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On Sun, 1 Dec 2019 04:21:12 -0000 (UTC), news18
wrote: On Sat, 30 Nov 2019 13:14:27 -0800, pH wrote: As for lions and crocodiles :-) No lions and I believe that crocodiles catch more people, annually, in Australia than they do in Thailand. But we do have a certain amount of problems with elephants. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYHcMc748Uc -- cheers, John B. Wow! Guess I should not complain about dogs. Crocs are only a problem if you want to go swimming in the same water they do or you are stupid enough to camp overnight close to the water hole. On a club trip decades ago, a "discussion" about camping near the waterholee was finally settled when on the morning after, fresh croc prints were discovered 50 yards from the waterhole in a direct line to where our tens had been that night. Since the print spacing were broader than any one shoulder, the point was never argued again. Crocs(no swimming) and mosquitoes are the two major reasons to not go touring in Northern Australia. No mosquitoes in the south? -- cheers, John B. |
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On Sun, 01 Dec 2019 12:01:57 +0700, John B. wrote:
On Sun, 1 Dec 2019 04:21:12 -0000 (UTC), news18 wrote: On Sat, 30 Nov 2019 13:14:27 -0800, pH wrote: As for lions and crocodiles :-) No lions and I believe that crocodiles catch more people, annually, in Australia than they do in Thailand. But we do have a certain amount of problems with elephants. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYHcMc748Uc -- cheers, John B. Wow! Guess I should not complain about dogs. Crocs are only a problem if you want to go swimming in the same water they do or you are stupid enough to camp overnight close to the water hole. On a club trip decades ago, a "discussion" about camping near the waterholee was finally settled when on the morning after, fresh croc prints were discovered 50 yards from the waterhole in a direct line to where our tens had been that night. Since the print spacing were broader than any one shoulder, the point was never argued again. Crocs(no swimming) and mosquitoes are the two major reasons to not go touring in Northern Australia. No mosquitoes in the south? Some, but they tend not to swarm and give you a new shirt just after dark. In northern Aus, you put on long clothing and liberally apply insect repelant before dusk. And, the overwheliming sound you hear is mass mossie buzzing. Down south they tend to bred far less and the buzz is usually solitary. One warm blooded person seems to provide protection for a group. VBG. |
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On 11/30/2019 10:37 PM, Sir Ridesalot wrote:
On Saturday, 30 November 2019 23:21:14 UTC-5, news18 wrote: On Sat, 30 Nov 2019 13:14:27 -0800, pH wrote: As for lions and crocodiles :-) No lions and I believe that crocodiles catch more people, annually, in Australia than they do in Thailand. But we do have a certain amount of problems with elephants. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYHcMc748Uc -- cheers, John B. Wow! Guess I should not complain about dogs. Crocs are only a problem if you want to go swimming in the same water they do or you are stupid enough to camp overnight close to the water hole. On a club trip decades ago, a "discussion" about camping near the waterholee was finally settled when on the morning after, fresh croc prints were discovered 50 yards from the waterhole in a direct line to where our tens had been that night. Since the print spacing were broader than any one shoulder, the point was never argued again. Crocs(no swimming) and mosquitoes are the two major reasons to not go touring in Northern Australia. Righto, plus a lot of people don't realize just how fast a croc can run too. Cheers As is often doted, one need not outrun a crocodile, just run faster than the other guy. -- Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org/ Open every day since 1 April, 1971 |
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On Sun, 01 Dec 2019 10:04:32 -0600, AMuzi wrote:
On 11/30/2019 10:37 PM, Sir Ridesalot wrote: On Saturday, 30 November 2019 23:21:14 UTC-5, news18 wrote: On Sat, 30 Nov 2019 13:14:27 -0800, pH wrote: As for lions and crocodiles :-) No lions and I believe that crocodiles catch more people, annually, in Australia than they do in Thailand. But we do have a certain amount of problems with elephants. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYHcMc748Uc -- cheers, John B. Wow! Guess I should not complain about dogs. Crocs are only a problem if you want to go swimming in the same water they do or you are stupid enough to camp overnight close to the water hole. On a club trip decades ago, a "discussion" about camping near the waterholee was finally settled when on the morning after, fresh croc prints were discovered 50 yards from the waterhole in a direct line to where our tens had been that night. Since the print spacing were broader than any one shoulder, the point was never argued again. Crocs(no swimming) and mosquitoes are the two major reasons to not go touring in Northern Australia. Righto, plus a lot of people don't realize just how fast a croc can run too. Cheers As is often doted, one need not outrun a crocodile, just run faster than the other guy. Have fat, clumsy, friends in other words :-) -- cheers, John B. |
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On Mon, 02 Dec 2019 06:01:49 +0700, John B. wrote:
On Sun, 01 Dec 2019 10:04:32 -0600, AMuzi wrote: On 11/30/2019 10:37 PM, Sir Ridesalot wrote: On Saturday, 30 November 2019 23:21:14 UTC-5, news18 wrote: On Sat, 30 Nov 2019 13:14:27 -0800, pH wrote: As for lions and crocodiles :-) No lions and I believe that crocodiles catch more people, annually, in Australia than they do in Thailand. But we do have a certain amount of problems with elephants. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYHcMc748Uc -- cheers, John B. Wow! Guess I should not complain about dogs. Crocs are only a problem if you want to go swimming in the same water they do or you are stupid enough to camp overnight close to the water hole. On a club trip decades ago, a "discussion" about camping near the waterholee was finally settled when on the morning after, fresh croc prints were discovered 50 yards from the waterhole in a direct line to where our tens had been that night. Since the print spacing were broader than any one shoulder, the point was never argued again. Crocs(no swimming) and mosquitoes are the two major reasons to not go touring in Northern Australia. Righto, plus a lot of people don't realize just how fast a croc can run too. Cheers As is often doted, one need not outrun a crocodile, just run faster than the other guy. Have fat, clumsy, friends in other words :-) The advice only works if crocodiles don't fixate on their target and are happy to swap to a seemigly easier target mid run. |
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On Sunday, December 1, 2019 at 2:29:48 AM UTC-5, news18 wrote:
On Sun, 01 Dec 2019 12:01:57 +0700, John B. wrote: No mosquitoes in the south? Some, but they tend not to swarm and give you a new shirt just after dark. In northern Aus, you put on long clothing and liberally apply insect repelant before dusk. And, the overwheliming sound you hear is mass mossie buzzing. Down south they tend to bred far less and the buzz is usually solitary. One warm blooded person seems to provide protection for a group. VBG. Some people are exceptionally attractive to mosquitoes. Supposedly, it can be due to many factors: metabolism, diet, blood type, etc. I'm one of those people, as my family well knows. As an example: I was once working for a large local corporation that employed hundreds of engineers, most of them seated in cubicles in a very large room, maybe 150 feet square. My desk was dead center. As I sat working one day, a mosquito landed on my arm. To reach me, she had to fly past, oh, perhaps 100 other less tasty engineers. But she chose me. - Frank Krygowski |
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On Sun, 1 Dec 2019 16:36:10 -0800 (PST), Frank Krygowski
wrote: On Sunday, December 1, 2019 at 2:29:48 AM UTC-5, news18 wrote: On Sun, 01 Dec 2019 12:01:57 +0700, John B. wrote: No mosquitoes in the south? Some, but they tend not to swarm and give you a new shirt just after dark. In northern Aus, you put on long clothing and liberally apply insect repelant before dusk. And, the overwheliming sound you hear is mass mossie buzzing. Down south they tend to bred far less and the buzz is usually solitary. One warm blooded person seems to provide protection for a group. VBG. Some people are exceptionally attractive to mosquitoes. Supposedly, it can be due to many factors: metabolism, diet, blood type, etc. I'm one of those people, as my family well knows. As an example: I was once working for a large local corporation that employed hundreds of engineers, most of them seated in cubicles in a very large room, maybe 150 feet square. My desk was dead center. As I sat working one day, a mosquito landed on my arm. To reach me, she had to fly past, oh, perhaps 100 other less tasty engineers. But she chose me. - Frank Krygowski There is no question that you are correct. I am seldom bitten by a mosquito while my wife, at the same time and in the same place will be bitten frequently. As a bit of useless information only the female mosquito bites, the male gets by on plant nectar. -- cheers, John B. |
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John B., 2019-11-29 23:31+0100:
It was just that I had thought that 3 hours and 45 minutes was a long time to spend washing dishes. But you are correct that the manual shows that as the most economic program. That can be explained. When you have to wash something, to make sure everything sticky is washed out, you can either use very hot water and bush hard, or just put to dish inside warm water for a long time, until every dirty bit softens and goes off easily. The equivalent for a dishwasher is to use less powerful jets of warm water rather than powerful jets of almost boiling water. -- Tanguy |
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