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THE MEANING OF OZ - All you need to know!

 
 
McTag
 
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Reply Mon 27 Aug, 2007 07:33 am
Dadpad, you're a tree man, I meant to ask you this:

When we were in Germany this year, we saw a huge amount of timber stored in depots because a hurricane last winter had knocked down large swathes of pine and coniferous forest.

The wood stores were evidently temporary, and many had a water spray system rigged up.
Why do they do that? I thought the object with felled timber was to season it, and slowly dry it out.
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lezzles
 
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Reply Tue 28 Aug, 2007 12:38 am
msolga wrote:
http://www.theage.com.au/ffximage/2007/08/26/270807CARTOON_gallery__470x334.jpg


I was confused when the outbreak was first reported when it was announced that the Australian racing industry could be ruined by the equine 'flu, but at the same time it was stressed that it was not lethal.

So what's the problem?

If a horse has the 'flu and is out of action for a few weeks, so what?

The horses are all being quarantined, on the theory that keeping the sick horses away from the others will stop the 'flu in its tracks. If this is so, why are people who have the 'flu allowed to travel among others, go to work, etc? Why are they not put into strict quarantine too?

Could it be that the uninterrupted profit turnover in the racing industry is considered more important than the annual loss of work hours and (more importantly) human lives due to "human" 'flu?

We used to have very strict rules about the importation of horses - what happened to them?

Sorry, McTag, didn't mean to hi-jack your question, it seems to be a good one, but I wanted to get that off my chest.

I wonder........

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol2no1/equine.htm
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McTag
 
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Reply Mon 3 Sep, 2007 12:27 am
McTag wrote:
Dadpad, you're a tree man, I meant to ask you this:

When we were in Germany this year, we saw a huge amount of timber stored in depots because a hurricane last winter had knocked down large swathes of pine and coniferous forest.

The wood stores were evidently temporary, and many had a water spray system rigged up.
Why do they do that? I thought the object with felled timber was to season it, and slowly dry it out.


Yoo-hoo
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hingehead
 
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Reply Mon 3 Sep, 2007 12:57 am
McTag wrote:

Yoo-hoo


Don't you mean 'Coo-eee?
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dadpad
 
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Reply Mon 3 Sep, 2007 01:09 am
McTag wrote:
McTag wrote:
Dadpad, you're a tree man, I meant to ask you this:

When we were in Germany this year, we saw a huge amount of timber stored in depots because a hurricane last winter had knocked down large swathes of pine and coniferous forest.

The wood stores were evidently temporary, and many had a water spray system rigged up.
Why do they do that? I thought the object with felled timber was to season it, and slowly dry it out.


Yoo-hoo


sorry mctag I've been away on a job.

Many timber species are prone to checking (splitting) as they dry out. As logs dry out on the outside and at the ends of the log the timber shrinks whilst the inside remains green causing the log to split apart. This splitting of course affects the volume of recoverable timber. Logs are kept under sprays until they can be milled into planks. It is almost impossible to dry pine and many other species logs without checking no matter how slowly you try to season it. Smaller cross sections of timber will dry more evenly and not split. so the objective is to keep logs damp until they can be sawn into smaller cross sections.
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McTag
 
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Reply Mon 3 Sep, 2007 03:48 am
Chizmite, fair dinkum, that's a darn sight clearer than Murrumbigee mud.

Thanks! Smile

Here is a picture of a roadside wood stack taken in Germany.
One of very many such stacks.

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c277/Tags1/GermanyApril07191.jpg
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McTag
 
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Reply Sat 8 Sep, 2007 12:59 pm
Are you Aussies all watching the rugby? Haven't upset anyone, have I?

I like dadpad's Aussie haka on another thread. Shame NZ are so good at rugby. Twisted Evil
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dadpad
 
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Reply Sat 8 Sep, 2007 08:24 pm
McTag wrote:
Are you Aussies all watching the rugby? Haven't upset anyone, have I?


Nah! you're cherry ripe mate.
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msolga
 
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Reply Wed 19 Sep, 2007 02:30 am
Rain, dammit, rain!!!! Sad :

http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2007/09/18/190907_editoon_gallery__470x269,0.jpg
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msolga
 
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Reply Wed 19 Sep, 2007 02:57 am
Something that has made me feel terribly sad today: poor little "Pumpkin". Looks like she won't be seeing her mother again, if the media reports from NZ are correct.
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hingehead
 
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Reply Wed 19 Sep, 2007 09:21 pm
Mrs Hinge wants to know if we can keep her.

Awful story so far.
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McTag
 
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Reply Thu 20 Sep, 2007 02:24 am
Like what's poor little Pumpkin? I think we need to know this.
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Dutchy
 
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Reply Thu 20 Sep, 2007 02:34 am
A very sad story sofar McTag, all over our papers, surprised it hasn't hit the UK. Latest news is, her mother's body has been found in the boot of a car in NZ, presumebly murdered. Father still roaming somewhere in the US sofar. Undermentioned site will give you some idea what is going on.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/09/18/2035869.htm
http://www.news.com.au/0,,sa,00.html
http://au.news.yahoo.com/
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msolga
 
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Reply Thu 20 Sep, 2007 02:35 am
hingehead wrote:
Mrs Hinge wants to know if we can keep her.

Awful story so far.


Yes. Such a terribly sad start to her life, poor little possum. Sad
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msolga
 
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Reply Thu 20 Sep, 2007 02:36 am
Hello McTag.

Here you go.:

http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/pumpkins-mother-found-dead-in-boot/2007/09/19/1189881595056.html
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msolga
 
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Reply Thu 20 Sep, 2007 02:37 am
Ah, there's Dutchy! Very Happy

You're quick!
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Dutchy
 
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Reply Thu 20 Sep, 2007 02:47 am
Hi msolga, all great minds think alike. :wink:
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McTag
 
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Reply Thu 20 Sep, 2007 02:59 am
Thank you, folks.

That story has not featured over here.

Won't be long before they find the dad- maybe he will top himself first.

Sad.
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msolga
 
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Reply Thu 20 Sep, 2007 03:03 am
McTag wrote:
Sad.


Terribly so.

I hope the little girl's grandmother, in China, is granted custody soon, without too much red tape from the NZ authorities.
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msolga
 
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Reply Mon 24 Sep, 2007 08:08 am
Drought leads to big rise in 'roo roadkill
http://www.theage.com.au/ffximage/2007/09/23/N_ROO_wideweb__470x228,0.jpg
A kangaroo crosses the road at Puckapunyal army base.
Photo: Craig Sillitoe

Lorna Edwards
September 24, 2007/the AGE

KANGAROOS are being hit by cars in increasing numbers on Victorian roads as the drought draws them to roadside areas and urban sprawl encroaches on their territory.
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