#2469 Saturday 16th May

 This has been a "fitness week" ..... for Kaylia her membership at Swan Active gym is being well used with regular sessions with Jenny and also with an instructor.

For me, I ordered an ebike this week ......

It should arrive in the coming week.  We have some very good bike trails around here.

This week I began weekly sessions of Pilates exercise with a physio.  I feel better for it all ready.

#2468 Friday 8th May

Naomi comes home tonight after her regular 3 day stint in Karratha. Kaylia has to put up with me!  Going by the amount of smooches that I get, I think that Kaylia doesn't mind.

The Landrover has to live outside now.... I've added a rooftop air-conditioned and Bob no longer fits in the garage door.  It's only a few millimeters.... but it's too much. 

#2467 Saturday 2nd May

I'm feeling very disturbed by a report as below......

I can easily imagine that situation arising with Kaylia.... and if I had been there, I would have been unable to stop myself from trying to physically protect her.  I would no doubt have tried to get between Kaylia and the policeman...... which would result in serious charges against me. 

It's clear that the police are not trained to de-escalate.... to calm a situation.  The first action taken appears to be the use of the taser!   This action was HIGHLY inappropriate. 

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7pm our Saturday night Door-dash has been very successful.... and very yummy.  We do this each week and we have fun choosing the food each time. 

#2466 Tuesday 28th April

 Long time ... no post .... oops!

No real news to report.  The trip to Busselton was good and Kaylia is now counting down till the next trip in July!

#2465 Sunday 5th April

Today I have completed step 1 of "the project"! 

 I have emptied a gas cylinder and removed the tap so it can be filled with water. When full of water, the cylinder can be safely cut.  The top has been cut off.  When I have several cylinders prepared, then they will be welded together to make a long tube. This will become the firebox part of the wood gas generator.

This is a photo of a working generator where the gas produced is powering the electric generator in the background. Thus we can power our household by burning scrap wood.  By building this wood generator on a larger scale, I can power my Landrover.

#2464 Saturday 4th April

 Somestimes I just have to agree with the FB fountains of wisdom ..... today it's about the price of petrol .  The fuel is carried in ships which take a fair while to travel from their port of origin to Australia. So the fuel (which was bought for say $80 per barrel when loaded onto the ship) does not magically increase in cost during the trip. It has still cost the same amount when it reaches our shores.  Yet the fuel companies have immediately increased the price of ALL fuel being sold.  Why is this not seen as "price gouging"???  The logic escapes me.

#2463 1st April

Oxford University researchers have discovered the densest element yet known to science.

The new element, Governmentium (symbol=Gv), has one neutron, 25 assistant neutrons, 88 deputy neutrons and 198 assistant deputy neutrons, giving it an atomic mass of 312.

These 312 particles are held together by forces called morons, which are surrounded by vast quantities of lepton-like particles called pillocks.

Since Governmentium has no electrons, it is inert. However, it can be detected, because it impedes every reaction with which it comes into contact.

A tiny amount of Governmentium can cause a reaction that would normally take less than a second, to take from 4 days to 4 years to complete.

Governmentium has a normal half-life of 2 to 6 years. It does not decay, but instead undergoes a reorganisation in which a portion of the assistant neutrons and deputy neutrons exchange places.

In fact, Governmentium's mass will actually increase over time, since each reorganisation will cause more morons to become neutrons, forming isodopes.

This characteristic of moron promotion leads some scientists to believe that Governmentium is formed whenever morons reach a critical concentration.

This hypothetical quantity is referred to as a critical morass.

When catalysed with money, Governmentium becomes Administratium (symbol=Ad), an element that radiates just as much energy as Governmentium, since it has half as many pillocks but twice as many morons.