The Random thought thread

[old man emu]

1 hour ago, red750 said:

A report on Seven this morning said that tourism to the USA was down 7% on this time last year.

The way the tourism into the USA story is being given to us, it would appear that, to paraphrase Luke 18:25,  "it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a foreigner to enter the Land of the Free. 

[facthunter]

The "Eye of a Needle" is a lane in Jerusalem. Nev

[old man emu]

The "Eye of the Needle" in Jerusalem is a popular but largely unsupported claim that a narrow gate existed within the city walls. There's no definitive evidence of such a gate ever existing in Jerusalem  Don't forget that the Romans destroyed Jerusalem in 70 CE and most likely demolished the city wall. So, if there had been a narrow gate somewhere in it, we have no evidence of it now. The narrow would have made it difficult for large animals like camels to pass through unless they were unloaded. 

This claim is often associated with Jesus' parable about it being easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. It is a simile used to illustrate the difficulty of entering the kingdom of heaven. Since Jesus often used commonly encountered things as similes to clarify his parables, I would imagine that his contemporaries would know what he was referring to.

 

Perhaps a modern equivalent of an "eye of the needle" is the small door in a much larger door such as a factory roller shutter of a hangar door. 

[spacesailor]

And ' the name of such a small door ? .

( I believe it has one ) .

spacesailor

[ClintonB]

53 minutes ago, spacesailor said:

And ' the name of such a small door ? .

( I believe it has one ) .

spacesailor

It is a PA door on kit sheds, a portal on others(I think)

[ClintonB]

1 hour ago, old man emu said:

The way the tourism into the USA story is being given to us, it would appear that, to paraphrase Luke 18:25,  "it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a foreigner to enter the Land of the Free. 

For all of us non religious country music fans that is also Chris Jansen from “ buy me a boat” also.🤠

[onetrack]

It's called a Personnel door.

[facthunter]

It's a Parable and the Meaning  is Encumbered RICH people have difficulty navigating it (the Path to Heaven). I like that idea.  Nev

[nomadpete]

7 minutes ago, facthunter said:

It's a Parable and the Meaning  is Encumbered RICH people have difficulty navigating it (the Path to Heaven). I like that idea.  Nev

I like that thought. You can't buy a better seat in heaven.

 

"Y' come into this world with nothing, y' go out with nothing.... whattya lost?      Nothing!"   (Life of Brian?)

[onetrack]

PA door stands for "Personnel Access door" in building terminology.

 

Edited April 18 by onetrack

[spacesailor]

P A it is.

So your " personal assistant " does ' not ' have to risk their ( manicured ) finger nails,

OPENING THAT BIG DOOR .

spacesailor

[facthunter]

I'd like a well set up PAD of my own.. Does YOUR personal Assistant have long nails space? ( I won't tell anyone, I promise. )    Nev

[spacesailor]

My ' P, A, ' Wife has always looked after her nails, also stopped me biting mine .

spacesailor

[facthunter]

Good to know that. What's next? Buy a sports Car? That should be a hit in Toongabbie. . My choice is a LOTUS. Nev

[old man emu]

1 hour ago, facthunter said:

What's next? Buy a sports Car?

A mobility scooter with a tweaked motor. 

[spacesailor]

A " Lotus " , had one, utter crap . Built on an old car chassis . Fibreglass kit body. 

' mobility scooter ' still have one . 

Do you  know ! , they are illegal  on NSW roads .

You can get arrested for driving over Toogabbie Bridge,  as the footpath is blocked by a   

" powerpole " , not even a kids bike could use that footpath. 

spacesailor

[facthunter]

 That's a poor description of a Lotus and mobility  thingys  aren't scooters. What did you do wrong to have to live in Toongabbie?  From your description it's not much of a place. Nev

Edited Saturday at 11:14 PM by facthunter

[old man emu]

Random thought:

Paper wasps are hanging around my place at the moment. They are nasty bastards and I make an effort to destroy their nests when I see them. I spray the nest with surface insecticide and come back later after the wasps have left and knock the nest down and stamp on it.

 

When I did this to the last nest I destroyed I was taken by the intricacy of its construction.  These nests are the same year in, year out. It made me wonder where in the DNA of these wasps are the plans for their nests, and their reproductive behaviours located. Then I started to think about the behaviours of all the other insects, fish, birds and mammals. They have the knowledge of millennia stored in their DNA. How come humans have lost that innate knowledge?

[facthunter]

Larger brains require time to  educate to a much higher level of complexity that animals that must survive on their own earlier. We still behave instinctively, like blinkiing eyes and reacting to high temp surfaces .  Nev

[onetrack]

Australian paper wasps or introduced European wasps? The former are relatively innocuous here on the Left Coast, but the European wasps are apparently the vicious bastards.

The European wasps are extremely rare here, and a declared pest, to be reported to authorities for immediate destruction.

The Australian paper wasps rarely sting here, although one did bite SWMBO a few years ago, and made her yelp.

 

However, I see in news items that the European wasps have bred up in large numbers in the Eastern States, and are becoming a major problem. What with them and fire ants, the Eastern States look less attractive every day!

 

Edited Sunday at 01:30 AM by onetrack

[facthunter]

Fire ants are in Qld. Euro wasps here (Vic) seem no worse  than they were Years ago and I don't think they were Introduced.  I've only been stung once by one but many times by our native Australia BEE. I carry an anti Hystamine tablet with me in my wallet  as each bite makes your reaction worse. Nev

[rgmwa]

2 hours ago, old man emu said:

Random thought:

Paper wasps are hanging around my place at the moment. They are nasty bastards and I make an effort to destroy their nests when I see them. I spray the nest with surface insecticide and come back later after the wasps have left and knock the nest down and stamp on it.

 

When I did this to the last nest I destroyed I was taken by the intricacy of its construction.  These nests are the same year in, year out. It made me wonder where in the DNA of these wasps are the plans for their nests, and their reproductive behaviours located. Then I started to think about the behaviours of all the other insects, fish, birds and mammals. They have the knowledge of millennia stored in their DNA. How come humans have lost that innate knowledge?

Sounds as though they might be welcome to live at your place again OME. 

[facthunter]

I stopped buying the "AUSTRALIAN" Paper in the 70's.    Nev

[pmccarthy]

We just bought some tubes of Anthisan cream here in the UK for friends. Apparently they can no longer be sold legally in Australia, I don’t know why. It is antihistamine for stings etc,

[facthunter]

It's prescribed to  reduce reaction from bee Stings. You can end up not being able to Breathe. It's a tablet. Nev