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[Ancient Mariner]

Decided to modify the bottom Defender door seals to make dustproof.Drove 20k into town to pick up some contact cement and sat it on the mudguard when I got back .With the dog pestering me for his daily swim ,took of down the fence line to the dam When I got back spent 20 minutes searching the workshop before I twigged .I sit here now looking at my $18 can wondering if it would have been possible anyway

[Homestar]

At least you've solved the age old question - can you glue leaves, twigs and dirt together with contact adhesive.

Method - place tin on dirt, leaves and twigs, run over with Defender while taking dog for swim...

[DiscoMick]

My breakfast view. I'm sure you recognize it.

[Chops]

Nice view,,, but I'm not sure where exactly it is,, I'm guessing Glasshouse Mts (?)

A good view to sit and contemplate and relax,,, nice.

[DiscoMick]

Yep the Glasshouse Mtns from the cafe in the new $2m Visitor Information Centre at Mary Cairncross Reserve at Maleny. Very good. Interactive. Tasty coffee too.

[DiscoMick]

Idiots!

4WD damage in Tasmania's Arthur Pieman Conservation Area stokes anger - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

[DiscoMick]

Just for interest, rather than start yet another thread, these maps are said to show what would happen if the oceans rose 80 metres because the world's average temperature had risen four degrees, as some climate scientists predict. It's goodbye most of Sydney, Brisbane, Darwin and many other parts of Australia and welcome to the new inland sea. Interesting.
The 100 Metre Line: 80m Sea Rise maps - Australia

[Chops]

The "New inland sea",,, didn't we already have that there??

Seems the the worlds on a normal cycle to me.

[Toxic_Avenger]

Just for interest, rather than start yet another thread, these maps are said to show what would happen if the oceans rose 80 metres because the world's average temperature had risen four degrees, as some climate scientists predict. It's goodbye most of Sydney, Brisbane, Darwin and many other parts of Australia and welcome to the new inland sea. Interesting.
The 100 Metre Line: 80m Sea Rise maps - Australia

I find it interesting how water expands when frozen.
While all the ice above sea level will melt, it's actual volume of liquid will be LESS than its volume as a solid.
Same can be said for the ice (water in its solid state) under the current water line.
So it's no easy feat to say sea level will rise 'X' meters, as they'd need to map the depth of the arctic ice below the water line (if it melts, liquid will take its place, and sea level will drop), and offset this with the volume of iceabove the sea level.

I'm glad there are some clever people out there. My mind boggles as to how anyone would even begin to calculate this accurately enough for the journalist scaremongers to draw such a map

[JDNSW]

The major effects on sea level from increased temperature are from the melting of ice that is not supported by sea - in other words, mainly the Antarctic and Greenland ice caps, plus the thermal expansion of the ocean waters as they warm. Floating ice has virtually no effect on sea level as it melts.

Uncertainty arises from a variety of effects, most of which are very difficult to quantify, especially the timescale. These include the mixing rate of deep ocean water, uncertainty about what ice in both the Arctic and Antarctic is floating, and what is grounded, melting rates with increased temperature, elastic rebound from unloading of the ice caps (isostacy), which will be compensated for by deepening of ocean basins.