@Fruitcake I'll give that a shot! Thanks for the suggestion!
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Aaaaand de fun don't stop!
The Wife pranged her car a few weeks ago, and has been hunting around for a replacement. She got set on one at West Pennant Hills (NW Sydney), so we drove down to have a look at it. Took it for a short test drive, all good.
As we did, people were coming out and covering their cars with blankets and mats because a fierce storm with hail was about to come through. "Great!" I thought, and I went up to move my car under a tree, in the vague hope it would get some protection from the hail. What I hadn't expected was the fierce wind and the way the tree was thrashing above me, so I rolled the car forward, and looked in the rear view mirror... in time to see the tree crash onto the road behind me!! And the one I was heading towards did too!
"Shit!" I thought, because the hail was starting, but I didn't fare go near another tree, and fortunately the hail was no bigger than a large ice cube and mostly smaller.
When I checked the car later, the tree had been closer than I thought - there was a dent about the size of a 5c piece above the fuel inlet. So could have been much worse - the people who lived across from the tree thought I was under it and about to phone for an ambulance! The people where we had come to see the car actually had two of their cars crushed when their neighbour's tree came down and just missed their house.
Once the storm passed, we slowly made our way out of Nth Sydney. So many huge gum trees had come down, SES people everywhere.
Still edgy. For some reason I'm very tired now...
The Wife pranged her car a few weeks ago, and has been hunting around for a replacement. She got set on one at West Pennant Hills (NW Sydney), so we drove down to have a look at it. Took it for a short test drive, all good.
As we did, people were coming out and covering their cars with blankets and mats because a fierce storm with hail was about to come through. "Great!" I thought, and I went up to move my car under a tree, in the vague hope it would get some protection from the hail. What I hadn't expected was the fierce wind and the way the tree was thrashing above me, so I rolled the car forward, and looked in the rear view mirror... in time to see the tree crash onto the road behind me!! And the one I was heading towards did too!
"Shit!" I thought, because the hail was starting, but I didn't fare go near another tree, and fortunately the hail was no bigger than a large ice cube and mostly smaller.
When I checked the car later, the tree had been closer than I thought - there was a dent about the size of a 5c piece above the fuel inlet. So could have been much worse - the people who lived across from the tree thought I was under it and about to phone for an ambulance! The people where we had come to see the car actually had two of their cars crushed when their neighbour's tree came down and just missed their house.
Once the storm passed, we slowly made our way out of Nth Sydney. So many huge gum trees had come down, SES people everywhere.
Still edgy. For some reason I'm very tired now...
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Saw some of that weather damage on the news. Yikes!!!!!!!!
That's actually kind of scary what was happening, and you had flooded shopping malls and train stations.
That's actually kind of scary what was happening, and you had flooded shopping malls and train stations.
Rather amusing watching the Libs and Labor fawning over the thought of Richard Branson building a spaceport for his Virgin Galactic in Australia and of course we have our rinky dink space centre here in Adelaide..... Wooo.
Being government involved it could only turn into a mess.
Being government involved it could only turn into a mess.
@Australis that's terrible!! Glad you were not crushed by a tree!!
Thanks @Fruitcake me too!
The storms were pretty fierce. I think all the large trees around me (about 4 in 1 block) came down in a 2-3 minute period. And were tangled in the power lines.
The storms were pretty fierce. I think all the large trees around me (about 4 in 1 block) came down in a 2-3 minute period. And were tangled in the power lines.
Now how about Spaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaccccccccceeeee?
Do you think Branson will put a spaceport in Australia?
Do you think Branson will put a spaceport in Australia?
Yep, because business.
Aaaand we had another storm pass by us and cut the power for 2 hours.
Aaaaand now my main PC has died again. I suspect the boot sector is screwed and may be recoverable. After last time I had the sense to do auto backups so not as stressed and may get something better, with a surge protector. But damn.
Aaaand we had another storm pass by us and cut the power for 2 hours.
Aaaaand now my main PC has died again. I suspect the boot sector is screwed and may be recoverable. After last time I had the sense to do auto backups so not as stressed and may get something better, with a surge protector. But damn.
If it's cloudless in you area right now (we aren't! 
) go outside and look east. You might be able to see a green star, It's actually a comet.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/science...pwirtanen-and-geminids-meteor-shower/10583932
) go outside and look east. You might be able to see a green star, It's actually a comet.https://www.abc.net.au/news/science...pwirtanen-and-geminids-meteor-shower/10583932
If you have a win7 boot CD, start from that and it hopefully have some specific tools to repair boot issues. (Am out of practice with win7 recovery but Google should help).
Win10 is easier because I know the tools to specifically repair boot issues sre there).
Meanwhile in Australia pollies cheating on their partners..
https://www.newidea.com.au/nationals-mp-andrew-broad-shock-sugar-baby-secret
https://www.newidea.com.au/nationals-mp-andrew-broad-shock-sugar-baby-secret
@Marc don't have a boot CD but my repair guy will, I'll let him worry about it, he's also going to fix up what will be my music/video PC. Gonna be huge!
The Nat MP picking up a sugar babe, well, both consenting adults, but he led the charge against Joyce for the same thing. This is Joyce undermining and trying to get back in to the high chair-- I mean, the big chair.
The Nat MP picking up a sugar babe, well, both consenting adults, but he led the charge against Joyce for the same thing. This is Joyce undermining and trying to get back in to the high chair-- I mean, the big chair.
Very true, but its fun watching the adults playing like kids. Remember Tony famously said they were the adults.
and the AFP have said no he hasn't broken the law.
Could take it as yet another argument for an ICAC given the S.A one rubbed out a mayor for using a rate payer funded trip to the Philippines as a cover for seeing his girlfriend.
here's a good laugh.
women have gotten the short end of the stick from the lnp over the past 6 years yet some how the government via frydenberg reckons the voters will overlook in them favour of the govt's supposed economic credentials.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-12...l-overlook-coalitions-womens-problem/10629588
think frydenberg much have found someone's stash.
women have gotten the short end of the stick from the lnp over the past 6 years yet some how the government via frydenberg reckons the voters will overlook in them favour of the govt's supposed economic credentials.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-12...l-overlook-coalitions-womens-problem/10629588
think frydenberg much have found someone's stash.
