dragonsky67

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by dragonsky67 4y ago
Have a look at the history of western settlements in the "new world" and you will find that it was not a healthy enterprise. Disease, injury, starvation etc killed off massive numbers before they either acclimatised or learned h
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by dragonsky67 4y ago
Just a reminder that much of this information, especially on the commercial databases the information is collated by well meaning people, but levels of accuracy differ vastly. Many people seem to find a name that they are looking for and
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by dragonsky67 4y ago
I wonder how much of this is also people wanting to see value for money? By this I mean regardless of how much work has to go into getting the information on screen, if it's just an information screen that does not allow much further i
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by dragonsky67 4y ago
And some of the poorest health outcomes in the western world. How can you spend so much money, and still have people who can't afford basic care?
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by dragonsky67 4y ago
I think this highlights one of the major differences between Australia and the US, in the US there appears to be some tolerance to arseholes as long as they are bringing in the $$. In Australia, the arseholes tend to get kicked regardless
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by dragonsky67 4y ago
The concept of housing is changing. Many retired and near retired are selling up their houses and taking to the road permanently in caravans and finding that as long as they are careful their costs are vastly reduced and as long as they don
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by dragonsky67 4y ago
So in short, we are too comfortable to need the dog eat dog cutthroat start-up mentality because it's never been required? I think this is a fair comment. For me, being a wage earner, I have to date been able to have a pretty decent mi
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by dragonsky67 4y ago
I love the idea, but am wondering what the rational is over a smaller trailer and a tent? I would imagine that a trailer of this size would have a lot of down sides when travelling.. the size restricts where you can take it and would tend t
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by dragonsky67 4y ago
Australia is more than just Sydney... I've a feeling that Sydney has it's own culture and problems.
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by dragonsky67 4y ago
May be related to the high level of government support resource extraction attracts. I've a feeling that this is going to change somewhat.
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by dragonsky67 4y ago
Your level of concern about "The Boats" is directly related to which shock jock you listen to on morning radio. I would suggest that most younger people have a well tuned bullshit detector and have a pretty good idea of what is im
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by dragonsky67 4y ago
Australia's population has always been concentrated around the capital cities with good services and reasonable facilities. Rural centres have been growing, but due to reduced services, remoteness and in some cases climatic issues hav
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by dragonsky67 4y ago
You are so correct, property ownership is now just a dream, however I stand by the cultural inertia of home ownership rather than "making it big" as being an underlying driver in peoples minds. Why else would people take up mortg
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by dragonsky67 4y ago
I think as an Australian, it's a bit of each. There is not a great tradition amongst most Australians of trying to "Make it Big.". The Australian dream has been the house on the 1/4 acre block, not making millions in a
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by dragonsky67 4y ago
Don't know what car you own, but I'm pretty sure I've spent more on my car in maintenance and service since I purchased it than the original purchase price. Add to that the recalls for faulty airbags etc and I see a car as be
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by dragonsky67 5y ago
Tell that to the person with the Tesla who is trying to drive from one side of Australia to the other and is completely dependent upon the generator powered charging station in the middle of the Nullarbor Plane to complete the trip. Yep, BE
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by dragonsky67 5y ago
Incidentally Russia never did very well in Afghanistan either. You don't win insurgencies, especially when people are defending their homes and money and material is coming from outside.
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by dragonsky67 5y ago
And of course in that case the information is of immediate importance to you, however if I'm 16000 km away, I'm not sure that I need blow by blow reporting on events that may only impact me through increased costs of goods. I have
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by dragonsky67 5y ago
I wonder if the accurate deliver of fire retardant could be achieved using automated mortars or similar, maybe terminal guidance munition delivered from a high level loitering airship. Your cost may be higher, but I'm thinking that th
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by dragonsky67 5y ago
base the drones on an airship that can loiter for days/weeks. airship could also assist in surveillance.
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by dragonsky67 5y ago
One of the biggest problems with managing bushfire in Australia is having the fire "jump the line". Where embers fly ahead of the main fire, starting spot fires that unless dealt with just extend the reach of the fire. Currently
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by dragonsky67 5y ago
Just wondering what the range is on those drones. If you are supposed to be covering 100's of km of bushland you will need a significant number of drones, or they will need to have high speed and long range. Wondering if they would
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by dragonsky67 5y ago
Is this the thing that I see in many Americans giving presentations? They are always uncomfortably excited and happy, regardless of what they are presenting. I get it, you're excited, but please accept that I'm here for the info
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by dragonsky67 5y ago
I think it needs to be emphasised that advertising in one of the catalogue magazines and even the classified section of many specialist mags is very different to most of the advertising on the internet today. Those ad's were informativ
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by dragonsky67 5y ago
I'm thinking of the classified ads that used to be in the back of gaming magazines. There would be pages of small print only black and white listings of everything from miniatures to game supplements that you could purchase by mailing
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by dragonsky67 5y ago
Makes me wonder how much liability the owner or participants in the network used for tracking carry if bad things are facilitated by the network.
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by dragonsky67 5y ago
This has been evidenced by the big push to get kids back into face to face school during the pandemic. It is very rare for any discussion promoting this to even mention education let alone propose that face to face education is better than
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by dragonsky67 5y ago
We drive significant distances each year and I need to be comfortable when I drive. If the wheel alignment is out, it's an irritation having to continually push the wheel to centre and I get it fixed. If something in the load is con
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by dragonsky67 5y ago
I think that you are describing the coming of Wisdom... Seeing how things in many different domains fit the same patterns. This does not have to be a negative thing. If you see something new that fits a known pattern, then look closer an
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by dragonsky67 5y ago
54, this is my life. There is so much out there to know and experience and it makes me sad to realise that there is no way that I'm going to be able to do everything. I've a history of every couple of years diving deep into an int

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