What if you lived in Australia? - Page 732

**philll_77** · April 22nd, 2018, 04:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Estreeter

Nyet, Kolega

I reckon E wears Driza-Bone...

Estreeter · April 22nd, 2018, 04:53 PM

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Originally Posted by palo5

Do they speak German with Polish accents?

Fucked if I know

**effCup** · April 23rd, 2018, 11:41 AM

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Originally Posted by palo5

Do they speak German with Polish accents?

Do they polish cars wearing ̶G̶e̶r̶m̶a̶n̶ Austr[al]ian accoutrements?

Yodeleigh ooheigh!

**trailmaster** · April 23rd, 2018, 12:07 PM

Kevin here. Australia has Highway 1 the single longest continuous road in the world which is 14,500 km or about 9,000 miles long. This means that a car moving at a speed of 65 mph would take over 138 hours of continuous driving to drive all the way around the nation and I doubt anyone could do that in good health. If I lived in Australia and I was super rich like the late Mr.Big or his son Hiram Big(net worth: 400 billion dollars) I would build a monorail or mag-lev train which also would circumnavigate the entire country. This train could move at speeds of over 300 mph(482 kph) which would mean that a person riding the train could see the entire country in just 30 hours. Trouble is the cost of building such a train would be more than it is worth, because the land would be so completely screwed up from the construction mess. I doubt that even in the far future would any such train ever be built in aussieland. Too bad. What a sight it would make!

bnbscans · April 23rd, 2018, 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Estreeter

Well, I for one reckon she

looks more appealing dressed up

She should've left it on for the rest of the sitting

Maybe it is time to recycle the old Bronwyn Bishop riddle.

Q. What's the difference between Senator Hanson and a rottweiler?
A. Just the lipstick.

bnbscans · April 23rd, 2018, 01:23 PM

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Originally Posted by trailmaster

If I saw all my favorite Northern Hemisphere constellations upside down in Australia I might think I was on another planet or worse I might think I was going insane.

As a little kid I could never make out "the man in the moon". Made me think that adults were insane. Down here he is upside down!

bnbscans · April 23rd, 2018, 01:38 PM

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Originally Posted by trailmaster

I doubt that even in the far future would any such train ever be built in aussieland. Too bad. What a sight it would make!

I'd be happy if they just modernised the Belgrave/Lilydale lines. Sick of hearing "Metro apologises for the inconvenience" when trains are cancelled due the weather being too hot, too cold, too wet, too dry, too windy, too sunny or a damn possum bites a wire and takes out the signalling system.

**trailmaster** · April 23rd, 2018, 02:51 PM

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Originally Posted by bnbscans

I'd be happy if they just modernised the Belgrave/Lilydale lines. Sick of hearing "Metro apologises for the inconvenience" when trains are cancelled due the weather being too hot, too cold, too wet, too dry, too windy, too sunny or a damn possum bites a wire and takes out the signalling system.

That kind of thing happens everywhere. Here in America the electric companies go crazy because squirrels have this compulsion to gnaw on things(it is in their genes to keep their front teeth constantly sharp so they can crack open nuts and seeds. All rodents have this gnawing compulsion) and the thing that squirrels like to gnaw on best is electric wires. Whoops there goes another transformer that knocks out power for a square block. Out go the investigators and they always find the same thing. An electricfried squirrel that was gnawing on a major electric trunk line near a transformer. Squirrels, don't you just love them. My favorite furry American critter.

**Arturo2nd** · April 23rd, 2018, 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by bnbscans

As a little kid I could never make out "the man in the moon". Made me think that adults were insane. Down here he is upside down!

The ancients thought it was a rabbit, which is far easier to see IMO.

**chris chunt** · April 23rd, 2018, 07:21 PM

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Originally Posted by chris chunt

I heard someone say the constellations are upside down when viewed from Australia .
Is that true ?

Betelgeuse glowing orangey red in the top left corner of the constellation of Orion in this drawing would become bottom right ?

Turns out it is .
Australian night sky maps show it like this in this photo I've discovered .
I'd like to see that for real .

April 23rd, 2018, 12:07 PM	#7314
trailmaster Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA Posts: 59,909 Thanks: 1,329,179 Thanked 707,348 Times in 60,083 Posts	Kevin here. Australia has Highway 1 the single longest continuous road in the world which is 14,500 km or about 9,000 miles long. This means that a car moving at a speed of 65 mph would take over 138 hours of continuous driving to drive all the way around the nation and I doubt anyone could do that in good health. If I lived in Australia and I was super rich like the late Mr.Big or his son Hiram Big(net worth: 400 billion dollars) I would build a monorail or mag-lev train which also would circumnavigate the entire country. This train could move at speeds of over 300 mph(482 kph) which would mean that a person riding the train could see the entire country in just 30 hours. Trouble is the cost of building such a train would be more than it is worth, because the land would be so completely screwed up from the construction mess. I doubt that even in the far future would any such train ever be built in aussieland. Too bad. What a sight it would make!