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Random thought.....

Not sure if this is old news, or even true. But not unexpected. "the Brave New World. The sale of Dominian is but one part of that. One Republican Now Controls a Huge Chunk of US Election Infrastructure Former GOP operative Scott Leiendecker just bought Dominion Voting Systems, giving him ownership of voting systems used in 27 states. Election experts don't know what to think."

Well good for you. It might be *SPRING!* where you are. But it aint spring down here. We have been promised 2 & 3 degree mornings all this week. And not reaching 10 degrees even if the sun breaks through. Climate sure is changing!

The present crop of house batteries start at 5Kwh which would only run the average oven for half an hour. They are usually used to minimise peak period power biling (lowering household power bills). However, many people are buying up to 20Kwh batteries, which, when combined with a proper roof full of solar power (say 11Kw) of solar panels, can run an all electric home (with a little care). Present price for 11Kw of panels with a smart inverter is $9,000. Back when they went off grid, Mr & Mrs Octave would have loved prices like these.

I dug this one up from back in 2004. You can change the names but the message still applies today..... "President George Bush was in the Oval Office wondering which country to upset next, when his telephone rang... "Hallo, President Bush" a heavily accented voice said. This is Archie, up 'ere at the Harp Seal Pub in Badger's Cove, Newfoundland, Canada ey? I am callin' to tells ya dat weare officially declaring war on you ey!" "Well Archie," George replied, "This is indeed important news! How big is your army?" "Right now," said Archie, after a moments calculation "there is myself, me cousin Harold, me next-door-neighbor Mick, and the whole dart team from the pub. That makes eight!" George paused. "I must tell you Archie, that I have one million men in my army waiting to move on my command." "Holy jeez," said Archie. "I'll have ta call ya back!" Sure enough, the next day, Archie called again. "Mr. Bush, the war is still on! We have managed to acquire some infantry equipment!" "And what equipment would that be Archie?", George asked. "Well sir, we have two combines, a bulldozer, and Harry's farm tractor." President Bush sighed. "I must tell you Archie, that I have 16,000 tanks and 14,000 armoured personnel carriers. Also I've increased my army to one and a half million since we last spoke." "Lard T'underin' Jaysus, bye", said Archie, "I'll be getting back to ya." Sure enough, Archie rang again the next day. "President Bush, the war is still on! We have managed to git ourselves airborne! We up an' modified Harrigan's ultra-light wit a couple of shotguns in the cockpit, and four byes from the Legion have joined us as well!" George was silent for a minute then cleared his throat. "I must tell you Archie that I have 10,000 bombers and 20,000 fighter planes. My military complex is surrounded by laser-guided, surface-to-air missile sites. And since we last spoke, I've increased my army to TWO MILLION!" "Jeysus, Mary and Joseph," said Archie,"I'll have ta call youse back." Sure enough, Archie called again the next day. "President Bush! I am sorry to have to tell you dat we have had to call off dis 'ere war." "I'm sorry to hear that" said George. "Why the sudden change of heart?" "Well, sir," said Archie, "we've all sat ourselves down and had a long chat over a bunch of pints, and come to realize dat dere's no way we can feed two million prisoners." CANADIAN CONFIDENCE CANNOT BE SHAKEN!

Thanks for the Hubble link, Space. I don't think i can download a 2.5 Gb picture to my phone! BUt the link has lots of great stuff. Tighten your seatbelt, we're gonna crash!

Got it OT Agatha Christie. In 1922? Did you cheat?

No. Hint.... a writer. Try again.

Here's one for ya.....

Religion:- Puritanism. The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy. Catholics drink on the front porch, baptists drink on the back porch. We believe life begins at conception,” says the panel’s Catholic priest. “We believe life begins at birth,” says the liberal Protestant. “We believe that life begins when the kids are out of the house and the dog dies,” says the rabbi.

Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard. The whole aim of modern politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary. And it makes it even harder for the average ape to believe that he has descended from man.

Not sure if I'm allowed to post flying memes here, but.... for all those doubting Thomas's....

Deleted. Sorry, for some mysterious reason it double posted.

What, Whisky? No, but I do turn it. ... BTW, remember - don't eat the yellow snow.

Meanwhile, back to silly signs, here is one I saw today....

I just had a quote of $7k for a 16Kwh BYD battery. Of course scaling it up to 400Kwh won't be a linear extrapolation. In reality, your guess is about the same as my guess. What do you need 400Kwh for?

Of course it would need a lot of cheap glitz to make it better.

They seem to have copied WINDY.COM for their wind map. I like WINDY for an overview and forecast. The map shows present wind at weather stations, isobars and fronts. For rain radar, I have a link that takes me straight to BOM radar at my nearest radar.

See! Living proof of what unrestricted undocumented immigration does to the country!

Probably, but would anyone expect any less? Sadly, Albo failed to fully support Australian sovereign interests - but I figured no Australian politician would have the courage to tell Trump that we no longer see USA as a truly friendly ally. The whole AUKUS is a waste of OUR money. Should be cancelled.