nomadpete

Good choice!

OK, I declare Onetrak a winner. What can we compete for next?

No sense of humour.....

Thinking of " In The Year 2889 by Jules Verne Where he imagines a life unbelievable when he wrote it in 1889, but we live it today. Except he predicted England to become a State of USofA. But he did write it for an American newspaper, so I forgive that.

I'd say that about a lot of recent human activity. Nothing recent can match the imagination of authors like Jules Vern, Arthur Clark, etc. All recent stories are simplistic rehashes of themes that were imagined centuries ago.

Yes it might end badly if A.I. is relied upon to solve big issues such as climate changes.... if it prioitises its own immediate climate requirements above human requirements. Big business and politicians are alreadly leaning that way.

The way things are going down here most folk are ready to clean the silt out of their rainwater tanks.... with a dustpan and brush.

Really, Nev! You shouldn't talk about my wife like that. I'll have you know, she scrubs up rather nice!

Seems pretty obvious. Noticed that he wasn't game to put percentages on his prediction, though.

I dunno, but maybe Onetrack is just desperately trying to avoid cleaning out 25 years of accumulated valuables in a shed....

Thinking in terms of Pooten, North Korea, China,etc, call me naive but I can't get my head around how often one psychopath can rise to the top and then set out killing multitudes and destroying lots of stuff and still have half their people thinking they are great. It doesn't make sense. Since it has historically happened so much, I sadly expect Mr Trumpet to rise to the top in USofA.

Make the most of your fame. It probably won't last.

And that former penal colony is building a big extension cord that will hook into the hip pocet of every mainlander. We can suck money out of all youse mugs through your power bills.

Oh. I thought the Gold Coast was the Sinney centre of OarStaya

Who? Wolfie, Penfold, Grant Burge ... .

The worst water I have seen or tasted was St George. I was told there was two supplies - one from the river to flush the toilets (so brown I couldn't see whether number two was still there), and sulphurous bore water for drinking. After a week there when I came home, I smelt so bad, I was sent to the shower to get the smell off before the family would even greet me. Climate change seems to be contributing to redistribution of vital drinking water in some countries.

'Experts' have been predicting a real estate crash for decades. I reckon Jerry is holdin off his trip home until it happens.... The young man waiting for housing to get cheap....

Aaah. Land of free rein capitalism. There is always some way to skim dollars from those around you. And over here we still hear people saying..... 'Nobody will buy those new cars, there won't be anywhere to charge them.'

Tut tut, old mate. Decorum please! This is NOT the gripes thread.

Congratulations Jerry. When it comes to 'quality of life', there are only two things that you have some control over. If you can go to bed each night feeling good about your day's work, and wake up each day next to a person you are happy with..... you are better off than most of the people on the planet.

Our bus stop. It is a couple of hundred metres down our driveway. Since this pic, there have been shrubs planted around it and a raised fireplace built facing the lounge seat. Simple, and a lovely spot to simply 'be' with our surroundings...

My wife has had a difficult week so we adjourned to the 'bus stop' that I built halfway down the driveway, for therapy. I lit a comfort fire and opened a bottle of therapeutic wine . I brought dinner down and lit the candles and we watched the wildlife going to bed while the full moon rose through the trees... Sometimes we need chill out a bit.

Hello Peter. I'm still here.

I don't have that problem. Maybe your chimney wont block up so fast if you stop crapping on your wood?

If you don't mind taking responsibility for stuff, going your own way is cheaper than joining the community schemes. I don't have garbage collection service. I sort and compact my trash and when the bin is full, I take it to the garbage dump and pay to dump it. Costs about 7.50 a month. What does your council charge for sulo bin service? My water tanks and pump are looking like lasting at least 20 years. About $75 per quarter. What are water rates in cities? Unfortunately I am grid connected, but my rooftop solar and usage pattern helps - average bill is $275 per quarter. And we do use the A/C. Today I set up solar lighting for a friend. He scored an old ex rootop solar panel for a few dollars and a couple of old lead/acid batteries from a recycler. Although he does not expect to run a fridge yet, he at least has lighting and no electricity bills at all.