nomadpete

Engine block is best because it bypasses the cable from negative battery to starter motor.

Sorry about that. Thread drift is my specialty. I promise I'll stick to one depressing thought at a time.....

Yeah, but you knew what was needed for your work. The average joe goes down to Super cheepie and buys jumper cables labelled 300 amps but they lack copper in the middle. They are not suitable for carrying starting current. Chinese amps aren't as big as Australian ones.

It's always been like this. Neither myself, nor my parents nor grandparents managed to buy a home anything like the modern mansions. What we got to live in was very basic and only happened by a lot of 'going without.' And having kids has always been a struggle - emotionally, physically and financially. Maybe us oldies didn't whinge about it enough for the next generation to notice.

Make it democratic - elect your team. Best of three rounds. No killer drones allowed out of the ring. No casualties.

Sounds like glider heaven. Every cumulus has lift under it.

I think the verroa mite is now a honorary Australian critter. I hope we have some bright researchers working to improve pollination. If the plants don't get any sex, we all go hungry.

Within minutes of posting that A.I. pic, he posted one of a gilded Tower on the moon. Next morning the god picture was pulled from his social media. He must be on some really great drugs!

I don't think trump gives a flying fark about the damage he does to Japan, Australia, Malaysia, etc. Nor about the wellbeing of American citizens.

And I was pointing out that China is protecting it's own interests too. And to be expected. Donold seems to be pushing China to see how far he can damage their economy (energy wise) before they push back. The Chinese comment is an example of diplomatically warning trump. A deliberate contrast to trump's rants. It is unlikely that trump has a grand plan to secure control over the global oil supply chain. But it is possibe he got up one morning wondering how to get the most attention in the world. That's working. Everyone is talking about him.

Of course, there might also be a HR between the battery negative and the engine.

In the time you spent scratching your head, the flat battery also absorbed quite a bit of charge from your good one. Modern jumper cables are too thin to fully crank by themself, they are 'boost' cables that rely on the flat battery contributing. Always start up and run your donor car for a couple of minutes to put something into the flat battery before trying to start that car.

That's inflation for ya!

But it brings such a lovely mouldy patina to my boots. And I haven't needed to water anything since xmas. Oh, sorry. Gripes thread, eh? Damn! My tanks are STILL overflowing!

Meanwhile, back in Ukraine.... "Ukrainian forces have successfully taken control of a Russian position using only drones and ground-based robotic systems." Wars are getting ironically impersonal. Or is that non personnel? https://united24media.com/latest-news/for-the-first-time-ukrainian-unmanned-systems-capture-russian-position-without-infantry-or-losses-17874

If this silly picture is fake, it even fooled Thr Guardian. No wonder little donold is giving advice to the pope.

I wonder if there are any motorcycle electricians in the world? Most motorcycle mechanics don't like anything involving electrickery. However, the charging system on a bike is relatively simple. Totally unlike automotive alternators, though. If you have a multimeter, measure the battery voltage. Firstly after it's been standing, then after start and run at fast idle. Expect it to rise steadily to 14v. With or without lights.

Perhaps donold's spineless yess men didn't tell him that China now has a pretty big stick too.

Do you think that poking a tiger ever works out well?

Is the wind changing? BBC news:- Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has conceded defeat after 16 years in power, with the opposition securing a landslide election win Mr pootin won't be pleased.

But ..... The circus needs a better script writer. "I'm going to solve the blockade and reopen the strait by imposing a blockade and closing the strait." And then what? "My blockade is bigger than yours!" The strait didn't need to Re open until.... Donny blocked it.

Well, the development of flying machines is an example of that. Initially, there was no corporate interest - no money to be made from new fangled stuff. Big money is conservative. So development was by colaboration between privateers around the world, blokes sharing knowledge (ip). Just some hobbyists trying to solve some problem that investors couldn't see as a moneymaker. Along came the infamous Wright Bros (the first tech bros). They collected the free knowledge, combined it to make a working proof of concept, patented it, promoted it and owned it (briefly). Capitalism rules! Even in communist countries.

The proposal is to place all these crowbars (& other nasty explodable things) in low orbit. This is in order to have a quick deployment. I thought that low orbit stuff is always a decaying orbit. How do they plan to prevent this?

Yes, and no. Our behaviour really stems from the fact that humans are the result of evolution, not intelligent design. We collectively refuse to accept that we are animals governed by survival instinct which is fine tuned to respond to short term threats to our existence. We struggle to respond to any long term threat. Our brain just can't do it. This fact is the biggest single threat to humanity.

Only in Amerika..... Look! Jesus loves science! You can now ask Jesus anything via A.I. "For some evangelical Christians, faith is about having a personal relationship with Jesus. At $1.99 per minute, the tech company Just Like Me is taking that concept to a new level." I expect AI jesus can interpret Aramaic..... https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/buddhabot-1-99-chats-ai-110406192.html