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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federation_Drought

.....spelt with a Capital T. Because the Captain is deep in it, because he's been watching too many American TV shows, and with his addled brain, thinks Australia is the 51st State, and we have Seals for carrying out Commando-type stuff.

But what we have is better than any Seals, and it's the SAS - and W.A. is, and always has been, the home of the SAS. And they make Seals look like pussies. And it's spelt Cape Leeuwin, too.

But, meantimes, the FIFO's have been examining the Captain's information sources to try and find out how he knew about Abo Fakir Bashir. Because, if one gets a lot of really good "source" information, we know the person is close to the nasty people being tracked down.

As such, the Captain is now under suspicion from ASIO, ASD, the FBI, the CIA, and numerous other spy agencies you've never heard of, as being too close to the Muzzie Terrorists - so much so, he is now being bugged and tracked as we speak. Of course, in his befuddled mind state, this will only lead to more paranoia on his part, and .....

If you go back through the centuries, you will find reams of news stories about heatwaves and droughts and temperature variations. The Maunder Minimum, also known as the Little Ice Age, affected Europe (including the U.K.) and North America, terribly between 1645 and 1715, with constant frosts occurring in regions that had never recorded frosts before, and affecting food production adversely.

Every time there's a heatwave or a drought, the media screech about a "new record". But if you go back through the old newspapers on Trove, you'll find savage heatwaves and extended droughts are common in Australia.

The weather and climate runs in cycles. There are short term cycles and there are long term cycles. The engineers and insurers talk of "1 in 100 year", "1 in 250 year", and "1 in 500 year" and "1 in 1000 year", floods or cyclones.

These people recognise that extreme weather and climate events happen on an irregular, but cyclical basis. Those cycles overlap, and when adverse weather cycles overlap, there are extreme weather and climate events.

I am of the firm opinion that no scientist or any group of scientists, has any good grasp or accurate measurement of the total number of inputs that combine to form our weather or our climate.

The inputs into weather and climate are so vast and wide-ranging, and many are unable to be measured with any degree of consistent accuracy, it's a joke that these scientists think they can brag that they have the complete knowledge and accurate measurements, and know the full range of climate inputs, to be able to confidently claim they know exactly what is happening to our climate.

Even now, the scientists are still coming up with more and more factors, that govern weather and climate, that they previously didn't realise, had a major input into weather and climate.

Average Wave Height is one of these measurements. They've suddenly discovered that AWH has an effect on weather and climate, and the AWH has been increasing for the last 30 years - and they don't exactly know why.

They claim the increased AWH is the result of higher average wind speeds (particularly in the Southern Ocean) - and blame that on CC.

Yet, they then turn around and state, that to claim their wind and AWH measurements are "accurate", is "optimistic", and "more research is needed".

One volcanic event can change the climate for an extended period. Krakatoa changed the entire worlds climate for at least 5 years.

In addition, the "climate change" group has only been measuring "climate change" for a period of maybe 30 to 40 years? In the terms of the length of our planets climate existence (the scientists have gone back a reported 650,000 years), their climate change measurements and recordings, is the equivalent of examining a microscopic piece of cell tissue, and then trying to tell us, that they can produce a full and complete image of the animal it came from.

Australia is a land of extremes. We'd be better off, learning how to live with, and adjust to those extremes, rather than throwing countless squillions at trying to change the climate - a project with about as predictable a result, as King Canute trying to hold back the waves.

.....explaining to the visiting Easterners (who only come to the West on junkets), taking in the stunning view from the Parmelia Hilton, that that sort of lovely view was common in W.A.

"But this place is a hole!", exclaimed Marie Celeste.

"Of course W.A. is one big hole," said Onetrack, "It's been that way since 1966, when we started digging up every mineral we could find in the State, and sending it offshore. If you really want to see the biggest hole in W.A., you need to visit Kalgoorlie".

"And our dogs don't have mange, either", Onetrack added. "Our dogs are all nice, clean, friendly pattable dogs, without a trace of mange. Only those feral foxes, which are an Eastern States imported curse, carry mange".

"In fact, now I think about it, there's a lot of imported Eastern States problems here in the West. Things such as Federal politicians, Govt Agencies, skeleton weed, rabbits, and a vast range of other undesirable weeds and characters have bypassed our normally strict quarantine, and entered our pristine State and left their undesirable imprint here. We really should've gone ahead with Secession in 1933, it was only lost due to that sleazy Victorian influence on the referendum. They made Trumps interference in election results look honest."

Meantimes, the Captain had sloshed down several more gins, was slurring more and more, and was really getting going on his flight of fantasy, about "seals" and "FIFO's" and "Hi-Viz".

Onetrack remarked, "The man has obviously been pulled up sometime, by someone in authority, wearing Hi-Viz (possibly a CASA operative), and it has left him with with a nasty, warped attitude towards Hi-Viz.

It's Hi-Viz that keeps Australia running smoothly, doesn't he know that?? The manufacturing industries are running flat-chat producing Hi-Viz, and the people wearing it, are the only ones keeping Australia Inc running!!

The man is obviously deficient in economic knowledge, as well as being on a drunken binge, flight of fantasy!"

"Yes, we know that", said Turboid, "But we need to humour him, or he becomes....

....is that Captain ranting on in his drunken stupor about a bloke named Neville running the Govt in the West, when his name is actually Mark?"

"Just goes to show you, that that Hunter Valley poison he's been drinking, is potent enough to warp your perceptions of reality!".

"Never mind the Captain and his dribbling and ranting on", said Onetrack - "We've had some interesting local developments. You probably noticed the news item about local Indigenes rorting the Tax system, and getting huge payouts for nothing, without the ATO even noticing. Well, the ATO has finally discovered that Abo Baker Bashir has been running under a fake name! He's not a baker at all, and his name isn't Baker - it's Faker! - Abo Faker Bashir!"

"The ATO found out about his fraudulent ways, as soon as he submitted his fake tax return, asking for his $50,000 refund on his reputed withheld earnings, and he had to put his real name on it!"

"That's just mind-blowing!," said the Turboid, "I'm amazed that the Captain isn't involved somewhere as well, though!"

"Oh, he is", said Onetrack, "There's a parallel ATO inquiry going on, investigating fake invoices submitted to a NSW Govt Dept from a region known as Kapookistan. There's some of the worst offenders for fraud and scams in Australia in the Kapookistan region, its actually taking over from Western Sydney as Crime Central in NSW!"

"That can't be right," said Turboboy, "We hold the record for frauds and scams in Moorabbistan, and we'd hate to lose it to some XXXXhole in NSW!!....."

Jim, the MSDS sheets for Phos-Chek states that the product contains Ammonium and Phosphate compounds, neither of which are deleterious to the environment, because Ammonium and Phosphate compounds form the basis of many fertilisers. The MSDS sheet also states "The product is not considered harmful to aquatic organisms, nor to cause long-term adverse effects in the environment".

Re the burning of roadside vegetation - Yes, I can remember much roadside burning in the 1960's and early 1970's, until it was realised it created more problems than it solved.

There have been many traffic crashes as a result of thick smoke caused by roadside burning. There have been fatalities and many major injuries from this.

I personally know one person who was killed as a result of roadside burning. It was a neighbouring farmer who was standing on the back of his truck by the edge of the road, monitoring the roadside burning.

His truck was enveloped in thick smoke, and a local fuel agent, driving his 9 tonne fuel truck, roared through the smoke at 80kmh, and ran into the rear of the farmers truck, killing the farmer instantly.

Family members have been personally involved in running into large roadside trees that caught fire after roadside burning, and then kept burning unnoticed, and burnt down during the night, and fell across the road, after the fire crews departed.

Roadside fires destroy a lot of remnant natural vegetation, damage fences, and reduce habitat for a lot of small native animals. So roadside burning got the heave-ho, and it won't be back.

I have to agree about the crazies lighting fires. The problem is a whole new upcoming generation that have been taught more about climate change, than the danger of lighting fires in the open during fire ban periods.

Here we an exact example of what I'm talking about - juveniles who are outright uneducated dills, lacking even basic common sense. The sad part is they breed rapidly, and produce more like them.

https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/perth/two-teenage-girls-caught-on-camera-lighting-fire-in-perths-south-ng-b881381838z

The basic problem is that there is a huge difference between Australia and Canada - and even the U.S. and Russia - when it comes to utilising large water-scooping aircraft for firefighting.

That simple problem is, in Australia there is a major lack of large bodies of relatively fresh water, to enable water-scooping by aircraft.

Canada is the exact opposite, it is 90% freshwater lakes, and even the U.S. and Russia have substantial lake areas to scoop up water from.

The available water in most fire-hit areas, is in farm-style dams - which can provide adequate water for firefighting - but not enough surface area to be able to utilise water-scooping aircraft.

You cannot use seawater for firefighting, it causes serious environmental damage, and the sea is rarely smooth enough to scoop water from with an aircraft, anyway.

As a result, the smaller firebombing aircraft, and helicopters, will remain the most effective aerial fire-fighting tools for us in the near future, until some other advanced technology is developed.

....who were well known in Western Sydney for their medical prowess, amongst other things. However, as Abdullah Bashir explained, they decided to invest in wine production and retailing in Western Australia to diversify their income, because they were becoming too reliant on heart attacks for their income, and alcohol-related injury and disease was a burgeoning field, leading to a win-win situation.

However, as Abdullah explained to the assembled media, who were making inquiries over a growing scandal involving wine adulteration with foreign products, there had been some problems with a particularly dodgy Eastern States sub-contractor who had been supplying a substandard wine preservative.

"Can you please advise as to what that dodgy sub-contractor had been supplying?," asked one media reptile. "We've been led to believe it's cats piss that's been added to the wine".

"Oh, no", definitely not, said Abdullah, shifting nervously from one foot to the other foot, whilst his eyes darted around the area. "Our tests have not been finalised yet, but it's believed the cat piss was only supplied to Hunter Valley winemakers by this dodgy sub-contractor, and our wines have been unaffected.

There have been some reported flavour problems associated with the sub-standard preservative, but nothing major. I believe the problem has been blown out of proportion. We are making sure this dodgy sub-contractor is apprehended, it's believed he resides in Moorabbistan, and hangs around the Moorabbistan airport wearing a hoodie, so the Victorian Police should be onto it, once they sort out their own internal discipline, corruption and behavioural problems."

"But, hang on!" interjected the Captain, who had been leaning on a chair to support himself, whilst watching the interview play out. "I'm firmly one of the......

....the assembled gathering, which promptly degenerated into a wine-swilling punch-up over the quality of the baked goods, thanks to copious amounts of low-grade Hunter Valley wines, well-known for their lower quality than Western Australian wines, and most often used for the contents of goon bags. However, those Easterners, having little experience of the taste of good wines, would drink anything, because they were mostly hardened alcoholics, and they wouldn't know good wine from bad.

"Ahhh, this velly velly bad show", said the Chinese PM of NSW, SumTin Wong - who'd recently bought his political position after fleeing HK, and using his Chinese backers in Sydney to overwhelm the Armenian Jewish cabal who'd previously run NSW.

"Ostrayluns should not drink cheap Ozzie wine, when plenty of cheaper Chinese wine is available to purchase", stated SumTin Wong - who had 78 relatives involved in grape-growing and wine-making in China, using technology stolen from Australian grape growers and winemakers, via keyloggers and trojans hidden inside their cheap Huawei phones.

"But thish shtuff is good shtuff", slurred the Captain, as he fell over a plastic chair, whilst making a lunge for a nearby large-bosomed waitress. "I can tell thish stuff is.........

Hot, very strong winds from interior regions, coupled with high temperatures, make for fires that are unstoppable, even in lightly timbered areas.

The problem comes with people in charge of firefighting agencies and fire protection, who don't understand fire mechanisms.

In the devastating Yarloop (W.A.) fire of Jan 2016, we had people in charge of the firefighting agency who had inadequate experience and skills, to realise the day was going to be an ultra-extreme fire risk.

The weather on the day comprised strong, hot, NE winds, coupled with temperatures that reached 43 deg at Perth Airport. A dry lightning strike started the fire in the Darling Range, SE of Perth.

Wind picks up speed on the downside of any raised obstruction, and the wind was coming over the Darling Range hills from the NE, and picking up speed down the escarpment.

The fire increased in size very rapidly, and started its own ember storms, which swept down off the escarpment, through largely-cleared rural country, at a speed that stunned virtually everyone.

It became unstoppable, despite the heroic actions of many on-ground firefighters, aerial bombers, and individuals. It was a sobering lesson, and led to a substantial revamp of fire and associated agencies in W.A.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-01-21/yarloop-bushfires-before-and-after/7100968

https://knowledge.aidr.org.au/resources/bushfire-waroona-yarloop-fire-2016/

....I think it's high time we stopped this wXXky pseudo-Froggie talk, and got back to the real NES - that is, the one where Onetrack invited The Rat (aka The Captain) to visit the Land of Paradise in the West, where the women are stunning, the blokes are laid back, everyone is nice to each other, and no-one ever criticises another blokes choice of aircraft."

However, The Rat, fearful, rubbish-tip-dwelling creature that he is - with a definite aversion to light - was fearful of being exposed to too much light in the Glorious West, and declined to visit.

It steadily became obvious that The Rat was intent on keeping up the old East-West hatreds, and stories of how the bogeymen would eventually come from the West to conquer the East, and enslave all the Eastern men, and cause all the Eastern women to become the concubines of the conquering Westerners.

While Onetrack mused on the potential in this scenario, he thought about the number of concubines he already owned, and decided it wasn't likely he needed any more - as owning a concubine was more expensive than owning an aircraft - and they made about as much whining noise, too.

But The Rat was still steadily spreading his anti-Western bile amongst the population of Sydernee, who are just about all Proper Real Easterners, anyway - and they took with gusto to his poisonous tale of the coming Western onslaught on the East - because it was in their national history, that the Dreaded Westerners had dismantled their fine Qing Dynasty system of Emperors and Vassals.

But The Rat had this cunning idea, that if he rallied the East against the West, he could become an Emperor - while Turdboy, Bone, and Onetrack, etc., would be turned into Vassals, under his control.

He cackled with glee at his marvellous scheme that he'd hatched, and decided it was...

....compared to the claims he's still making up. He's being seen now, dodging from lamp post to lamp post, and peering from behind the curtains every 5 minutes, convinced he's being followed.

In fact, he jumped half a metre in the air when some firecrackers went off at a Chinatown celebration, convinced he was being shot at. It's very obvious the poor bugger is in a particularly fragile state, and he needs serious help.  Claims of being an "Aussie patriot" obviously stem from him watching excessive amounts of American Patriot spy/action movies, which appear to be his exclusive TV-watching fodder - thus depriving him of the real news in the world. In fact, he thinks "1984" has yet to come, even though it's already been. It's a sad day when....

I found a 1978 NY Times article that outlines the development of the new Avgas during WW2 - it was actually a superior blend of 100 octane, made to British Air Ministry specs, so the Americans referred to it as 100/130 octane.

https://www.nytimes.com/1978/12/03/archives/new-jersey-weekly-4-who-helped-win-battle-of-britain.html

"It's unfortunate that Cappy has turned into a bloke who's smoked the drapes once too often, and comes up with these outlandish statements and photos. As soon as they starting talking of their secret undercover spy work, and knowing who killed JFK, you know they've lost the plot, and their mind is gone", mused Turbo.

"You'll see! You'll see!! I'll be proven right, you unbelievers!!!, screamed the Cappy as he was ejected from the BoB for making unbelievable and outrageous statements and claims - as well as dribbling while he talked.

"It's sad that the Cappy has fallen this low, isn't it?", mused Bull, while he sucked on his stubby. "You can always tell that these blokes have smoked too much strong weed or chowed down too many magic mushrooms, when they start on this drivel".

"Yes", said Turbo, he's actually been admitted to a mental health programme at one stage, but they decided he was too upsetting to the other participants, so they had to stop him from coming. In fact it was suggested that a trip to the West, particularly Perth, where the air is cleaner, the sun shines brighter, the ocean and beaches are just stunning - and where he can't get his favourite mushrooms - is probably what he needs to recover from his fragile mental state...."

Skippy, I can only surmise that the cost of the lead replacement additive, as well as a rapidly-declining number of unleaded engines, would be the reason for the potassium lead replacement compound not being added by the oil companies.

Interestingly, in the U.K., the oil companies did agree to add Potassium-based Lead replacement additive, to their unleaded petrol. The general opinion is that the Potassium additive is not as effective as Lead tetraethyl.

One has to remember that Lead tetraethyl was initially added to Avgas during WW2 as a desperately-needed octane booster - to get the Avgas of the day to 100 octane.

In fact, there's a story about a secret shipment from the U.S. to Britain of the brand new 100 octane, Lead tetraethyl boosted Avgas, that enabled the RAF aircraft to win a crucial air battle against the Luftwaffe.

But after using the Lead tetraethyl boosted fuel for a period, the mechanics and engineers noted that valve and valve seat recession problems had virtually disappeared - and it was then that they figured it was the Lead oxide coating that was lengthening the life of the valves and valve seats under high RPM, high temperatures, and high engine output conditions.

There are other Lead-replacement compounds used besides Potassium - Sodium, Phosphorous and Manganese compounds are also utilised by a number of aftermarket suppliers.

Sodium-based - https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/RED-LINE-OIL-LEAD-SUBSTITUTE-12OZ-BOTTLE-RED60202-/303257644635?_trksid=p2349526.m4383.l4275.c10#viTabs_0

Phosphorous-based - https://www.fastphaseclassics.com.au/product/castrol-valvemaster-lead-replacement-additive/

Flash Lube, with their Valve Saver product, refuse to state what chemicals they utilise, even in the MSDS. The MSDS merely says "non-hazardous chemicals - 100%".

There are reports that the Potassium and Phosphorous based products can make for sticky valves and sooty engines. The Sodium based products are reputedly damaging to turbochargers.

The bottom line is that, a few years after ULP introduction, and many people running their cars on ULP instead of Leaded fuel, the reports of VSR were only minimal, and not common, as predicted.

There would probably be two reasons for this - the number of cast-iron seat heads in use was declining, many engines were already using hardened seats and valves - and many motorists do not do the "high-speed, long-distance" running, where VSR promptly raises its ugly head, when ULP is used with cast-iron valve seats.

What does the lead actually do? It increases the octane rating and helps lubricate the upper cylinder I think but don't know how.

 

So why is there no replacement already?

 

The chemical compound added to petrol is actually tetraethyl lead, which turns to a tan-coloured lead oxide upon combustion.

Lead oxide is a lubricant that lubes the valve stems and upper cylinder, and a layer of lead oxide coats the valve seats and faces, and reduces valve damage (valve seat recession) by cushioning the constant hammering against the seat.

Without tetraethyl lead in petrol, and using standard valves and non-hardened, cast-iron valve seats, you end up with recessed valve seats and burnt valves, particularly with constant high RPM operation.

You can counteract the lack of tetraethyl lead by utilising stellite faced valves and seats (inserts). Some hardened seat inserts are high chromium alloys, rather than stellite.

These components are sometimes nitrided as well to increase their durability. Nitriding introduces nitrogen into the surface of the metal, and it produces a similar result to case-hardening steel.

There is a lead replacement chemical, it is a potassium compound, and it is readily available as a fuel additive.

https://www.nulon.com.au/products/fuel-treatments/lead-substitute-valve-saver

.....little on the NES, as proven by my constant sticking it up everyone who posts here".

"Whoa!", said Onetrack - what's all this stuff about, 'what he does behind the bus stop?' - Is he a phantom pooper, too, like those joggers they've been catching in Sydney??"

"Oh, no!, it's much worse than that!", said the Captain. "You know those blokes down Moorabbistan way, they have this.....

...but the Mayor then spoke up and said, "Do you have Moorabbistan Council planning approval for that building monstrosity? It looks like something that fell from an aircraft at FL100, without a parachute! Living in a giant colon is positively disgusting!"

The Captain piped up, "I always said Moorabbistan was the XXXXhole of the Earth, and now Turdboy has only to make an exit from that prominent pungent end, and thereby prove that he's the nothing but the product of an large inflamed sphincter, for his whole life story to be complete!! The smell he carries with him after being exuded from that giant abominable sphincter, would overpower my underarm deodorant!!"

"Hang on", said Turdboy, "You've got this all wrong, this is....."

Post #41 by "Gibbo" in the link below, explains fairly clearly why the fire truck did not proceed through the locked gate to the burning Jab.

https://www.recreationalflying.com/forums/topic/6491-jabiru-fire-at-bundaberg/page/2/

Hmmm, sounds like this mob could be in trouble as regards compliance with the NSW Lotteries and Art Unions Regulation 2014 - and I'll wager the winner will be getting his lawyer to examine the T's&C's of the competition, if they don't receive the stipulated prize.

https://airventureaustralia.com.au/about-us/terms-conditions/

Sounds like you just need to Wing it.... 

..... there was a knock on the door and upon Turboy opening it, an RSPCA Inspector was standing there. "I'm here to ask some questions about cat slaughter in a possibly unregulated slaughterhouse", said the Inspector.

"What slaughterhouse? What cats?", said Turboy, trying to close the door on the Inspector, who had managed to jam his foot in it, preventing it from shutting.

"You should be aware, there have been some outrageous stories in the media, about unauthorised slaughterhouses found to be operating well below accepted standards, recently", said the Inspector.

"I have heard some rumours you are operating an unauthorised cat slaughterhouse, with the possibility of other unnamed species included in the kill, and you are reportedly supplying a well-known black market for meat of suss origins, mostly for shady Indian, Malaysian, Chinese, and Vietnamese restaurants, who bury all their mystery meats in thick, impenetrable batter, and large quantities of sauces and gravies, and cover up the unusual tastes, with loads of spices such as super-hot chilli." 

"We are most interested in the true origins of the meat in "Claypot Chicken", "Beef Rendang", "Lamb Korma", "Vietnamese Stir-Fry", and many other dishes of mystery ingredients", continued the Inspector.

The Turboid was desperately trying to get the door shut, this was getting too awkward, and before long the Inspector would be asking to inspect the slaughterhouse itself. Turboid knew he couldn't risk that, because....

Kununurra, there have been major legislation-tightening responses to major building fires, worldwide. The Grenfell fire, the Childers fire, and a number of major Middle-Eastern high-rise building fires, have all led to increased legislation and tighter, high-rise building, fire-protection requirements.

The major increase in the number of apartment-style buildings in Australia is leading locally, to more fire safety legislation, usually incorporated into new or revised building and construction laws.

The Climate change drive is adding to the chorus, hotter weather events correspondingly leads to more fires - including bushfires, which also fall under tightening legislative requirements.

In W.A., the Govt has introduced the BAL requirement - Bushfire Attack Level. Large areas of the State are covered by this rating, and it involves substantial additional costs for home and property owners, and has led to a burgeoning market in fire safety advisors and consultants, fire equipment retailers, and fire safety equipment retailers.

https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2019/03/13/1752273/0/en/Global-Fire-Protection-System-Market-Will-Reach-USD-98-85-Billion-By-2025-Zion-Market-Research.html

..... slunk away with empty collection tins, knowing full well, that the Captain reserves all his cash money in brown paper bags, just for when he needs to get out of a sticky spot, or for when he needs "a big favour" from someone in a position of great power, to ensure there's no penalty for his transgressions.

But the Turboid has now been outed as a Sudanese gang member, not a Burkina Faso Prince. One has to expect this kind of sleazy misrepresentation from people from African States, the origin of the word "scammer" comes from a Hausa word, meaning "rip off the rich white people as often as you can".

This explains much of the Turboids behaviour in recent times, where it's been noted, that he's been seen closely examining the aviation sites for ways to hack into the systems to install a wealth creation scheme that involves much illegality, and as little morals and ethics as Mexican drug cartel runners. As Turboid was known to brag, "I've been illegal all my life, and I sure ain't going to become legal, now...."

You normally have to stand to be corrected.