Jerry_Atrick

Yeah, when the argument is lost, personally attack those that have won the argument. Helps console oneself, I suppose.

There seems to be ample dull men's clubs to choose from if the one you are in is too dull to take your submissions...

That looks like a downward trend to me. Also it seems to be comparing a monhly trend v a longe term annual trend, which distorts the linea trajectory of a (graph) surface. You would have to compae either the same month per years, or the annual average per year/s. I prefer a more comprehensive Apples v apples comparison like this one: https://www.eea.europa.eu/en/analysis/indicators/arctic-and-baltic-sea-ice. Importantly, as sea ice reflects the suns rays back into space and acts as a reflector, the sea-ice reduction in summer per decate is c. 12.8%... NASA comes in for a September annual comparison, with a decade decline of a more conservative 12.2% on average isnce 1980. You can deny all you like, but the numbers are there. If you love your kids and grandkids and further generations and you want them to life in a (relatively) safe world, you'd want to do something about it. BTW, CERN, a nuclear physics research institure recognise it, and are trying to drop their emissions by 28%. I live next to the Royal College of Surgeon's (UK) chair on climate change.. the stuff he can quote chapter and verse scares me. All fact and data driven.

Let's hope... or should that be pray?

Onetrack - you may have to join the Dull Men's Club/Group...

Nah.. You still have to look at the watch..

Jeepers.. haven't been on PPRUNE for yonks.. totally forgot about it until now.

Unlike ovre here, where rail fares are atronomical, Vic Rail is wanting passengers to use their services: https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/tickets/fares/regional-fares/. $10.60 max fare is not too expensive. The weather in the Bellarine Peninsula is getting better with global warming - according to my brother who has purchased a house in Port Arlignton - not to close to the shoreline. Indeed.. Sidders,, Sid-a-ney, and the like are not where I want to live to start with... Not because I am Melbourne born and bred, but because I don't really know too much about it, apart from trying to stay away from the western suburbs. I also think that for what we want, Melbourne fits better; we don't want to have a car; the tram network is fantastic, and last time I looked, the bike paths and other options looked very reasonable. Of course, Sidders has Bankstown, buit there is something about Moorabbin and Essendon that seem to make things easily accessible.

Uggghhhh! It's going to be a long year for Hawthorn... All that promise in the run home to the end of the season last year as evaporated.

It was the random thought of cancellign all public holidays.. so I could have a drink in peace and quiet! This eve, had to invite Wolfie and a couple of friends around.

There are very real economically structural issues that will mean the worst that will happen in the big citites will be a correction rather than a crash. The durty money is only part of it. Negative gearing is another component, too, because it allows you to offset your PAYG payable against the losses on your property to increase your cash flow. Despite the size of Australia, the concentration of work and population actually make it very densely populated in the cities (https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/parts-of-melbourne-are-more-crowded-than-manhattan-and-london-find-out-how-dense-your-suburb-is-20240327-p5ffqz.html).. And the areas that are desirable for people to live. Rental crisis? Pfft! If you'e willing to move. Cost of a property too expensive.. Pfft.. If you're willing to move, or look elsewhere, and somewhere not so popular, but could yield a very decent standard of living: https://www.homely.com.au/narrandera-narrandera-murrumbidgee-new-south-wales I just happened to be lookign there this eve (on realestate.com.au) as when I drove through there, it was a town that had immediate appeal to me. In terms of the cost of properties for me, even in Melbourne, until recently, I was not too fazed by the price increases as the equity I have in property here sold, and cash sent to Aus would be enough to buy somethign decent in a realtively inner suburb. But, lately, even with the weak AUD$, I am having to cast my net wider or downsize expectation. As we are bringing doggo with us, downsizing expectation is not the easiest thing to do in an already densley populated city. So, we may cast our net to the Bellarine Peninsula as I hear that the maximum cost of a v/line ticket is something like $11 each way.. I am going to start dropping hints with management next week that I would like to move to our Sydney office. It only has a small sales presence for our firm, as most of everythign else is done in Singapore, but as they want my to work with my global counterparts putting in global systems, I am putting the argumen that it doesn't matter where I sit. The Sydney will be my paymaster, and I can base myself anywhee in Aus that I want.

Quite frankly, it looks like economics at work. Allocation of scarce resources against unlimited wants; demand is increasing for EVs, someone has to support them, let's put more resources into that rather than a declining industry of ICE vehicles. Capitalsim (regulated rather than totally free) is still the most efficient mechanism of allocating resources.

Excellent stuff, OME. On another note, time really does fly when one is having fun. Most of us can remember those one hour flying lessons breezing by at twice the knots that the aircraft was going. Well, I have been telling everyone back in November that it was my third anniversary at work. But I just checked, and it is my 4th. When I look back, it feels like three years, but I have actually really enjoyed this job. How good is that? Most people aren't in that position at all.. So, I estimated how long I have been on different incarnations of this forum. I fugured it was 5 years give or take - but it is 7.5 years. Heck - to some of you, it must seem like a prison sentence.. But time does fly when you're having fun.

It's the long weekend.. And, y'know.. where I live - I don't like it too much.. We live in the South West of England wedged between the north coast of Somerset and the south coast of Devon and Somerset. And despie the weather being ordinary, the grockles (locals word fgor tourists) are out and about. I can't really complain as the little detached cottage we have is rented out for the weekend.. but went to the pub at a normally quiet time to pick up a tonic water (partner likes G&T and we were out of T), and it was packed.. OK.. the pub does OK, but as a grumpy old man, I like it quieter when it should be. Bah Humbug! Let's get rid of public holidays!

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Ya' know, there's something on the internet about everything

If this is true, it shows he is not stoopid, but quite a cunning bar steward: https://youtube.com/shorts/-Abt7-FwZwY?si=1dfMH-kRKGLEHotH

Yes.. And keeping us on power generated using fossil fuels will result in the same. Absolutely right. I saw the inside of a turbine hall about 6 months after the shaft ate itself up while under full load.. it wasn't pretty and extremely lucky people weren't in the hall at the time. Turns out, it would be more than a year offline. At £1m/day lost revenue (it was a nuke), that was a hefty cost. Can't recall what the overall repair bill was.

He is in good company... I keep forgetting to shave lately, too

Hmm can be one of two things: 1. He is a bad credit risk and/or they don't really like him much; or 2. They're not really worth $1bn (well, not in liquid assets). Of course, the reality is that they probably own companies and property, so they can't really get their hands on it quickly themselves, and even if they could, there may well be taz and or impropriety issues. (I know the last one is something the Trump family care little of).

This is probably what @nomadpete is referring to? https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-17/nsw-police-shot-western-sydney-man-bradley-balzan-inquest/103592578