Hi Asha, you'll like Aldi if you have to shop big for a family. That's what they cater for, big trolleys, no baskets, no 15 items or less, every product comes in one size only - large.
Every time you post you seem to have a different (very lovely) photo up.
Yep, it's been warm for a few weeks now in Melbourne, over 30 and hardly any rain. Gardens are dry and brown, soil is cracked. But our water restrictions are eased so we can hand water.
Most of us have posted songs others wrote that resonated with them for one reason or another, rather than writing our own. The one I posted that represents my life has no words, just a haunting Funeral March by Chopin.
It starts off with a deep, rumbling dirge, which represents the first 29 years of my life: sadness, depression, loneliness, aimless drifting. This is followed by a beautiful, bright, melodious section in the middle, that represents the next 23 years of my life during which I met my wife to be, settled down, had 3 wonderful children, rewarding career. The last section is like the first, the same slow, deep dirge as the beginning, slowly and softly fading to an end. This is where I am now, since I split from my wife and my kids grew up and displayed a high degree of independence. I don't want to get in their way as they forge their lives and careers, so I don't see them that often. There is no joy left in life for me as I have no friends due to an unfortunate lack of people skills. I think I may have Aspergers syndrome. I want this song played at my funeral; not too far in the future I hope.
Well come on! somebody must be watching it? They still rate well enough to keep churning them out. Will someone put their hand up? No idea who is in it so I have no clue who will win it.
Hi Merri, it depends where you are coming from. But no, Spencer street won't get you to Spring st. they run parallel. Maybe you mean Flinders St? If you're good I'll take you there Sunday.
Yes, they are very much like us. I know it's sad to have them in zoos. Evolution IS happening for them, they are dying out. That's the harsh reality, that's how evolution works. Unless we humans die out unexpectedly in the next 100 years or so then there will be no Orang Utans, Chimpanzees gorillas and many many others. Unless we miraculously figure out ways to conserve them.
I think we can predict it wood be a disaster since termites love wood. But then if you got a woody from raiding a termite mound you have problems anyway.
Merri, there have been many ape species that died out. They are not "still around." We didn't evolve from the apes you see today (eg chimps, gorillas,) we evolved from a common ancestor about 7 million years ago that probably looked faintly like a chimpanzee. "So why didn't they all become human, why did some go on to become chimpanzees?" I think this is what is meant by the oft-repeated creationist question as posed above. The answer is that the population was split by some divide, a mountain range, river or just long distance. Over time, with no inter-breeding occurring, the two populations started to respond to their particular environment in unique ways leading to subtle changes in size, shape, skills, brain power, etc. The apes that later evolved into humans found themselves in a dry environment with scattered trees, while those who became chimps kept to the shrinking forested areas. There's no law that says you HAVE to become human. The chimps were well-suited to their own environment and lived on: changing a little but not that much.
Very interesting. Have to admit I'd never heard of the OPPT, the One People's Public Trust. The video is over two hours and is an interview over a bad phone line. Gave up on that one. It seems they stand for anti-fraud and anti- corruption. Commendable goals. Presumably this foreclosure will be vigorously opposed by governments. What do you think will happen? When did this foreclosure happen?
I thought the accent was funny. But so is the science. The brick would fall faster than the hat due to the hat suffering greater air resistance. But I'm sure you knew that.
Dr. Rev, I think Rob is referring to me actually. He says "The op of this thread asked the question..... OP stands for original poster." The reason he says I have a closed mind is because I have often pulled him up for denigrating christians (even though I'm not one,) and I've probably had a go at his Buddhism, something I must stop doing.
Anyway I knew evolution was going to generate a lot of comment and different opinions.
So thanks everyone for expressing your opinions; very interesting.
Note by the way that the creationists made a late rally in the poll and have a surprisingly high percentage. However, I believe we get plenty of American visitors hhere.
Revealer I find that first part patronising. You'll see if you read my post agin, that I mentioned it as a theory, and that I briefly mentioned rival theories.
They could well be nonsense speculations, but they are still science, just extremely hard to verify.
"To overcome this problem secular science developed the idea of multiverse, that is, there are infinite numbers of universes where these constants can take up an infinite number of different values, and it just accidentally happened that in our universe these constants have the values they have."
It's no accident. We developed in this universe beacause those constants have values that lead to physical laws that gave rise to mass, energy, planets and heavy elements. There may be other favourable, though different universes with life, but we'll never know.
Hi Rob, yes, your first post was too complicated for me to think through. You are probably right that I have ignored many of the opinions expressed here. Maybe I'll have a go shortly. I don't really have a lot of time to spend on the site so I don't post a lot. For certain reasons, I find religion a fascinating subject, but of course it is a risky subject to post about as it can generate a lot of harsh words from all and sundry.
Very sorry to hear that Allegria. Have you seen an immigration lawyer? If there is any way, a good one should be able to find it. Ich spreche Deutch. Komm nach Melbourne!
The number of injured people is now said to be over 1000. Another report, quoting a Russian military source, said that a meteorite had been "intercepted" by Russian anti ICBM rockets and blown into fragments.
That bionic eye is interesting. Like the bionic ear it involves implanting electrodes, but they implant them in the retina, rather than the brain. And only 60 pixels at this stage.
I brought it up because of my work. I guess without scientists we wouldn't be sitting here glued to our computers. But obviously there have been some spectacular failures.
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RE: Aldi coming to Adelaide !!!
Hi Asha, you'll like Aldi if you have to shop big for a family. That's what they cater for, big trolleys, no baskets, no 15 items or less, every product comes in one size only - large.Every time you post you seem to have a different (very lovely) photo up.