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Post by Morgo on Jun 2, 2018 1:25:34 GMT 10
I use Amazon, US version Aussie version is terrible, all the time and still will be after July 1st. I won't be paying this new GST charge.
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Post by Morgo on Jun 2, 2018 1:22:26 GMT 10
Australian consumers getting screwed over yet again, if only we had a government body to oversee and regulate these corporations....
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Post by Morgo on May 24, 2018 20:38:34 GMT 10
Jason Bourne
Pretty sure that's because of the whole "other people" and "police/emergency services" are "threats to be avoided" option.
Not that I see all other people etc as "threats" I'd rather just avoid other people in general when out and about during a situation and not get caught up in their issues.
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Post by Morgo on May 12, 2018 15:30:08 GMT 10
I would be scouting the nearby town and hospital to assess the situation and whether or not its an option to take her there (are there even any doctors left?) or if I can get supplies/equipment needed from the hospital for the operation.
I don't like the chances of performing the operation. I think you would have to be extremely lucky for it to be successful and that's only if there are no other issues.
A friend recently had a C Section, there were issues. Fortunately both mum and bub are fine but with out a doctor to recognize the issues and correct them both likely would have died.
So while the operation you perform may be a success at first there could be other issues you can't see or fix resulting in mum surviving the OP only to die a short time later.
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Post by Morgo on May 3, 2018 11:06:37 GMT 10
It would be interesting to see how cars go during an EMP attack. I have seen studies in the past that suggest quite a few cars would survive. That the cars unlikely to survive are those in the immediate area of the EMP and being a late model vehicle which is packed full of electronics. Considering a car is essentially a metal box they are pretty well protected as they are. We have a late model car, although we don't use it that much, so probably at least 50% of the time would be in our underground garage. I'm not sure how much protection would be provided by being at least a good 10 meters underground? (We lose radio signal on level B1, while our parking space is B2) 10+ meters underground? I'd wager that would provide a significant amount of protection to the point that if your car were affected I'd say you'd have bigger concerns as your likely right iin the middle of the event.
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Post by Morgo on Apr 30, 2018 18:02:45 GMT 10
Leaving is not an option sorry! lol Option 1 in that case. I'd go nuts just sitting around in such an event, probably want to shoot the teenagers after a few days.
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Post by Morgo on Apr 30, 2018 18:00:38 GMT 10
lol
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Post by Morgo on Apr 30, 2018 17:59:17 GMT 10
It would be interesting to see how cars go during an EMP attack.
I have seen studies in the past that suggest quite a few cars would survive. That the cars unlikely to survive are those in the immediate area of the EMP and being a late model vehicle which is packed full of electronics.
Considering a car is essentially a metal box they are pretty well protected as they are.
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Post by Morgo on Apr 30, 2018 17:25:21 GMT 10
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Post by Morgo on Apr 30, 2018 17:11:33 GMT 10
If it were to be a memory to look back on, another African Safari. I had my first almost 4 years ago and it was an incredible experience. I spent almost a month in Africa with a mate, we hired a land rover 110 series fully decked out and went off on our own for most it, doing a few organized photography outings here and there with various companies. Its a trip I still think back on often and I'm currently in the process of putting together a new trip to out do the first. If it were to be a physical luxury item to have that I probably wouldn't after a short time into the SHTF, a case of mixed craft beer
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Post by Morgo on Apr 30, 2018 16:51:03 GMT 10
Seems like there is a 3rd option that's missing.
Option 3) Leave the others. Take your share of supplies, gun, ammo and head off on your own. Maybe invite the youngish women.
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Post by Morgo on Apr 30, 2018 16:40:50 GMT 10
Well, if its the roll of loo paper I daresay I'm probably going to use it straight away
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Post by Morgo on Apr 29, 2018 15:41:42 GMT 10
Perhaps if one were stranded on a polar ice cap and you've eaten your last sled dog. Here in Oz, anyone who can't find grain, livestock or game to get by on ... is in the running for a Darwin award. (And there may well be plenty of them.) Ahh but your assuming there would still be livestock and grain around to get by on after/during the SHTF event. You wouldn't need to be stranded on a polar ice cap to be in a postilion where there is nothing to eat or grow because of a SHTF event. Several of the top most likely events, if they were large scale, could kill off most if not all livestock/grain. Such as; 1. Natural disaster, like a wide spread long lasting weather event bringing on prolonged heat waves, severe drought and fires. 2. Disease 3. Nuclear event
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Post by Morgo on Apr 29, 2018 12:14:43 GMT 10
Sure, if your able to find and cook the various animals around then obviously cannibalism should never come in to the discussion.
But there are plenty of SHTF scenarios, some real life examples as well, where other forms of food such as livestock would not be available.
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Post by Morgo on Apr 28, 2018 15:38:23 GMT 10
"What’s the Limit of Your Morality in a Crisis? "
The only question I would need to answer for myself is,
Cannibalism - yes or no?
I doubt I'll ever really know unless the question becomes a reality. Hopefully I'm never in a position where I need to find out.
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Post by Morgo on Apr 19, 2018 21:24:13 GMT 10
Yeah that sounds about right.
Though the deal about a non arms exporting nation must have changed seeing as we export arms these days.
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Post by Morgo on Apr 19, 2018 19:14:05 GMT 10
We do have heaps of uranium too ... time to start a micro-nuclear industry in oz? Nuclear powered trucks, trains, tractors and mining equipment! Just as long as none of those vehicles goes over 88mph!
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Post by Morgo on Apr 19, 2018 17:55:59 GMT 10
So what happened to that find of oil in the Arckaringa Basin around Coober Pedy?
From memory they were saying we would have more oil than all of Saudi Arabia.
So why aren't we digging that up, refining it and becoming self sufficient as a country in the oil sector? (let me guess, probably because that would cost money to do even though its better for the country and our countries security in the long run, the government is just a bunch of tight ass penny pinching thieves)
If we did though we would never have to worry about off shore fuel supplies again.
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Post by Morgo on Mar 30, 2018 8:29:28 GMT 10
Well I guess we will have to agree to disagree.
I don't think anyone here is scared of the legal system but rather, as I've already said, its a "legal" system not a "Justice" system and many people simply do not have much trust in what they see as a flawed/broken system. I know from personal experience from the several cases I've witnessed that its a flawed system where innocent people are financially crippled and emotionally devastated because of it.
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Post by Morgo on Mar 29, 2018 10:44:50 GMT 10
It still has to be proven it was self defence first though.
The intent of having that loaded firearm matters because it casts doubts on whether it was really self defence or a form of murder.
The security guard was permitted to have a loaded firearm to be used for protection and defence, residents in NSW are not allowed this in their homes.
It could be said, knowing that it was illegal for you to have a loaded firearm yet still doing it, that your intent in having a loaded firearm was to harm or kill someone.
The act of using a firearm for self defence in Australia, circumstances contingent, is not illegal even though they are not allowed for this purpose to ordinary people. But as someone has said, having a bat with spikes or nails in it demonstrates an intent to harm. Having a loaded firearm would be seen as the same thing.
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