Aussies XLVIII

[Ski the Swift]

Dear god I'm a soppy drunk. I really don't remember posting that, so I am not held accountable for anything said.

P.S: I may also still be a little drunk from last night :P

P.P.S: What the hell happened to the "Posting Whilst Drunk" thread?

[gryphon strike]

What can I say, anyone with a heart has been there and feels it too.

Now I need to get drunk!

:P

[Ski the Swift]

What can I say, anyone with a heart has been there and feels it too.

Now I need to get drunk!

:P

I vowed not to go to the 21st last night or drink. God knows I'm a terrible liar.

But we can get through this together GS!

:grouphug:

[gryphon strike]

I vowed not to go to the 21st last night or drink. God knows I'm a terrible liar.

But we can get through this together GS!

:grouphug:

:cheers:

and a few more :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:

[ants]

Hope everyone is enjoying Australia Day. Is anyone following Sam Kekovich's advice in the food department this year? Or has the ad made you cringe so much that you are ordering pizza instead?

Loved the ad.

Linky to con site.

Linky to thread in BWB forum about it....

Damnit, they finally have a Worldcon in Australia, in MELBOURNE, while I'm out of the bloody country.

Darwin CBD Office bombed.

We've had threats before, but fortunately no-one has ever carried them out. I hope everyone injured recovers.

Yikes,first I'd heard of this.

[Paxter]

Just read a good article that summarises quite nicely the implications of recently revised estimates from Treasury that Australia's population will grow to 36m by 2050 (our current population stands at 21.5m). On the one hand, the population growth should help compensate for the ageing population and keep the dependency ratio under some sort of control. This is vital from an economic standpoint, as a high dependency ratio would cripple the government.

But the Treasury's projections present two very serious challenges:

1) Even with the influx of young immigrants, the dependency ratio will still be high enough to cause problems. We could be facing successive deficits over a long period.

2) The environment. Do we have the resources to cope with a population spike of this magnitude without a drop in living standards? At this stage, the answer is "probably not".

This is going to be a tough balancing act for future governments: weighing the economic costs of a high dependency ratio against the environmental costs (and accompanying economic costs) of population growth.

[gryphon strike]

ok so today I finally bought a "weather station" basically heat and humidty

I can say with reasonable accuracy that the room my comp is in is at 94 degrees farenheit with 26 % humidity

now if I can figure out these bloody chinese instructions maybe I will be able to turn it to celcius

so far I have managed to set the year LOL

[gryphon strike]

ok so today I finally bought a "weather station" basically heat and humidty

I can say with reasonable accuracy that the room my comp is in is at 94 degrees farenheit with 26 % humidity

now if I can figure out these bloody chinese instructions maybe I will be able to turn it to celcius

so far I have managed to set the year LOL

yeah well the update is that the minimum overnight was 87 F

we actually had some rain here today so the humidity is up over 40%

[Paxter]

yeah well the update is that the minimum overnight was 87 F

we actually had some rain here today so the humidity is up over 40%

Yeah we had some rain yesterday, but it's back up to above 30 degrees for the next few days.

Tomorrow's my last day of work for the summer. Uni starts again on Monday :thumbsdown:. Not sure I can really complain after a three-month break though ;). Mind you, I could do with some spare time right about now...Season 5 of The Wire finally came out in Australia!

Things have quietened down on the cricket club front. I haven't heard back from either the parent who complained or the coach since I called the parent a couple of weeks ago, so I think it's safe to assume that they managed to conclude the matter between themselves in a relatively civil manner. Now I can just concentrate on organising the usual end-of-season events.

[Stubby]

...Season 5 of The Wire finally came out in Australia!

Yeah we noticed that! Now we can finally start watching that for the first time! er - concentrate on uni?

[gryphon strike]

Yeah we noticed that! Now we can finally start watching that for the first time! er - concentrate on uni?

your forgetting what it is like to be that age Stubby, you have enough energy to move the world :)

Broke a mirror on the truck today and am a tad annoyed with myself

yeah I only just clipped it but even so.

mind you the boss didn't say a word about it.

one mirror and a clutch in almost 14 months

thats a lot better than the guy who wrecked the pride of the fleet because he didn't extend the trailer.

Also I told them as soon as it happened and the mechanics were ready with a replacement when I got back

[Ski the Swift]

I had something similar (not very) happen to me for the first time the other day. First time I have ever hit anything in my car, you know those yellow bollards in the McDonalds drive thru's? The ones that stick out really far? I scarped against one slightly with my side mirror, I now have a small 2cm yellow line on it... nothing a bit of polish cant fix luckily.

Still, six years with only that. I have a feeling I can only be lucky for so long...

[Paxter]

I had something similar (not very) happen to me for the first time the other day. First time I have ever hit anything in my car, you know those yellow bollards in the McDonalds drive thru's? The ones that stick out really far? I scarped against one slightly with my side mirror, I now have a small 2cm yellow line on it... nothing a bit of polish cant fix luckily.

Still, six years with only that. I have a feeling I can only be lucky for so long...

You've done pretty well Swiftie. I managed to back my car into a pole about 6 months after getting my licence *facepalm*. Luckily my car at the time was a white Ford Laser, so it was pretty easy to find spare parts at the wreckers to fix the boot.

Uni started today. I miss the holidays already :frown5:.

[gryphon strike]

You've done pretty well Swiftie. I managed to back my car into a pole about 6 months after getting my licence *facepalm*. Luckily my car at the time was a white Ford Laser, so it was pretty easy to find spare parts at the wreckers to fix the boot.

Uni started today. I miss the holidays already :frown5:.

Sorry cannot resist mate :P

1

2

3 AAAAWWWWWWWWWWW

mate thats good driving in 6 years, no joke just with the other idiots out there you should have been hit at least once by now without good driving.

I slacked off, I had just worked my guts out to get my truck into a narrow drive while blocking a reasonably major road and backing traffic up badly. Once I was in the drive I slacked off, the load was over 13 tonne and with that sort of load my poor truck has major turning issues, ie the wheel doesn't want to turn unless there is some movement.

[Ski the Swift]

Uni started today. I miss the holidays already :frown5:.

Teaspoon of cement mate :P

And Re: McDonald's bollard. I am usually very cautious of it and my side mirrors. I, for some unknown reason, was in a rush in the morning. It was around 5:30am, so I still had plenty of time to get to work. I was fairly upset with myself.

[gryphon strike]

Teaspoon of cement mate :P

And Re: McDonald's bollard. I am usually very cautious of it and my side mirrors. I, for some unknown reason, was in a rush in the morning. It was around 5:30am, so I still had plenty of time to get to work. I was fairly upset with myself.

I do understand that, I will not even say don't do it. Setting high standards for yourself and doing your best to live up to those standards is a good thing, a very good thing actually

Even so you do need to be realistic and I see that in the original post.

OK true confessions time.

The very first day I had gotten my car I backed into another car.

Another lesson for you, make dead bloody certain you can trust the moron directing you with the sun off the mirror blinding you.

[adamsputnik]

Just read a good article that summarises quite nicely the implications of recently revised estimates from Treasury that Australia's population will grow to 36m by 2050 (our current population stands at 21.5m). On the one hand, the population growth should help compensate for the ageing population and keep the dependency ratio under some sort of control. This is vital from an economic standpoint, as a high dependency ratio would cripple the government.

But the Treasury's projections present two very serious challenges:

1) Even with the influx of young immigrants, the dependency ratio will still be high enough to cause problems. We could be facing successive deficits over a long period.

2) The environment. Do we have the resources to cope with a population spike of this magnitude without a drop in living standards? At this stage, the answer is "probably not".

This is going to be a tough balancing act for future governments: weighing the economic costs of a high dependency ratio against the environmental costs (and accompanying economic costs) of population growth.

Where is the water going to come from to support 36 million people? It's already horribly variable and dependent upon supplements from desalination and other not-super alternatives.

[Ski the Swift]

All the water comes from the Hunter Region, we already give plenty to Sydney and the Central Coast. Why not hand over more water?

And GS, knowing the luck of not having any car crashes for six years, my first one will be a really bad one. Seems the way things go.

[gryphon strike]

All the water comes from the Hunter Region, we already give plenty to Sydney and the Central Coast. Why not hand over more water?

And GS, knowing the luck of not having any car crashes for six years, my first one will be a really bad one. Seems the way things go.

Hmm yeah well water is always a big issue in this country. Also just where are all these young migrants coming from and will they be willing to support our aging population?

It is a democracy after all and they could easily tip the balance.

From what I get out of your posts etc Ski I am thinking your someone who can focus on something for some time, this makes accidents less likely, just make certain its the road your focused on not the cute blonde in a short skirt bending over in front of you :P

Yeah that almost caused an accident for me once.

[Stubby]

Yeah that almost caused an accident for me once.

When I was 14 and doing an afternoon paper-round on my treadly, this was the direct cause of me riding into the rear of a parked car. It was an expensive distraction.