Oh I wish. The front part of the COMET frame/ skin . was astoundingly WEAK. De Havs have made a lot of blues over time. Douglas built great airframes up to the DC7. In my view the DC-3 Rates as the worlds top Aeroplane for it's time. Nev
He always needs a lot of People to do his dirty work. When they tire of it or get in the $#!t He dumps them. That should become obvious to ALL of them if they had 1/2 a Brain. The GUTLESS GOP will wake up one day and also a few others and it will be ON.. Nev
It's part of his Mantra and fits his objectives Ie It's entirely out of SELF INTEREST. Not any desire to be a truthful Person... I wouldn't regard it as a Hope for a change at all. Leopards do not change their spots. It's ALL about HIM. Remember that ALWAYS. Nev
"In the Last DAYS, there will be Wars and rumours of Wars" We certainly HAVE that now. with the accompanying absence of TRUTH.. Blessed are the Peacemakers. Hello? Hello.? ALL this at a time when more people seem to believe in SOME God or other. Knowledge should save us from weird BELIEFS and outright LIES. The first thing Hitler did was BURN all the Books. Now they control the Media. SAME AIM. CONTROL the People. Nev
Back on line (obviously). Fire risk reduced but NOT gone away. Thanks for the good wishes all. I moved temporarily to a place near Geelong but the Dogs weren't happy and that's a story in itself
GON I taught at Liverpool Boys High for a while and had kids from these two Army places in my classes. Never had a problem with anyone at THAT School despite it's reputation I was sent there because teachers would not stay. I was also involved with Open Wheeler's (Tasman formula) as well as flying out of Bankstown to complete a Commercial + Instructor rating. and UNI at Night 3 times a week on a teaching related degree. Nev
You need a challenge for your brain too. IF it was easy everyone would be doing it. . Special tooling acquired over a lifetime. World wide connections with people with a common interest. Nev
A lot of what I have Cannot be replaced. If it was so I'd just LEAVE And let the Insurance sort it out, But I don't think like that. Money cannot replace it. It's a lifetime of effort. Nev
A lot of lives are potentially at risk here. The Last Time( in 1983) it was about 80 dead, but things are much worse now. Even if we dodge this, the worse time is in about 6 weeks. People who go through BIG fire events are never the same afterwards. Nev
It's NOT Dutton's FOLLY . It's a CON act to keep Coal and Gas going and kill off EV's. His costings are based on US using LESS electricity BECAUSE we will still be driving ICE cars and the cost of IMPORTING OIL is not mentioned in their figures. The "Climate Deniers " are behind this one too BIG. Nuclear uses steam and turbines. That aspect is inefficient and failure prone and needs LOTS of cooling water. Collie for one has none of that and why would we want more heat in Lakes or Seas? Australia is one of the driest continents. Nev
We're an item. Or we are in a relationship. Be pretty intrusive to ask a couple if they are "married" unless it's for a Passport or something and even then a bit OFF. Nev
The grid has never included WA and It's not economical for remote areas either. That doesn't mean it should be done without where it's suitable. The weather is not uniform all along the east coast where Pump Hydro would also work well. Dutton is not in favour of Pump Hydro although there's extensive areas planned to use it currently. Nev
When you're in a developing area or one where trees fall on Powerlines you get electricity interruptions all the time. Often it's just an inconvenience . Nev
Why does everything have to get so complex ? Redundancy costs MONEY . You double up "Just in Case". There's few things more reliable than these batteries and they can be self monitoring, Instant switching., Nev
Batteries are Naturally DC Volts The clever inverters match it to the Heartbeat of the grid. . Alternators go synch by RPM but locking them is difficult.. The B 727 has a synchronous system with 3 engines Ground Power and the APU involved at various times. It has a Flight engineer to attend to that. Nev