The totally off-topic thread

[Buzzard]

I've been back to my birthplace near Wonthaggi several times , but there are no nuclear reactors there that I have seen ...

... although there is a desalination plant which has had the same status as most Japanese nuclear reactors for the last few years ...

I've been to a nice but very old pub near Wonthaggi.

 

[medhead]

Had a bit of a discussion about the cost of nuclear power today. Specifically the $37 billion deal the UK has just done with China to build a nuclear power station. Most of the cost is safety and environmental reviews apparently.

Also had a detailed session on the ethics of what I do. Interesting academic stuff, not sure how it would be applied at the coal face.

 

[erkpod]

They expect me to fit into this?



For those who have met me. they know I'm no stick thin fashion model.



I've decided that I'm going to say goodbye to the blue hire skates & give this ice skating thing a go. If I go alright, I might try some low level ice hockey.

Hopefully this Saturday will be my first skating lesson.

 

[drron]

Likewise. But given the tone of your responses I'm not holding my breath.

I can always rely on you Medhead.
Did you notice I have already said sorry.
But also note the Sendai reactor is not near a city called Sendai which still is situated on the main Island of Honshu.

 

[TheRealTMA]

I've travelled to my ancestral home in Scotland a few times. Several nuclear power stations there .

But can you remember them after a few drams, me wee laddie? (or me auld Jimmie, whichever takes your fancy.)

 

[medhead]

I can always rely on you Medhead.
Did you notice I have already said sorry.
But also note the Sendai reactor is not near a city called Sendai which still is situated on the main Island of Honshu.

Your "I'm sorry ... but" certainly didn't seem to be directed at me.

As for your final sentence, The Sendai reactor is nowhere near Fukushima? No #### Sherlock! That's what I was saying when you decided to outline details of your travel in Japan. I already noted it down before I even posted about this topic in thread. I'm glad you have finally caught up.

 

[whatmeworry]

Marty and the Doc visit Jimmy Kimmel.

[video=youtube;Q0VGRlEJewA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0VGRlEJewA[/video]

 

[drron]

Your "I'm sorry ... but" certainly didn't seem to be directed at me.

As for your final sentence, The Sendai reactor is nowhere near Fukushima? No #### Sherlock! That's what I was saying when you decided to outline details of your travel in Japan. I already noted it down before I even posted about this topic in thread. I'm glad you have finally caught up.

If you really took notice medhead I quoted someone else not you.You are proving yet again that you will interpret what I say in the way you want as you obviously know what I am thinking better than me.

 

[JohnK]

How hard is it to figure about Commodore being a problem.

Meanwhile, XB falcons are worth heaps. Even better yet the price for Ford cobras are pretty darn good as well.

Is that right medhead?

How much do you think a 1985 Holden HDT VK Brock Commodore Group A in mint condition sells for today? Hint! Only 50 were made.

 

[whatmeworry]

Asked a mate (Has a HQ Monaro) if any of the latest Holden's (i.e. Monaro) would be collectable. His surprised me by saying you need to go back to the VN Commodore Group A for a collectable.

I know another guy with a VK Brock Commodore Group A. I think build number 2. Going for over 100K.

One bloke in Adelaide stored his Holden Kingswood "Atlantis Blue" HZ sedan and only drove it 998km before his death.

The Kingswood, a basic SL model with blue vinyl seats but with a V8 engine, has attracted some interest from collectors – but is not the gold mine they were hoping for, with a firm offer so far of $15,000. The car cost about $6000 new.
“I’ve tried to explain to the girls not to get too carried away,” Corso says. “It’s a Kingswood. If it was a Monaro, it might be worth huge money. It’s not in that league. It has some quirky interest because of its low mileage.”

Expert valuers of classic cars estimate the Kingswood to be worth between $15,000 and $20,000 “to the right buyer”

1979 Holden Kingswood found pristine condition 998km on odometer

 

[mannej]

Yes I have stolen this off Facebook, but I did have a chuckle!

 

[get me outta here]

'Offers over $40,000': Tony Abbott joins the international speakers circuit

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Mr Abbott's preferred topics include advice on leadership, negotiation, election forecast and analysis, current events and Asia.

 

[SeatBackForward]

'Offers over $40,000': Tony Abbott joins the international speakers circuit

Read more: http://www.canberratimes.com.au/fed...channel=edmail&mbnr=MTAxMDAyMjA#ixzz3pMcKpgG7
Follow us: @canberratimes on Twitter | CanberraTimes on Facebook

Mr Abbott's preferred topics include advice on leadership, negotiation, election forecast and analysis, current events and Asia.

Who'd pay to listen to him, when we didn't for free?

 

[Walter_Plinge]

... although there is a desalination plant which has had the same status as most Japanese nuclear reactors for the last few years ...

And which cost almost as much.

 

[Walter_Plinge]

No doubt a reactor for Vic would be better than brown coal, might even supply the desal plant with enough juice.

Possibly, except Victoria has 700 years worth of easily-winnable brown coal. A cheap, environmentally-friendly, under-exploited resource.

As to the desal plant, it was rumoured (with the slightest basis in fact) that the vast area of land was to accommodate a nuclear plant in the future.

 

[SeatBackForward]

Possibly, except Victoria has 700 years worth of easily-winnable brown coal. A cheap, environmentally-friendly, under-exploited resource.

As to the desal plant, it was rumoured (with the slightest basis in fact) that the vast area of land was to accommodate a nuclear plant in the future.

I'm hazard a guess that Victoria will be around for more than 700yrs, in some form at least, unless it's relocated to Queensland by then.

 

[whatmeworry]

Possibly, except Victoria has 700 years worth of easily-winnable brown coal. A cheap, environmentally-friendly, under-exploited resource.

As to the desal plant, it was rumoured (with the slightest basis in fact) that the vast area of land was to accommodate a nuclear plant in the future.

Western Victoria has geothermal energy.

 

[Foreigner]

What's with colouring eggs?

 

[RooFlyer]

Western Victoria has geothermal energy.

ROFL. Google 'Panax'. Yes, even a geothermal resource, but completely uneconomical (unfortunately). Just like tide 'energy'; and 'solar' if it wasn't subsidised by the government (ie you and me)

 

[whatmeworry]

ROFL. Google 'Panax'. Yes, even a geothermal resource, but completely uneconomical (unfortunately). Just like tide 'energy'; and 'solar' if it wasn't subsidised by the government (ie you and me)

Quite a few things are subsidised by Government as private backers are unwillingly to risk the capital. Just look at Solar, Australia has one of the highest uptakes of home solar and now battery technology has caught up which will further change the electricity grid in Australia.