Jerry_Atrick

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I am going to go out on a limb, but as n ex-highway patrolman, OME is one of the more formally trained drivers on here. So I will defer to his better judgement on matters.. A long time ago - maybe 20 years, there was an editorial in The Age, where the author advocated, to save lives, the speed limit should be dropped to 50kph, everywhere. This was before there were 50kph limits and lower, I think. Her sole argument was that speed kills. This wasn't too much after I moved here, where, at the time, speed limits were really guides - at least on more open roads. I found this out on a drive from London to Swansea (to fly a De Havilland Vampire). Along the M4, which is the main 3 lane each way motorway to Wales, I steadfastly stuck to the 70mph limit. I was the slowest on the road, and when a little old lady overtook me, I decided it was time to enjoy the ride. On the way back, I got that little Pugeot 106 on a downhill bit up to 100mph and someone still overtook me. The average speed was about 80 - 85mph. And yes, I did drive at those speeds on the mototways, when traffic and weather conditions permitted, and leaned that the British drivers were far more situationally aware than their antipodean cousins when it came to driving. Also, they were incredibly considerate compared to those same antipodean cousins. They would move over to let you in (or, in urban/suburban roads, stop to let you out of a driveway or side street). When I did my motorcycle licence here, yes, if you spend even 1mph over the limit when you were tested, you would fail. But the training and the test was also about situational awareness, consideration, and getting on with it.. Don't dawdle, the road is full of others who want to get from a to b. This was a stark contrast to the learning I did in Melbourne, which was, apart from the not speeding, you can and should dawdle, and don't worry about other road users, that's their problem. Anyway, in response to this article, I did a bit of research and interesting, where the Europeans are far more speed demons, the only country that fared worse on any measure other than absolute road deaths and life changing injuries, Australia fared worse than all but France. Yes, even Italy was better than Aus. Whether these were per capita, per licensed/learner drivers/riders/etc, per registered vehicles, per miles driven,, Australia was miles behind most European countries (where, for many seat belts seem optional), except Italy was a close third last, and France pipped us. So, it is a lot more than just keep your bloody speed down. I recall the frustration I had with Melbourne drivers when I moved back there. Mo dog, they were incredibly selfish, and largely unaware of their surroundings.. In the UK, they do enforce road laws, but it seems more about practical safety than what I consider ideological speed limits, probably designed as revenue raisers, which was even admitted as such by a Victorian minister of something or other. Over here, you can still speed and not be pursued, as long as you are safe. But, even if you are under the limit, but dangerously driving, you will have the book chucked at you. Of course, we have speed cameras, but the fixed ones are very obvious. And yes, they are a bit more binary in their application. However, things have changed here. Even though, over the years, I have mellowed,, and only do 75 - 80 max on the Motorways, but the driving here has got much worse. I am going to go right wing nut job, but particularly around London, where there is a high ratio of immigrants, as in "new" Brits, the driving is appalling compared to what it was. Anyway, @old man emu, what is your take on speeding.. Is a relentless pursuit of the speed limit that much safer, or what would you consider the higher priority road safety measures to take? BTW, I did respond to the article in The Age with the facts and sources; I never got a response.

Haven't watched this yet:

Not where I am 😉 And of course it beckins the question - what are you doing up at 3:40am - early rising, or late retiring?

It's the basic ignorance caused by and coupled with fossil fuel lobbyist that drives NIMBYs and red tape.

That is bs: https://www.energyglobal.com/special-reports/02082023/the-baseload-fallacy/ I forgot to mention earlier... the policy is not designed to see a nuclear power generation system in Aus; it is designed to make it feel so expensive, we will stick to fossil fuel as we would have killed new renewables on the hope of nuclear..

The Maryland governor appears to have photographed a meteor and the Orion constellation and https://fox28savannah.com/news/nation-world/larry-hogan-says-dozens-of-drones-flew-over-maryland-home-entirely-unacceptable-new-jersey-md-east-coast-flying-objects-ufos What is worrying is worrying ius the members of the legislature andf the president elect are calling for people to shjoot them down because, y'know, they are well trained and can spot say a light aircraft or balloon or glider.. And, y'know.. private gun owners in the US are highjly trained and not trigger happy...

I have worked on nuclear facilities in the Czech Republic, Romania, France, UK, Canada, and the US, including Thre Mile Island. I didn't persdonally witness any accidents or close calls, but used to flip through the incident and accident reports,m and there were some humdingers. There was one client in the US who had a reputation for covering up, and the Nuclear Rgualtory Commission (NRC) would pay unannounced site visits regularly. Whistleblower prtections were strong even 25 years ago and combined with the penalties for covering up meant there was a strong disincentive to try and sweep something under the carpet. But, I don't douibt, as OT says, there are cover ups.. Th thing is, are there enough to suggest it is less safe than, say coal,. I asm sure this graph has been presented before and I noted that the average of wind and solar death rate is the same as nuclear. Given they are a lot cheaper to produc energy and have far less risk, the choiced *shouild* be obvious. @Marty_d - shoiuld I get back to Aus in time for the next general election, I can assure you, despite my criticism of Albo, I would not be voiting for the LNP..their policies are scary.. I probably may not vote Labor, either, unless I happen to live in Julian Hill's electorate.. And about now, I can feel a post coming into the Albo thread..

No worries.,. I am too old these days to get too worried, Many more other things to worry about. I realised you were probably not talking about the floor I was talking about. The floor in the vestibule that I started sanding is still only partially sanded. I was using a belt sander in the end, but the carbon pad melted so I am waiting for another two. My new orbital sander has gone through enough discs that the velcro on the pad has worn through and am waiting for a replacement. The floor I was talking about above is here. The shiuny bit on teh left hand side has the satin oil applied.. the rught hand side and the foreground is to have it applied, but more filling required:

You only have to look at the US election to look at the mindset of people who vote. On of the problems is that many people are for the here and now.. They say Gen Z is the generation that need instant gratification, but it has been like that for time immemorial. And, as @nomadpete says, a lot of people go with the loudest sound bytes (or bildest headlines, often which are inconsistent with the actual article). This may also go some way to explaining the current state of the world. I am not sure how accurate or qualified the viseo is, but at least intuitively, it makes sense?

Thanks for asking. The floors are proving to be quite a challenge. The builder had to do otehr work he had promised customers, so, my partner, who is very creative took over. Prooblem is the floors are quite old and have a lot of imperfections. So, she has been working on it for about a three weekksm trying to get it into shape. It should be finished this week ready for the top coat of clear satin oil. Decorators are in fixing the gympsum based plaster, painting and stuff. They are doing a great job. Another builder starts next week and will be doing work in the basement.. Things are moving... Lime plasterer can't start until Feb. Speaking to an agent this weekend. about 1/3 of the windows are installed.

Unless you use seriously advanced features of Office, need cloud storage, or write lots of VBA, you're a lot better off with Libre Office.

Here;s an example of weak leadership:

As Albo is learning, too