nomadpete

Tell us.

Please

What brand of deodorant????

And..........

Hope do you hold the possum still for long enough to spray deodorant under its arms?

Yes, that's how they work. Most folk opt for a separate, real VOX operated intercom in order to get silence for most of their flight.

You'll find that quite a few Asian vehicles require lifting the body off the front subframe for any serious work to be done. There isn't enough room to swing a spanner in the 'engine bay'.

Lots of wiring, brake lines, fuel lines, etc to be undone each time. I don't do my own heavy maintenance any more, and our Mitsubishi recently required this, and the mechanic mentioned that it was common procedure.

That's what I like about Bex.

He's got such a way with words.

But if he's standing on a plinth, somebody would have to put him up to it.

How about "a statue of Bex mounting a horse"?

 

(Probably using a step ladder).

Or standing on a box............

Wow that statue will have to have Bex riding a horse!!

Had to self censor... I almost said "mounted on a horse", but I know what youse mob of vulgar cretins would have done with that.......

Bex, THANK YOU THANK YOU.

that link is sooo helpful.

Luckily I still have an old bottle of vitamin C at the back of the condiments cupboard.

However, it was a bit of a struggle getting all six 1000mg tablets into my vein.

(Disclaimer - I'm taking the P!ss. I am not suggesting anybody try to self medicate. EVER.)

I can isolate on my little trailer sailer.

Comfy, nice warm bed, Esky full of beer and a nip of rum at bed time. Kettle and Tucker to last it out, and constantly changing scenery without human contact.......

Safe as houses. Actually safer than houses.

Oh, and a bunch of kindle books.

And a radio so I can listen (briefly) about the gloom of city dwellers suffering.

But then, I'm a Tasmanian now.

Simple. Sleep under the wing. It isn't really that cold at this time of the year.

I don't think the coronavirus should have much affect our little planes. Don't they help maintain social distancing?

But, have anybody been watching Flightradar? I'm in South Tasmania where we only hear jets when they are bombing fires. Just now a jet overflow - it is a Qatar 777 going from Auckland to Doha - not sure why it came so far south. Still plenty of jets in the air in spite of all the gloom about routes being closed.

And wouldn't it be lovely if that little clip was hammered on commercial TV so all those silly folk might take this issue seriously (and that includes high officials who allow cruise ships to discharge infected people without forced quarantine)

Wow.

They look so neat, they might be hand crafted!

Not all of them. Only the lonely ones...

Those wind turbines look safer than some Ferris wheels I've seen near airstrips......

With a little practice you could use them like Tvasis to set your approach on finals.

Thanks for the updates (both of them).

Nice pictures of your new manual Metalcraft skills. I see no pictures of alleged callouses though....

And another thing, when are you going to stop eating bat ribs? Those yanks are always giving the world great advice!

Take care and just be thankful for the light traffic on your commute.

Great to see your progress.

Stay safe.

I don't know why Bex is complaining.

The Co v19 alleged pandemic (I don't do acronyms), is over. Get on with it Bex!

The pandemic doesn't get a mention in the news now. So it must be over.

Our news is back to a the usual amazing facts about footballer's or royalty love lives (and drugs).

Seriously, though, I do get rather annoyed at the short news cycle. Seems that they have milked the hysteria and misinformation and then dropped the story.

Is it common for a spotter aircraft to fly the drop path?

When I watched the aircraft involved in fire drops in Tasmania last Feb, the spotter stayed about 1500 feet above terrain. I never saw it anywhere near terrain or fire  It was up to the jet, herc,  and helicopters to come over us at low level as they lined up to drop about 5klm past us.

However you slice it, I'll bet there is one new pilot who will never again fail to perform his preflight checks or fuel management checks.

We all have to try our hardest to prevent 'blind spot' memory failures.

Happy end of year to everyone.

And happy new year to you all for the next 364 1/4 days.

happy and safe flying

happy and safe riding (for those who enjoy two wheels) 

Which bit is the big lie?

Happy Brian's Day

More likely the fires will remove the last traces of MDX.

The thrust of my questions is this:

There is a lot of money spent on metropolitan fire fighting - equipment and professional firefighting personnel. That's fine and is a sensible expense for the protection of the people (and structures). The expense is shared among everyone even though only a minority will ever benefit from it.

However, when it comes to the protection of rural, or peri-urban people and assets, (or forests, wildlife, etc), the protection is expected to be done on the cheap. We leave the hazardous work to volunteers, often using 'hand me down' trucks and equipment.

The expense is begrudged.

That seems somewhat illogical in an environment where bushfires are predicted to become an increasing hazard to life and limb, and to even impact on the cost of food for city dwellers.

It would be really nice if the problem could be solved by purchasing a couple of Boeing 737's, but that isn't going to fix things.

I've seen various numbers of firefighters reportedly actively working the fires. I think 1800 was one report. And still obviously way short of what's required to control the present fires. Since even with our aging population providing a boost to the numbers, what can be done to increase the numbers? I suspect the various governments will promise to throw money at the problem.

As far as I can see, the majority of bushfire fighters are retirees, and we are all getting more frail, with fewer and fewer young'uns joining up to replace us. 

In Tas, there is no rural fire service.

there is only The Tasmanian Fire Service. We volunteers turn out for all fires, including house fires and factory fires. At least that removes one layer of bureaucracy, but it sometimes puts 70 year olds up on rooftops, etc.

Since we are primarily relying on volunteers, and there clearly is a shortage of able bodied volunteers available to fight bushfires, can anyone suggest a solution? It's all very well to bring in some (relatively small numbers but much appreciated) international firefighters, but it still isn't anywhere near the number of boots required on the fire fronts.