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What turned me into a reading machine was the first novel I read in High School. Day Of the Triffids. Such a clever story, the arrival of The Plants happened years before the Atmospheric Light display that blinded 99% of the world's population. Catastrophes hardly ever happen with only one cause. It's the Swiss cheese concept, multiple holes line up in sequence just before the shit hits the fan.
 
Vince said:
What turned me into a reading machine was the first novel I read in High School. Day Of the Triffids. Such a clever story, the arrival of The Plants happened years before the Atmospheric Light display that blinded 99% of the world's population. Catastrophes hardly ever happen with only one cause. It's the Swiss cheese concept, multiple holes line up in sequence just before the shit hits the fan.
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Yes, I read that again a year or two ago, for old times sake. Quite good as an illustration of conflation, but of it’s time, I found it a bit misogynistic for my tastes these days
 
The 2 screen tries don't capture it as well as the book. That theme always comes back to The Simpsons episode where they race Ferraris through town after Springfield gets abandoned. Fun fact, the original treatment of the Film Omega Man with Charlton Heston was in the 60s. A film called The Last Man on Earth starring Vincent Price. He spent his days turning out wood stakes on a Wood Turning lathe and nights hunting Vampires from the plague. No Ferraris in that film.
 
Tippie said:
How could you hate a story with a character like Magwitch in it?
I also hated most of the books we had to study (which our mum, an english teacher, said we were so lucky to get) and have read many of them since and I totally agree with her, fantastic novels, but wasted on me as a kid.
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A girlfriend was appalled that I didn’t read books. One Christmas she gifted me ‘Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance’

During winter, in front of a lovely open fire, she figured I was pretty good at lighting the fire without paper or petrol…. Zen helped me honey 😉
 
My first big tour on a Bike, I read Zen and the art at night, it was a struggle. The interesting bits were few and far between. My only memory from it, nearly 40 years later, was to not rush at problems, take your time for a cup of coffee and come at them slowly. The only issue is I don't like Coffee. I should add that it took 1000 pages for that gem to drop. It's a boring, long read.
 
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Another human caused forest fire, this one from a homeless camp in the forest, in a province that now fines citizens $25,000 to simply walk in the forest 10’. Homeless camps remain of course, with no fines!

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Was a Halifax-area wildfire caused by homeless camp?

As Nova Scotians face $28,000 fines for walking in the woods, officials refuse to answer whether last week's forest fire outside Halifax was caused by a homeless camp
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I very recently watched a documentary that focused on how the frozen far north of Canada is melting, and as a result, these vast areas that were once frozen 'wastelands' are coming to life. Native grasses are growing, and wildlife is thriving in these new feeding grounds, the 'Circle of Life'.
Could be a land grab up there in the wilderness, eh!
 
78jotadave said:
I very recently watched a documentary that focused on how the frozen far north of Canada is melting, and as a result, these vast areas that were once frozen 'wastelands' are coming to life. Native grasses are growing, and wildlife is thriving in these new feeding grounds, the 'Circle of Life'.
Could be a land grab up there in the wilderness, eh!
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Just waiting for Texaco to move in and the wildlife out.
Paul
 
Vince said:
My first big tour on a Bike, I read Zen and the art at night, it was a struggle. The interesting bits were few and far between. My only memory from it, nearly 40 years later, was to not rush at problems, take your time for a cup of coffee and come at them slowly. The only issue is I don't like Coffee. I should add that it took 1000 pages for that gem to drop. It's a boring, long read.
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Yep, but 1000 pages makes for plenty of fire starters.
 
78jotadave said:
I very recently watched a documentary that focused on how the frozen far north of Canada is melting, and as a result, these vast areas that were once frozen 'wastelands' are coming to life. Native grasses are growing, and wildlife is thriving in these new feeding grounds, the 'Circle of Life'.
Could be a land grab up there in the wilderness, eh!
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Less than 8500 yrs ago , the city of Vancouver, Seattle, etc, was covered by 2.6 km thick ice sheet. Yes, ice is receding. Way before human influence.
 
We have had the wettest August in 26 years in Sydney, and the low-pressure systems are still lining up heading here from the west, and the way it's going, it might be the wettest ever, as they expect another 100mm in the next two days. The weekend looks dry for the Bears racing at Eastern Creek, but it's going to take weeks for my backyard to dry out again. Maybe I should swap my Laverdas for Hovercrafts.
 
Alzero said:
Looks like a typhoon is going to come ashore 100kms or so north of us. Scheduled to make landfall on our Monday morning. It should be interesting…..
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Better than south of you where you would be in the dangerous quadrant. Don't be close to sea level regardless. A lot can change in two days.
 
Tippie said:
Better than south of you where you would be in the dangerous quadrant. Don't be close to sea level regardless. A lot can change in two days.
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We are one building back from the sea, but on the 26th floor facing the sea. We have a narrow sea, but not beach, view between the towers. Last year the oceanfront blvd was covered by sand, but the water never reached the level of the building lobbies.

We just stocked up on food to make sandwiches in case the power is off. I am going to get a spare 20l bottle of drinking water too.
 
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