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To paraphrase some dude up a river, The Horror! The Horror!

In other news I went sailing today and I made some biochar! :)

I like umbrellas! A proper English brolly with lots of strong spokes has to be one of the coolest inventions ever!

I'd rather hold an umbrella for someone I didn't like than get shot at any day of the week.

The next burn was complete, and here's the start of it... In the Biochar Lounge:

http://pic80.picturetrail.com/VOL1913/10058894/24348548/406668527.jpg

Damper opened, but stove all closed up, so...

Here's the 'Two Burn' report:

http://pic80.picturetrail.com/VOL1913/10058894/24348548/406668523.jpg

The Fitz loaded and ready to fire. Aaaaaand the next morning...
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Had a lovely relaxing "sail" today. Lots of boats turned up for the second race of the Winter Series for a "sail." Ended up having a paddle and then a tow in as wasn't making any ground against a...

Give the boats names!

Oooh! I wish I were closer! I'd be there in a flash! Maybe one day you'll sail her to Australia.

Hey Robbie, a very BIG welcome to the forum! I'm really taken with the clip and it's fantastic to see the classic you so lovingly restored in full flight. I really enjoyed reading about your...

The cold embrace of pointless deaths of thousands.

Weather and time has conspired against this next burn until today when both have been in my favour. I'll post some shots tomorrow, but the burn was started at about 4.30 this afternoon and is still...

She really only had to look at Jamie Oliver's attempts at introducing cheap, healthy and simple to make alternatives to common US school lunch menus in only one or two schools and look at the kind of...

... and then gave it a wax buffing so they could use it as a mirror to shave at sea. Being careful not to gybe of course!

Rod, I just want to preface the follow by saying you have excellent taste in boats and I'm sure you're a top bloke. I'd be honoured to have a beer with you one day. But I think your politics are...

I was hdfnv,mjkl,;::::::::!!!!!!

Just sayin'!

Without a doubt...

John, I had a thought that sandbags could be good as a nice compromise to lead as an experiment, can be easily adjusted to suit conditions and are pretty low impact on a lightly built hull. They're...

Maybe I should go in and sweet talk them for you Pedro! I'm just about a daily occurrence there, so much so they only charge me trade on just about everything.

Nothing to add to Peter's most excellent commentary other than to say that I'm now wearing my j-u-m-p-e-r.

Look forward to sailing in your company John! :)

I got my Carbatec mobile bases through Williams in less than a week and at about 3/4 the catalogue price.

Aussie Fasteners should have them, but I know Williams keep the Carbatec line as well.

Ian, check out the Lego artist exhibition while you're in Singapore:

http://www.marinabaysands.com/Singapore-Museum/Whats-On/

It's called a mast truck. It goes very well into the broader suite of nautical terminology with floors and ceilings being things somewhat different than on dry land.

Amazing!

David Bowie says it's "possibly the most poignant version of the song ever created."

It must be Obama's fault! I see a clear need for a Congressional inquiry... Pronto!

How can someone that powerful be that stupid? Truly gob-smacking! :eek:

Great information Boston!

On a more basic level, the thought that we can, over a couple of hundred years, combust and therefore release large percentages of CO and CO2 that were laid down...

I'm wondering why the far right wingers in the US see a desperate need to "extract the truth" in the first place. It appears that the use of the bad film as the cover story for the attack aftermath...

The USA took over where the British Empire left off.

Such self deprecation Kaa: I'm shocked and astonished!

It would be safe to assume that military action in a country other than your own must be approved by that country before you run off and engage a heavier force than the one that you have under fire....

Is that a pink rose you're clutching in your avatar?

Probably after it was made inside Libya by Libyans.

The boat that broke the camel's back! How's it going?.. The back that is.

Looking good Greg!

... I salute you and your nation and wish you all the very best from the bottom of my heart and with all my hope.

Well... Yeah...

Rod, considering the fact that just about every military engagement the US has been in Australia has been there with you, that information is available in many multiples of sources (and considering...

He's all yours now.

Anyway (and this is for prevaricators like Kevin) plants don't grow on atmosphere alone. In fact the bulk of their mass is below the ground. This goes straight the the heart of...

Didn't Doherty, one of those killed, actually fly in from Tripoli with a few other CIA operatives to help out? AFAIK the attack on the CIA post started at about midnight and Doherty arrived at 5.00am...

Rod, did you actually read what Gates - a Republican no less - had to say on the matter?

Taking into account the fact that on the same day there were six other attacks on US embassies and one...

BTW, I don't think the recent unpleasantness would have been avoidable with this enhanced function due to the fact the primary antagonists were all willing antagonists.

It also reminds us all of...

What was that? You'll all have to speak up! I'm deaf y'know!

All sound and fury signifying nothing.

Cheers JB! The thread's still there, but sinking as the days continue to race by ever quicker and the hair gets ever greyer! Lucky the top remains mouse brunette: I'll be two-tone before you know it....

A few days is a long time?



Where the hell did this come from?

And

Why are you

.... 75 other people killed as a result.

Perhaps you should read what I wrote about the wider context of what was happening at SIX other embassies and ONE other diplomatic post that day in other...

Indeed, but such changes occurred over many hundreds of thousands of years. We're helping it along in the space of a few hundred, which doesn't give much room for evolutionary adaptation for all the...

Are you not capable of basic reading comprehension? I didn't say it was a result of the stupid film, but "took place under the cover" of Worldwide protests that had seen six US embassies and one US...

If the ones on the proposed list are built that's a huge generating capacity and a big leap forward.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tidal_power_stations

Too old? Not old enough?... Well and truly middle aged and going greyer by the day. Let's leave it at that! :D

That's an impressively large programme Jeff. It looks like it will be broadcast, or...

Look at this:

http://maps.google.com.au/maps?hl=en&ll=-28.220636,153.562346&spn=0.004991,0.006899&t=h&z=17

It's interesting that each time I pass over the bridge crossings of the inlets to...