Hummings of a Happy Hurkle

Don’t you just love high petrol prices?

The change in traffic patterns in my area is dramatic. The roads have unclogged; I can get where I want to go and not get stuck in endless traffic jams; there are noticeably less Toorak tanks on school duty. Wonderful!

Also they’ve just opened Eastlink and they’re widening the Monash so pretty soon those of us who don’t mind paying a bit more are going to have a much better driving experience. Not so good for those who have to give up some of their driving.

From what I read, the same is about to happen to flying. Prices will keep rising, the airlines will retire their older aircraft and will cut marginal routes and marginal flights, and will have to work hard to stay in business. Reduced traffic means fewer delays (especially Sydney). Lower demand means some reduction in loading — fewer flights absolutely full, although they will tend to cancel flights that are not full enough. That means more empty seats and possibly better in-flight service. Again, not so good for those who have to fly less.

And it’s good for the planet too!

To a mathematical Hurkle, that’s what 22/7 suggests. Enjoy!

A blonde, a brunette, and a redhead show up for the same job interview. They fill out their forms and wait to be called in. The brunette goes first. After discussing her qualifications, the interviewer decides to ask her last question:
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Two Irishmen walk into a pet shop in Dingle, they walk over to the bird section and Gerry says to Paddy, ‘Dat’s dem.’

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This quick overview applies primarily to Victoria, but seems to be in harmony with Commonwealth law.

The law provides for 4 offences: procuring, making, possessing or publishing child pornography.

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I’ve been thinking about Combined Heat and Power (CHP) as a solution to the energy crisis.

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Hopefully some of you know what Vaxen are (or were).

This link is to an account of an entertaining clash of computer cultures, over 20 years ago. I enjoyed it. I assure you, the culture is alive and well today.

Another great Web comic.

http://www.farleftside.com/2008/5-16-08.html

I’ve been thinking about alternative medicine.

A broad general review would likely find that alternative medicine is clearly superior to Western medicine in two specific areas: (1) its practitioners are more attentive and spend more time with their patients and (2) although Western medicine does rely to some extent on the placebo effect, alternative medicine seems to have better placebos and get more out of them.

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A friend bought some blood pressure monitors for a kidney association, and
they came with ‘free’ bottles of Blackmores CoQ10.

According to the label CoQ10 is ‘Coenzyme Q10 . . . a nutrient that occurs naturally in every cell in the body, where it is involved with the production of cellular energy. High concentrations are found in the heart. Levels of CoQ10 are depleted with exercise and decline with age.’ The active ingredient is ubidecarenone.

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