The Random thought thread

[spacesailor]

I used the ' metric DIN ' on my rolls of " Agfa  film , it just seemed easier than. ' ASA ' number . ( in the 1950s ).

 BUT I can't read the new ' metric ' tape measure ' .

Those bad ' C's  ' , make it too messy .

1 m

       4 cm

                 18 mm

All " Dutch " to me .

spacesailor

Edited December 22, 2023 by spacesailor
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[old man emu]

If you mash up an avocado and leave it in a container in the fridge for a couple of days the surface goes brown but the inside stays green. When you throw it out, it plops down like a sick puppy's poop.

[nomadpete]

2 hours ago, old man emu said:

If you mash up an avocado and leave it in a container in the fridge for a couple of days the surface goes brown but the inside stays green. When you throw it out, it plops down like a sick puppy's poop.

Another random thought, indeed!

[Jerry_Atrick]

My random thought today was, what if we cancelled the commcerical side of Christmas and just had a day where the family and firends got together for a big feast - to celebrate family and friends. We could nominate the day and have as good a time or better as it wouldn't be a big rush...

 

Bah Humbug! Merry Christmas, everyone (or happy festive season to those of different or, like me, no religious beliefs)...

[old man emu]

10 hours ago, Jerry_Atrick said:

what if we cancelled the commcerical side of Christmas and just had a day where the family and firends got together for a big feast

Do you suggest we return to the original reason for festivities at this time of year - when the the sun is overhead at the tropic of Cancer or Capricorn and the length of day changes, and we are halfway through the cold or the heat? It still wouldn't remove the stress of food preparation, organising at whose place we gather, and the inevitable familial frictions.

 

I thing we should just go secular, ignore the 25th and move everything to 1st January, and give offerings to Janus.

[nomadpete]

9 hours ago, Jerry_Atrick said:

what if we cancelled the commcerical side of Christmas and just had a day where the family and firends got together for a big feast - to celebrate family and friends.

 

Well we Aussies  sort of have done that. To be honest, there's still some of us partying at summer solstice, celebrating the story of a supernatural being getting born into a human body a couple of millrnnia ago .

 

But there's mobs more of us devoted to a day of family and friends annually celebrating together, usually rejoicing over the ceremonial breaking of bread at a barbie.

Presently this occurs on 26th Jan but we really don't care what date.

[old man emu]

1 minute ago, nomadpete said:

Presently this occurs on 26th Jan but we really don't care what date.

Jeezus! Don't open that can of worms!

[spacesailor]

You don't like Christ- mas .

Just get Old !. Then deligrate the younger family members to ' celebrate,  organise,  cook , & invite us Oldies to roll-up. AND CELEBRATE X-mas .

spacesailor

 

[facthunter]

deligrate. Isn't that a malapropism?. What a beauty. You're THE MAN space.  Nev

[spacesailor]

'' Delegate ''

a person sent or authorized to represent others, in particular an elected representative sent to a conference.

"the delegates rejected the proposal"

I have NO idea what ' mr A I ' . Thought '' I '' was THINKING .

Delegrate

'' Normalized population density (?) for word "delegrate":

And I still can't understand that '' Word & meaning ''

Got me Again , after proof reading .

spaceasailor

[facthunter]

I don't want to denegrate you. I thought you did it on purpose.   Nev

[red750]

The ADF is now dismantling the MH90 Taipan helicopters and plan to bury the parts. What happened to recycling the metal?

[Marty_d]

27 minutes ago, red750 said:

The ADF is now dismantling the MH90 Taipan helicopters and plan to bury the parts. What happened to recycling the metal?

They buried a mass of F111's whole (or mostly), I remember seeing pictures. 

Maybe there's some cancer-causing chemical in some components which make it unsafe.  Who knows. 

[onetrack]

And here's me thinking only surgeons quietly buried their major mistakes.

[old man emu]

15 hours ago, Marty_d said:

They buried a mass of F111's whole (or mostly), I remember seeing pictures. 

The operational career of the F-111 came to an end on Dec. 3, 2010. Were we so recycling-conscious back then?

 

Sure, it would be against security to recycle the secret squirrel stuff, but the rest of their solid components were probably OK to break up.

[octave]

https://www.google.com/amp/s/theaviationgeekclub.com/heres-why-australia-buried-23-f-111s-after-the-aircrafts-retirement/

[willedoo]

We're not free to do what we like with U.S. aircraft we buy from them. We sign an agreement and the U.S. retains the say over what happens to them if decommissioned or sold. Our F-111 engines as far as I know are the same variant as the engines in the Iranian F-14 Tomcats and are under the umbrella of U.S. sanctions. I could be wrong, but I don't think any civilian museums received a display engine. RAAF Base Amberley's museum has an engine displayed beside their F-111 but it's heavily cutaway to show the internals.

[Marty_d]

A total waste in each case.  Surely with the Taipans there could have been a deal done with a third country along with US agreement, even if we sold them for the cost of shipping plus a nominal amount it'd be better than burying them.  They can't have been so flawed they couldn't be used for anything, and if they are, then why didn't we return them to the manufacturer?

[onetrack]

Willie is correct, you're forced to sign an "end-user" agreement any time you buy any surplus U.S. Military property, with the agreement stating that you're not to on-sell the item to any country on their "banned" list without specific approval from the U.S. Govt. If you do, the black helicopters will land shortly after in your front yard.

[red750]

The Taipan is not US manufactured. It was built by NH Industries, Airbus Hekicopters.

[willedoo]

The local Queensland Air Museum has an F-111 and it's the only aircraft there in an enclosed hangar. The F-111's and the legacy Hornets that are in civilian museums still belong to the RAAF and they're very strict with how museums deal with them. RAAF people clean and maintain the F-111 at QAM and the museum staff are not permitted to do it. At least that's the way it was; it might have changed a bit. The RAAF are slowly getting more lenient. Originally, the cockpit was out of bounds, but it's now able to be opened for special events and the public allowed to sit in it under supervision. It might have helped that the museum had two ex F-111 crew members as tour guides. Both of them crewed together on F-111's and had ejected from one. Sadly, Air Commodore (Ret.) Peter Growder passed away earlier this year after a sudden illness. Air Vice Marshal (Ret.) Dave Dunlop is still there doing tours.

[willedoo]

Capybaras are very popular with other animals.

 

 

[nomadpete]

25 minutes ago, willedoo said:

Capybaras are very popular with other animals.

 

 

Absolutely  delightful.

Not such a random thought - the Arabs, Jews, Christians, and even the Buddhists might learn something from the humble capybara.

[facthunter]

I reckon religion could learn a lot from atheists about monkeys on your back.  Guilt and gilt are not a positive. Nev

[Jerry_Atrick]

26 minutes ago, nomadpete said:

Absolutely  delightful.

Not such a random thought - the Arabs, Jews, Christians, and even the Buddhists might learn something from the humble capybara.

I second that and extend it to humanity.