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2 hours ago, APenNameAndThatA said:

I’m pretty sure China is richer than the US

Not so. Despite China's huge size and abilities, in every measure - apart from the numbers of their people - the U.S. still beats China, hands down. The size of the U.S. economy is staggering in total terms.

These are the people who make the worlds largest amount of armaments - and high-tech armaments at that - they have the worlds largest Navy, they produce the majority of the worlds aircraft (despite Boeings stuff-ups), and the financial system and the amount of wealth they control, still rules the world.

....did the Firies Tango, dance moves. "Oh, we're very entertaining to watch, when we do the Firies Horizontal Tango, complete with my fire hose extended - in fact, it tends to diminish the firefighting efforts, as the others drop their hoses to watch!"

"Good God", exclaimed the Minister, looking shocked. "I had no idea that the firies of Wagga Wagga indulged in such antics, surely that must be......

20 minutes ago, pmccarthy said:

The shape for landing is quite clever. It gives an effect of shock absorption by landing on its tail and then rolling forward. Saves the weight of oleos or whatever.

...Apart from the fact you just landed on someones car/shed/insert-object-of-your-choice, that you didn't/couldn't see, because of a lotal lack of forward vision, when you were descending bum-first to the landing area.....

I think you have to be very careful measuring a countries position in terms of finance. There are many more areas in a nations performance that are more important to many people.

The nations good health of its people should be the most important thing - but in the current pandemic situation, a serious number of people seem to think that concentrating on keeping up huge profits, is more important than the nations good health.

No better example exists of this failure to get priorities right, than America, the richest nation on the planet with the worlds worst health system, and where huge corporations make vast profits from people being sick.

Yet in Cuba, a country with their financial position in a precarious state, their people are in excellent health, health treatment is freely available to all, and they manufacture their own drugs and provide them at cost to the people of their nation.

Somewhere along the line there's a good middle ground between the disparities between America and Cuba - but I'm concerned Australia is going to follow America at the current rate, with a major emphasis on gathering up vast amounts of personal wealth, that one could never fully utilise in a hundred lifetimes. 

I can tell you this much - when you are seriously very sick, and facing death, or long-term debilitating pain, and restriction on movement and personal enjoyment, you will almost certainly happily hand over all your lifetimes accumulated stash of wealth, to return to good health.

........keeps the "pedal to the metal" to ensure she gets past the danger zone, without incurring holes in the bodywork. But there came the day when Cappys stray shot downed an Embraer ERJ-190 on final to RWY 05/23 at Wagga Wagga airport (serious avref).

It wasn't so much the fact that he took down the Embraer with a stray shot - it was the fact that the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development (political avref) just happened to be on board, and he was visiting Wagga Wagga to see what.........

Spacey, it wouldn't be too hard to wire in a master isolator switch that was hidden and which prevented charging by any thief. And besides, no thief is going to bother with recharging a stolen car, they would just abandon it when the battery ran flat, and steal another one - just the same as thieves abandon ICE cars when they run out of fuel.

.......orget about the gin, and emptying the drinks cabinet to take with you, this is an IMPORTANT PRIORITY! Fuel up all the Drifters, see that all the armaments have full magazines, and make sure you load up some crayfish to wave at them and taunt them with, and you can probably take some Merlot to wave at them, too - they won't be able to read the label at their distance. That will really rile them up."

"Oh, as an afterthought, you can probably take along a bag of Australian Barley, so you can dribble it out of the bag, across their windshields - with them suddenly realising full well, we now have plenty of barley to throw around and waste, and it will never be turned into Chinese beer!"

"Sounds good!", said Cappy as he hurriedly stashed a bottle of gin behind the seat of the Drifter ('for ballast purposes, of course', as he'd explain later) - and as soon as that was done, Cappy stood back and admired what he'd done, and how they were now ready for anything the Chinese could.......

.....do a sideslip (avref) for a fast landing? "Oh, No!", said Cappy. "I had them engineered in shape, so the design only adds extra lift (avref) when I really need it (angleofthedangleref) - and they're also designed to promote smooth air flow, so there's no annoying whistles at high speed. As we all know, there's nothing worse than a constant whistling, when you're trying your hardest to........

Spacey, on the upper right of the page you'll see "Mark site read". Click on that menu, and it removes all the threads that are visible in "what's new".  You do get a reminder message, after clicking the button, asking if you want to mark all threads as read. 

Read every thread you want to read, ignore the ones you don't want to read, then click "Mark site read", and all the threads disappear.

Or you'd need to keep right away from Hillbilly country!  "Dang, Martha! Ah jest shot down the biggest an' loudest skeeter, ah ever seen!!"

......thing about piercings, and tattoos, and jewellery "down there". The audience were horrified, and screamed for the cops to take away the dreadful sight, that offended even the hardiest Mardi Gras attendee.

So Const Doubtfire promptly attended, and upon spotting Cappy displaying his hermaphroditic (how does Cappy find these huge words?) bits, as well as his shocking, brazen, offensive tatts, and dangling, clanking jewellery, she said ......

Just wait until the anti-vaxxer protesters find out they can't attend their favorite team game, because they aren't vaccinated .......  

An excellent idea. I hate scrolling through hundreds of useless ads on other websites (mostly equipment and vehicle websites), looking for items for sale - only to find they sold 5 years ago - but they're still being advertised, as being for sale!!

It's a scam by many sales websites to make it look like they're a lot bigger and more important than they really are. Of course, some sites tell sellers to take their ads down when they've sold the item - and they simply forget (I've done it).

But I reckon a good system is one where an ad is deleted after several months - or a reminder is sent to the seller that their ad is being removed, and if they still have the item for sale, they must advise the webmaster accordingly, that they want it left up.

If there's a need to keep old ads for reference, then an "archived ad" area could possibly be added?

.......sorbed behaviour, as evidenced by the huge proliferation of internet influencers, sales of selfie sticks, a large increase in media "entertainers", and even extending to Presidential bad behaviour.

This upsurge in self-absorption was nowhere more evident than in the Gay Liporidae & Lepus Mardi Gras, where Cappy was intent on extracting as much personal attention as he could engineer.

This led to him constantly gatecrashing media interviews, flaunting himself in front of any camera he spotted, and regularly crying out, "Look at Me! Look at Me! Look at Me!!"

However, this grating behaviour finally got too much for the assembled crowd, and it wasn't long before a grumpy old man took a swipe at the Were-Rabbit, whereupon a large part of his costume fell off, exposing.........

.....body painting to hide the rude bits for the performers who parade in the nude.  However, Cappy manages to get by in the Parade with just a large were-rabbit costume, whilst carrying an inappropriately-shaped carrot and making rude gestures with said carrot - whilst frightening witless any children who had hoped to see a cuddly bunny, carrying an Easter Egg hamper.

Of course, whilst Cappy is not involved in the nude performance section of the parade, it doesn't stop him from..........

(and here, dear NES readers, is a  snapshot of Cappy performing in the Gay Liporidae & Lepus Mardi Gras - notice how he has hidden the rude carrot while the camera is on him ......)

Spacey, you're missing the point entirely. It's not about any "get out of jail card", the vaccine is about stopping you from dying or suffering from some pretty horrendous symptoms, if you catch the COVID-19 virus.

The vaccine certainly doesn't stop you from catching the virus, the vaccine just prevents you from dying a horrible death from catching it. Your symptoms go down to something like getting a dose of the normal 'flu.

Any future major outbreaks of the COVID-19 virus will still likely see restrictions of some type. The vaccination of the majority of the population is designed to prevent total lockdowns for extended periods - as well as reducing the number of deaths and preventing an overload of the health system. In Japan, their health system is on the verge of total breakdown.

If Berejiklian and Barilaro had taken some serious lockdown steps early on, then NSW wouldn't be suffering with the extended lockdown it's suffering from now.

Here in W.A., McGowan has initiated fast and sharp lockdowns the instant the virus popped up in numbers - and those lockdowns worked. McGowans harsh treatment is something he's learnt from his military training - you don't stuff around and go soft, when a hard decision has to be made.

The problem is the same as in the army, a lot of people have weak self-discipline, so strong external discipline is the way to handle that weakness.

This is a new type of war we are fighting, against an invisible and cunning enemy - and it needs a military-style response - no different to how any other war affects civilians.

And in both World Wars, there was a percentage of people who didn't want to obey important directions, that "infringed on their personal freedom" - and where the obeyance of directions helped the War effort. 

When you're pushing up daisies, because you demanded your personal freedoms, doesn't seem like too clever a course of action to me.

This is the risk everyone faces every day, just refuelling your vehicle (or aircraft) with petrol!

It is very important that you do not keep getting in and out of seats (usually made from synthetic materials), while you're wearing clothing that facilitates static buildup!

A lot of anti-battery people seem to forget that they're already carrying a sizeable electrical power hazard, just in your regular lead acid battery! At the scene of any crash, the first thing you should do, is cut or unscrew battery terminals!

There is another method - physical removal of the adhesive by scraping. You can use a razor blade (very carefully at a low angle), or you can use a sharpened plastic scraper which offers less potential paint damage.

One of the problems with the adhesive that is used to affix decals, is that over a substantial period of time, and with constant sun exposure, the adhesive actually forms a chemical bond with the underlying paint, which bond is exceptionally difficult to break up.

A 2 seater Butterfly, designed by Guy Francois of Brussels. He produced quite a number of ultralight designs, all apparently substantial modifications of the Mignet Pou-du-Ciel design?

Is that the flaps? - or the speed brakes? 

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Police now patrol the streets with expanded powers, smashing the car windows of those who refuse to give their details.

It might come as a surprise to some of the "freedom" lover set - but it has always been the case that you can possibly be arrested for refusing to provide your name and address to police. And the police can request your name and address if they suspect a crime has been committed. So if you refuse to provide your name and address, it only leads to more suspicion that you're trying to conceal a crime.

eBay is your best bet.

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/303884344155

Spacey, you've obviously got an internet connection, and a computer of sorts - home delivery of all types of food is just a mouse click away. 

.....subtle application of 1/4 choke, a handbrake check, a brick on the accelerator, and some chalk dust on the hands to ensure the handle slid smoothly through the arc.

It went well for Cappy, and he got the Vanguard started on the first upward 180° pull. "It was all my Hillman starting experience that did it!", he proudly exclaimed as the Judges handed him the Crank Starting Trophy.

But then Cappy realised he still had the pilots uniform sitting on the back seat of the Hillman, and his tailor was waiting. He was off like a shot, throwing the Trophy carelessly onto the back seat, on top of the uniform!

When he got to the tailors, Cappy was horrified to find the cheap silver finish on the Chinese-made Trophy had smeared itself all over his pilots uniform!

What was he going to do now?! He couldn't wear the uniform looking like that! All the girls would laugh at him, not flock to him! He walked into the tailors in despair, and said, "Look.........

Try some Oomph Goo & Stain remover, it's Citrus oil and works well on most adhesives. Available from Bunnings Aerospace.

Failing that, some Carburettor & Throttle Body cleaner in the spray can from SuperCheap Aerospace. It's a mixture of Methanol and Acetone, just be careful with the application of it, it will take paint off.