You are who you are

Sunday, October 4, 2009

You are who you are

One of the earliest times I can remember in life at about four years was that we were low on the money tree that is we were poor. I remember mum telling me that there was gold at the end of a rainbow and she described the riches there. The next day there was a rainbow over a swamp and I decided to go and get all that gold I waded into the swamp in mud up to my neck to get the gold and was in that swamp for about three hours and the end of the rainbow kept moving and in the end I had to give up on the conquest. There was I in this swamp as the light was fading covered in leaches cold and tired. I found my way home and got a belting for going swimming alone. Some times life can be harder than expected don't expect thanks for anything as you do because you wont get it. I felt more at home with animals than people and I used to go into a dry creek bed and played with baby brown snakes until my father saw me and he killed all those little friends I had. I went on to befriend a wild bull that came out of the bush to the house to make friends with the cows, my dad once caught me out in the paddock sleeping on the bull and the bull didn't move when my father came to get me . It was about then that I realised I had a gift with wild animals. My uncle Tiny was a bushman and was trainer as a black tracker by the local aborigines, and he used to teach me the ways of the blacks and of the bush I have never forgotten those things and those fantastic times. Only just recently he told me that I was part aboriginal and how it happened I was left in a quandary as to who I was and I went searching for answers. I went and saw an aboriginal woman who was full blood and she gave me this advise. "You are who you are". How simple is that! For all those people who have some sort of dilemma about who you are this is the answer. I will repeat it again . "You are who you are". cheers Stewart

tesla coils

I have been playing around with Tesla coils and have found something strange about energy in some times doesn't equal energy out! Has anyone else found this?

solar water heaters make electricity

As I said before in another post water heating is viable proposition and also for heating air.I placed a mirror on the west side of the house at Gundagai to heat the freezing room in the morning and it worked.It increased the temperature about 5 to 10 degrees ( the thermometer was broken and the scales moved so this is a guess) What would happen if more mirrors were placed and directed to a focal point and all the heat heated water, maybe a boiler to run a steam engine to generate electricity..I could use a 2inch x2inch engine to drive a car alternator to charge batteries and these could pump water. Just dreaming but it would work...What if it were done on a big scale? cheers Stewart

earthquakes

Are the earth quakes in the last days are related? Yes! They all have one thing in common the Australian plate. Things will get worse in the future why? Well the amount of coal iron ore and now natural gas being taken from Australia since this country began mining and the weight of all exports must have an effect on the balance of the planet. If you don't believe me go out and take a wheel weight from one of your car wheels and see what happens. The natural gas is like a shock absorber, try taking one of those off your car as well...We move people from on area of Sydney in the morning and then back in the afternoon, there is thousands of tons doing this every day, not only here but in all other cities all around the world. This would weaken the sub surface rocks and in time will cause cracking and therefore weight changes in a local area and then this will transfer to the plates as a hole. What can be done ? Nothing it will just happen and we will have to live with the consequences.This doesn't take into account all the atomic bomb explosions in the Pacific and other places over the years as well..Don't believe me ? Then go to Newcastle (Australia) and see the ground subsidence there that has come to the surface..
I guess that some people will think I'm a real nutter now but I posted this as food for thought only..cheers Stewart

tiny tug modifications

Last time we used the little tug the seating arrangements were not real good, so modifications had to be made.

The cabin had to be raised and a steering wheel put in a new seat made and the hull needed stiffening.

The wheel was acquired from an antique shop and the black plywood from the rubbish tip.

I had the pulleys and rope up at Gundagai and bought them here.

It looks a bit top heavy but wont know until I relaunch her. cheers Stewart

wind water generators

Don't be fooled into saving 90% of your electricity from the wind or water power. It can be done and is only for knowledgeable amateur's. There is many pitfalls along the way there is some good stuff to be learnt from the net and would advise the following site. www.mdpub.com/Wind_Turbine/index.html This is one of the better sites for good information, what would happen if the turbine was in suburbia and the fan blade hurt someone. Could it happen, yes, we built a car with a fan driving it and I rolled it and the blades smashed and the blades went over 200 yards from the crash site. I'm not saying don't do it cause it is fun and yes you can save money try charging batteries at first then go onto bigger stuff.
Little generator little power little money little trouble, big generator big every thing else.
Our water generator (hydro electric) was 7.5 kilowatts three phase using a cross flow turbine, 12 inches wide 14inch diameter running at 200rpm, driving a generator at 1500 rpm, and a head of water of 4 metres and a water flow of 3,000 gallons / minute. this might sound complicated and to the untrained it is.

If you have any questions I will try to answer them here. cheers Stewart

How do I get videos on utube

Ive got some great videos of some of the stuff here but I don't know how to get it from tape to computer ! cheers Stewart