Caryl

By the way, this isn't bubbles, it is ice that formed inside the building!

Can you carry 80kg batteries? :lol:

He laughs and says "And they pay me to do this!!!" :lol: :bounce: :lol:

Up on the Black Birch Range (1700m) Telecom have a hut containing various radio telephone (RT) equipment for other companies including service for police, ambulance, DOC etc. With the unusual snowfall on Monday night, the overhead powerline, much lower down the hill, couldn't handle the ice load, breaking some of the lines and cross arms on the poles, thus mains power was lost. The battery capacity is only designed for short term mains outages as there is a diesel generator on-site which should start automatically. It didn't. Further down the hill at 1400m is another Telecom site for telephone service for most of the Awatere Valley. This also lost mains power and the batteries failed shortly afterwards. They should have lasted more than 24hrs. Their mission, should they accept it, was to fix it! They first tried to drive up but got stuck in snow at only 500m up :-? . Next, they got to fly in a helicopter to the lower site but it coould not shut down as the weather was likely to change and the cloud ceiling was almost at that level. It lifted 4 batteries weighing more than 80kg each close to the site for them, along with tools, so they could temporarily connect them to the system to get it operational. The pilot warned them that if they heard the helicopter rev, to stop everything and run because as soon as he got the engine up to speed he was lifting off whether they were on board or not! :lol: The first problem was opening the door of the hut as the locks were frozen. They couldn't get to the higher site due to low cloud so went home. Next day was too cloudy for choppers so they got a digger to break a path up the Mt. It took them 4 hours to do 8km :roll: Then it was too dark to see the road so they had to return home until next day. Today they headed up again and eventually got to the top site about midday. It only took 2hrs to do the final 3km. There are more shots here This is ice formed on a waratah

I thought it was illegal to let cows into natural waterways?

Does anyone know if the cleaners, used to suck up muck in swimming pools, can be used in fish ponds?

Thank you all for the suggestions. They are making me laugh! :lol: :lol: :lol:

Ummmm, I have never looked that closely at swamps and wetlands, which I think are too separate things (but don't quote me). Swamps tend to be a lot of still water with trees around the edges. Wetlands have shallower water and a lot of marshy areas for frogs and other critters. Have a look here and here

Hmmm I thought Bud, the wonder budgie, was the only pet in here with his own computer. I see your angel appears to have a Blackberry or similar! :lol:

A high proton diet? 8) Just don't fiddle with the knobs

Hi and welcome. I can't comment on HRV V DVS but would like to point out your tank is really too small for two goldfish and a plec. All those fish would be much happier in something twice the size

I think it was tinytawnykitten. Called Butterfly and Insect World and next to a large Dobbies Garden Centre

Got some pics whetu? Our club did a walk in the dark at Whites Bay. There are supposed to be carnivorous snails there but we didn't find any.

Hi and welcome. If you go up to the User Control Panel (top left of screen) and add your location to your profile it helps people see where you are if you ever require more personal assistance (like swapping plants, fish etc).

The Babel Fish is small, yellow, leech-like, and is a universal translator which simultaneously translates from one spoken language to another. When inserted into the ear, its nutrition processes convert sound waves into brain waves, neatly crossing the language divide between any species you should happen to meet whilst travelling in space. Meanwhile, the poor Babel fish, by effectively removing all barriers to communication between different races and cultures, has caused more and bloodier wars than anything else in the history of creation. Arthur Dent, a surviving Earthling, commented only 'Eurgh!' when first inserting the fish into his ear canal. It did, however, enable him to understand Vogon Poetry - not necessarily a good thing. The book points out that the Babel Fish could not possibly have developed naturally, and therefore proves the existence of God as its creator. However, as Man points out, God needs faith to exist, and this proof dispels the need for faith, therefore causing God to vanish "in a puff of logic".

I don't think the Babel fish helps with understanding Vogon poetry as nothing does that! Oh freddled gruntbuggly, Thy micturations are to me As plurdled gabbleblotchits On a lurgid bee That mordiously hath bitled out Its earted jurtles Into a rancid festering [drowned out by moaning and screaming] Now the jurpling slayjid agrocrustles Are slurping hagrilly up the axlegrurts And living glupules frart and slipulate Like jowling meated liverslime Groop, I implore thee, my foonting turlingdromes And hooptiously drangle me With crinkly bindlewurdles, Or else I shall rend thee in the gobberwarts with my blurglecruncheon See if I don't.

So you wouldn't like the Babel fish either huh? :lol:

ouch!

aff ee oh sem eeon and that other one :lol: Definitely dah nee oh dahling

Lucky you! I assume you will be travelling complete with camera? :lol:

It was (and still is) a giant millipede. Same as LAs except more compacted body parts (and a few more legs) :lol: It was very hard to the touch and I don't know how squishable it would be, although a good stomp would do it in I am sure. It was very friendly and didn't bite anyone.

Then I think Russell is the most appropriate suggestion so far :lol:

We got to play with one of these in Scotland... Must be a relative :lol:

The Greek letter is Beta though, not betta

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