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Love the guy pushing a piano across the lawn, all on his own. I rather suspect he won't get far!
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14 hours ago, Ozexpatriate said:
Which would have been utter chaos had the majority party needed that one seat to form a government - the whole country would have been in uproar until the byelection.
Australia has to deal with elections occurring at random times at the whim of the government - and consequently can run a byelection. In the US the elections are rigorously calendared - happening at the same time each year they are held. Federal elections are mandated as the Tuesday following the first Monday in November by statute.
There would be a process to have an appointee hold the seat until the next calendared election - like any vacancy.
But state governments also used to be at the whim of the individual premiers, but most if not all, have fixed terms of 4 years now. This has changed in the past 20 years.
I still don't see the point of having a temporary appointee.
We did have a major issue in the 70s because of a senator who died (for senators, a replacement is appointed in such cases, but is not temporary, but until the next election) and his replacement was a dodgy one, because he didn't represent the late senators party, but the opposition. It led to the events of 11/11/75, perhaps you might recall the circumstances - a notable day in Australian politics.
Almost as a notable date in politics as 5/11/1605.
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12 hours ago, Sidecar Racer said:
Only in America .
Party removed to avoid any talk of politics , just for the laugh .
Voters in Indiana were irate this week after they learned that the woman who they voted for - and the woman who won the XXXXXXXX primary in which they were voting - had actually been dead for two months. Voters said that no one informed them that the woman had died, and there was nothing on her website that indicated she was no longer alive. They also blamed local media for not actually telling anyone what was happening.
In Australia, we had a recent candidate who passed away a couple of weeks before the general election, so that particular seat election was cancelled and the rest went ahead. A few weeks later that seat had a belated election, with a replacement candidate.
Is that not how a civilised country deals with a similar situation? 2 months is ridiculous.
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3 hours ago, JZ said:
So was Tom McEldroon one of the irate short stayers, or was he more irate at the publication, disclosing his name?
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Looks like the new owner at United has an expensive time ahead. He needs to find a new manager, a complete set of players and a new stadium!
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On 10/05/2024 at 19:52, 34theletterbetweenB&D said:
Should have phrased the question better! Has any brand offering DCC fitted / sound models ceased offering a DCC ready option ?
But there is no significant reduction in manufacturing costs, it's just cheaper to wire them all with a socket and plug in either a chip or blanking plate.
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And there was I, expecting to see an 08 with rubber tyres! Perhaps one sold to the Paris Metro for maintenance work.
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9 hours ago, ian said:
Which brings us neatly to...
I don't remember that at all.
Not one of their better ones.
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1 hour ago, monkeysarefun said:
Actually, there's always been a small supply of Golden Circle baby beetroots in my local, its the sliced version that is an issue. I guess that the whole baby beets are less in demand compared to the sliced version so the reserve of them is holding out?
Prefer the baby ones myself, these been little sign of them lately. I wonder how long this batch from Kiwiland will last?
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1 hour ago, Suzie said:
I guess the key question that I don't think has been asked is how many cabs?
My initial thought would be two since I don't think you would realistically have much work for a third running train, so I would just feed each of the terminal roads on the right via a 2-way centre off switch (single pole for common return, or double pole otherwise).
If using three or more cabs it would be required to use rotary switches to select the cabs so you could retain an off position to isolate a train, but this might not be required if the arrival roads have loco isolators at the end. A lot is dependant on how you want to operate the terminus.
Key to finding a solution is to know how you want to operate, and make the sectioning simple using power routing via the points to avoid having to change an excessive number of switches every time you move a train. By feeding the terminal roads, when starting a movement you just have to select the cab on where you are starting, and if going to a different terminal road select that as well, and just drive - remembering to switch the roads back to off when you have finished the movement.
Common return wiring will be your friend in eliminating a lot of physical wire in the wiring, but can be a bit tricky to get your head round.
I tend to agree about the number of controllers, it does seem that a 3rd controller would rarely be required. Would it be simpler to ignore it, but at the same time, wire as per Cliff's suggestion, so that it could be added without making major alterations, if later operating experience made the 3rd controller desireable?
As for common return wiring, if DCC is never going to happen then that's OK to go with common return. If DCC is a possible addition, then it's better to NOT use common return.
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5 hours ago, monkeysarefun said:
When is sliced beetroot coming back?!
The only word I can find from the vampiric US company that bought Golden Circle , closed down the factory here and moved production to NZ was way back in March saying that it'd be back really soon and nothing since.
Woolies own brand is available but that is a product of China and I refuse to buy foreign beetroot especially if imported by the supermarket that spruiks its support for Australian farmers.
I can sometimes get 3 threes which at least is Australian grown and canned but the supply is variable.
Its lockdown toilet paper all over again!
Next week, apparently.
https://www.woolworths.com.au/shop/productdetails/96235/golden-circle-canned-vegetables-baby-beetroot-cans-
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23 minutes ago, Ozexpatriate said:
Someone paying AU$50 for a tin of beetroot would need their head examined.
Blame "free-market" capitalism.
I'm not sure what the effective alternative is.
It's pretty stunning how many brands are owned by Kraft-Heinz. You may not recognize them, but it's a good chunk of the supermarket in the US.
A local one is "Ore-Ida". They started on the Oregon-Idaho border and sell oven chips (mostly).
Not just Kraft-Heinz. Even a lot of frozen potato comes from Belgium! Why Belgium, that's not supposed to be a low labour cost place of doing business.
https://www.woolworths.com.au/shop/productdetails/296348/potato-utopia-steakhouse-fries
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3 hours ago, trainman0 said:
I'm in us
The chance of buying one from within the US, would probably be ZERO.
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4 hours ago, Edwin_m said:
Was this to accommodate the GWR, who were originally going to run into Euston but decided to go to Paddington instead? Was anything actually built for them?
What caused the GWR to change their mind?
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20 minutes ago, St Enodoc said:
That's right, it's not all that far from Darwin...
Well compared to most places of interest to capital cities.
That's only 285 km or a 3 hour drive each way, no stops!
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45 minutes ago, PhilJ W said:
If someone sent my details in as the driver when I wasn't I'd take it up with the relevant authority be it the police or the court straight away, I would not leave it until there were dozens of fines pending. Hopefully as the police should be aware that his licence details are being used in this way they can apprehend the real culprit.
Yes, I don't understand what was going on either, because apparently he made a payment plan. Well I certainly wouldn't be doing that! Especially as he'd moved a couple of hundred kilometres away!
It should be easy for the police, because obviously they could find out, who referred him as the nominated driver.
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46 minutes ago, Enterprisingwestern said:
I'm an advocate of roadside signage for lanes for your very reason, but, as always there will be drivers who will ignore whatever they are advised.
Mike.
Agreed, here's a local roundabout sign near me, the 2 main exits are left lane for Montrose & right lane for Melbourne (there is a 3rd Seibire Avenue but lightly used). The number of times I've been in the left lane for Montrose and at the last second, get cut off by someone from the right lane is unbelievable! One was an SUV and I just realised in time that they were towing an empty boat trailer, so close to hitting that chunk of steel.
That is actually the 2nd of 2 similar signs - obviously they need to be bigger! I selected an older photo, because it shows the sign clearest.
Maybe the road to the left BEFORE the roundabout confuses people, but I still don't see that as an excuse to be in the right lane.
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12 hours ago, PhilJ W said:
I take it you don't have photographs of the licence holder on the licence.
Of course we do, but to nominate another driver, you don't need a copy of the licence, you just fill out the details and send it back. They had the licence to circulate amongst their mates.
Maybe it's changed and something more is needed, I've only had to do it once and that was 25+ years ago.
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14 minutes ago, woodenhead said:
It's not just model railways with oddly placed screws, the IT industry is wonderful at placing screws deliberately under stickers so they know when you have tampered.
Had to fix my mouse the left click was getting sticky but I could not figure out how it was clipped or held together - it was a screw within the battery space under a sticker. YouTube is great for finding out these sorts of things.
You've part answered the question, where do they hide the screw, if it's a wired mouse?
I gave up on wireless mice and keyboards, because the batteries went flat fairly quickly! At least they did on the pair I had - only a couple of weeks.
The screw under the security sticker is annoying and useless, because I've never had to take such stuff apart, until AFTER the warranty has expired anyway!
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Don't lose your wallet, containing your licence. It was still a question of time before the truth came out and the police go looking for those who put in false nominated driver forms.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-10/mornington-peninsula-disability-pensioner-says-identity-theft/103826030-
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If you want a controller with higher ratings, then these appear to a popular suitable range.
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I told my wife that I wanted to be cremated.
I'm told that my appointments for next week!
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34 minutes ago, Sidecar Racer said:
Trouble is they STILL won't cough up!
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Things that make you :)
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Politicians previously got driven around in a Statesman (GM) or an LTD (Ford), now some expensive European job or a Tesla.
You can get a Senator still, but not a production line model - cars are no longer made in Australia.
https://www.hsv.com.au/see/senatorsignature/