nomadpete

You didn't. I was acknowledging that such projects are like other art forms - it's not done for profit.

Although it is Tazmania, the sun came out. Nice pleasant day. Bike hasn't run since last summer - no reason to ride for pleasure when it's raining for 3 months. Great to be alive riding our winding roads! Got home to find that old faithful had contracted Jerry's disease. I noticed the instrument lights were pulsing at idle. A quick check showed battery voltage only 12.8v after a big run. Should be 14v. Another check showed onr phase from the alternator at 0v. and the regulator running hot. Ordering a new stator and regulator. A bit of a dampener.

Well, since you asked, god, allah, jehova, yaweh, elihomin, adoahi, El Shaddai, Abbah, (etc, all these come from the bible) can be any form she (or it) wishes. Wot with being an all knowing, all powerful entity, an all. Hope this clears it up for you.

Will, go for it. It doesn't matter what a project is worth in dollar$. Just do it.

Oh, the good ole daze of $12 rooms. Iremrmber it well. Back then every country pub had a couple of old diggers (ptsd for sure) permanently bolted to the bar. The poor bastids were (still are) forgotten by the populace. Even after decades, the vets still suffered.

He got in on empty promises last time. Just sayin.

Meanwhile, Trump is buying billions of $ of diesel from Roosia (money into Putin's war chest, against Ukraine) in spite of west sanctioning purchase of fuel from Roosia, in spite of Russia stopping sale of diesel because they are short of it. And in spite of it not being enough (if it actually delivers) to reduce the domestic price of diesel in USA before the mid terms. Unfortunately, in spite of this total craziness, I expect the mid terms to go to Repubicans. Either way, I still see Trumpy republicans to win the next presidentials - there is no meaningful opposition.

This is not wot Uraine has done. But does indicate the euroeans starting to wake up. Hybrid War Tracker Structured Open Source Intelligence on hybrid warfare across Europe, with briefs, maps, and recent signals in one place.Hybrid War Tracker. Latest Weekly Brief Oct 4, 2026Final Estonia is constructing a permanent military base in Narva at the Russian border, with capacity to host 200 to 1000 troops, scheduled for completion in summer 2028, to enhance forward military presence and reduce reinforcement times. Poland revised its rules of engagement to permit firing on foreign aerial objects based on multi-sensor positive identification without requiring visual confirmation, in response to multiple Russian incursions involving drones, cruise missiles, and helicopters. Germany is establishing its first dedicated drone regiment with up to 600 soldiers equipped with long-range drones, electromagnetic warfare assets, and kamikaze drones starting in 2027, reflecting lessons from the Ukraine war on drone warfare. NATO conducted multinational air-defense training over Lithuania and Latvia, integrating sensors, fighters, ground systems, and command and control to counter aerial threats including drones and ballistic missiles, with participation from platforms like the US B-1B Lancer. Read full brief → RSSAtomAll briefs Hybrid Signals Map Open map → Europe is starting to police their boundaries.

Corvair is a boxer, right?

You've got our attention. Love sitting on the sidelines and following the thought processes. Keep us posted!

How do you get rid of unwanted pubic hair? I find a toothpick does the trick.

Yeah, and I squeezed my wife's Nair on my toothbrush because she put the tube next to the toothbrushes. Now I wear my reading glasses in the bathroom.

Believe it or not, my wife's hardresser used to tell us - all you need to wash your hair is sunlighr soap. Just make sure you rinse thoroughly. She was happy to sell her shampoo & conditioner if you wanted it. Just didn't like the petro based detergents used in shampoo.

Intuition.

Margaret Hamilton, computing pioneer who led software development for the Apollo program, dies at 90

One of my pet peeves. What cruel b uses the smallest unreadable font on the bottle to give me the only information I need?

"I'm quick with mathematics." "OK, What is 73 x 39?" "24 !" "Not even close!" "I did say 'quick'."

You probably heard this one B4 "Dear algebra, stop asking me to find your X. She's never coming back. And don't bother about asking 4 Y."

Maybe not intended as a joke (you can never tell), but considering the words on a bronze plaque at the base of the Statue of Librrty, this is at least laughable. "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,

I tried ta warn all youse...... I knew A.I. would turn evil.

I am pointing out that Epstein isn't the only one.

Notable names connected to Epstein who have died since his 2019 arrest. What the record actually says about each. Some are suspicious. Some are tragic. Some are just old men dying. These names do not help survivors nor prove any conspiracy. Jeffrey Epstein, August 10, 2019. Found dead in his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan while awaiting trial on federal sex trafficking charges. The New York City medical examiner ruled it suicide, and federal investigations backed that up. The Attorney General Bill Barr called the jail’s handling of him a perfect storm of screw-ups. Broken cameras, sleeping guards, a man taken off suicide watch weeks after being found injured in his cell. Few believe it was suicide. Jean-Luc Brunel, February 19, 2022. French modelling agent, longtime Epstein associate, accused of procuring girls and young women for him. Arrested at Charles de Gaulle Airport in December 2020. Found dead in his Paris jail cell before trial, ruled a suicide. Denied all charges until the end. Mark Middleton, May 7, 2022. Former special adviser in the Bill Clinton White House who signed Epstein in for a number of his 17 White House visits and reportedly flew on Epstein’s jet. Found dead on a ranch in Arkansas. The local sheriff ruled it a suicide. His family said he had depression, and they went to court to keep scene photos sealed after conspiracy theorists harassed family. PolitiFact rated the murder claims false. The scene details were strange enough to keep the internet busy for years. Steven Hoffenberg, August 2022. Convicted Ponzi schemer, onetime would-be owner of the New York Post, and Epstein’s early mentor at Towers Financial in the late 1980s. Hoffenberg always claimed Epstein was the real architect of that scheme, though Epstein was never charged. Found dead at 77 in his Connecticut apartment during a welfare check requested on behalf of a woman who identified herself as an Epstein survivor. His former lawyer said he hadn’t been taking care of himself. Carolyn Andriano, May 2023. Testified at Ghislaine Maxwell’s 2021 trial as “Carolyn,” telling the jury she was 14 when she was first brought to Epstein’s Palm Beach house. She died at 36 of an overdose. Her testimony helped put Maxwell away. Bill Richardson, September 2023. Former New Mexico governor and UN ambassador, named by Virginia Giuffre in a deposition as one of the men she was directed to have sex with, an allegation he flatly denied. Died in his sleep at 75. No serious person thinks there’s anything suspicious about it. Virginia Giuffre, April 25, 2025. The most famous and most fearless of Epstein’s survivors, the woman whose lawsuit cost Prince Andrew his titles and his public life. Died by suicide at her farm in Western Australia at 41. Her family said the weight of the abuse she suffered became unbearable. If you want to understand what the Epstein network did to people, start with her, not with the powerful men in the flight logs. Daniel Siad, July 2026. French modelling scout whose name appears roughly 2,000 times in the DOJ files, one of Epstein’s most loyal suppliers of young women for over a decade. His emails to Epstein are as grim as anything in the archive, and Epstein’s replies were often a single word asking the girl’s age. At least five women accused Siad of rape and trafficking, which he denied, and Paris prosecutors had him under active investigation, including wiretaps. Found dead in his kitchen outside Paris at 69. His lawyer says heart attack. An autopsy was ordered. He was the second Epstein recruiter in France to die before any trial. Simon Andriesz, suicided last month. The whistleblower who raised allegations about Lutnick & Epstein. Age 57. That’s nine. Count the convictions that came out of it all? One: Ghislaine Maxwell, serving 20 years. Every other powerful person in this saga has either died, denied, settled or testified “voluntarily” in a closed-door session that ends with a press release about no evidence of wrongdoing. So everybody assumes the worst There’s no evidence anybody on this list was murdered.

And there is a Aussie 3 cyl radial powered bike under construction - all you need is a sidecar for the farm! https://silodrome.com/radial-engined-motorcycle/

Now you are talking. How about another Australian motor - three cylinder radial - 200hp/litre. Presently 2 litre. When fitted to VW / Porsch they claim it doesn't sit closer to ground than the old flat 4. And the note!! https://www.enginebuildermag.com/2021/06/eotw-radial-motions-three-cylinder-compact-radial-engine/

The thread is What Has Ukraine Done Now..... They have done something outrageous.... they have had the cheek to stand up to the world's second biggest corrupt bully - Russia. Now both the world's biggest bullies are trying to show the world that such cheek won't be forgiven. Slava Ukraine!