pmccarthy Posted January 26 Posted January 26 One of our daughters failed to get into vet science and was very disappointed. After a couple of years she got into environmental science as had since had a highly successful 20-year career doing what she loves. Good on your daughter for sticking to her choice, but I reckon it would have worked out well anyway. 2 1
old man emu Posted January 26 Posted January 26 1 hour ago, Jerry_Atrick said: scored herself a temporary job at the local nucelar plant Wow! With her determination she'll be a glowing success in the legal field. 2
nomadpete Posted January 26 Posted January 26 18 minutes ago, facthunter said: Spell correct "Nuclear". Nev Or the american 'nucular' 1
facthunter Posted January 26 Posted January 26 Apparently it's the pronunciation that varies. Surprised ME but I have just looked it up. Nev 1
red750 Posted January 26 Posted January 26 Jerry types his War and Peace posts then pops them in a blender. I'd hate to see any code he created. The computer would blow itself up. 1
facthunter Posted January 26 Posted January 26 Blender? Maybe that's how "Readers DIGEST" got it's name. Nev 1 1
nomadpete Posted January 26 Posted January 26 2 minutes ago, facthunter said: I wonder how they say Cadmium or plutonium? Nev You mean, like 'aloominum' ? 1 1
red750 Posted January 27 Posted January 27 They change the dictionary as randomly as Trump changes the atlas. 2
Popular Post nomadpete Posted January 31 Popular Post Posted January 31 Positives.... We just spent 3 days sailing De Entrecausteau Channel. Beautiful weather. Today the wind was so light we were gliding slowly on glassy water and two Orcas popped up near us. One is a long term resident near the famous 'Iron Pot' at the entrance to Derwent River, Hobart. His name is EA0055 but he deserves a nicer name. We chose to resist the urge to take a cooling dip in the briney. 3 2
Jerry_Atrick Posted January 31 Author Posted January 31 Another reason to celebrate - you didn't pick them off the cost of Spain.. Orcas there have been smashing boats.. apparently for fun: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks/killer-whale-spain-play-1.7220869 1
nomadpete Posted January 31 Posted January 31 We witnessed these creatures from our silent sailing vessel. But we also witnessed a frenzy of humans driving noisy speedboats around the orcas to get a close look. Sound travels remarkably in the water. I totally understand why the Spanish ones are getting even with these annoying humans. I wouldn't be surprised if they start getting agressive here. If they do, I will actively avoid them. 1 1
facthunter Posted February 1 Posted February 1 When I've swum underwater in calm conditions you can hear the Oysters snapping closed.. Nev 2
Jerry_Atrick Posted February 9 Author Posted February 9 My daughter starts work tomorrow at Hinkley Point C (the new build nuclear plant). She is a chip off the old block (head) in many ways.. Including.. leaving things to the last mintute! So, today (Sunday) we went to a poor mans Chadstone, Cribbs Causeway, to buy her business casual clothes. It's about an hours drive from us and we had a great old time there and back. We talked about all sorts of stuff. She is a mature-ish (she does, after all, take after me, so will never quite mature), and had a great time. Although, when she was in teh changing rooms, she took a bloody-well long time and it was like I was hanging around the girls' changing rooms having a perve. I found out later, every item she took in, she tried on, photographed herself and texted her mother for an opinion; which of course had a lot of latency in the response. But, we finally got there, and enjoyed the drive back. I did, ahem, demonstrate how to drive on the motorway when one has spent more time than they liked shopping (I was doing about 130kph in a 110 zone).. and then, came from me and , "Oh Shit! Police!" (I never call police cops.. find it offensive). I was in the right lane of the three lane motorway - the UK drivers almost stil to keep left unless overtaking. But, the middle lane was clogged, and with the "blues and twos" as they call them here (as I recall "double bubbles", in Aus) coming fast up my rear-end, I gunned it to about 150kph and then found a space to nip into, followed by some reaonable braking.. They (there were two of them) passed me with plenty of space, and my daughter said to me she thought thought I may be being pulled over for speeding. "No way!" was my response; they are not going to pull one over for simply speeding up to a certain point (and I have worked out, about 13 mph is that sweet spot)... But if you are driving dangerously, even within the speed limit, they will have you, balls 'n all. Then she said she really enjoyed the speed up and then the braking.. so I will take her to Nigel Mansell's go kart track when I can (it is about 10 miles from where we live) to let her experience it. Of course, as an almost responsible dad, I did say not to speed and do this sort of stuff until you have at least 5 years experience under your belt We continued cruising, and she had her music on, and mentioned something about what sounded like Captain Feathersword of Wiggles fame. It wasn't,. but we played it anyway and had a great giggle (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4OFJktwIog). The, I overtook a rather slow car and got back in the left lane (I was doing 70mph/110 at the time). That slow car overtook me and then sat next to me. I thought, WTF, but as I was heading to the services 1/2 a mile away for a comfort break, I wasn't too worried. Well, fast forward, and we stop at a convenience store near home, next to the same car, and I noticed a villager in the passenger seat and said, "Hi",. She said her and her hubby were the car we passed.. "er.. um.. well, sorry I didn't look across - I had to go to the loo"... Saw hubby in the store.. had a laugh about it... but I spent at least 10 minutes in the stop, and still caught them up.. and from the services, I only did 70 all the way. They were cruising quite slowly. All in all, a great day with the daughter and a bit of road fun thrown in. 1 1
Marty_d Posted February 12 Posted February 12 My son has an art class at the moment from 5pm - 6:15. It's in Salamanca Place, Hobart... Which is full of drinking establishments with outside seating... And it's 30 degrees. So I'm relaxing with a lovely pint of pale ale and watching the world go by. Life is good! 3 1
onetrack Posted February 12 Posted February 12 30 degrees!! That's a major heatwave for Hobart!! 🍉 The positive news from the Left Coast is I've just fought the horrendous Perth afternoon traffic down to the industrial suburb of Canning Vale to look at a dual cab ute for a mate. Mate runs Gnaraloo Station and just wants a couple of cheapie dual cab diesels, as long as they're licenced and drive O.K., that's all he wants - and he wants them as cheap as possible! So, we've been checking out a hundred buggered utes on FB, and most are still asking $6,000 to $8,000 for pretty beat up old bangers. But this one popped up on CarSales - for $3,500! The bloke runs a fire protection installation service and it's just his tradies ute - dirty and well run-in at 309,000kms. Amazingly, it's dent and rust free and started first kick. It does run a big rattley, as you'd expect at 309,000 kays for a little 2.5L engine. But it's spot on for what he wants and I told him to snap it up quick, because it's seriously underpriced. He did that, and he's happy as a pig in U-know-What. Plus, I get a commission for finding it, and he's quite generous on that front. https://www.carsales.com.au/cars/details/2013-nissan-navara-rx-d40-series-8-manual-4x4-dual-cab/SSE-AD-18526227/ 2
Marty_d Posted February 12 Posted February 12 4 hours ago, facthunter said: Too much and it will wobble on it's axis. Nev One pint does not a wobble make! 1
old man emu Posted February 14 Posted February 14 My sister and I took Mum (99 years old) to see a skin specialist today to have a growth on her neck checked out. The specialist identified it as something readily operable under a 'local'. What impressed me most was his admission that, considering Mum's age, he was trying to find a medical reason not to operate. That sort of caring behaviour really makes you confident of the specialist. She's booked in for day surgery next Monday week. 3
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