Chris hndrsn

On 12/07/2021 at 18:18, Michael Hodgson said:

What a daft idea.  We have quite a few of round here that you push your trolley onto and stand with it.  Occupies less of the shop's valuable floor space, not as much equipment to break down, no problems of the cart machine is working OK but the escalator isn't. so you have to use a staircase on the other side of the building.

Note the gradient of the adjacent elevator and "cartivator" much steeper than a travelator, obviously the site limitations meant they designed something specific, the "captivator".

On 23/06/2021 at 05:12, Ozexpatriate said:

Eucalyptus is ubiquitous in California. They were commonly grown to provide fast growing wind breaks on the perimeter of orange groves or other orchards.  They are so common it is sometimes easy to imagine the landscape is Australian.

As I believe is the Melaleuca (paper bark) which is now a pest in places like, I believe, Florida.

On 23/03/2021 at 12:41, J. S. Bach said:

Do not forget that the USA gave up its strategically important naval base at Subic Bay in the Philippines.

And I thought the Philippines would not renew the leases for Subic Bay and Clark AFB

6 hours ago, AndyID said:

" ..... I don't know if they do this in OZ but the swimming pools around Phoenix have a return from the filter pump that sprays a plume of water over the surface of the pool to cool it down by evaporation."

 

I have never seen that sort of cooling here in Australia, what a waste of water! 

 

 

 

 

For those interested in the X-Press Pearl disaster of Colombo Sri Lanka

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2021/sri-lanka-cargo-ship-fire-pollution/

On 01/05/2021 at 15:41, PatB said:

In spite of not being optimally orientated I've seen 8+kW on the inverter display on particularly sunny days. Total generation has averaged about 25 kWh/day over the time it's been running. If it wasn't for the kiln, Western Power would be paying us every month. 

I suspect NW would be great for you.

Too many people think the panels MUST be orientated South or North only, furthermore rooftop solar installers rarely take into account the distance from the Equator (ie: sun angle) for peak efficiency.  I read a few years ago that in California a lot of initial installations were orientated South/East and there was a drop in solar power feeding back into the network in the afternoons with peak demand during air-conditioning.  The solution was requiring more West facing panels.

I have had my 5Kw system for eight years, it faces ENE and paid itself off in six years. During summer it often produces 30+Kw a day, so about 15-20Kw to the grid at 6c (3p) per Kw.

When I extend it, I will place about 3Kw facing NNW and 2Kw WSW for the late afternoon sunlight.  If I was in a daylight saving region, more Southerly (or Northerly in the case of the UK) latitude, I would put more facing West.  Batteries at this point aren't viable for me, as the lithium batteries would need to be replaced after about eight years 

Don't jokes get told here anymore?

Chris

1 hour ago, The Johnster said:

...., it was agreed that both patrols would go about their business and the incident would never be spoken of again. 

Someone hasn't kept their trap shut then! ;)

15 hours ago, Lochgorm said:

What was dangerous about the F111 display was that the afterburners were lit whilst the aircraft was jettisoning fuel.  The stunt was ultimately banned I believe after a bit of singeing of Aussie derrière.

 

Charlie

Nope, our F111’s were doing the fuel “dump-and-burn” until the aircraft were retired in 2010 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_dumping#Dump-and-burn . Brisbane has an annual fireworks and FM radio concert that was basically created around the Pigs (F111) dump and burn called Riverfire (https://riverfire.com.au), the show hasn’t been the same since the pigs were grounded and buried.

14 hours ago, 2750Papyrus said:

Could only have been drawn after Monty Python got there first!

Oops, I fell foul of the bad word dictionary, Donger would use his beer gut to wack the miscreant.

2 hours ago, kevinlms said:

There used to be a police drama send up, on Australian TV.  The detectives name was Hugh Jarce.

That was probably Bargearse which used footage from a 1970's police drama called Bluey, in which actor/comedian Leo "Lucky" Grill playing Det Sgt Bluey Hill.  Bargearse played on Lucky Grills (his stage name) size, with plenty of fat and f#rt jokes.  Paul Hogan used to do a sketch with Det Sgt Donger, who would use his beer gut to miscreants.

On 25/10/2020 at 18:50, Gwiwer said:

In proper football one is not allowed to handle the ball in most positions, some situations require a re-start from a corner kick and a goal counts as 1. 
 

In what universe does “football” count as running with or throwing a ball and why does a goal count as 6?  How can you take a corner kick on an oval?  And why do so many people wave flags at each other when the ball goes between some sticks??? 
 

Please explain. 

Because they basically copied an Irish game, though they will vehemently deny that, and didn't like the rugby style goal posts of the Irish game, so added a stick either side. 

Ah, some are a bit touchy aren't they!  I don't know anyone who would ever call an Irish man or woman, or a Scot, a Pom, you end up copping an earful!

On 17/09/2020 at 22:01, boxbrownie said:

Careful, most of you were Poms 

As someone from Scottish and Irish stock that arrived in the 19th century, I feel free to mock the English, in a friendly familial way. Thankfully we are much more diverse now.  

I do note that whenever the WA Police step up for a media conference, it seems to be an officer with a strong English accent, often wearing UK Police medal ribbons!

On 08/09/2020 at 08:57, DavidB-AU said:

 

Quite the opposite, they are one of the few animals that won't kill you. They'd rather photobomb your holiday snaps.

 

 

Don't tell the Poms that, they will all move to WA. they already have.

Thanks everyone. Postage is the killer for me, doubles the price on the two Era II wagons with brake hutch I am after. I will have to find some drawing and finally get around learning CAD.

Cheers,

Chris

On 14/08/2020 at 07:45, Model Railway Noob said:

The next batch of wagons arrived from France. They are a mixture from the ETAT and AL. All have Hunt couplings installed as well as the locomotive pulling them.

Can I ask the shop/website you are buying these from. I am trying to by myself some as well and am having trouble with the stores responding to emails.

Chris

On 12/08/2020 at 15:17, DavidB-AU said:

 

Australia had no standing army in 1914 and the AIF was made up entirely of militia (reserve) units. A town would have its own platoon or company and a district/shire would form these into a company. A regional city might be able to muster a battalion. They were all locals to that area.

 

Cheers

David

David,

No.

The (first) AIF was not "made up entirely of militia (reserve) units", other wise known as the Citizens Military Force.  At the time there was also a Permanent Military Force, responsible, primarily, for the coastal defence batteries and providing instructors (the Australian Instructional Corps) for CMF training.  By law the CMF was solely for the defence of Australia, it could not serve outside of Australian territory, that is why the AIF was created.

Not withstanding that, the AIF had significant numbers of CMF personnel join it, such as Monash, and PMF personnel were assigned to it.  Many of the personnel would have been through the compulsory universal service scheme instituted in 1909. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conscription_in_Australia .  

Cheers,

Chris

I like your work. What brand are your ETAT wagon couvert?

Cheers,

Chris

In case you missed the last Qantas 747 flight from Australia, this is the (real) flight track out of Sydney.

Cheers,

Chris

On 22/07/2020 at 17:19, steve1 said:

 

Someone clearly needs to take a hand to help them out...

 

steve

That would be a happy ending for the whale

37 minutes ago, kevinlms said:

An excellent excuse for speeding?

 

https://www.theage.com.au/national/queensland/it-started-to-wrap-around-me-driver-fought-off-snake-at-100km-h-20200707-p559ts.html

Damn, you beat me to it

On 05/07/2020 at 04:41, rocor said:

The Wiggles copyrighted the colours, before the United Federation of Planets commissioned the USS Enterprise:

On 21/05/2020 at 05:54, 55020 said:

I actually think there's an opportunity to look at sharing STL files for free.  I am personally happy to share files that I design, which are done for personal reasons.  Why would I feel the need to "sell" them?  If I can offer files for free and then receive others for free, is that not better?

Because you don't want someone, a business, to make a profit from your efforts in creating the CAM file. Which is what would happen.