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The one you have is classed as circulated and would be worth up to five dollars.

Me name's not Someone, but here's your answer. The inner tube measures 100mm of rain. The outer housing collects excess rain up to 250mm in total until measured separately in the tube. When the measuring tube is full, additional rain overflows into the outer cylinder. So this one would record 350mm of rain. Normal practice is to read and empty the rain gauge at 9:00 am daily.

Political Correctness is increasing the content of Autocorrect. In another post I used the word "manpower". For a laugh, I kept the word but struck through it to indicate that I was crossing it out. I then typed in "personpower", and Autocorrect accepted it. I'm reading Orwell's 1984 and what happened with personpower made me wonder if we are not being led subtly into accepting Newspeak.

Right now I'd like 25mm falling steadily over 24 hours.

To be fair to Woolies and Coles and the like, imagine how much cash, in both notes and coin, they would have to have on hold if lots of people took advantage of cashout. The logistics and security would be a nightmare. Also, while shifting cash in metropolitan areas is not too expensive if you look at the manpower personpower and vehicle costs involved, but when you have to move cash over the typical distances between regional centres, the costs rise rapidly.

If so, his re-election slogan would have been, "I'll be back".

Latest modelling tips a fourth La Niña for Australia in five years before the end of 2024. For Australia, La Niña would increase the prospects of a wet spring and summer, and to a lesser degree, potentially subdue extreme summer heat. The ENSO Outlook is currently at La Niña Watch, meaning there remain some signs that a La Niña may form later in 2024. A La Niña Watch does not guarantee that a La Niña will develop. Additionally, the chance of a La Niña event developing in the coming months has decreased compared to recent outlooks. Around my way, it's looking like a 100 to 1 shot that La Niña will happen. However, every dark cloud has its silver lining. This year's winter crops are being harvested, and this year there doesn't seem to be the likelihood of thunderstorms or even general rain. At the moment I have 10/10 blue with a gentle breeze. Quite pleasant.

That's irony. All your working life you are being controlled by the hands of the clock. Wake-up time; sign-on time; smoko time; lunch time; knock-off time; dinner time; bed time. Then you reach retirement age when those things don't matter any more, but they give you a bloody timepiece so you can still know what time it is.

YOu know that it's dry when you cop a dust storm in mid-Spring.

It's Halloween! I want candy.

It's crystal clear that Harris is the logical choice, however she has three major disadvantages in US politics: 1. She's female. 2. She's not a WASP. 3. She's not a celebrity. I'm afraid that the only thing that will flow from this election is Orange-aid for the wealthy.

I just kicked off a spammer.

For the past six weeks NSW tax dollars have been at work remaking 2 kms of the highway beside my place. Amazingly, they said that they would be doing the work from 16 Sept to 31 October. Today the traffic control people pulled down the multitude of warning signs, packed them up and disappeared into the desert sands. Job finished on schedule. While I'm happy for their success, I'm also happy that I'll no longer be woken at 7:00 am by the beeping of their machinery. Also I'll no longer be held up a hundred metres from my gate by traffic controllers.

A bloke wants something more for his quid than some old crow.

Lend us a quid?

Stupidity or lack of proper education by the manufacturers? The very things you describe about the clothing worn when these chemicals are used on farms are the very comments the old cockies made at the Men's Shed. They also spoke of being splashed by arsenicals which dipping sheep. Just think of when you started operating under OH&S regulations. The Robens Report, released in 1972, was a major turning point in Australian OHS laws. Based on similar moves happening around the world at the same time, this report saw Australian OHS laws change from highly technical to more generalised. Previously, Australian OHS laws were focused entirely on factory-based hazards. Worse, by focusing purely on static features in the workplace, they completely overlooked matters such as the way work is organised. Instead of focusing on details like exactly how high safety barriers had to be, the new approach towards workplace safety was much broader, encouraging proactive measures and more comprehensive solutions. For those who entered the workforce before the 1970s, the change in culture to accept OH&S practices has been hard. Most of those pre-1970 workers are retired or dead. However, it is not hard to enter a workplace today and identify unsafe practices. For example,next time you are the Men's Shed, look for the test tag on a corded, portable electric tool. Was the tool tested within the previous 6 months? Since 1972 greater emphasis has been placed on safety in the workplace with a much wider emphasis than on merely preventing physical injury. Just look at the numbers of workers who are treated for stress and psychological ailments.

I believe that if you live in a Western-style society, abiding by the man-made laws of that society, you would be living a life that is the goal of all religions. At the end of your life, if there is a Supreme Being, you either get the reward offered to staunch followers of religion. If there is no Supreme Being and it's "lights out", what have you lost? “The evil that men do lives after them; The good is oft interrèd with their bones” is spoken by Mark Antony in Act III, Scene 2 of Julius Caesar. That's the irony of living a "good life".

Which is worse for the planet - a few tonnes of a natural substance whose dangers are well known and catered for, or millions of tonnes of manmade chemicals which have only existed for 80-odd years at most and whose long term effects on everything on the planet are nor fully comprehended? I was talking to the blokes at the Men's Shed today about the bans on commonly used herbicides and pesticides due to their being the causative agent in diseases like Parkinson's. The consensus was that it was the improper handling of these chemicals that caused the greatest dangers. Their thought was that it was user incompetence in very many forms that let them harm the planet,as they acknowledge that the chemicals were life-threatening, because that is what they were made for.

If we step away from the economics of nuclear power and think about the safety of nuclear power, you would have to conclude that worldwide it is safe. As Jerry said, storage of nuclear waste is a mature science and engineering discipline. Considering the number of nuclear power generation plants that exist, and you have to include nuclear-powered naval vessels, the safety record is not too bad. Globally, there have been at least 99 (civilian and military) recorded nuclear power plant accidents from 1952 to 2009 (defined as incidents that either resulted in the loss of human life or more than US$50,000 of property damage, and only one or two since. I think that the idea that a nuclear power plant is an activated time bomb is a hangover of Cold War USA propaganda-driven paranoia.

Well! This was a fizzer!

Ever been involved in flying radio controlled planes? Like all hobbies it can get expensive, especially when starting out. A basic trainer, ready to fly, costs a couple of hundred dollars. So many people resort to using cheap, readily available materials, like cardboard or corflute to make something that can be used for basic flight instruction. An Australian company has taken up the idea of using cheap materials to make a military grade flying machine that can be used in a multitude of roles from surveillance to delivering explosives up the tailpipe of a multi-million ruble jet fighter. The Australian company has been sending more than 100 units per month to the Ukraine since march 2023 as part of Australia's contribution to the military needs of the Ukraine. Are they effective? Ask the Russians. These flying machines range in price from about $600 to $3500 or so, depending on the complexity of the control electronics. The machines are not just attach vehicles. They can be used to carry required items from the rear lines to front line troops, thereby preserving more expensive equipment. Here's a homemade one

Question for those with knowledge of New Zealand. I was looking at the disposal instructions for the wrapper of a packet of Arnott's biscuits. For Australia, it said bin it, but for NZ it said return to store. How does that work in NZ?

Horses for courses. Choose the tool for the job at hand.

Most of my power tools are from ALDI. Still made in China, no doubt, but for occasional use they are great. My son used to work for Makita. He told me that there are three quality levels for their tools: Cheapest - for the DIYer Dearer - for occasional use by tradies Dearest - for constant use by tradies. Mainly the differences are in the materials used to make the gears, and I suppose nowadays, the storage capacity of the batteries, since most people seem to want cordless everything. Here's something to let you now who's who in the zoo.

Well done, that man! It is fantastic that all these records are now available online. My B-i-L is involved with the RSL and spends a lot of time searching the records to recover the military history of people so that later generations of the family have that bit of history. I researched my Dad's military service file and from it was able to produce a framed display which includes a photo of him in uniform; his original medals; reproduction unit patches and an abridged service history. It hangs on the wall in my Mum's room at the aged care centre.