The totally off-topic thread

[medhead]

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!

The anti nukes went off at the public info session tonight. heckling, no respect for the speaker, demanding that any pro-person ask a question and then getting on the microphone and rambling about rubbish. Rude and disruptive with no thought to listen. Community acceptance was a big point of the presentation, rightly so. The Anti-nukes kept asking "will it stop if the community says no". I kept thinking will you shut up if the community says yes?

Possibly the one line of the night that highlights the anti-nuke position related to some radioactive (uranium tailings) material at Port Pirie. A legacy from the supply of uranium to the USA and UK. (it was owned by Packer at one stage). Anyway, one of the ramblings was lamenting that it took 30 years to put lead smelter slag on top of the radioactive tailings dams, as if that was actually a good idea. The reality is that the lead slag has made management of the radioactive tailings extremely difficult. The slag has made a relatively easy issue 100 times more difficult. Investigations on the environmental impact of the radioactive bit were almost totally masked by the lead slag. IIRC the investigation report was made public, hopefully I'm not speaking out of turn.

But the greatest irony is that the anti-nukes are protecting the Port Pirie community from radioactive material by creating a massive source of lead dust. Lead that is currently harming the children of that town. It sums them up, they have NFI about risk.

 

[RooFlyer]

Fuel remains high despite low gate prices.

I had to look that up, so for others:

The terminal gate price is the price at which we sell full tanker loads of fuel to wholesale customers from our seaboard terminals on a spot basis. The minimum amount that can be purchased is 35,000 litres.

Terminal gate prices don't include added services such as business support, freight, branding or wages for staff employed at the service station.

By comparing retail prices with terminal gate prices, you can judge whether you think a service station is charging a fair mark-up.

Terminal gate prices are determined by:

• the amount the terminal has paid to buy the fuel from a refinery. This is based on the price of the refined product as set on the international market. It varies according to supply and demand in the Asian region.
• the margin needed to cover the costs and profit requirements of the terminal operator
• taxes, including: federal excise and 10 per cent Goods and Services Tax

What's said in the second para appears to make what's said in the third para a nonsense.

 

[blackcat20]

Portion size has a lot to do with too.

As does alcohol consumption.

Giving the 5:2 diet a go at the moment and the kilos are dropping off quite easily. The 500 calorie days arent that difficult once you get used to them, and makes you more conscious of only eating when truly hungry on the other days.

 

[TheRealTMA]

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)

Oh you romantic you.

 

[TheRealTMA]

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

Not in Dubai. Everything is more expensive. Try the US.

 

[Abdul_A350]

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

Lockport shoes would be cheap in Dubai.

 

[Pushka]

Happy for the anti-nukes to do their thing as long as they refuse anything to do with nuclear medicine and associated diagnostic tests.

 

[drron]

Weight loss can be more than just diet and exercise.
35 years ago for the only time in my adult life I got my BMI down to 25.I really did look thin.The rumours around town that drron had cancer and wont be around long got to me.Soon fixed those rumours.One patient asked if I had chemotherapy.My reply was well if you call red wine chemotherapy yes I responded very well.

 

[Hvr]

So I have free internet today on my Telstra phone, now the challenge is to see how much I can download for free. Am currently downloading maps of cities I've already booked to visit this year.

Well I downloaded about 4 gigabytes of data and it looks like I wasn't the only person with the same idea. According to Telstra:

By midnight, our customers had downloaded 1,841 terabytes of data.

 

[anat0l]

Well I downloaded about 4 gigabytes of data and it looks like I wasn't the only person with the same idea. According to Telstra:

No Telstra products in this household. Wonder if it would have been worth it to sign up (to some token prepaid or plan) just to take advantage of the day.

The general report was that people essentially hammered the system (choose to use more crude verbs at your peril, though more deserving of the extent); the data transferred was not such an issue as much as the speed due to the system load.

 

[whatmeworry]

Well I downloaded about 4 gigabytes of data and it looks like I wasn't the only person with the same idea. According to Telstra:

No Telstra products in this household. Wonder if it would have been worth it to sign up (to some token prepaid or plan) just to take advantage of the day.

The general report was that people essentially hammered the system (choose to use more crude verbs at your peril, though more deserving of the extent); the data transferred was not such an issue as much as the speed due to the system load.

One guy on reddit claims he downloaded this much.

 

[coco50]

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.

Probably moving your head while you are putting. But I don't think the dietitian will be able to detect that.

 

[Foreigner]

Warnie's spin on origin of mankind:

http://m.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/news/shane-warne-humans-were-created-aliens/2932716/

 

[mrs.dr.ron]

Warnie's spin on origin of mankind:

Shane Warne: Humans were created by aliens | Sunshine Coast Daily

The aliens did a good job of frying his brains :shock:

 

[Pushka]

The aliens did a good job of frying his brains :shock:

The aliens gave up when they realised he didn't have any.

 

[medhead]

Happy for the anti-nukes to do their thing as long as they refuse anything to do with nuclear medicine and associated diagnostic tests.

hahahaha
Funnily enough. I made exactly that point. Apparently that is different radiation. I think NFI summed up my feelings. I had to walk away before expressing my views on their position. Still the coppers standing behind them got a good laugh.

 

[JohnK]

Probably moving your head while you are putting. But I don't think the dietitian will be able to detect that.

LOL. She could if she's a scratch golfer!

 

[Pushka]

hahahaha
Funnily enough. I made exactly that point. Apparently that is different radiation. I think NFI summed up my feelings. I had to walk away before expressing my views on their position. Still the coppers standing behind them got a good laugh.

This is one of the scariest posts I've read. We are in complete agreement!

 

[penegal]

The "problem" with nuclear is emotional. It has nothing to do with facts, or actual scientific analysis.

 

[penegal]

hahahaha
Funnily enough. I made exactly that point. Apparently that is different radiation. I think NFI summed up my feelings. I had to walk away before expressing my views on their position. Still the coppers standing behind them got a good laugh.

This is one of the scariest posts I've read. We are in complete agreement!

It's a bit like Vegans or anti-Vax people presenting to the Emergency Room.

Do you want treatment which will improve your condition? Or do you want to follow your beliefs and probably die?