The Martian

Just finished an audio book ... "The Martian" by Andy Weir

Enjoyable and pretty awesome. It might appeal to a good number of people who are interested in making stuff for themselves.

A guy is left behind (alone) on Mars in an emergency evac situation, and needs to MacGyver a solution to staying alive in that environment. A lot of thought has been put into it and it seems pretty fact-based. You *will* believe numbers are important.

It's kinda Apollo 13 taken four levels beyond and I thought it was very very good.
Bit of swearing. Often very humorous.

I thought it was terrific. The Ultimate DIY.

Cheers,
Paul

Sound familiar

Colonial Secretary`s Office,
Sydney,20th March, 1868.

The Treason Felony Act,- The attention of the public generally is directed by the government to the provisions of the Treason Felony Act, 31 Vic , No.25, particularly to the provisions of the 9th section, published here under for general information.
All loyal subjects are hereby called upon to assist in the enforcing the provisions of the Act, by giving information to the authorities respecting persons rendering themselves liable to prosecution, and by exercising the powers conferred upon every person, to arrest offenders under the 9th section of the Act.
" 9. If any person shall use any language disrespectful to her Most Gracious Majesty or shall factiously avow a determination to refuse to join in any loyal toast or demonstration in honour of her Majesty or shall by word or deed express sympathy with the crime of any persons stated or suspected to be or to have been engaged in the commission of or in the attempt to commit any felony under this Act or shall express any approval of the conduct of any persons stated or suspected to be engaged in the commission of or in the attempt to commit any such felony or shall hold out by word or deed as worthy of praise honour or commendation the conduct of any persons who may have been or may be condemned and punished for such conduct in due coarse of law every such person shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanour and may thereupon be apprehended by any constable or any other person without any warrant for such purpose and on conviction shall be imprisoned with or without hard labour for any period not exceeding two years "

This section of the Treason Act was put in place after the shooting of the Duke of Edinburgh, and was aimed at the Irish Fenians, but the shooting was committed by a lone mentally disturbed Irishman. Just an observation :screwy:

manual for a dewalt radial arm saw

hi all I have a old dewalt radial arm saw I believe the model is 125 or 1251 the saw auto return mechanism is broken it has had a make shift one fitted using the old mech so I require a parts list and a probable parts supplier

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Combination panel bit

I've just purchased my first router and bought a kit of miscellaneous bits - mostly straight cut and some edge cutting types. So I'm familiar with the majority of them but will confess to being baffled by one called a "combination panel". Can anyone explain how it is used and for what purpose?

Thanks in advance


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been around but good for a laugh...And then the fight started

Subject: And then the fight started ...



My wife sat down on the couch next to me as I was flipping channels. She asked, 'What's on TV?'

I said, 'Dust.'

And then the fight started...

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My wife was hinting about what she wanted for our upcoming anniversary. She said, 'I want something shiny that goes from 0 to 150 in about 3 seconds.'

I bought her a scale.

And then the fight started...


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When I got home last night, my wife demanded that I take her someplace expensive... so, I took her to a gas station.

And then the fight started...


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After retiring, I went to the Social Security office to apply for Social Security. The woman behind the counter asked me for my driver's license to verify my age. I looked in my pockets and realized I had left my wallet at home. I told the woman that I was very sorry, but I would have to go home and come back later.

The woman said, 'Unbutton your shirt.' So I opened my shirt revealing my curly silver hair. She said, 'That silver hair on your chest is proof enough for me' and she processed my Social Security application.

When I got home, I excitedly told my wife about my experience at the Social Security office.

She said, 'You should have dropped your pants.. You might have gotten disability, too.'

And then the fight started...
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My wife and I were sitting at a table at my high school reunion, and I kept staring at a drunken lady swigging her drink as she sat alone at a nearby table.

My wife asked, 'Do you know her?'

'Yes,' I sighed, 'She's my old girlfriend. I understand she took to drinking right after we split up those many years ago, and I hear she hasn't been sober since.'

'My God!' said my wife, 'who would think a person could go on celebrating that long?'

And then the fight started...

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A woman was standing nude, looking in the bedroom mirror.
She was not happy with what she saw and said to her husband, 'I feel horrible; I look old, fat and ugly. I really need you to pay me a compliment.'

The husband replies, 'Your eyesight's damn near perfect.'

And then the fight started.....

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I tried to talk my wife into buying a case of Miller Light for $14.95.

Instead, she bought a jar of cold cream for $7.95..

I told her the beer would make her look better at night than the cold cream.

And then the fight started....

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Saturday morning I got up early, quietly dressed, made my lunch, grabbed the dog, and slipped quietly into the garage.

I hooked up the boat up to the truck, and proceeded to back out into a torrential downpour.

The wind was blowing 50 mph, so I pulled back into the garage, turned on the radio, and discovered that the weather would be bad all day.

I went back into the house, quietly undressed, and slipped back into bed.

I cuddled up to my wife's back, now with a different anticipation, and whispered, 'The weather out there is terrible.'

My loving wife of 10 years replied, 'Can you believe my stupid husband is out fishing in that?'

And then the fight started ...

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I asked my wife, "Where do you want to go for our anniversary?"

It warmed my heart to see her face melt in sweet appreciation.
"Somewhere I haven't been in a long time!" she said.

So I suggested, "How about the kitchen?"

And that's when the fight started....

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My wife and I were watching Who Wants To Be A Millionaire while we were in bed. I turned to her and said, "Do you want to have sex?"

"No," she answered.

I then said, "Is that your final answer?"

She didn't even look at me this time, simply saying "Yes."

So I said, "Then I'd like to phone a friend."

And that's when the fight started....

I rear-ended a car this morning.
So, there we were alongside the road and slowly the other driver got out of
his car.
You know how sometimes you just get soooo stressed and little things just seem
funny?
Yeah, well I couldn't believe it.... He was a DWARF!!!
He stormed over to my car, looked up at me, and shouted,
'I AM NOT HAPPY! !!'
So, I looked down at him and said, 'Well, then which one are you?'
And then the fight started.....

WA day luck

Usually when I go to my pile of scrap looking for pieces of steel plate everything is a few mm undersize so I'm forced to cut from a much larger pieces.

This arvo I needed a few pieces to make a motor bracket and the two mains pieces I needed were 200 x 250 x 6 and 200 x 280 x 5 or 6.
I quickly found the first piece to the mm while the the second piece took a bit of hunting but I found a piece that was 200 x 300 x 5.
That's probably my luck for the year but I'll take it. :D