The totally off-topic thread

[anat0l]

Technology is a curse to cheating partners:

Technology and divorce: the modern day version of lipstick on the collar | smh.com.au

Just like a good criminal: if you're going to cheat, cover up your tracks.

Technology is not really a curse as such; it just means people haven't gotten good at covering themselves up if they are in the wrong.

It actually sounds a bit easier to do compared to trying to sneak in without lip stick on one's collar, or shirt smelling of perfume not belonging to one's partner. Although giving access to Find My iPhone to someone else means you'd better be straight up like an arrow.

Even if you never gave access to someone else inadvertently or otherwise to personal messages that may reveal a clandestine relationship (e.g. you were cheating on your partner, but you were "good" and never did it on shared devices, you wiped devices before disposal, etc.), I wonder if, in divorce proceedings, one could demand (e.g. via a court order) to hand over private messages or emails etc. in order to determine circumstances around a divorce or what not.

 

[TheRealTMA]

Haven't had a window seat for a while, peered out and saw this, about 35mins out of MEL to ADL. A romantic farmer perhaps?

Happy Valentine's Day everyone.

Valentine's Day: the cards that prove romance is dead - Men

 

[andye]

That's once in a blue moon.

Don't drink tea/coffee, hardly any sweets, have been on fruit and vegetables for the past 4 weeks, alcohol intake reduced. Same weight I was 4 weeks ago.

I reckon I could stop eating and still put on weight. :shock:

While full of vitamins, fruits are usually high calorie and contain the same sucrose as table sugar. Whole fruit usually has some fibre and is more filling than juice, but if you are trying to lose weight probably best to cut down.

 

[medhead]

While full of vitamins, fruits are usually high calorie and contain the same sucrose as table sugar. Whole fruit usually has some fibre and is more filling than juice, but if you are trying to lose weight probably best to cut down.

Or exercise.
What about walking to work one day a week?

 

[coco50]

Valentines Day at our house: Went to Bunnings and shouted my wife a sausage sizzle. However later that night, I cooked one of her favourite meals (Tandoori chicken with a kumara salad) and for desert, we had Magnum Classics - all washed down with Chandon Pink Champagne (Or whatever the French will allow you to call it, these days)

 

[medhead]

Nuclear Fuel Cycle Royal Commission interim findings released.
http://nuclearrc.sa.gov.au/app/uploads/2016/02/NFCRC-Tentative-Findings.pdf

Looks pretty well considered findings. No current need for nuclear power, but should start planning.

But the big one, radioactive waste management has got a tick. Something that has been talked about and investigated for at least 30 years. A pretty important development if it goes ahead. The submission that I contributed to, in a small way, focussed on radioactive waste. Plus support for the concept of fuel leasing.

This might be a better link. http://nuclearrc.sa.gov.au/tentative-findings/

 

[Foreigner]

Valentines Day at our house: Went to Bunnings and shouted my wife a sausage sizzle. However later that night, I cooked one of her favourite meals (Tandoori chicken with a kumara salad) and for desert, we had Magnum Classics - all washed down with Chandon Pink Champagne (Or whatever the French will allow you to call it, these days)

You spiced up your Valentine's evening!

 

[Pushka]

Nuclear Fuel Cycle Royal Commission interim findings released.
http://nuclearrc.sa.gov.au/app/uploads/2016/02/NFCRC-Tentative-Findings.pdf

Looks pretty well considered findings. No current need for nuclear power, but should start planning.

But the big one, radioactive waste management has got a tick. Something that has been talked about and investigated for at least 30 years. A pretty important development if it goes ahead. The submission that I contributed to, in a small way, focussed on radioactive waste. Plus support for the concept of fuel leasing.

This might be a better link. Tentative Findings | Nuclear Fuel Cycle Royal Commission

What are your thoughts about the possibility/benefits/risks for SA?

 

[medhead]

What are your thoughts about the possibility/benefits/risks for SA?

I haven't read the analysis documents. But for Radioactive waste, the commercial benefits are enormous. For example, I'm currently faced with a $160000 bill to get rid of a source - $15000 are local costs, the rest is the bill from the accepting party. This is for something that in general would not be considered nuclear waste. There is a big demand for disposal of a whole range of radioactive sources. That's before even getting on to the fuel leasing concept. Very pie in the sky, but take everyones nuclear power waste and then recycle it back to them as fuel for a fee.

Risk - the obvious manual handling WHS risks will be in place. But radiation risk is pretty negligible, there is a wealth of experience in how to safely handle this stuff. For radioactive source disposal there is no complex manufacturing/chemcial processes. Disposal is just a matter of sticking in it the ground and preventing water inflow, well a bit more complex than that but not difficult. South Australia and Australia also have very well developed regulations for controlling radioactive material. Plus excellent facilities - being one of the few state governments still retaining a scientific laboratory with high capability for the regulator to actually do measurements, independent of the operators.

Possibility - pretty small IMO. The fuel leasing would be a massive step. The submission we did, focussed just on the immediate need for radioactive waste disposal. That is a pressing need. I'm probably about 60% confident that will happen. We are looking at a major international meeting in Adelaide for 2024. I am hopeful that South Australia would have accepted the first few sources for disposal by then. looks like the RC is suggesting 2020, which would fit a go live in about 2024.

 

[Pushka]

I haven't read the analysis documents. But for Radioactive waste, the commercial benefits are enormous. For example, I'm currently faced with a $160000 bill to get rid of a source - $15000 are local costs, the rest is the bill from the accepting party. This is for something that in general would not be considered nuclear waste. There is a big demand for disposal of a whole range of radioactive sources. That's before even getting on to the fuel leasing concept. Very pie in the sky, but take everyones nuclear power waste and then recycle it back to them as fuel for a fee.

Risk - the obvious manual handling WHS risks will be in place. But radiation risk is pretty negligible, there is a wealth of experience in how to safely handle this stuff. For radioactive source disposal there is no complex manufacturing/chemcial processes. Disposal is just a matter of sticking in it the ground and preventing water inflow, well a bit for complex than that but not difficult. South Australia and Australia also have very well developed regulations for controlling radioactive material. Plus excellent facility - being one of the few state governments still retaining a scientific laboratory with high capability for the regulator to actually do measurements, independent of the operators.

Possibility - pretty small IMO. The fuel leasing would be a massive step. The submission we did, focussed just on the immediate need for radioactive wage disposal. That is a pressing need. I'm probably about 60% confident that will happen. We are looking at a major international meeting in Adelaide for 2024. I am hopeful that South Australia would have accepted the first few sources for disposal by then. looks like the RC is suggesting 2020, which would fit a go live in about 2024.

Thanks for those comments - and while knowing just a laymans version of the risks, the commercial advantages seem enormous. Plus, maybe this waste is better in our hands than in someone else's. People who are against us moving on this seem to forget that when wanting the latest medical techniques.

 

[RooFlyer]

Thanks for those comments - and while knowing just a laymans version of the risks, the commercial advantages seem enormous. Plus, maybe this waste is better in our hands than in someone else's. People who are against us moving on this seem to forget that when wanting the latest medical techniques.

Exactly. And you can bet tonight's telly will have as back-ground images, pics and video of nuclear power stations, and the odd mention of Chernobyl rather than showing the countless sheds around just Australia full of nuclear medicine waste etc. that needs safe disposal now. Or we can just keep it all in sheds and drums I guess - no problem in that, is there?

I wish Sth Oz all the best in this one!

 

[JohnK]

and you can pig out on celery as much as you like (just no dip on it though)...

as it requires nearly as much energy for your body to digest it as it provides...

a useful way to deal with kids demanding food 30-40 minutes before dinners ready....

and those late night movie cravings.

Tried the celery diet. Didn't work.

I am seeing a dietician in 3 weeks. Hope she can tell me what I am doing wrong.

 

[RAM]

Tried the celery diet. Didn't work.

I am seeing a dietician in 3 weeks. Hope she can tell me what I am doing wrong.

Did not mean as a diet but as something to 'snack' some of the time on.

The advantage of celery (nearly no net calory gain after digestion) is that by chewing/crunching it up your brain gets a signal that the stomach is being looked after and the act of chewing (anything) has a sub-conscious benefit as well.

Some people I know have alternated using celery with chewing gum. That is - eat some celery, try and wait 20 minutes or more before giving in to the desire to eat something/anything and then have a couple of chewing gum pieces.

Again the chewing provides some satisfaction with very very low calories.

Weight loss is an ultra-marathon unfortunately NOT a 400m sprint.

Change a little at the margin and feel good at your efforts.

Writing down everything you eat/snack on each day (keep a small notebook with you) can be a real wake-up call to alert you as to exactly what you are eating. Most people under-estimate how much they eat by between 15-27%.

Coupled with weighing yourself at as close to the same relative time each day (and writing it down).

That way you can see if you have a pattern to your weight fluctuation. Are Tuesdays and Wednesdays regularly your 'peak weight' days each week (as an example) - what do you do differently on your weekly/monthly peak weight periods?

Putting pen to paper is also a powerful tool in coming to terms with what is really happening.

 

[RooFlyer]

Did not mean as a diet but as something to 'snack' some of the time on.

<snip for space>.

All excellent advice. That way (almost everything you described) I lost a lot of weight about 7 years ago and at one point was actually described as thin(-ish ) Alas, just a memory now; my dietician appointment is next week!

 

[Foreigner]

Rockport shoes in Bangkok or Dubai would be cheaper than in Sydney?

 

[Bindibuys]

Rockport shoes in Bangkok or Dubai would be cheaper than in Sydney?

I would be interested in that result. Though I prefer Brooks over Rockports.

 

[mrs.dr.ron]

Tried the celery diet. Didn't work.
I am seeing a dietician in 3 weeks. Hope she can tell me what I am doing wrong.

Portion size has a lot to do with too.

 

[whatmeworry]

Fuel remains high despite low gate prices.

	Tuesday 9 February 2016	Wednesday 10 February 2016	Thursday 11 February 2016	Friday 12 February 2016	Monday 15 February 2016
Sydney	99.9	99.3	98.2	97.4	96.6
Melbourne	99.4	98.8	97.7	97.0	96.2
Brisbane	99.9	99.2	98.2	97.4	96.6
Adelaide	99.6	98.9	97.9	97.1	96.3
Perth	99.7	99.3	98.4	97.5	96.6
Darwin	103.9	103.3	102.2	101.5	100.7
Hobart	104.5	103.9	102.8	102.0	101.3

 

[Cossie]

Fuel remain high despite low gate prices.

Why doesn't Canberra get a mention, after all we are a 'capital city'?

 

[JohnK]

Portion size has a lot to do with too.

A few years back I was in hospital for ~11 days. I lost ~12-13kgs which was due to the portion sizes, not having an appetite, sitting around for hours not needing energy and a lot of stress. Think the hospital meals are based on a 1,200 calorie diet.

There is no way I can survive on 1,200 calories/day playing 2 games of golf a week and working 37.5 hours at work.

I have had success over they years losing weight for 2-4 weeks but as soon as the body is up to what I am doing the weight loss stops. A former GP gave me some wise words. "John if you and I were on the 1,000 calorie a day diet eating bananas only we would still put on weight!".