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Post by grumble on Dec 20, 2023 8:19:31 GMT 10
The 'record' rainfall will always occur where the worst part of big cyclone hasn't hit the exact spot we are recording rainfall. But what the hell were the airlines thinking, leaving their planes there and not moving them to another airport until the cyclone had passed. The devil is in the detail most light aircraft were moved to other airfields in advance usually places like Mareeba those that were left behind were either not able to fly due to the owners/pilots being away or were grounded for Maintenace or were part of a program like RFDS or similar and had to remain close to their base of operations for rapid deployment. The larger commercial aircraft were a mix of maintenance and being too late to leave and being grounded and then there were a couple that are based there once again due to operational requirements. The other key thing is the amount of workers cars in the flood water indicates that it was a normal day of airport operations until the King tides at 1pm met the unpredictable volume of rain that fell over a large catchment of the Barron River. Once the Barron river broke its banks and hit the rising wall of sea water it had nowhere to go so it just flooded outwards and it did it rapidly For the record the cyclone had already passed but what the issue was it stalled its westward movement and the southern tail of the moist air being drawn into it basically parked over north QLD for several days. I personally received 1.6 meters of rain over 4 days at my location To say the BOM predictions were inaccurate is not entirely true or correct they did warm us repeatedly that this was going to be a very wet event, but normalcy bias and complacency brought a lot of people undone. I heard loud and clear what they were saying and reacted accordingly and as a result only experienced a minor inconvenience This event will like all events of this scale be used by people to push through their ideological , political and activist views a soap box for all to stand on and point fingers as others and to blame whatever their favorite thing is to blame but for me its a good stress test for equipment and planning and a good opportunity to once again see what disappeared off the shelves 1st and do those things go 1st make sense
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Post by grumble on Aug 6, 2023 21:45:18 GMT 10
I haven't been active simply for a couple of reasons mainly ive not had much worth sharing and secondly adjusting to my new normal post-accident nearly two years now only just found out a couple of weeks ago I will never return to any form of work and they are revoking all my license's drivers, gun, machinery tickets and high risk fork lift all going in the bin . 47 years old and just been forced into involutory retirement.
my new normal is to wake up fight with vertigo and nausea then the the pain and ringing in my ear noise kicks in after awhile of activity the brain fog and disorientation seeps in the kids love playing monopoly wit me becase after about 10 minutes i have no idea what im doing and forget my turns and it all goes down hill
i still get up every day and think its going to be ok but i know it going to be anther day of pretending im ok for the sake of the kids
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Post by grumble on Jun 24, 2023 19:40:22 GMT 10
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Post by grumble on Jun 24, 2023 19:34:19 GMT 10
Lets just hope the Putin maintains control and isn't overthrown its better the devil you know in a global mess like there is now
Those waiting in the wind to take over are far far worse than Putin and really really want that war with NATO that they feel Putin is to cowardly to start and lets not for get the musician thinks nukes should of been used as a show of power already
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Post by grumble on Jun 23, 2023 13:43:31 GMT 10
It’s all those people with 5 jabs spontaneously combusting and setting their car on fire. Thieves never burn cars unless they used it in a drive by. Thats not totally correct If you live in Tassie and your car is stolen then your pretty much never get it back its thrashed then burnt out i remember a farmer getting us to clean out the back of his farm that was on the edge of Gage brook and we dragged 71 burnt-out cars from in there everyone that i know in tas from when i lived there that had their car stolen it was burnt out where i live now in FNQ the car theft capital of Australia they break into your house steal the keys take your car do some more crimes then joy ride it till they either crash the car or dump it very rarely do they burn them out currently the numbers for car theft here are this month 58 so far for this year 436 not bad for a town with a population of just over 180k I have heard anecdotal evidence that there has been a bit of thievery going on around the locations that trucks have to drop their trailers and a trend that is starting here is random people calling out from the side of the road when you're at a stop light telling you there's something leaking under your car and when you get out of the car you get jumped the police are doing the best they can but most of the offenders are under 18 down to around 10 and 11 so basically there's very little they can do plus they are the political hot potatoes because if they crack down its called systematic racism truthfully youth crime has gotten so bad now that they refer to the nearby coles store as 'The tuckshop" because they walk in fill their bags with whatever they feel like and walk out and all the employees can do is follow them around and ask them to leave and as one employee found out the moment you try to take their bag from them the police jump you and arrest you assaulting a minor yep that's right even though the police followed the kid around and saw him stealing stuff they still arrested the person that tried to stop him and pressed charges on the minors behalf its time to face it we as a society are F*CKED They have no fear of authority or police because they know that can play the victim card every time welcome to the system it doesn't matter if you're black or white it hates you all
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Post by grumble on Apr 19, 2023 19:00:03 GMT 10
I have kept my Thuraya satellite phone as a tool for emergencies because of that reason if all the phone towers and network is down in my region due to a serious event I can still call people outside that area and get information from that area about what's happening in my area Do you stll need to have a paid-up account, or can you somehow use he phone and exisiting non-thuraya sim card?
you have to have an active account thats paid up mine cost $16 a month and its free for others to call me and text me my account is through pivotel www.pivotel.com.au/plans-thuraya-satellite-phone-plans.html
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Post by grumble on Apr 19, 2023 15:47:19 GMT 10
Just a little bit of FYI in regard to those battery boxes Engel flat refused to give me a price said I had to go to the authorized service agent so I rang the agent and the pointedly told me that I'd have to bring it in and pay a $66 diagnostic fee and then they could give me a price on whatever parts were needed. I was working in the repair industry when this policy came into play.
For the layman, this seems like a rip-off that businesses introduced an up front fee before the item to be repaired has even been looked at, but the truth of the matter always comes back to a small (it was actually quite large in this instance!) group of people stuffing it up for everyone else.
People used to bring stuff in for repair and 80% of the time ask for a quote - just so they knew what they were up for. As the cost of electronics came down, and the quote was getting on a bit (also take into account of new features being added etc.), they would buy a new item and just leave their old one at the repair place and forget about it. Sometimes they would give the go-ahead for the repair and just ghost the repair place and never pick it up!
Now you might think that this was a boon for repair places because by law they own it if not picked up in 3 months and they could sell it, strip it for parts or do what ever they want with it, but it's never that simple. Most repair places are small and quickly get overwhelmed with this crap so the repair place has to pay for storage or disposal or selling (staff etc) none of which is their core job. There was also many a law-suit over repair places getting rid of peoples gear after the 3 month period so they would store them for a lot longer than that.
So an up-front incentive was introduced to encourage people to follow through with the repair. If they don't like paying it...well, they were probably just going to leave it there anyway! When I was working in the industry, the up-front quote would be taken off the final repair fee if they went ahead with the repair. Maybe they don't do this anymore - I don't know...
Thus ends the lesson on the "Quote fee"
While I understand the core reason for a quote fee to weed out tire kickers there is a point where its simply holding a customer to ransom especially if you are the only one that can supply the price for the component I all I wanted was the price for the part to know how much it was vs simply tossing it and buying a new unit I wasn't asking for a detailed quote nor was I asking for them to spend any time running a diagnostic on it nor was i even bringing it into the shop at this stage so it was not going to be any sort of inconvenience apart from them simply looking on their system and giving me the price for the part over the phone but no in this case i had to bring the unit in and pay a$66 diagnostic fee to find out the part price end of story and they made a point of informing me that I wouldn't find the part online nor can the part be sold to anyone nor fitted by anyone but them to which I had already explained that i was perfectly fine going through the approved channels as i had delt with this many times before with specialized laboratory equipment I was simply looking at the economic feasibility of repair via them vs replace with a new unit that had full warranty and ultimately this policy prevented me from making an informed decision because I had already decided that if the component price alone was greater than $200 I would buy a new unit I can pick up a phone and call pretty much any business and say I am looking for an item do they have it in stock and how much is the item and never before have I been stopped by a paywall that not a subscription-based service. Now I understand when people bring an item into a business that needs to have time spent on it to identify what's wrong and what parts are needed to repair it that makes sense and most business will do that for a nominal fee or charge an hourly rate and I am totally ok with that because time and resources get tide up into something that might progress or lead to nothing. i should thank them though because they encouraged me to find a work around that was actually a better solution and with a broader cross field utility.
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Post by grumble on Apr 18, 2023 22:01:34 GMT 10
Following on from last year's thread and reviving it because I've had a sudden realisation. And a rather nasty one at that. A couple of years ago I bought an Engel Series 2 Smart Battery box for $499. It's still literally brand new in box, haven't taken it out. Haven't put a battery in it. No use so far whatsoever because the couple of times we've been camping it was at short notice and we didn't feel the need to dash out and buy a battery for it to last a couple of days camping. We just took a really good esky and some solar lights and smaller power banks and had plenty of juice for what we needed. I was having a look this evening out of pure curiosity and they've gone up by $200! Same model, same everything. Turns out that (if you factor that price increase in alone) it was my best prepping decision for 2021. Despite not having used it yet, if we were to suddenly need it we'd have it. But it's made me consider a lot of things that I've bought that at the time I thought were mildly offensive in their pricing given what they are. Sure, you can buy a battery box from Kmart now for about $0. I was mildly upset when I saw that given that I'd bought the Engel for $500 12 months before they appeared on the market. But after seeing how shoddy and easily broken they are I think we came out better on that one. I'm in a bit bigger of a rush to get a battery into it now because who knows how expensive they're going to get! And for all that, I can't figure out for the life of me why battery boxes would go up by $200 in 24 months. I'm sure there's a reason, but I'm equally as sure that I have no idea what that reason is! Just a little bit of FYI in regard to those battery boxes I own one I bought it in 2019 and used it heavily until mid 2021 and I mean I used it constantly. It spent around 50000 kilometers in the back of my Hilux powering my Engel fridge in freezer mode and then it would be plugged into power at the field camp as a back up in case the generator failed it served me well then last year my century AGM battery died I wasn't too worried as I didn't use it much now but what I didn't realize was the actual bult in smart charger had failed and killed the battery so when i recently bought a new AGM battery for it I hooked up the smart charger and that's when I noticed it didn't work So that when the real fun started trying to get it repaired or should I say trying to get the price of the replacement part to work out if it was just cheaper to start with a new one or repair it. Engel flat refused to give me a price said I had to go to the authorized service agent so I rang the agent and the pointedly told me that I'd have to bring it in and pay a $66 diagnostic fee and then they could give me a price on whatever parts were needed. I said I know what part i need i just need to know how much it was to which the just repeated themselves and told me that I wont find a price on the web as only they have the parts at which point I said yeah nah have a nice day I then rang Engel back and had a nice conversation and pointed out that I understood that I can only get he parts through them and i was ok with that but I was not willing to pay $66 to know what I already know. The chap i talked to was very understanding and put me through to another guy who was tech support for the corporate side not the end user and he was also very sympathetic and could see why it was a stupid move to make me pay to find out a price so then he handed a phone number to call and it was the number for the actual battery box manufacturer in Australia with the parting word of I don't recommend you call this number and ask to speak to XXXXX and tell him ZZZZ sent you and I don't recommend that you ask for a retail pricing on part N#**** for XXXXX battery box because these guy make the boxes and have their own brand and the only difference is Engels or red and black and theirs are less red and black but the actual components are very tightly licensed and protected to stop China making them however they are a bit more open to selling their parts as they don't have a system like us with authorized service agents now by this time I was over the stupid built in charge so what i did was bought myself a 240volt 15 amp smart charger and hooked it up to the two external poles that run to the battery and i need a new charger anyway so it was a win win and by doing it this way it bypassed the failed smart charger but the LED still gives you all the information like normal and allows you to set up what type of battery it is and son on to this point charging it with solar works well and so does the smart charger that i hooked up to it and for anyone that is interested in the box here is the less red and black version www.arkcorp.com.au/product/arkpak-730-2/
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Post by grumble on Jan 29, 2023 11:50:41 GMT 10
I just finished reading a book called Eccentric Orbits (great title! ) - The Iridium Story - by John Bloom
What a great book! Learned a lot about satcomms and how it works, Iridium's competitors and how restricted most of them are.
Iridium is still the only voice and data system with 100% guaranteed Earth coverage, minimal latency, and the only system with total orbital system hand-off...which means no ground station interaction and all the switching is done in orbit. So if you call another Iridium Satphone there is no problems if the ground stations are destroyed - they are there for diverting to landlines and mobile networks. I wondered why the military liked it so much.
So is this the best potential system for a group? Yes, Yes, people are going to go on about cost, EMP bla bla. What about for a spread out group (maybe a family) that decides to all come together if there is an emergency? Kept in the car or hand/man bag? Yes it might not be up for ever but initially you would have comms?
This would of been perfect for me in the Black Saturday fires when the mobile network was useless...
Someone in a ground-based office still has to tell the system you have paid your bill and your sat phone is authorized to use the network otherwise it won't work for long but in the initial first few days yeah they have a place in any kit. I have kept my Thuraya satellite phone as a tool for emergencies because of that reason if all the phone towers and network is down in my region due to a serious event I can still call people outside that area and get information from that area about what's happening in my area I do plan on in the very near future buying the starlink RV model due to the fact you can pause the payments and system as needed so having access to high-speed internet in certain situations can be a big advantage.
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Post by grumble on Jan 29, 2023 11:29:16 GMT 10
I think u mean HF, not VHF...... My favorite conspiracy theory is that everything is gonna be all right... Probably it was a very long time ago i remember it was a big codan i think it was the actual call sign used that was victor hotel foxtrot " VHF" or Victor Hotel Juliet 'VHJ' then the rest of the call sign it was so long ago now memories fade, but I do remember the radio chatter in the mornings and the fishing boats chatter of a night some in English but mostly some other dialect so much better than staring at a phone screen though.
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Post by grumble on Jan 29, 2023 8:53:16 GMT 10
Brings back fond memories of the morning galah session on the VHF before the flying doctor would come on.
All the station ladies chatting about how many points of rain they got and who was going to town or how the mustering was going then it was down to business with the doctor.
remembering to transmit information in short bursts with the word " break" at the end so the receiver knew there was more to come then ending with " Over" so the everyone knew your transmission was done.
I also remember the fun of having to relay through someone in WA to reach logistic in Cairns which was only 1000km away but the old skip and finally I remember the respectful radio silence when transmitting to the RFDS in an emergency and people relaying what item number the RFDS said to use out of the medical chest if you were having trouble receiving the RFDS
Ah VHF was social media of its day before social media was a thing.
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Post by grumble on Oct 14, 2022 10:50:37 GMT 10
It will probably get banned in a couple of states due to appearance laws and the fact it takes scary AR mags will probably be an issue as well
Henry has the long ranger and there is also the browning BLR
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Post by grumble on Sept 11, 2022 9:20:38 GMT 10
We are self governing until we aren't. When it doesn't suit them they interfere. (Whitlam outage for example) Being part of the Commonwealth makes us look weak. We don't need them, haven't for a long time. Just for clarity that was our American allies not the British that caused the Whitlam incident I guess they didn't like the idea of being booted out of Pine gap it is also known as the forgotten coup there are few interesting articles about it including the foot note about the letter from the US president apologizing for interfering in our domestic policy and politics and claiming the will not do it again The queen was someone that others should look up to as to how to conduct yourself in the public light it's a shame the younger ryals didn't take note
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Post by grumble on Jul 24, 2022 19:11:53 GMT 10
By moving sideways a few times to gain extra training and getting some out of field training as well has paid dividends when it comes time to negotiate salary especially with some of the smaller outfits when a contact puts your forward
I remember once getting an extra $10 an hour simply because i had one thing that no one in the crew or company had but was a requirement for the job that they were about start
Oil spill response certification
so for the extra $840 a week i had to once week check all the oil spill kits which there was a massive total of 3 to ensure they were still there and ready for use
then combine that with my tag and test certification , QMS3 ticket, confined space , remote area lvl 3 workplace 1st aid i was in the end getting an extra $1100 a week in my pay and this all came through because a contact put me forward
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Post by grumble on Jul 21, 2022 10:16:06 GMT 10
I am no where near knowledgeable in this area, but to me its kinda like someone having a misfire while you're in the sights. it could've been it, and we should consider ourselves lucky that it didnt go another way. We should be doing everything to protect ourselves for next time. here you go a good little video with a bit of information
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Post by grumble on Jul 17, 2022 15:59:54 GMT 10
If the government mandates you out of a job they should have a moral and legal responsibility to support you financially. It's that simple. Absolutely agree they do it for industries that are no longer favorable and oil companies so why not do it for their citizens
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Post by grumble on Jul 17, 2022 15:09:49 GMT 10
Here are my thoughts on the subject
I believe it should be locked into stone forever to protect and support the casuals and i feel this way for a very good reason
When i got my 1st job i worked after school sweeping floors in a clothing factory that was my big role "sweep those floors boy " i was casual because i was a school kid but everyone else was full time then i got an entry level job in the mining industry did 3 months probation and went full time
i worked at different mines and jumped around but always went full time
then i had a break from it and worked in the scaffolding industry of a day and worked as a cleaner of a night cleaning offices and toilets It was easy to get work back then i never needed the unemployment benefits if you couldn't get a job you just joined up with a labor hire company like skilled and in no time you had a full time job Then the companies supported by government policies started to change how things were done The days of standing on the street near the docks in the morning f you wanted a days work and if no luck there hit up the construction sites because on a Monday there was always some p*sshead too hungover to work they were gone just like that finding work like that vanished
So then it was all labor hire or nothing to get a foot in the door and then from that the disposable work force was born
A good example of how companies play the game At a certain paper mill they have a corporate policy that states if a "casual"works as part of a crew continuously for 2 months they get put on into full time employment so after exactly 7 weeks you get told your not needed next week then they swap what crew you are with and the cycle begins again so after 6 years of dong the same job just on a different crew your still a casual and there are a lot of companies that play this game using labor hire companies so they can just toss away workers as they wish without repercussions
I hear the statement of "get better trained to get a better job "all the time and its generally from people over 30 that have done their time and got where they are now because its the way it was but the world is a vastly different place now employers for sometime now by using the disposable worker mentality and punitive measures that are lawful have taken it to a new level
when i started out employers paid for you to gain the skills they needed you to have Now places wont even look at you unless you have every darn certificate under the sun before they will even consider what experience you have
Now to add to this you have to have all the extra steps in as well at your cost for an example a civil job i saw advertised had this in the requirements
Must have the following White card working in confined spaces working at heights 1st aid certificate RII for skid steer RII for excavator RII for roller HR licence RII water cart current police check current medical must have current signed VOC's for skid steer , excavator , roller and water cart Must have own transport to get to and from job sites
all of this was for a casual laborer position and all this costs a lot of money especially if your just getting into the game
In my time as a casual the amount of time id see full timers come to work sick spread their pox around then go home on full pay and they knew they'd be sent home it was all for show but the moment id get sick from *ssholes doing that there was no support for me me it was oh well then theres the you have to 100% avalible 200% of the time for when they need you or they simply wouldn't give you any work and if you had a falling out over a safety issue oh well they just starve you out with no work till you leave
So yeah its time that the poor bastards that are trying to get a break and ahead in life by doing low skilled low income jobs taking crap from everyone else just so they can pay for the thousands of dollars worth of crap you need now to do basic sh*t get some perks and i for one dont blame the unwashed masses saying nope im not doing this crap anymore you can bust your *ss these days spend heaps of your own money and never get put on full time or even part time because the system isnt working to your favor hell even if you do get lucky and land a part time job at coles every other *ss biscuit feel you should get better trained and get a better job well maybe your trying to just f*cking do that but
If i sound angry its because I am. i have enough tickets to plaster the wall with i have a many years experience in heavy industry but because of my accident none of its worth sh#t and when i said to someone that doesn't really know me that well i might in the future go work at coles as they have indicated they could find a place for me the very 1st thing that came out of their mouth was
oh come on man you're 46 are you taking the piss you should of got better training and educated yourself so you didn't end up in a kids job
the arrogance behind that is why i can see so many people are just saying No i am not doing this anymore
TLDR? Yes casuals should get paid covid packages and they should get paid sick leave even as a casual because they are already getting bent over and pineapples shoved where the sun doesn't shine while they try to get ahead in life by the system and fellow country men who sneer down on them and think they should get better trained and educated
i have put away thousands into trust funds for my children because i know that they are going to need it to cover the training and education they will need and for emergency funds while they make their way in the world that cant wait to kick them down
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Post by grumble on Jul 3, 2022 9:07:35 GMT 10
Funny how those who just spent the last two years mocking and persecuting anyone wanting bodily autonomy are now out marching in the streets. "My body, my choice...but only when it suits my political agenda." I have no real view either way on the abortion issue, but pointing out blatant hypocrisy is always a good sport. Are there? Or is that just an assumption? I haven't seen any evidence of individuals with that kind of blatant hypocrisy. Not saying they aren't, just that I haven't seen any actual evidence of that. I'm sure there's a few out there. It'd be surprising if there wasn't. I just wouldn't make an assumption like that without seeing evidence. But it really isn't the same thing. Abortion affects those directly involved. The mother, the pregnancy, the father. That's it. Our vaccination status affects anyone that we come in contact with. I'm not saying that I think either one is right or wrong. Again, personal morals aside here. I just don't think the two are equal. With abortion the brutal reality is that it kills only one no matter whether one is pro-choice or pro-life. Non-vaccination can kill many. And I'm not referring specifically to covid. That relates to any illness preventable with vaccination. I reckon you'd be right and there's a few Karens there who don't care about anyone's rights but their own. But those types exist in both camps. Two negatives don't make a positive after all. while i probably shouldn't comment on this but i do have to agree to a point with Bug You can't really pick and chose when bodily autonomy applies it either does or it doesn't for everyone See myself i think the precedent has been set now so anytime a new thing comes along your bodily autonomy will be thrown in the bin and you will be lined up and injected with whatever is needed to prevent many needless deaths So now how about we go the other way now and line up all genders that haven't received the appropriate training and certification to reproduce and inject them with birth control and if they don't we cut off access to service and facilities until they meet their social obligations of mandatory birth control This would effectively prevent a great deal of deaths via terminations , medical issues and suicides plus prevent a great deal of costs on society from the down stream effect of unwanted,unloved and abused children because they would never exist to begin with its a win win for the greater community really no more issues with childhood poverty no undesirables reproducing because lets face it they'll never be motivated to get the training and certification nor be economically viable to provide the appropriate level of education , housing and healthcare to produce productive contributing child for the system who gets to decide who fit to have children it doesn't matter its for the greater good
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Post by grumble on Jul 3, 2022 8:43:49 GMT 10
Yesterday while out and about driving I listened to quite a bit of radio. Warnings out already about scams asking for money supposedly to help all these women who are having babies and can't get abortions. What concerns me about the Roe v. Wade is the banter I see blatantly looking to punish women. I see that quite a bit and surprisingly with both women and men spouting it. What I think is deplorable is all the concern right now for all these unborn children while the US child welfare system is in deplorable shape. With almost half a million children already born lingering in foster care and many of those with no hope of adoption. They will picket and march and argue but what about adopting a child that needs a home. Isn't that a novel concept to actually do something that makes a positive difference. I would love to see a little of that moral indignation for child victims of pornography, sex trafficking of children and the multitude of other crimes perpetrated on the children already born as well. They do not seem to be on anyone's agenda at the moment. Just a personal rant. The great thing about espousing moral outrage is for most people they never have to deal with the consequences of what they are actively advocating. The multitude of turn a blind eye hypocrisy is a clear sign of how cheap soap boxes are to buy these days and social media gives a voice to people that sometimes really don't need to be heard. I once met a great example of the paradox of modern society an individual that was anti gun and pro choice I politely asked them why they were anti gun and their answer was Because guns kill children i asked about the pro choice in a respectful manner and their answer was Because a woman should have the right to choose if they want to have a baby or not regardless of the reason they should be allow to terminate an unwanted pregnancy It was at that point i realized that so many people actually don't care they just like being morally outraged by whatever is the flavor of the month Personally i have no real opinion on the issue for a start its America's issue not ours but the core issue itself should remain between the parties actively involved in the situation which includes but not limited to the woman , the man and the qualified health officials and yes i do recognize that there are cases where the male participant should be removed from the situation due to legal issues not just limited to sexual assault but also trying to pressure the woman to terminate due to preferred baby gender and so on. I will say though i have seen several men absolutely destroyed because their partner went ahead with a termination against their wishes so there is always a lot of factors in the the situation that need to be thoroughly explored by the stakeholders but peoples personal or religious views are not one of them end rant
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Post by grumble on Jun 27, 2022 19:57:51 GMT 10
connections and social networking is important
Before my accident i could leave a job go home put the kettle on and before i had made a cuppa id get a call from someone saying they heard i might be available and was i interested in working for them since i have had the accident and its become clear my days on the hot seat are over i have had several people come forward and offer me modified positions where im more of an advisor and a couple just create a role for me to fill if i wanted it
So what should of been the end of my career has just turned into a new path thanks to contacts and connections
When the doctor hinted at looking at getting sorted to go on a disability pension i just thanked him and said nah im going back to work he looked a bit surprised but meh i have better things to do
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