My first boat

My second go at a solar boat

 The top 2 photos is of my old mate Alex Revel at the controls. The bottom two photos is with my possum poo maker Alex again demonstrating the end product..

Bushranger electric cycle car in the Adelaide to Sydney solar 21c solar car race

My solar boat and recumbant bike

No one left for the straight guys

Same sex marriage is in the headlines in Australia.
Then I read in a posting from America:-
A group of mostly Protestant and evangelical church leaders, representing churches with over 20 million members, are asking the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) National Council meeting this week to retain the current BSA stance on sexuality. The May 22-24 meeting will consider a proposal to prohibit “discrimination” based on “sexual orientation or preference,” while leaving in place the current prohibition on openly homosexual Scout leaders.
Back in my grandfathers day women were made to ride a horse side saddle as this could be make a woman to go off so to speak. Rules were usually made for a reason in those days. Can I marry my horse they might ask? Then there is female circumcision in some countries why? Because  there is not much to do and sexual activity had to be curbed and this was the way to do it. These things were done back in the times of Jesus and they didn't know any other way.
Then what will they ask  to marry next? 
 Is there is no one left for the straight guy.
Food for thought!!!

One working parent

Having two working parents was to get the TOYS for the family. Now it is a must to have both working to get buy. Reduce the debt and the insurances be it life or house one car as the wife can then do the child care from home, this is the way to make ends meet.
Equal rights for women what a load of bullshit, I like my women to be women, Dainty not a brickies laborer with foul mouth or a high flying executive with no feelings.
Women have lost there way and what they want.
It was great to come home to a home cooked dinner at the table, Now its fast food in front of the TV set watching repeats of American bullshit from the sixty's.

Building with timber

Have you ever sat and watched an open fire burn. Then you place another piece of 4x2 on the fire. watch where the fire starts at the corners and then the wood is slowly consumed. Taking advantage of this if the timber was round as in the raw so to speak it takes longer for the timber to start to burn. Why ? There is no hot spot on the round to start to burn as there is with milled square timber. The milled timber also has the saw cuts that produce corners for hot spots to form. In comparison the round with bark fully removed is smooth and there is no areas of hot spots to start to burn. If houses were built with this in mind there would be less tendency for them to burn down. Trees in the wild resist fast moving fires and if  the fire gets inside them the heat generated is reflected to the near by surfaces which then speeds up the process.