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Martin

I would not disagree with any of the foregoing comments and dating is likely 1870 to 1890.

I think your saw was an export model and typically it featured three crowns, as in the...

Bob

It looks like we are stuck with bias as an integral part of communication as the alternative is never to talk or write about anything whatsoever!

:)

I have in the past on this thread...

Warb

Your precis pretty much nails the situation.

The only additional comments I would make is that human nature being what it is, a company is going to make the best of any opportunity it sees...

An interesting discussion on the fossil fuel industry and PR:

How to spot five of the fossil fuel industry’s biggest disinformation tactics (msn.com)

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Paul

Thanks Graeme and Bob.

You are both on the money (sorry. poor phraseology ) with your comments, but as we know, life is just not simple or easy.

Perhaps I can expand a little further and try...

There are, to my mind, two big advantages of nuclear power. Firstly, in this modern era, it is not an emitter of CO2. Secondly, the fuel itself is relatively cheap, primarily because it does not use...

Yvan

There is a large arrow on the inside of the belt to indicate belt direction to coincide with rotation of the machine.

WM460

560mm x 100mm. Sounds like an AEG machine or similar...

Now I am not really advocating that the "Mini Grid" is any sort of solution to Australia's electrical future, but it does highlight the variety of options out there:

What are mini-grids, and why...

Mallard

The shed is looking good with easy side access to the mill. Please supply some more detail on the mill itself as well as the shed build.

Is "GA" Georgia? I am guessing that, if it is,...

Rob

The first pic looks like a one-man crosscut logging saw that must have been set up for ripping. The second man is using a helper handle, which could normally be re-positioned at the toe when...

MA

Hairy Oak (and Bull Oak) are favourite timbers of mine and they will come up looking quite spectacular. Bear in mind that they darken with age.

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Paul

FF

Agreed and 22 years old is not even a memory any more :(.

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Paul

HAB

No need to apologise for late replies. Life has to go on and the Forum is probably way down the list of priorities for most.

Yes, Origin's other interests are a good point and I can see...

It looks as though the curtain has finally come down on nukes for Oz:

Political battle over nuclear power moves to the states (thenewdaily.com.au)

A former energy minister in the NSW government...

Matt

Sorry to hear you are feeling a little poorly, but hopefully the plane will drag you out of the doldrums:

Now I am about as useful on the subject of planes as a knife in a gun fight, but I...

LD

They look big; How are they secured to the tree?

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Paul

Mic

I think one of the reasons they can fail (but not the only reason) is that the sacrificial anode does not get changed out and the water, particularly in hard water areas, begins to attack the...

Could this be the electrical grail of generation?

Limitless clean energy? Nuclear fusion reactor breaks record (msn.com)

It could be only twenty years away as it has been for about the last...

I think Wozzzzza should consider one of the ready made concertina style marquees particularly as he anticipates pulling it down at the end of the day. The one I am linking below is reasonably made...

Matt

I am a little vague on this. I think some aspects are built every year and it is a huge undertaking. They open sections in phases as it is being constructed and that is how it used to be....

I said I had remembered a "few things" in the previous post. Something that was very apparent was the degree to which Norwegian life depends on having a mobile phone.

For example, you needed a...

Mattocks

I can't be absolutely certain of my comments. The door at the back of each room was locked shut. I should have asked, but I didn't.

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Paul

At last:

‘Come on and tell us your policy’: Chris Bowen issues nuclear challenge to Coalition (msn.com)

Is nuclear a fantasy? Maybe now we will iron it out one way or another.

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Paul

The issue of rental housing and apartment blocks being unable to access solar panels has long been a negative aspect of solar energy. This article attempts to address this with ways around the issue....

When I thought back there are a few things that I didn't mention.

One is that we travelled early on into Sweden and stayed in Kiruna. From there we visited the first Ice Hotel in the village of...

Yes, the "Kei" category. I am not sure, but they may be the only country officially with this classification. However, there may not be much room for batteries, but they may not need much room.
...

FF

Thanks for those stats. Interesting. We may fare a little better if the figures were adjusted for per capita and/or we reduced the available land mass to habitated Kms² . I don't know how the...

This article highlights the leaders in the various forms of Electricity generation:

Low-carbon electricity: which countries are leading the world? | Spectra (mhi.com)

Needless to say the...

FF

I call that the inexorable rise followed by the inevitable fall.

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Paul

I thought this was a pertinent discussion:

How Efficient Is Each Type Of EV Charger? (msn.com)

and for those who don't wish to read through, the conclusion was:

"Level 3 DC charging is the...

Thanks FF

A Cannon-Brooks initiative.

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Paul

Thanks Bob

I was hoping you would weigh in on this subject with your practical knowledge.

Problems can often be overcome and necessity breeds invention. The problem I have is with people...

This was a brief story on Sky News with presenter Chis Kenny:

Call for government to give ‘all the answers’ for a less politicised nuclear power debate (msn.com)

GNSP ((Global Nuclear Security...

This article on the future of Eraring Power Station in the Lower Hunter is interesting. One aspect it highlights is the significant "assistance" afforded by the government already.

State faces...

Neil

I think so and her parents definitely think so!

:)

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Paul

Clothing

When a person mentions Norway we think of of an absurdly cold place, but over on the West coast it is relatively mild, at least, compared to further inland. The subject of clothing was a...

Wonderful DJ

Thanks

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Paul

Neil

Yes, brown cheese. It's a big thing in Norway. On a good day I am a finikey eater, mostly for ridiculous reasons, and I could not get my head around the colour.

I am trying to work out...

Matt

I looked on "Finn," which is a sort of equivalent to Ebay, but only saw one Sandvik No.280 saw I was specifically looking for. It was "offers only" and overnight it sold anyway. So I walked...

A small problem with the above post showing attachments. There are no more attachments, but trying to correct this issue.

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Paul

Update: I have deleted all the pix and re-loaded them. It...

Kitchen utensils

A while back Norway commissioned a feature by the British comedian John Clesse to spruik their country. Of course giving carte blanche to somebody like Cleese was asking for...

jpdv

I think the "volume of responses" indicates that it is a mine field or is that a rabbit hole? In any event there are a multitude of possible solutions and most of us end up with several...

Jack

I am talking purely headband lenses and specifically Optivisor and their lookalikes.

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Paul

One clue as to quality is the lens material. Make sure it is glass and not plastic. I think even Optivisor make a plastic version. All the headbands are of course plastic. Adequate lighting is a...

Graeme

Not really sure what I am being. Trying to be polite in the face of of political stupidity.

:)

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Paul

jpdv

Like Jack 620, I have several of those headband magnifiers. Some have headlights and one has a jeweler's loupe too. Optivisor was the brand by which all others were judged, but they are...

mattocks

I am now very envious that you got to watch the Finnmarkslopet. I became quite enamoured by the race to the extent I followed it every day on the web (son does not have TV :rolleyes: )...

Alex

I had initially thought the dilapidated hut and weir were associated with the Hydro plant, but apparently not and it was a previous enterprise for breeding up fish! I say a previous...

FY (I like the moniker. Deny everything and lie with abandon)

Was that all in Tromsø?

And was the local's grog illegal, as in Oz, or was that a loophole in the law? I am thinking that having...

Thanks DJ

I have had a little bit of trouble with pix showing as attachments instead of the actual picture. I have re-loaded that one and hopefully you can see it now. The odd thing was I could...