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Post by Beno on Jan 29, 2018 16:13:32 GMT 10
no gun nuts in that article, i'm surprised!
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Post by Beno on Jan 18, 2018 17:59:05 GMT 10
Not wanting to dampen anyone's enthusiasm for the property market as i feel it has a way to run before people get burnt too much, but the sentiments about the market continuing to grow sound exactly like what people were saying prior to the 1929 great depression which most people considered impossible to happen prior to it occurring. The thing to remember with property prices is that houses and land are the same as everything else, and are only worth what people are willing to pay. If there are no buyers then you may not even be able to give houses away... A friend of mine currently owns a new home built in Queensland to cash in on the new coal mine that was going to employ thousands....his house cost $300k to build he cannot get tenants at any price and the house next door to his was sold recently at auction for $120k.....I asked him why he does not sell in Melbourne since he is retired and live in the Queensland house himself..... even he does not want to live there...so what can you say.... I see his house possibly sitting empty until vandals destroy it. Meanwhile he is pouring money into his negative geared loan like a bottomless money pit..... So never forget how quickly things can turn around and people stampede in mob mentality. mining booms are a good example of how economically daft most people are. In early out early is the key to profit during a mining boom. |
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Post by Beno on Dec 27, 2017 11:12:42 GMT 10
try growing the pinapples in a well drained raised bed. thats how my parents grow their pineapples but they are also in pineapple country.
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Post by Beno on Dec 23, 2017 18:30:31 GMT 10
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Post by Beno on Dec 23, 2017 10:59:11 GMT 10
oops.
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Post by Beno on Dec 23, 2017 10:58:46 GMT 10
thanks. that looks like an interesting website.
i knew a person who made $50k a year off 1/4 acre selling veg and greens. its all possible.
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Post by Beno on Nov 24, 2017 15:11:42 GMT 10
There have huge oil and gas discoveries - the idea of peak oil where the world runs out of oil is no longer a reality for the next 100years, electric cars are also now being developed and produced by very many companies and some countries are looking at outlawing liquid fuel vehicles. Yeah war in Asia which is a likely scenario could easily overnight bring on a fuel shortage. Having some fuel stored is a necessity for emergencies, esp if you work or stay far from your bug in/out location. totally agree. hybrids and ev will replace oil before the oil runs out. oil prices will rise in the future cause people won't want it anymore even for plastics. |
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Post by Beno on Nov 24, 2017 15:07:48 GMT 10
www.safework.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/50729/storage-handling-dangerous-goods-1354.pdfthis is the go to guide for dangerous goods (including ammo and bulk fuel) in nsw. look up safework vic,qld etc for your relevant state. I use 60litre oil drums for bulk storage. they are tough, i can lift them easily and move them quickly if i need too. the 200 L drums are good if you don't intend to move if shtf. just ask old mate at your local mechanic as they are usually keen to off load them
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Post by Beno on Oct 25, 2017 19:45:43 GMT 10
i was reading a plaque at bullita homestead where the Durak family settled back in the real old days in the victoria river distric NT. the wife and kids would dig a hole in the shade and settle there on the extreme heat days. if it was dangerous heat i'd do similar. my dog does the same type of thing in Broken hill so there is some sense it it all. apart from that its shade, water and electrolytes if im working.
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Post by Beno on Sept 24, 2017 20:09:06 GMT 10
i reckon it would turn very soft. but then again canned fruit does the same so give it a go anyway and see what happens.
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Post by Beno on Jul 14, 2017 17:08:46 GMT 10
we went to a free range pig farm in coffin bay this week. the bacon this man made was brilliant. his pork roast was almost a life changing event for me....wow🐷 if' n' when we get our own patch i think pig, chicken and lamb will be the best choices for a smallish block. i like beef but dealing with a big carcass might be too mich to deal with. Coffin Bay?  ? Just around the corner from where I live!! You from down this way?? no just on holidays from Broken hill. i could see myself living there one day though. fishing is great and land is relatively cheap. i jist need a job there🙂 |
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Post by Beno on Jul 13, 2017 21:04:01 GMT 10
we went to a free range pig farm in coffin bay this week. the bacon this man made was brilliant. his pork roast was almost a life changing event for me....wow🐷
if' n' when we get our own patch i think pig, chicken and lamb will be the best choices for a smallish block. i like beef but dealing with a big carcass might be too mich to deal with.
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Post by Beno on Apr 13, 2017 13:05:02 GMT 10
i know for a fact that many small towns don't bother advertising jobs cause they can post in a paper, internet or what ever and get no interest at all for months and even years. Better to door knock in these areas as you'll be surprised what is available to the right person. This is particularly the case with some "professional" jobs in a local council. when i've moved to remote locations my missus has picked up great jobs within two weeks, regularly. i was always surprised the number of vacant positions with gov, business, farming that can't be filled cause there is no max brenner or similar useless hipster conveniences at those locations.
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Post by Beno on Mar 27, 2017 19:40:00 GMT 10
i reckon SEQ is in for a bit ot a pizzling as well. It's trajectory says it will head back out to sea near harvey bay and will possibly intensify again. its then projected to swing back towards the coastline south of brissy. Heavy rain on top of a full catchment could mean flooding for SEQ and northern rivers catchments.
could be a bit of a double whammy for QLD.
good luck mozzie.
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Post by Beno on Mar 26, 2017 21:00:39 GMT 10
China has more or less paid their way into the political pockets of those countries including australia with out the use of force. We've/they've sold so much of our land, businesses, housing, mines to them. and done it willingly. it makes sense for them to secure those interests to some degree and that means building a decent navy. They have all but destroyed their most important resources, soil and water, now they look to secure these resources in other countries. I don't like it, but if i was a chinaman i'd be trying to get my country out of dodge too. In the mean time im not going to get too excited about the Chinese. I'm more concerned about another country being run by a second rate billionaire who doesen't like a whole lot of people.
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Post by Beno on Mar 26, 2017 8:29:28 GMT 10
china has not much of a history of agression as opposed to the US so i don't see them starting a war with the US. if they do start some kind of war my guess it would be limited to local expansion and making space for themselves and keeping others at bay, kind of like a chinese lebensraum. china through their rapid economic development over the last 80 years has shown that the poeople and government will sacrifice a huge amount of freedom for a percieved future gain. they are hardwired for hardship. i wonder if the US will be able to sustain a war that would probably be like vietnam on roids only that this time the "bad" guys have real weapons.
if the US wants to keep a lid on this issue they need to put the chinese out of commission in the next few years. after that it would possibly be too late and would have to fight a long and bitter war.
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Post by Beno on Jan 20, 2017 18:52:00 GMT 10
cool. there is also a "best of" landline storey on manuka as well. i think you need access to abc Iview. very interesting. they said honey is the only food that never goes off. says it all really. they reckon more will go to foodstuffs than to fight resistant superbugs🤔 |
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Post by Beno on Jan 12, 2017 22:15:24 GMT 10
some OPEC states have provided verbal committment to curtail production. this has led to speculation and raised price of oil futures. funny thing is oil price is still very low (by recent standards) we should be paying 80cents not $1.37. Saudi wanted to hurt US shale oil by over producingoil and dropping prices. this worked and many oil jobs and rigs were mothballed in the US. this has gone on for two years and it looks like they (opec) are sick of low oil prices so might cut production to raise prices. however oil inventories in many countries are close to full and many of them are using cheap shipping to store oil off shore. so cutting production should not affect prices for many months yet.
basically we are victims of theft.
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Post by Beno on Dec 1, 2016 17:17:43 GMT 10
Hadn't heard that got me some linkies? i looked further into the issue a long time ago reading research papers but cant remember what they were called or who wrote them. a 2 min internet search gave a good range of views. www.newscientist.com/article/dn11655-climate-myths-higher-co2-levels-will-boost-plant-growth-and-food-production/www.ciesin.org/docs/004-138/004-138.html this gives an alternative analysis to what i have researched. www.farmtrials.com.au/trial/16605. australian report suggesting more biomass but less quality of grains. there are heaps of papers on this topic with a wide range of views. limiting factors of depleted soil, water and degradation of land will limit many "benefits" of increased carbon in atmoshpere. while the globe continues to debate climate change more and more mouths are being created that need to be fed. all this on a planet that is being degraded rapidly. its one of my main drivers to beginning my journey to prepping and living a life on my own patch and making sure my family have a solid back up plan. |
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Post by Beno on Dec 1, 2016 15:23:28 GMT 10
from where i stand they are looking at the wrong average. i'm more inclined to view population, food production, resource depletion and pollution averages as much more an important issue than temp and CO2 levels. my understanding on CO2 increases is that is good for plants ingeneral but not really for the ones we rely on for most of our food. CO2 promotes growh at expense of seeding and fruiting.
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