GRIPES

[Bruce Tuncks]

My son says that feudalism is the most stable form of government for the long term, Capitalism, he says, is too voracious  and therefore hard on resources. We are talking about approving feudalism here huh?

[onetrack]

Yeah, I could handle being part of a feudal system - just as long I wasn't a serf or a vassal! Squire or Lord is more my style! 

[facthunter]

Join the queue but you and I would be in the far one.. Nev

[spacesailor]

YES ,.

My wife adores ' period films ' & their lavish costumes  

But 

Doesn't realise she would be the lowest of the low,  below the ' scullery maid ' ..

Such is the class system of Old England. 

Lords & ladies Don't earn money . It comes from their estates .

And it was classed as ' vulgar ' to even mention money. 

spacesailor

 

PS. But it would be nice , not to be "working  class ".

Edited May 5, 2023 by spacesailor

[Marty_d]

3 hours ago, facthunter said:

Join the queue but you and I would be in the far one.. Nev

Like Lord Farquad out of Shrek?  Still can't believe they got away with that character name.

[Jerry_Atrick]

To be honest, constitutionally, the Monarch in the UK theoretically is the fount of all justice and can do what he or she wants (only the monarch - not the whole family), but the reality is that they have about the less power then the Monarach of Australia. They provide royal assent to bills (never withheld), and they receive foreign dignatories. They open a sitting of parliament with the (now) King's speech - in the House of Lords! The Monarch is not allowed in the House of Commons. The monarch can only dissolve or prorogue parliament at the request of the PM. Otherwise virtually all other prerogatives of the crown vest in the PM

 

I guess the the pollies went seriously rogue, the King could call the troops in, but even when Boris was found to have lied to the Queen that the reason he wanted to proprogue parlianment, requested her to do so, and she issued the order (all Brexit related, of course), there was no recourse from the monarcy to Boris.

[spacesailor]

Please look up.

" Michael Edwzrd Abney-Hastings "

Also

Rodger Corser,  who was on , ' who do you think you are ' number 10 ( I think ).

Two royals of English ancestors. .

Seems a long while back, just to lookup our next !.

PRESIDENT 

spacesailor

PS  I heard there's even a Canadian Royal.

 

Edited May 5, 2023 by spacesailor
It changed my spelling

[Old Koreelah]

8 hours ago, willedoo said:

And there's no need to rush. Who cares if Charlie is not as popular as Liz, or who's r**ting who in the royal family. All that's just tabloid entertainment. The big picture is the system of government we have and how well it works.

And it does work well. Plenty of Americans were impressed when, late last year, Australia had a national election and by mid evening we knew the outcome. The next morning our new PM was sworn in and got to work.

[old man emu]

It is a wonder that we are not inundated with refugees from the USA who are fleeing political instability, poverty, gun violence and persecution by the religious.

[Jerry_Atrick]

They, like Russia, live in a propaganda state and believe they have things the bestest in the world

[spacesailor]

But,

Do , WE want those Crazies here , in our peaceful land .

spacesailor

 

[onetrack]

We've already got quite a number of Americans living here, and most are seeking a more peaceful and safer existence. But there's still the few amongst them who want to arm themselves, just like "back home".

A former U.S. Marine, who moved to Mt Barker in W.A., murdered a W.A. police officer in 1979 in cold blood, with a rifle and a pistol, when the Police were serving a warrant on him.

The American murderer was actually sentenced to death, but the sentence was commuted to life imprisonment when W.A. abolished the death penalty in 1984. The murderer died in jail in 2006.

 

https://thewest.com.au/news/australia/officers-career-shaped-by-mt-barker-tragedy-ng-ya-266604

 

https://npm.org.au/honor-roll/william-g-pense/

[facthunter]

I know a few. Some love Trump and the American way and don't like being taxed and love Guns. So... Nev

[willedoo]

We also get the best of them. There a large and growing number of American academics and scientists living in Australia now. They are in considerable numbers among our science and university people.

[old man emu]

3 hours ago, spacesailor said:

WE want those Crazies here

The crazies would not be the ones leaving. It would be those who are fleeing political instability, poverty, gun violence and persecution by the religious. Hardly the type with a gun in one hand and a Bible in the other.

[facthunter]

Ah .a soul full of hope. Making a pile of Dough would be a common requirement. It's ingrained, and that brings up the TAX(es)  Nev

[Jerry_Atrick]

New gripe of the week.. Cancer.. Claimed an ex-work colleague at around 45 years of age; still a relatively young family.

 

Wake up call.. booking a screening shortly.

 

[spacesailor]

My little gripe,

I had my first (  for a long while )  trip away, in the Delica .

Every thing seemed good , but , on the way home, we stopped for lunch at " Macquarie Woods State forest " picnic area .

The temp Was very low & we were chilled in half an hour .

Then the following morning we've got a bad cold . Flue, or Bronchitis. 

Today ! The temps are low and. We've run the AC on heating ALL bloody day.

3,500 watts per hour,  now just made 12 hours run, no sun ! .

So what size 24 volt battery will I need to take it ' off grid ' ? .

spacesailor

 

[Jerry_Atrick]

New gripe this week.. families.. extended ones expecially that I have lost touch with.

 

Opened a newspaper site and in the most read ticker was the passing of a long lost 1/2 cousin's husband. I really like my long lost cousin, but when I decided to try to contact her to offer condolences, I learned she passed way back in 2016. F! I was planning on catching up with them both of them on my next trip down under.

 

Then, I learned another extended family member I was hoping to re-acquaint myself with had also passed. Jeepers, not a great week.

 

Jeepers.. has driven home the doctrine of not putting off til tomorrow that can be done today!

 

 

[Bruce Tuncks]

Spacey, you would need at least  ten percent more power in than you get out. It would not be economical to try to do that with batteries. I suggest a wood-fired heater. Come to the farm here and there is unlimited firewood for you. Also, in the nearby national park, there is a sign which says that you may collect certain types of  firewood for nothing. ( You were talking about 36 kW-h of battery storage ) At 4kW/kg, you would have to burn about ten kg of firewood during the day. At $600 a thousand kg, this is about $6 worth of ( expensive city ) wood.

[Bruce Tuncks]

And, the cheapest electrical way to stay warm is with electrically-heated clothes.

[facthunter]

Just put on more suitable clothes and do a bit of moving about or work. Some suburbs don't allow wood burners because of the smoke pollution. An electric heat pump is the best hot water  supplier.  nev

[spacesailor]

More clothes ! Doesn't help when you have the " New Super cold  " , RSV is my Dr's diagnosis. 

 Cold shivers , sweaty , chesty, headachey. Lots of gunk on lungs . The lot !.

A week for me to throw it off & my wife's getting better after ten days , but still not clear of it yet.

Have to be carefulof any respiratory infection turning into pneumonia. 

That's what us Older folk worry more about each year .

 

My neighbours A C has died by blowing the fuse,  it's had that same problem since new & no one can find the problem. 

So they will replace it with a new one ! , and the same with ' rusty gutters ', ( painted over rust ) & ' problematic ' .dishwasher . Only bought the house nine month's ago  .

spacesailor

[facthunter]

Do you have the annual FLU injection?.. Nev

[spacesailor]

I do ! .

Oops 

That rings a 60 year old, bell .

Also 

We have had all our covid shots , the wife gets one more , annually, for bone density .

Now , we both need a ' memory inplant ' . LoL

 

Edited May 15, 2023 by spacesailor
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