nomadpete

Wasn't that JC's last words? "You'll miss me, you'll see!"

Andy, Thank you for putting your hand up when we all needed it. Thanks too, for all your efforts and especially for your open and always helpful communication with us (the members). Your excellent balanced input will be sorely missed. However it is of far greater importance for you to focus on your primary needs right now. (Maslow's hierarchy) Have no doubt that a new door will open for you. I too have felt that 'redundant feeling' on a couple of occassions, so I keenly identify with the pressures that have now come to you. Please stay with us on the forum - you are a most valued member of our community. kind regards, Peter

TRUE STORY - (maybe) A biker is riding by the zoo when he sees a little girl leaning into the lion's cage. Suddenly, the lion grabs her by the cuff of her jacket and tries to pull her inside to slaughter her, under the eyes of her screaming parents. The biker jumps off his Harley, runs to the cage and hits the lion square on the nose with a powerful punch. Whimpering from the pain the lion jumps back letting go of the girl, and the biker brings her to her terrified parents who thank him endlessly. A reporter has watched the whole event. The reporter addressing the Harley rider says, 'Sir, this was the most gallant and brave thing I've seen a man do in my whole life.' The Harley rider replies, 'Why, it was nothing, really, the lion was behind bars. I just saw this little kid in danger and acted as I felt right.' The reporter says, 'Well, I'll make sure this won't go unnoticed. I'm a journalist, and tomorrow's paper will have this story on the front page. So, what do you do for a living and what political affiliation do you have?' The biker replies, 'I'm an SAS soldier just returned from Afghanistan and a Liberal party supporter' The journalist leaves. The following morning the biker buys the paper to see news of his actions,and reads, on the front page: SAS SOLDIER ASSAULTS AFRICAN IMMIGRANT AND STEALS HIS LUNCH And that my friends, pretty much sums up the media's approach to the news these days.

I don't doubt that

Off at a tangent as usual, boys! Clearly Dad was an older generation person. BTW, what happened to my favorite thread? You know, the one casting doubt on athiest's?

Where's the "CYNICAL BA$$TRD" button when you need it?

At dinner, little Johnny was asked to lead the prayer. "But I don't know how to pray," he replied. “Just pray for your family, friends and neighbors, the poor, etc.," said his father. "Okay”, the boy said". "Dear Lord,... Thank you for our visitors and their children, who finished all my cookies and ice cream. Bless them so they won't come again. Forgive our neighbor's son, who removed my sister's clothes and wrestled with her on her bed. This coming Christmas, please send clothes to all those poor naked ladies on my Daddy's Blackberry. And provide shelter for the poor homeless man who uses Mom's room when Daddy is at work. AMEN" Dinner was cancelled.

Bex, I offer you my sincere and heartfelt congratulations on achieving the 2000th post. Well done!

Aaah, RGMWA, I see you have met the lady! Yes, now that you mention it, 'certify' may be more appropriate.

I didn't know you could register a Cougar. Maybe I should let my ex wife know about this!

Don't worry, George, You'll get over the Datsun, and can cut back on wood working (unless you start building a Corby Starlet), but once you start flying, well! Welcome to the community. Peter

Giving Up Wine I was walking down the street when I was accosted by a particularly dirty and shabby-looking homeless woman who asked me for a couple of dollars for dinner.I took out my wallet, got out ten dollars and asked, 'If I give you this money, will you buy wine with it instead of dinner?' 'No, I had to stop drinking yearsago', the homeless woman told me. 'Will you use it to go shopping instead of buying food?' I asked. 'No, I don't waste time shopping,' the homeless woman said. 'I need to spend all my time trying to stay alive.' 'Will you spend this on a beauty salon instead of food?' I asked. 'Are you NUTS!' replied the homeless woman. I haven't had my hair done in 20 years!' 'Well, I said, 'I'm not going to give you the money. Instead, I'm going to take you out for dinner with my husband and me tonight. 'The homeless Woman was shocked. 'Won't your husband be furious with you for doing that? I know I'm dirty, and I probably smell pretty disgusting.' I said, 'That's okay. It's important for him to see what a woman looks like after she has given up shopping, hair appointments, and wine.'

Exciting new HealthCare Programme: You're a sick senior citizen and the government says they are going to sell your house to pay for your nursing care. So what do you do? Our plan gives anyone 65 years or older a gun and 4 bullets. You are allowed to shoot four Politicians. Of course, this means you will be sent to prison..... where you will get three meals a day, a roof over your head, free television,central heating, air conditioning and all the health care you need! Need new teeth? No problem. Need glasses? That’s great. Need a new hip, knees, kidney, lungs or heart? They’re all covered. As an added bonus, your kids can come and visit you as often as they do now. And who will be paying for all of this? It’s the same government that just told you that they cannot afford to pay for your nursing care. And you can get rid of 4 useless politicians while you are at it. Plus, because you are a prisoner you don't have to pay income tax.

If the ferrite clamp doesn't fix the interferance when you put it on the charger cable, try it on the battery side. That is, behind the panel socket. Sometimes the noise is being radiated from the battery feed wiring.

Oh, darn! I thought it was Single Malt that did this. I've been doing it all wrong!

Great idea, Arthur. I would be interested in including the GA-912 in your wish list. However, I do not know what weights Howie has tested them to? Anyway, I was running a warp drive 3blade prop and would like to keep it when I reassemble my a/c. Peter

The thought police are watching you

Try to be more positive !

It might make sense if the online version didn't have all that advertising. Then again the advertising is sometimes, in itself, a useful thing. Maybe compromise could be made by removing the large picture component of the advertising, (for the online version) which would speed up the process for our many country members who cannot get high speed internet?

Simple rule #6 Don't fret about anything you read on a forum

I thought that morse code had been declared dead and buried. But basically only old frrts like me would be checking the morse, just to see if we can remember it. And the quicker you spot it, the older you must be!

Pump storage has been working in S E Queensland for 30 years or so. There is 600Mw available but not enough water in the dam to run all night. However it provides an instantly available source of power that can be used to fill a short term burst of demand. So pump storage is a viable part of the answer.

Careful how you go about comparing retail electricity prices - for instance South Aust prices went up after privatisation of electricity assets. It may have not been affected significantly by the later wind turbines. Generally you find that prices go up as soon as a public service gets privatised. Anyway I don't think that wind turbines are likely to have much affect on us, flying little aeroplanes. Most of us don't have low level endorsements so shouldn't be down around windmills anyway.

Ian, you should well know.... You can please some of the people some of the time, etc...... Please don't take anybody's comments too personally. We love the site, or we wouldn't be here to comment. Keep up the good work.

Ian, Just logged in on my laptop and I find that the left hand side is clipped - about half way across the poster's avatars. Seems good on my iPhone 4 though. Just noticed it is covered by the left hand side menu bar. Can I move it to across the top? regards, Peter T