Jerry_Atrick

Well, yeah...we are still interested. Not quite the response I was expecting, but it taught me I need to learn to read people - I wold not cottoned onto them having ADHD, ADD, autism, or the like. I thought it was a cool video of making one heck of a plane.

er.. maybe I will wait till it matures

I had never heard of TDS until now... When I saw what the acronym stood for, my immediate reaction was it meant those who are blindly supporting him no matter what he does. Of course, not. It is yet another pejorative term nutcases come up with when they can't rationally defend their positions, and is usually a reflection of themselves rather than the people the try to denigrate. Here is something interesting: Trump derangement syndrome - Wikipedia EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG And, yes, Wikipedia isn't always accurate, but I thought this was an interesting quote: "Despite the usage of the term syndrome suggesting a medical condition, TDS is not an official medical diagnosis.[7] A 2021 research study found no evidence to support the existence of TDS among Trump detractors on the left, but instead found bias among his supporters.[8] A bill seeking to classify TDS as a mental illness was introduced in the Minnesota Senate by Republicans in March 2025. However, it is currently not recognized as a mental illness in any U.S. state. " (my bold). I guess the next allegation was the research was conducted by myopic left loonies, as if the MAGA maniacs are all critical thinking logical and objective. For the record, I don't in principle disagree with many of his policies; it is the execution of them and the ulterior motives or "unintended" consequences I have a problem with.

This thread is already 63 pages in on SocialAustralia: What has Trump done now? - Page 63 - Politics - Social Australia WWW.SOCIALAUSTRALIA.COM.AU And another for the more fundamental consequences: Chump's Consequences - Page 2 - Politics - Social Australia WWW.SOCIALAUSTRALIA.COM.AU

Same here, but I don't call the time a waste... well.. not totally 😉

For the record, the shares are in the village pub, which is a community pub - not really for profit and owned for the benefit of the community. I am off to the AGM tonight to cause a little raukus (manbe aukus), because it is currently seemingly being run for the benefit of the more snobby part of the village and they are now losing money. Sadly, the beers on tap have been changed and are not exactly what I would call good, let alone great. Not too far from us (about 2 miles) is the Quantock brewery which does sell quite good ales, bitters, and porters. Also on Thursday eves, the pizza van turns up.. not cheap, but they manage to pack a carpark of drinkers and eaters in an industrial estate! Link to the community pub: The New Inn Halse - New Inn, Halse, Taunton, Somerset WWW.NEWINNHALSE.COM Welcome to the New Inn, our 18th-century community owned coaching inn offering Restaurant, Bar and Cafe service. We also have five...

Let me know when and where and we'll try and catch up for a drink! If you're visiting in the SW, welcome to stay at our bolt hole for a bit

I will be going to Portland in the next month or so because a friend of mine has been struck by an illness, but will be using non US airlines as much as possible and hopefully a non-US owned car hire place. I worked extensively in the US in the late 90s and early 2000s, it had its problems - more than it should - but it was a great place. But one thing I did notice is that despite how "politically active" they claim to be, how ignorant they are of many things domestically and internationally.

Yep.. Another reason to start looking at more reliable countries to do business with. It's not just the pollies, but the people, also. Welcome back to the mother country 😉

I think you should re-read my post as I was using it to support your position.. And yes, the gun analogy in this context does work because, including yourself, people assert ASIC didn't work in this case; as it transpires, neither did the gun laws.

Hmm saying ASIC didn't work in this instance is sort of like saying guns don't kill people, people kill people and those law abiding citizens who want guns won't kill anyone; and baddies will get them anyway, so let's dispense with gun control laws.. In fact our 17 year old perpetrator had a shot gun.. Did he have a license for it? I am thinking not. If not, then they clearly failed in this case, too, and therefore we should get rid of gun laws, right? In the same vein that gun laws failed, I guess ASIC did; any law and restriction is one part of the puzzle of keeping people safe. Anyone hell bent on breaking the law will, and they will either be prevented by other checks, or captured later, or get away with it. ASIC is one part of the security puzzle. The difference of course, is that guns being freely available are obviously a far bigger risk than free access to most airports in the country. Of course, free access to some airports, such as Avalon, would represent a big risk and I would accept an ASIC as part of the mix of security measures to get access to fly in there.. A line has to be drawn somewhere, though. What about Proserpine? Probably. What about Merimbula? Rex flies in an out of there with routes to Melbourne and Sydney, apparently (thought Rex went bust): https://begavalley.nsw.gov.au/services/arrivals-and-departures. Where does a pollie draw the line. We know pollies in Australia are incredibly risk averse. I would see Merimbula as low risk and not needing an ASIC to fly into, but a pollie does not want any responsibility for something bad happening would just say "stuff it.. one person ruins it for everyone rather than applying resources to police the baddies so that the goodies can enjoy their pastime." It is thus, the Australian way; drilled into us at primary school and beyond. I don't have a problem with anyone continuing with this subject, nor any other. If I am bored by it, or I see it as a proprtionate approach, I will stop reading it. If people gave up the fight for many things, even when many others accepted it, how much worse would the world be? BYW, now there is an industry around it employing many people, I can't see pollies getting rid of it.. Even the Chinese ships had their MSIC cards, evidently, as no one went to remove them. 😉

Here is one person's take on it.. Seems like a reasonable service to many Victorians to me

I can't agree with this more.. Often the cited reasons, eg. another flight into IMC by an unqualified pilot probably tells of the symptoms, but not the problems. I had read many ATSB, AAIB, NTSB, and other governments' investigation units reports, and they all mention pressonitis, but but not how it can afflict you. Of course, while reading the stories, I was thinking I would never succumb to it. I found it afflicted me - twice. If I had of let the second event go a minute or two longer, I many not well be here to talk about it. On reflection, there were exceptional circumstances in both situations, and I was under a lot of pressure at the time. Self-reflection after the second one was a cosnscious effort to develop techniques to identify it and steer clear away from aeroplanes. One of the hard things for investigators to do is get teh reasoniong of a particular case when the pilot and passengers are dead. Over here, we have CHIRP: Summer’s coming? - CHIRP CHIRP.CO.UK I have submitted my two reports with reflections that hoepfully I and others will learn from. I know the ATSB has a self-reporting scheme but I am not sure the reports are called out in the same way.

ATSB are investigating this accident: Australian Transport and Safety Bureau investigating light plane crash that killed three people in Victoria's east - ABC News WWW.ABC.NET.AU The Australian Transport and Safety Bureau is investigating the crash in Gippsland that killed a 20-year-old pilot and two teenage passengers.