The 'sense' thread

Hix said:
I saw news reports last year of a solar bikini, so you could charge your devices while you sunbathed.

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Hix
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Given the small surface area of bikinis these days, I wonder how effective one would be. Hmmm .... :confused:
 
I ate kangaroo a couple times but I really dislike it. It has a gamey taste and I clearly did not know how to cook it. I also had croc meat, but that isn't tasty either. The author of this article didn't touch on the fact that these meats just aren't that tasty compared to orthodox meats.



Why Australia has a problem with kangaroo meat

Australians are reluctant to eat kangaroo meat, but a number of chefs are beginning to champion the meat as tasty, nutritious and environmentally friendly.

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BBC News - Eating Skippy: Why Australia has a problem with kangaroo meat
 
I've eaten both, and quite like them. Croc is very expensive though, and much harder to get. Kangaroo can only be cooked Medium or Medium rare, and this is a problem for some people - cook it any longer and it becomes tough.

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Hix
 
Hix said:
I've eaten both, and quite like them. Croc is very expensive though, and much harder to get. Kangaroo can only be cooked Medium or Medium rare, and this is a problem for some people - cook it any longer and it becomes tough.

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Hix
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Yeah I don't like seeing blood in my cooked meat, so I clearly over cooked Skippy. Croc tasted like rubbery chicken when I had it on the Gold Coast.
 
Queue jumpers make me angry. Sometimes I tell them off, but they are usually bigger than me, so I just grind my teeth and say nothing. I often tell off the Chinese who push in front of me because at least I am bigger than them, but I am forgiving, because I visited china and experienced the pushing culture. No hard feelings. What really irks me is the throughbred Aussies who jump the queue and play dumb: "oh sorry, I did not realise that all twenty of you were waiting to withdraw cash. I thought you just happened to be standing next to an ATM in an orderly manner."


Is forming an orderly queue really the British way?

It's almost finals weekend at Wimbledon when thousands will be forming an orderly queue to get in. But is it really the British way?

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BBC News - Queuing: Is it really the British way?
 
nanoboy said:
What really irks me is the throughbred Aussies who jump the queue and play dumb: "oh sorry, I did not realise that all twenty of you were waiting to withdraw cash. I thought you just happened to be standing next to an ATM in an orderly manner."
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maybe if EFTPOS was more user-friendly in Australia you wouldn't have those twenty-strong queues at the ATMs......
 
Chlidonias said:
maybe if EFTPOS was more user-friendly in Australia you wouldn't have those twenty-strong queues at the ATMs......
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Touche'. :D

This happened to me at the bank of ATMs at a train station (Liverpool Street I believe) a couple years ago. The queues are so long, that there are rope barriers (like what you see at the cinema box office) and this man just went straight up to an ATM and bypassed the winding queue. A guy from the queue shouted out "that's not how it's done, fella". He apologised, saying he did not realise there was a queue, and then sheepishly went to the back of the queue.
 
Engelbart died on Tuesday, which may have prompted the list.

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Hix
 
You ever watch those movies or read those novels and think "yeah right - no way he met all those famous people by chance"? Well, this guy had a pretty extraordinary life. I mean, who really goes up to a stranger in a cafe and asks them to smuggle out some Chagalls (paintings)?


Could one man have shortened the Vietnam War?

Malcolm Gladwell on the little-known defence analyst who might have changed the course of the Vietnam War - if only people had listened to him.

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BBC News - Viewpoint: Could one man have shortened the Vietnam War?
 
Are there any Scientologists here? Back in 2000 or 2001 I was walking down Oxford Street in London and noticed there was a Scientology exhibition on. They had rented prime real estate (imagine the most popular shopping street in your city) for a free photo exhibition on the life of Ron Hubbard. I had never heard of Scientology, and decided to have a look. I thought it was ok and the followers were really friendly. :) I didn't join in the end though because I don't like Kool Aid. ;) (Does any younger reader get the Kool Aid reference?)



How Scientology changed the internet

The secretive church has long been a "pioneer" in having content removed from the internet, writes the BBC's Dave Lee.

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BBC News - How Scientology changed the internet
 
nanoboy said:
Are there any Scientologists here? Back in 2000 or 2001 I was walking down Oxford Street in London and noticed there was a Scientology exhibition on. They had rented prime real estate (imagine the most popular shopping street in your city) for a free photo exhibition on the life of Ron Hubbard. I had never heard of Scientology, and decided to have a look. I thought it was ok and the followers were really friendly. :) I didn't join in the end though because I don't like Kool Aid. ;) (Does any younger reader get the Kool Aid reference?)



How Scientology changed the internet

The secretive church has long been a "pioneer" in having content removed from the internet, writes the BBC's Dave Lee.

Read more:
BBC News - How Scientology changed the internet
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oh well done nanoboy. When Zoochat disappears from the internet we know who to blame for using it to bring disrepute to the fine upstanding establishment that is Scientology.
 
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