Hello Finland, Poland, and welcome to the blog...and to the United Kingdom and the United States of America where the blog apparently had more views yesterday than here in Australia...(how bizarre-Ed)...
and apologies but no Wind Turbine stuff today...and again any necessary apologies for any offense caused by my hilarious jokage re the Geltwood Quilt Festival...in researching that well-tooled piece, I was amazed at how many Quilt festivals there are around the world...
And one can only apologise yet further if one cannot maintain the mildly manic hilarity of the last few posts and plunges off into the post-Hilaric Malaise...(ah, PHM, arch nemesis of the terminally furious seeking to turn their anger to humour so as to engage the sceptical with vaguely attractive prose and entertaining discourse-Ed)...wow, that's a very specific syndrome...(yes it is-Ed)...
Tathra Shark Attack: I haven't travelled much (it's the whole 'don't care much about anything' attitude), but I have been to Tathra nearly 30 years ago, when that famous jetty was rundown and full of large holes, etc...it is a casually beautiful area with long white beaches, extensive cliffs and headlands, and heaps of coastal National Park...I remember even then that locals were not likely to swim near the jetty because it was a popular shark fishing platform and people would be down there burleying all night...
I'm not a surfer but I also recall something about a special surf-break in certain conditions where waves would break on the point and roll right across the bay, meaning that you could ride the one wave for nearly a mile...and the fishing was amazing...I was thrilled to catch my personal biggest fish ever (a Tailor?), but my fishing companions stuck some big hooks in it and threw it back saying, 'let's see if we can catch something decent'...
I am aware that 'anti-burleying laws' now apply in South Australia, particularly off metropolitan beaches, but I don't know what goes on in New South Wales...even as I type, the fishing/baiting issue is being discussed on whatevs morning show (0930hrs) and it does appear that the shark fishing practices are frowned on but continue, but they are also reporting large schools of bait fish in the area that sharks often predate...our thoughts are with the family and friends of Ms Christine Armstrong...
PATS Unbelievable: I'm not sorry for not believing a single word from Labor state Health Minister Jack 'The Rat' Snelling when he says that 'we will honour our $2.5million election commitments' in response to news that the Patient Assistance Transport Scheme has had 'cost blowouts' 3 of the last 4 years...he briefly mentioned 'changed criteria' but there was no further explanation of exactly what that was...one assumes that this was in reference to the Labor PATS Review conducted last year, that was directed by Aunty Jack to reduce people applying for PATS funding by making them ineligible...(what a champ-Ed)...
Grow Up: Mt Gambier because your population growth rate is currently only 0.2% where as it's more like 0.5% in Regional South Australia...and not surprisingly 1% in Adelaide...is this the harsh reality resultant of the Labor government's devastating Shared Services strategy and general contempt for Regional SA with associated lack of funding, collapsing infrastructure, etc, that makes it increasingly difficult to live in Regional areas?
Can't Believe I Agree: with former USofA President Bill Clinton, who has stated that the best hope for humanity, the most likely catalyst for us getting our collective shizzle together and stop slaughtering each other all over the globe, would be an invasion by militant extra-terrestrials...(right...has young Willy been at his special 'organic cigars' again, you know, the big green ones he drives to Colorado for-Ed)...not sure, but in a purely philosophical sense he is absolutely correct, and is basically referencing the multiple examples of socio-political and religious conflict that is subdued by a common enemy, eg, relative peace in the Balkans when under the control of the former United Soviet Socialist Republic.
(I get it...when that threatening oversight was all powerful it was a common enemy for most if not all of the various 'factions' who then tore the Balkans area apart when the USSR collapsed-Ed)...exactly...much the same thing happened/is still happening in Iraq...the Rwandan Genocide was old prejudices run riot in wake of a socio-political collapse...he is theoretically referencing reality.
Going Off In Morwell: this morning the power it was...(thanks Yoda-Ed)...with a spectacular light show caught on camera by a local...(must have gone on for a bit for someone to get several of the explosions filmed-Ed)...good point...yes there was a series of 'short circuit' explosions at the Morwell Electricity substation earlier today that blacked out some 80,000 homes in Eastern Victoria...now 1530hrs and it's being reported that power is restored to most areas...(most excellent work them electricities peoples-Ed)...indeed...
Victorian Premier Dennis Napthine is quoting unidentified 'authorities'...(one assumes 'Electric authorities'-Ed)...whatevs, authorities who have been quick to rule out as responsible the recent Hazelwood Coal Mine fire that blanketed the entire area in sickening smog for over a month and left behind a fine layer of most excellent toxic Brown Coal ash...it is alleged that a build-up of this ash on lines and/or conductors, etc, led to a main cable breaking and/or a series of short circuits, but this has been quickly denied...(a bit too quickly if you ask me-Ed)...nobody did...
It is also reported that workers at the 'Sub-station' have been complaining for sometime about a failure to conduct regular and critical maintenance, meaning that some sort of incident was almost inevitable...it's not being irresponsible to suggest that it was probably a combination of both inadequate maintenance and excessive dust/soot, which can be an excellent conductor and easily flammable...(fair enough-Ed)...
And panic spread like wild fire on a Qantas flight today...(terrorism?-Ed)...no...when the Sydney-Perth flight was re-directed...(engine exploded?-Ed)...no...and had to turn back...(wing fell off?-Ed)...no...turn back to make an emergency landing...(the pilots had the Salmon Mousse?-Ed)...no, will you just let me finish...they had to turn back and do an emergency landing due to a 'Smoke Warning Light' activating re the cargo area...(did they land safely?-Ed)...perfectly safely, everyone's fine...(well what was the panic then?-Ed)...the plane was forced to land in Adelaide...(NOOOOOOOOOO, anything but that-Ed)...
This unfortunately segues into the latest on the missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370, news which remains much as it was last time I mentioned it several days ago...numerous countries have multiple ships and aircraft in a zone off Western Australia where authorities 'guess' the plane flew to after it was 'assumed' to have been deliberately re-directed...and someone spotted some debris that turned out to be old fishing gear...
It is easy for me sitting in Mt Gambier to hypothesise about cause, effect, motive, and response, but I do struggle with the way that authorities have handled this situation, and the continuing sense that there is much not being said relative to what is officially known...some other reports are straying to the idea that the plane will never be found...
Tomorrow: The Wind Turbine Stuff
Sorry, but I wanted to research some stuff properly and didn't get a chance today...
And closing today with data from a Social Equality report stating that in Australia the 'bottom 20%' have only 1% of our wealthy countries wealth, and the top 20% have 50% of the cash...(well that's a fine ol' kettle of fish-Ed)...indeed...(lucky maybe, but nobody said it was the Equitable Country-Ed)...indeed.
I am Nick Fletcher and this is my blog...cheers big ears and laters Ron...
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