are of course places even more sunny, ie Mediteranean, middle east . Anyhow we thus have much outdoor exposure and activities. Bad habits of not covering up properly are now counteracted by advertising programs, classic phrase "SLIP, SLOP, SLAP" for slip on a shirt slop on sunscreen lotion and slap on a hat. One common cliche about Australians has been the classic nose covered by Zinc cream, classically white but now available in many colours. One Australian aspect not mentioned is pesky flies. In most places around the world while flies exist they do not crowd your face, and depart readily when swiped away. Here the flies insit on homing in on the face, around eyes, nose, lips, ears and are persistent in they tend to lift off when swipped at, but immediately return. They seek to suckup moisture so seek out those spots. Also settle in large numbers of the shirt back mainly shoulders, Anyway that is the origin of what is commonly reffered to as "Australian Salute", a repeated regular swipe of a hand across the face, you may notice this in TV outdoor interviews or scenes with people, a regular swing of a hand across the face for no evident reason. Foreign visitors can become distressed by these pesistent pesky flies, as without such swipe habit they get frustrated.
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  1170. Sadly one aspect of this split schooling system is that children starting in their schooling really have no idea or mostly no real interest about career in the distant future. So parents really are choosing the direction of their children's future. Quite likely in someway constraining their path. YES, they can change at later times, but if you have missed part progress, you may well be disadvantaged after switching. Say someone changes from STEM to the manual trades direction, or worse the opposite, the poor child now lacks in many ways. The open ended free education, does open say tertiary (college/university) to some young people just going after multiple courses one after another never really using their education(s) for a real job. Far worse than many academics, that at least become specialised in one major area. But what is the value of numerous unrelated degrees in Medicine followed by Law followed by Finance, followed by Civil Engineering, followed by Administration, followed by Performing Arts and so on, soon to be mid 40s age, never having held a job in anything they studied. By the way apparently parents are required to support their children from memory beyond 30 yr age if not yet employed, as far as living expenses, even living in own flat for rent and food.
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  1171. In bad fog the tail lights of a car two car lengths ahead are not visible.
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  1172. Just thought of a reason for the heater on this SSD it is intended to allow the coffee cup to be kept hot!
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  1173. License plates have ONE FUNCTION, IDENTIFY THE VEHICLE REGISTRATION NUMBER. No decorative function is intended in clearly identifying the vehicle. If the owner wishes to highlight dome feature of their state/city of tesidence by sll means add other signage/labeling on the vehicle. But for purpose of clear identity for legal purposes in traffic breaches/accident tracing the number plates MUST be unambiguous, clear to read over reasonable distance, not made obscured by fancy colouring and/or patterns preventing and/or causing misidentifying the specific vehicle. As far as flat mirror versus convex, the mirror has a primary function of letting the driver be aware of surrounding traffic and obstacles. The flat mirror fails dismally as it shows far too little of the near area around the sides leaving blind spots with critical areas hidden. Thecargument about convex altering the apparent distances, that is ONLY a matter of learning. If a driver has learned driving with convex mirrors there is NO confusion at all. Only a driver having only 'Flat' mirror experience has an issue when seeing the view of a convex mirror. For those drivers it is a matter of relearning and adapting to the new perspective view. Given mere weeks, the convex view becomes normal and many scrapes and dings become less likely by no longer having such critical blind spots. A further mirror issue is placing the mirror at the door edge is also detrimental. Japan and many other Asian countries require the mirror to be on the front fenders, in direct view for the driver within the view of road ahead and giving clear view of the entire rearward side area view of the vehicle, without needing sideways turned view to see the mirror imsge taking the drivers attention totslly away from the looking ahead. Many traffic dings like rear ending cars ahead are due to drivers spending precious seconds glancing at the door located mirrors, away from and not on road ahead.
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  1174. Also check for some Inskip Point videos, where the southern end ferry to Fraser Island departs. It is amusing how many people get stuck in the sand before even getting to the island.
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  1175. 1986 would be fuel injected and local ignition computer by our team as I commented in another video By the way that commentary would be during actual Bathurst race.
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  1176. All this "Territory" issue applies also to the various external territories, Norfolk Island, Christmas Island, Cocos Islands, Heard Island, Antarctic Territoory, and a few other island territories.
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  1177.  michaelrogers2080  yes I agree!
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  1178. You have never mentioned the CD-I Format, pushed by Philips. I even had CDdrives on by PC that played these, as did the Commodore CD-32 and I also had MPEG encoder/decoder cards for PC, compatible CD, CD-I and DVD, but mostly because those also encoded video and were usable with DVD-R discs to make own DVDs ie holiday, home video, weddings etc
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  1179. Well, having salads or making breakfast smoothy using vegetables, berries , fruits even with typical rinsing off can still transfer such parasites or even via snails or slugs can introduce parasites or their eggs to people. Clearly the vegan and health addicts can actually put themselves to a huge range of extra dangers over the people that always consume cooked and baked goods. I guess that serious cases are rare and the extra benefits over compensate the risks. How many people eat fruit without thorough washing? How many people are exposed to risks by invasive bugs, mice etc even if quickly removed by traps, poisons? As such invasive pests still can bring parasite eggs into the environment, to leave potential contamination. Clean living minimises risks, but statistically 1 in a million, in billion, well it may just hit YOU HARD. 😮😳😫😭🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
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  1180. Rather narrow like the present shop only the front end is a bit wider. Is it really that much better?
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  1181. Hot air is less dense, so rises. As it rises develops clasic rotation drawing in more hot air, to burning embers, ashes, sticks, leaves making a brning classic tornado effect. Not as lalrge a normal weather created tornados, but can e huge too, whole forests and areas. Worst is it can spread the fire rapidly dropping ashes and burning material long way from originating fire seat. Seen glowing leaves and twigs many miles away dropping on combustible areas. Even seen such 50 miles and more from the original fire. FIRE TORNADOS ARE AS BAD AS YOUR COMMON WEATHER, HOT MOIST AIR WITH COOLER MOIST AIR TEARING WHOLE SWATHES OF COUNTRY AND TOWNS APART
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  1182. ULURU (Ayres Rock) climbing is now forbidden, by cultural demands, was once a great climb
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  1183. Glendambo, a small roadside car/truck stop for fuel travelling inland SA between Port Augusta and Coober Pedy (opal mining) It is a series of fuel browsers, a small shop and bar a number of Motel rooms, a caravan park . Placed optimally to suit range of car fuel capacity, several hundred km form other fuel. So is a needed stop for cars that need fuel a quick rest stop, and food. A few trucks too fueled up while getting food and rest and the odd cold drink at the bar. Overnight rest for weary travellers. Not much there. Dry desert scrub sand, dust, flies, the odd snake or two, lizards, scorpions, some wallabies, cockatoos. Most people see few of all that life I actually went looking for such in some spare time. I spent a week there in 1986, car hot testing north and south on the open highway. We had Halleys Comet up great view in the dark sky conditions. Covered large sky area with comet tail, while back in the city (Melbourne) it was a tiny single dull patch of core only. Glendambo hotel had a single 40W globe on all night out front and occasional trucks and very few cars with hesdlights/driving light high beam, zipped by on the highwsy located several hundred meters away, as Glendambo is a graded loop of road away from actual highway. This place is midway, no other lights from Port Augusta to Coober Pedy so delightfully dark sky for Astronomy enthusiasts like myself. So wildlife and astronomy were great pleasures for me on top of grest csr testing work in 44 to 46 °C in the shade conditions of course we were mostly out under the sun. At the time there would have been maybe 10 permanent staff there. Did not actually see any sheep.
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  1184. Talk idiots, beyond prime. BIDEN as president, is it really Biden is the idiot or the people that vote his likes into such positions.
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  1185. The European 'Honey' bee is mainly a danger for allergic reaction. Nowhere as dangerous as African bees that in hybridised form are spreading from south America to USA, as the African bees are very agressive and are known to kill anyone disturbing their hive. Mass attack by large numbers kills anyone unable to get into protective isolation they persue over significant distance. Glad we do not YET have these here in Australia. Australia does have native bees that also create 'Honey' that was harvested by Aborigines . These are smaller dark bees than the common European bees but also are much nicer they have NO sting. Australia currently has mostly no Varoa mites destroying bee hives, though present and spreading. Australia ships large numbers of bees to USA where severe loss of bee hives is badly affecting agriculture due to Varoa mites. Apparently California Almond and fruit industries are in considerable danger for lack of sufficient clean bee hives.
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  1186. How do you know a politician lied? They made a statement that is of some benefit to themselves!
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  1187. Again firm evidence of political, police and legal system corruption in the extreme. Hopefully USA can clean up the corruptions or become worse than Russian and Chinese communist systems or worst dictatorial systems around the world.
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  1188. Interesting is the Dems useca donkey as logo. In our compusory voting system, there are people who deliver a bad invalid vote, by various deviations in manner of filling the vote papers. THESE VOTES ARE CALLED "DONKEY VOTES". Seems the Dems are notifying the public that any votes for Democrates are aImed to be wasted votes, DONKEY VOTES.
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  1189. Bob Katter is a politician who somewhat has radical approach to many matters, lets leave it at that. Hand ball is layed on a rectangle drawn on roadways in school yards mainly, played with a tennis ball and bare hands by singles or doubles of students during lunch breaks. Hitting the ball back and forth. There is also a ful sport called European Handball played usually on indoor courts similar to basketball area where a larger ball is hit back and forth. There are many references to locations around Queensland and many animals as mascots. The official mascot at 2000 Sydney Olympics was somewhat overtaken by a TV channel fun mascot a "Fat Rear End Wombat" that the viewing public preferred to the official mascot. Typical Aussie fun nature. There were references to a number of Australian sports and other well known people. Nicky Webster, if I get the name right, was a young girl who performed for the 2000 Olympics and reference was made to finding the new equivalent for the 2032 Brisbane event. Much side remarks concerned finding the money fir that event, needing to rob/starve the rest of Queensland for funding Brisbane preparations. Not much different to the problem now for Victoria, already in huge debt, taking on a future Commonwealth Games, a lower key Olympics equivalent for British Commonwealth Countries, that apparently noone else even wanted to hist and Victorua has taken on that will likely need billions to host, though Melbourne gas extensive facilities, it is expected most events will be scattered over the state towns so new facilities I ities would be prepared. How the visitors are to get around is entirely unclear.
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  1190. Tail heavy, broken traction in a corner? How would that handle. That would be clear to anyone that has driven go karts. Not entirely fun....
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  1191. Jindybine is in the "Snowy Mountains" area south of Canberra to the Victorian border. It is one part of high plains that are snow covered in winter. Nearby are a number of popular Ski Resorts, as well the Snowy Mountains Hydro Power system built using mostly post WW-II migrant workers. Currently an extension of the Hydro scheme is part of the Climate Change induced changes towards reducing Australias emissions, but these changes are going to use Wind/solar power to pump water back up to elevation, to create power during overnight and/or no wind conditions, to maintain power when unreliable renewals are no providing or during peak electrical demand periods from this hydro system, as the existing hydro, like most around the world, uses water at elevation or in storages, but once the water is used it is gone down river. The reuse, by using renewable (solar/wind) of the water by pumpiing water back to high elevation makes better use of water resources, that are at times restricted by Australian weather, droughts and annual periods in general of low rainfall.
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  1192. The fact is the current state causing lockdown is the real "COVID Normal" , anumber of running infected cases, being managed NOT THE ASSUMED ability to get 0 cases on continuous state. Not the current justification of yet another lockdown. Who really believes vaccination will stop infections going on. The vaccines minimise systoms/severity of infections, but do NOT prevent infection. In fact in future therecwill be MORE infected people with no evident symptoms running about spreading the infection to others, both vaccinated and not vaccinated. Do we continue lockdowns for a few tens of people the far greater proportion recovering, even without ever feeling sick. Lockdown solve nothing, except assure the next lockdown in near future and further destruction of our economy , business and employment. We become ideal for takeover by China.
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  1193. The patches on his face a there to represent little tissue paper paste over shaving cuts for someone tending to bleed from such shaving cuts. His hair do was a funny combe over effect for someone absent of full hair cover. The LOGIES are very real as mentioned by another commenter. It is named, as stated after Logie-Baird who created the scanned raster CRT B/W TV system that with various colour TV systems based on that scanned raster basis in the long period till recent replaced by current Digital TV, and no longer based on CRT display. The LOGIE awards were introduced as an annual TV awards by the once most popular weekly "TV WEEK" TV guide , still sold. Each year they have voting in many TV categories and most popular TV personalities. The magazine together with Channel 9 TV station have a presentation night for TV awards on smaller scale but similar to US Oscars. Usually with foreign presenter guests of popular TV and other well known persons. For example had Muhammad Alli, the actors of MOD SQUAD US program that was quite popular and more. The premium award is the top TV personality, the GOLD LOGIE. Norman Gunston had many shows and as mentioned in other comment character of " Aunty Jack", appeared in a dress and wearing boxing gloves, funny, was one of his creations not played by him though. Norman is worth following up.
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  1194. Light snow occurs occasionally and is usually gone in very short time even mid morning. Traffic havoc is not so much by quantity of snow fall, but due to lack of driver experience and car preparation. A little slippery snow and ice in shaded places, given ground is rarely really cold enough, any thaw moisture freezes into black ice in early morning cold. A result is many crashes and loss of control. Traffic gets stopped readily. Under an inch is around for a few hours. Wet soggy snow even more crunchy half refrozen melt water.
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  1195. I think by now possibly removed, but up to 1980s, an very old law existed on our Victorian laws, though never enforced. Any motor carriage (read as car) that travels on public roads, shall be preceeded by a person waving a red flag of minimum X Y size.
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  1196. Make riding a bus a miserable uncomfortable experience, and you experience very poor use of bus as a transport means. Also provide very limited route coverage, few bus stops, or poor service intervals and again very suppressed incentive to use the bus alternative to get around. Like no sidewall provided makes even walking a very poor means to travel even short and feasible distances a major problem and rarely used. Lack of regular bus services, to many and varied destinations makes bus impractical to most potential users. Few potential users, makes it impossible to grow the bus service network to be a practicle and useful service. Above all making a PROFIT running bus service becomes near impossible by lack of usage, leading to poor service provision, leading to lower usage. Low bus demand, leads to low manufacture volume and competion, leading to no bus development, leading to no advances in bus design, poor comfort, build same old rattlers over and over, in low volumes, leading to continued miserable bus ride experience, discouraging bus usage to all but no alternative users. " Chicken and egg dilemma " As far as destination served by buses, work place, factory, office blocks, residential/apartment complexes, or shopping locations, malls, shopping strip's, entertainment, and also to other transport links, trains, airports, long distance bus/coach terminals. As far as shopping malls, seem intent to be located so awkwardly out of the way so far and remote basically only car is an alternative, with acres of carparks all round. With big distances from living areas and distant separation from each other, bus services have problems providing the numerous pickup/dropoff and destination locations, with timely travel times and service intervals, again heavily impacted by low utilisation. Further shopping at malls usually means sizable quantity of stuff to carry. Buses rarely provide means to carry much beyond a smallish bag of things. Try weekly grocery shopping on current bus transport, NO WAY... Any more than by bicycle, so possible when shops and loving areas are more integrated locally like in much of Europe, not remote in centralised malls, far from home. USA has engineered its fate and dependence on private transport, not on public transport, I believe in long term major detriment to society and life in general. As current energy, 'global climate religion' crusus pushes ahead, the US public may end up paying a BIG price yet. Sadly potential social decay as appears in a number of cities even now, think of several California cities, though caused by far more than just poor public transport. BEWARE....
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  1197. Most definitely the people of china are NOT the CCP. The Chinese I know are terrific, hard working, intelligent and trustworthy, more so than many non Chinese in my circle of contacts. The CCP on the otherhand represent the worst aspects of the entire world. By the way the 'Soviet' society is similarly good, but the Party machine is not, though far less underhanded than CCP. Glad lately they too are waking up to CCP.
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  1198. I think the last "Landler" would certainly be "Country" or "Folk" music.
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  1199. If only we could have the same here in Victoria Australia, the remove the mandates of our dictator Chairman Dan Andrews. Not only most lockdowns ofcany place in the world with 267 days but still insusting on mandates totally contrary to human rights, under extended powers, not fulfilling conditions on which the extended powers were agreed. Now holding measures clearly opposed by leading medical experts.
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  1200. If Andrews and Sutton can not achieve control that WAS running well earlier this year and was already reducing by stage4 intro, without continued stage 4 then they should resign immediately and turn the management of Victoria"s current situation to a new team, may be a NSW supplied team, as they seem capable to orders better than our incompetents.
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  1201. Issue is about what training officers get. Is it just training on how tools like Taser are to operate? Or, also, and more importantly, what circumstances the use is appropriate. In most tense situations best is to backoff the high pressure, and carefully assess circumstances and further pricedure, rather than hasty action. Only in cases of a rapid attack, chargingvat the officers in a manner capable of overpowering or imminent death risks, could instant use be justified. This 95 yr old woman, walkingframe user, not of substantial body mass or strength, whatever she may have had in her hand, can hardly have been of imminent threat to the officers. Surely even if she were struggling to approach them, they could easily bypass her, or even hold her back, without Taser or Fitearms being justified. Depending on health state of a person, a Taser is as dangerous as a bullet. In this case the ensuing fall is likely cause of death, just as badly as a body shot by gun. Police should show the bodycam videos, unless held back as evidence for formal charges and court evidence against the officers involved. Clear is that police do NOT get proper training and guidance on appropriate decisions and circumstances they may/will face on duty.
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  1202. Not only alcohol, drunk driving, but general drugged state is required to be tested. Currently more accidents are tracked to drug indiced state than DUI. But now also propsed are detection of tiredness, drowsy driving, lack of attention to road, all done by permant monitoring of eyes, blinking, droppy eyelids, looking regularly away from driving view, even failing in required checking of rear and side mirrors for awareness of other traffic. We will soon be monitored for reaction times etc, and if not in any fit state be prevented to drive. Cars will be forced to self drive away from traffic and stop/park and refuse to run until driver is replaced or fit to clntinue. Well sad for most of us, but there are now, in view of all too many 'authorities', just too many crashes created by total inattention of other ehicles, impaired body, drunk, drugged, tired, distracted by phone etc Soon we can nolo ger get enjoyment in driving, autonatic speed control, by car recognising speed limit sign, no harsh accerlation, no fun at all. All part of very totalittarian systems, no personal responsibility or FREEDOMS, all under leader directive/mandate, controls over entire life. Is there really life when every action is regulated and controlled, where does this over control stop. How long can we accept this from our voted in representative, who truely are believing they have god like rights the mere public can not have Be glad for your US constitution, but then there seem extreme efforts currently to remove/cancel these, to gain more control of people like us.
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  1203. It is said that the huge worms can at times be heard crawling underground. The Gippsland Valley where they are found was originally, in 1800s discovery by explorers deep temperate rainforest, of huge trees. It is stayed that at times, horses and carts travelled on decomposing leaf and branch ltter up to 30ft deep from surface to real soil floor. This was cleared by settlers largely just felled and burnt over time, such that now the valley is largely just green paddocks, largely dairy farms. Also the valley is almost all over huge brown coal deposits, left from near 300million years ago. I would think the huge worms are prehistoric types, that thrived in that temperate rainforest, and now survive in the rich moist farm soils, but realistically while surviving not doing so well without the former deep leaf and branch litter layer they evolved in. Bower birds are great, especially gathering anything blue, preffered over other colours. Decorations all to attract a female mate
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