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Stubble burning has gone out of fashion because the burning consumes nitrogen, adds to air pollution, and denudes the topsoil, allowing an increase in erosion. Stubble burning also detrimentally affects the soil microbiome, stressing it out with high temperatures. As a result, many are trying alternative means to deal with stubble. The major aim with stubble burning was to prevent tyned seeding machine blockages, this is a major hassle with heavy stubble, and some machines. Seeding machine design has developed into designs aimed at working better in heavy stubble. However, when heavy stubble is buried, the breakdown of the stubble can also consume soil nutrients. Baling stubble for manufacturing use or for feed additives is a desirable aim, but one that is not always readily available, especially in more remote locations. https://agriculture.vic.gov.au/crops-and-horticulture/grains-pulses-and-cereals/crop-production/general-agronomy/stubble-burning https://agriculture.vic.gov.au/crops-and-horticulture/grains-pulses-and-cereals/crop-production/general-agronomy/stubble-burning

I reckon Jerry has a constant craven for Tim-Tams, and just the sight of a packet must start the craven.

It's obvious, innit? - it's because the Fire Brigade has all the specialised tools for nut extraction!

There's more than enough nickel to around - but before long, nickel will likely fall out of fashion as a battery ingredient, as newer and "greener" materials are developed. The price of nickel has slumped badly, mostly due to oversupply, and many of the nickel operations in W.A. have been placed on care and maintenance - including the Kalgoorlie Nickel Smelter. China and Indonesia are producing vast amounts of nickel at lower cost than we can produce it, so it'll be a while before we have to worry about a nickel shortage.

One of the problems that is arising with DNA sequencing is if you find out that your gene mutuations make you predisposed to certain medical conditions that affect your quality of life, or which will lead to early death or disablement - then the life insurance companies can refuse to insure you, on the basis you're a bad risk, or have a much higher chance than the average person, of making a claim. And they may start to make a DNA test compulsory, before they insure you.

I'd be questioning the abilities and qualifications of the people who designed a shower chair that could easily trap ones testicles! I could well imagine that company won't get a second chance at the next shower chair tender for supply of same!

This comprehensive DNA study is one of the biggest ones carried out on any Asian nation, and it reveals some interesting things about Japanese ancestry, as well as discovering the sizeable number of Asians who have a predisposition to contracting and dying from COVID-19, due to a DNA weakness inherited via Neanderthal genes. https://scitechdaily.com/who-are-the-japanese-new-dna-study-shocks-scientists/

I'd be disappointed if I got to 99, and didn't make 100! I've known several people who did that, they died just a few months short of their 100th.

It's a compass direction trick question, and a very clever one at that. The picture descriptions of Thorn, Shout, and Stew, are anagrams of the three cardinal directions of the compass: North, South and West. So the answer is A, because Seat is an anagram of East.

In War, psychology plays just as big a part in winning, as the number of soldiers killed. Psychological warfare undermines enemy morale, and low morale leads to a defeatist attitude.

In my experience, high carbon steels rust more quickly than low carbon steels. Low alloy, high tensile steels in the likes of high grade fasteners, such as Grade 8 or metric Grade 10.9 bolts always rust rapidly. The modern high tensile steels in car body panels rust faster than the old car bodies, which used mild steels. But different irons and steels all possess substantially different properties, so nothing is guaranteed. The older steels may have more impurities such as small slag inclusions, which discourage rust, and sometimes there's a high copper content in older steels, and this inhibits corrosion. Steels produced to a standard have a very strict quantity range of copper, phosphorous, sulphur and carbon levels in the steel, and this wasn't the case in older steels that didn't have to meet specific steel standards, they just had to do the job they were produced for. Also, scrap content makes up a surprising amount of furnace feed - even in the old days. Scrap content can be 25%-30% of furnace feed and sometimes even more. It was known early on, that adding scrap of a known quality improved the steel/iron end result, as the scrap has already been refined at least once. But the quality control over the scrap being fed in, is the biggest factor in the quality of the end product.

You might have photographed Facthunter unwittingly?

They didn't make anything lightweight in the old days, and cast iron was always preferred to cast aluminium! - mostly because it was much cheaper!

Ha ha! Don't you just love the fan on the electric motor hanging out in space, with no shroud? - and they keep checking the motor to see if it's getting hot! Makes you wonder why they even left the fan on the shaft! When we had the Blokey Shed going, one of the Victorians on there (he was from out Gippsland way, I STR), had done a lot of slicing and dicing of timber and he reckoned he could never ever, get a good accurate cut with a bandsaw blade. He reckoned, no matter what you did to try and keep it true, it always wanted to woofle around and give you a wavy cut. He swore that steel disc sawblades were the only way to cut timber straight and true. But you need a darn big blade to cut any kind of decent width. I gotta laugh at the Americans referring to their "hardwood". They wouldn't know what a hardwood was! It never ceases to amaze me how fast their timber grows, though.

All the words contain all the vowels, but FACETIOUS is the only one that has them in the correct order.

Heroine

.....in everything, except spelling, obviously.

ENT - The letters are the first letter of the words for consecutive numbers, starting from 1, going through to 10.

I think the most despicable part of any warmongering group is the way they teach their toddler-age children that firearms are something to be worshipped, and how they teach their children that belief in the power of firearms is the way to go. The Middle Eastern terrorism groups are big on this, but they're followed closely by American Fundamentalists. I find their attitude of a love of firearms repugnant, it's nothing short of idol-worship, and yet they fail to see it.

D - the table. The first three are the equivalent of peoples names - Olive, Holly and Cliff. I haven't come across anyone name table yet, but I guess there's always a chance I will, judging by some of the weird names I encounter today!

I think the important thing is to distinguish the introduction of the involvement of innocent civilians into politically driven murders, assassinations and kidnappings. It's one thing to seek out and kill combatant and warmongering enemies who have clearly stated their aims - it's another thing altogether to kidnap and murder innocent civilians, and use them as pawns to gain power and territory. This is the most repugnant of all the acts of warmongering, and almost universally identifies the perpetrators as terrorists and indiscriminate, ruthless killers. However, as ever in this world, civilians are always the ones who suffer greatly when combatants engage. The pure misery on fleeing civilians faces in wartime, is always etched on my mind.

A, because it's the only shape that IS a square.

Jerry, you obviously haven't studied up on the Stern Gang and the Irgun, both groups being essentially terrorism gangs, who indulged in many terrorist acts against the British. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Stern-Gang And as for Nick Freitas - well, he's a Fundamentalist Christian Republican who joined the U.S. Army as method of revenge for 9/11 - he supports Trump - is dead against Obamas Affordable Care legislation, and wants it dismantled - is rabidly pro-gun - opposes any increase in the Federal minimum wage - and wants the Wall finished on the Mexican border. A fine example of a rabid right-winger in U.S. politics, and no doubt a vocal backer of the Israel of today. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Freitas Regardless of Freitas Crusader approach, I do agree with a lot of what he has pointed out, about the Palestinians and their constant return to terrorism.

Bring Up the Bodies - the first word of each title in the other four books.

This is in the wrong thread - but it's a warning - you'd better stock up on chocolate and Tim-Tams, because the world is facing a drastic cocoa shortage, that has seen the cocoa price reach a 50 year high. Fortunately for me, I'm not a chocolate aficionado, I never eat Tim-Tams, and I only rarely eat chocolate of any kind. But I can see a chocolate tragedy unfolding as chocolate prices go ballistic and people start wearing T-shirts saying, "Step away from the chocolate and no-one gets hurt!!" 🙂 https://www.perthnow.com.au/lifestyle/food/chocolate-prices-and-shrinkflation-set-to-soar-with-full-impact-of-global-cocoa-shortage-yet-to-be-felt-c-16186758