tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964653702148488357.comments2016-01-03T15:51:15.493+11:00Yeah, I guess I should have a blogMichael Angelicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08243521105582433095noreply@blogger.comBlogger71125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964653702148488357.post-56709608688860378372016-01-03T15:51:15.493+11:002016-01-03T15:51:15.493+11:00VH-REX and VH-VFT - custom/vanity rego's apply...VH-REX and VH-VFT - custom/vanity rego's apply as much in the air as on the roads.<br /><br />Could be Jetstar making a political statement that the only VFT ever will be in the air :-)Talldadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02810221929910263646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964653702148488357.post-35959601315706634682015-12-27T07:35:44.149+11:002015-12-27T07:35:44.149+11:00I found, quite by accident, that wifi can be turne...I found, quite by accident, that wifi can be turned on while in flight mode. At least, this is the case on HTC phones. YMMV.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00219146575291668308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964653702148488357.post-21984033567344991442014-07-12T23:33:42.730+10:002014-07-12T23:33:42.730+10:00What are all those M-Ts for?What are all those M-Ts for?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00219146575291668308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964653702148488357.post-76610002317774363112014-07-10T23:48:15.976+10:002014-07-10T23:48:15.976+10:00"Tall and straight as..." - I was someho..."Tall and straight as..." - I was somehow expecting you to break into Ruddigore...Chris Angelicohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12418525794721573201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964653702148488357.post-69935896404147077722014-07-06T22:51:21.370+10:002014-07-06T22:51:21.370+10:00Re: "massive stone wall with battlements and ...Re: "massive stone wall with battlements and everything"<br /><br />Clippy, you need a UK dictionary and you should find "crenellations"Talldadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02810221929910263646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964653702148488357.post-10683526787470412422014-07-06T22:36:31.226+10:002014-07-06T22:36:31.226+10:00Re: "a servo selling AdBlue for about EUR0.75...Re: "a servo selling AdBlue for about EUR0.75 - I guess that's to be expected with a lot of Euro 5 engines around but I'd never thought about it. How do we handle it in Australia? Are the only Euro 5 engines in operation owned by big transport companies that have their own fuel points? Or is the AdBlue topped up with the 50,000km service? Interesting."<br /><br />Was as you say, but now there are more Euro 5 on the road, both trucks and cars.<br /><br />Therefore a few servos have AdBlue at the pump, as well as in retail packs of 10L for cars. Cost varies from $A1/L to about $A5/L depending.<br /><br />Some car dealers are charging big money to top up the AdBlue in the service intervals, because the filler inlet is usually inaccessible. A bit like making a special tool to get you oil filter off. :-( Talldadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02810221929910263646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964653702148488357.post-82549395202948161352014-07-06T22:31:05.792+10:002014-07-06T22:31:05.792+10:00Re: 2-8-0
A Consolidation, not quite a Mikado whi...Re: 2-8-0<br /><br />A Consolidation, not quite a Mikado which is a 2-8-2.<br /><br />Maybe Poo-Bah got the other 2?<br /> Talldadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02810221929910263646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964653702148488357.post-52329496529862217192014-07-06T22:18:17.778+10:002014-07-06T22:18:17.778+10:00Re: "Or on the other side, a series of timber...Re: "Or on the other side, a series of timber posts and then a long drop."<br /><br />Remind you of the snow-plough escape from "Where Eagles Dare" ?<br /> Talldadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02810221929910263646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964653702148488357.post-78397992100351125362014-07-06T22:13:18.486+10:002014-07-06T22:13:18.486+10:00Re: "two classic tractors, of a make we'd...Re: "two classic tractors, of a make we'd never heard of" <br /><br />Give us the names, man, the names...<br /><br />And the same for those trucks you saw...Talldadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02810221929910263646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964653702148488357.post-74744962773718028312014-07-06T22:08:25.104+10:002014-07-06T22:08:25.104+10:00Re freight by road: probably because of the high c...Re freight by road: probably because of the high cost of inter-modal transfers vs the advantage of travelling point to point.<br /> Talldadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02810221929910263646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964653702148488357.post-25844182001724184902014-07-06T15:39:19.616+10:002014-07-06T15:39:19.616+10:00Sure - WiFi permitting. Our hotel WiFi costs EUR1 ...Sure - WiFi permitting. Our hotel WiFi costs EUR1 per hour which isn't something I want to encourage. And there isn't a place selling 3G SIM cards in the whole valley. I'm speaking to you now from a servo somewhere in either Belgium or Holland. We have 20 more minutes before the bus leaves for the Channel.Michael Angelicohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08243521105582433095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964653702148488357.post-14775367725234542592014-07-06T15:37:07.747+10:002014-07-06T15:37:07.747+10:00I meant we in Oz are desperately looking for space...I meant we in Oz are desperately looking for space for infrastructure and acquisition is the only way.Michael Angelicohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08243521105582433095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964653702148488357.post-58824781498190600632014-07-01T09:34:59.823+10:002014-07-01T09:34:59.823+10:00I thought the London Underground was naerly 100% c...I thought the London Underground was naerly 100% cut-and-cover. I didn't think people's houses were aquired unnecessarily.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00219146575291668308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964653702148488357.post-43036606912003964802014-07-01T08:41:03.186+10:002014-07-01T08:41:03.186+10:00I'd like to hear Clippy with an accent. Would ...I'd like to hear Clippy with an accent. Would probably be more effective than https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ixQr7-3hyI as Clippy is not a moron.Chris Angelicohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12418525794721573201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964653702148488357.post-53174916444498713902014-06-29T12:57:25.177+10:002014-06-29T12:57:25.177+10:00If a cup of coffee is 3 dirham and you put in 60 c...If a cup of coffee is 3 dirham and you put in 60 cents, you saved almost one dirham. Don't spend it all at once.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00219146575291668308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964653702148488357.post-46286304995270264472014-06-29T09:50:20.580+10:002014-06-29T09:50:20.580+10:00Thanks for keeping us up-to-date, Clippy! I enjoy ...Thanks for keeping us up-to-date, Clippy! I enjoy reading your reports, even of trips that I was on myself, so hearing about your adventures around the Eurozone will be most welcome!<br />Chris Angelicohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12418525794721573201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964653702148488357.post-40440955608812411942013-08-05T01:58:46.079+10:002013-08-05T01:58:46.079+10:00I'm sure our Elsie will be highly amused at th...I'm sure our Elsie will be highly amused at that. :DMichael Angelicohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08243521105582433095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964653702148488357.post-63440955193234032682013-08-04T23:17:33.290+10:002013-08-04T23:17:33.290+10:00"I got to stand in for the Second Citizen, wh..."I got to stand in for the Second Citizen, who gets slapped in the face by Elsie. She was very apologetic, which must mean I overacted it somewhat. It's what I do."<br /><br />Why does that remind me of a Batman & Robin graphic meme? :-)<br />Talldadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02810221929910263646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964653702148488357.post-49857741119985506432013-08-04T23:04:02.819+10:002013-08-04T23:04:02.819+10:00"but it was perfectly executed in every way.&..."but it was perfectly executed in every way."<br /><br />Oh, so does that mean it was "practically perfect in every way" like a certain Edwardian nanny in the Banks home? Talldadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02810221929910263646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964653702148488357.post-43572243001231385302013-08-04T23:04:01.112+10:002013-08-04T23:04:01.112+10:00"but it was perfectly executed in every way.&..."but it was perfectly executed in every way."<br /><br />Oh, so does that mean it was "practically perfect in every way" like a certain Edwardian nanny in the Banks home? Talldadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02810221929910263646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964653702148488357.post-82872751850734247952013-07-24T19:14:02.200+10:002013-07-24T19:14:02.200+10:00Come along, Klismas!Come along, Klismas!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00219146575291668308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964653702148488357.post-64575229417161299852013-07-23T23:10:38.766+10:002013-07-23T23:10:38.766+10:00Lumpur not Lupmur?Lumpur not Lupmur?Talldadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02810221929910263646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964653702148488357.post-9426865872762166022012-07-18T01:14:44.431+10:002012-07-18T01:14:44.431+10:00Romans 1, just after the bit I quoted.
It's i...Romans 1, just after the bit I quoted.<br /><br />It's irrelevant whether homosexuality is natural or not. What matters is that God said not to.<br /><br />Incidentally, the argument that "animals do it therefore it's all right" will also justify polygamy and cannibalism.Michael Angelicohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08243521105582433095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964653702148488357.post-89339209357191507702012-07-17T20:40:16.287+10:002012-07-17T20:40:16.287+10:00There's one more thing I keep hearing: that th...There's one more thing I keep hearing: that the Bible only specifically forbids male homosexuality. I haven't had an answer to that except for a reference in one of Paul's letters (I forget the reference) to "unnatural" relationships between women, in the same paragraph as declaiming male homosexuality. Oh, and some also say that homosexuality isn't unnatural because animals do it. How can I answer them?Estel Talroval / Theophilus Balsamonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11197224825565985845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964653702148488357.post-22644782183503009462012-06-28T23:20:05.407+10:002012-06-28T23:20:05.407+10:00A very good post. I see your points, and see why ...A very good post. I see your points, and see why you feel they are valid, but I do disagree. <br /><br />In regards to Sodom and Gommorah, I think that the issue was more homo-sexual gang rape, because I am not sure those men would just as easily have slept with one another. And given that no one seems to mind offering virgin daughters, or the fact that a woman was gang-raped to DEATH, it says a lot more about a mindset, in my opinion, far more detestable. So if you're going to use that as an example, you'll need to be in favour of heterosexual gang rape. <br /><br />Well, not really, that's hyperbole, but my point is still valid. You're right, Jesus didn't mention quite a few things. But since he is God, and he would therefore have known this was going to be an important issue, if he felt strongly about it, then he would have said something.<br /><br />No, I don't think any church should be compelled to marry anyone. Just as I can't walk into any church and get married because I'm not part of that church. <br /><br />My personal opinion is that everyone, no matter their persuasion, should have a civil ceremony because it matters to the State. (render unto Caesar) Then have whatever religious ceremony appeals to the couple.SometimesKatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13492637553806860585noreply@blogger.com