Literature (40)
LiLee: Probably gathering material for their annual book burning event
Probably 
AgentAjax: My son goes to the catholic school and Im not religious so can you imagine the books Im interested in. few years ago the school held a fait so I sent along few books I no longer wished to keep in the style of Richard Dawkins. My son said they were snapped up as fast as he was taking them out of the bag.
Richard Dawkins, is that man your God?itsimpossible: Richard Dawkins, is that man your God?
Close enough to one for he spreads the words of wisdom 
wash2u: Funny thing about radio transceivers is that the manuals tell you nearly everything. How to install, how to turn them on, what are the common problems and what to do to fix it. First one is to turn the power on. Next one is to have the same channel.
Except one little thing I have learnt. The manual says to connect the transceiver to the aerial with the coaxial cable. It does not mention that you have to solder the connection to the aerial.
I caught up with some mates at William Creek, SA a few years ago. I had been travelling only with my passenger and not had the UHF on. As we left William Creek heading out to Lake Eyre, we agreed on channel 15 for the UHF radio. I turned my incar UHF on and called with no luck. Grabbed the handheld and still nothing. Passenger put new batteries in the handheld and still nothing.
We stopped and yelled through open windows about my lack of radios working, could be a problem. And then for some reason they came back to life.
Murphy's Law.
Except one little thing I have learnt. The manual says to connect the transceiver to the aerial with the coaxial cable. It does not mention that you have to solder the connection to the aerial.
I caught up with some mates at William Creek, SA a few years ago. I had been travelling only with my passenger and not had the UHF on. As we left William Creek heading out to Lake Eyre, we agreed on channel 15 for the UHF radio. I turned my incar UHF on and called with no luck. Grabbed the handheld and still nothing. Passenger put new batteries in the handheld and still nothing.
We stopped and yelled through open windows about my lack of radios working, could be a problem. And then for some reason they came back to life.
Murphy's Law.
Finally got those stupid things talking to each other! These things just transmit data and all the adjustments are made in software. They are weird things; what they do is "hop" from one frequency to another at psuedo-random intervals. Both transmitter and receiver know exactly the pattern of hops that will occur so communication can still take place. This is to avoid interference with other devices like mobile phone towers, etc. Turns out there are 112 different "hop tables" you can select, but of course you MUST select the same at both ends. And there were other mistakes I'd made too... But live and learn.... well most people do, don't they? Sometimes I wonder what's happening to my brain.
AgentAjax: Close enough to one for he spreads the words of wisdom
Yep, he sounds wise, have read a few of his books.
Obscuritan: Finally got those stupid things talking to each other! These things just transmit data and all the adjustments are made in software. They are weird things; what they do is "hop" from one frequency to another at psuedo-random intervals. Both transmitter and receiver know exactly the pattern of hops that will occur so communication can still take place. This is to avoid interference with other devices like mobile phone towers, etc. Turns out there are 112 different "hop tables" you can select, but of course you MUST select the same at both ends. And there were other mistakes I'd made too... But live and learn.... well most people do, don't they? Sometimes I wonder what's happening to my brain.
Probably scrambled like a few of us.
No, we do rely on modern technolgy too much. I have watched a few episodes of "Revoltion" on tv. When the power goes out, what do we rely on? Computers????But if Farenheight 451 becomes reality, how do we go further to survive?
I have just spent 60 hours reading William Horwood's "Skallagrigg." Okay not straight, I did take a few breaks but basically only averaged 1 hours sleep per night during that time.
WH wrote "Duncton Trilogies", etc and I picked this up just after it was printed in 1988 but never got around to reading it until the other day. It read so different to his other works so it was just shelved until recently. Yes, a very long time it is.
I am starting to run out of books. So back to some I have had for many years but not got around to reading. I took a lot that my parents had kept over the years and was surprised at the diversity of the material they had. Mainly my father's who left school at 14 to get an apprenticeship. I am now struggling through Victor Hugo.
"Skallagrigg" is fictional but, like most fiction, it does impart a lot of what is out there in the real world that many of us just gloss over. Or simply do not want to see.
WH wrote "Duncton Trilogies", etc and I picked this up just after it was printed in 1988 but never got around to reading it until the other day. It read so different to his other works so it was just shelved until recently. Yes, a very long time it is.
I am starting to run out of books. So back to some I have had for many years but not got around to reading. I took a lot that my parents had kept over the years and was surprised at the diversity of the material they had. Mainly my father's who left school at 14 to get an apprenticeship. I am now struggling through Victor Hugo.
"Skallagrigg" is fictional but, like most fiction, it does impart a lot of what is out there in the real world that many of us just gloss over. Or simply do not want to see.
i read this many moons ago and also watched on tv.
was the thickest dang book i have ever read, took me nearly a month but was worth it 
was the thickest dang book i have ever read, took me nearly a month
but was worth it Lookin4missright: i read this many moons ago and also watched on tv.
was the thickest dang book i have ever read, took me nearly a month but was worth it
was the thickest dang book i have ever read, took me nearly a month but was worth it
I grew up with contact to many people in similar situations. Something like this book does make you realise that things are not what they seem
Lookin4missright: i read this many moons ago and also watched on tv.
was the thickest dang book i have ever read, took me nearly a month but was worth it
how many pages ? I have Butlers book " Lusitania" a phooking big book ,read it a few times to .was the thickest dang book i have ever read, took me nearly a month but was worth it
epirb: how many pages ? I have Butlers book " Lusitania" a phooking big book ,read it a few times to .
can't remember E
was a long time ago, now it's mainly picture magazine that we swap amongst us drivers 
ps, i love the homegirl section just the natural honest look mmm mmm mmm
Lookin4missright: can't remember E was a long time ago, now it's mainly picture magazine that we swap amongst us drivers
ps, i love the homegirl section just the natural honest look mmm mmm mmm
I can imagine .ps, i love the homegirl section just the natural honest look mmm mmm mmm
late here
nite nz 
epirb: how many pages ? I have Butlers book " Lusitania" a phooking big book ,read it a few times to .
728
Bit slow to start but after 20 pages, found it hard to put down.
wash2u: 728
Bit slow to start but after 20 pages, found it hard to put down.
The Lucy is 864 . Not a corner turned down for future reference either .Bit slow to start but after 20 pages, found it hard to put down.
epirb: The Lucy is 864 . Not a corner turned down for future reference either .
But Skallagrigg is not in LARGE PRINT
I have always used bookmarks. Not happy when someone has folded down the page, I do my best to get the crease out of it.
And nearly the worst I have seen is the people who use a pen to circle the page number. Worse still are those who use a pen to make "corrections" or to write comments.
But the worst I have come across is where someone is not happy with the ending and has ripped out the last few ages.
And why give it to the Op Shop to sell on.
Just finished reading Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder. What can I say as far as entertainment it's very low level but as breaking down various philosophies and the agenda of philosophers it is on the high level. Even though it is/was a best seller I would give it a rating somewhere around 6 out of 10.
Going thru National Geographic magazines... loving it...
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Probably gathering material for their annual book burning event