Thread: Trivia and other useless but interesting items

Originally Posted by NavyDiver

Pommy J1 subs used as target practice of Port Phillip heads

The Melbourne Salvage Company bought four of them, which were used for bombing practice outside Port Phillip Heads by Australian aircraft in 1926.

The pilots must've needed the practice as it was reported in The Argus that no direct hits were made, but no bomb landed "more than about 200 feet away". Not many marinas can boast a 100-year-old submarine, but this one does - ABC News



Noting a few warship missiles we tossed at a hulk of Jarvis Bay in the eighties also have some Five inch H.E. from 20km away fired at it then still needed some wet work to add some C4 to send it to the bottom- Divers get all the fun work- it was a blast Same at RIMPAC with a few million $$$$$$ of older missiles from Ships and Fast Flying types. Some things do not like to sink

On Other Trivia I noted we in clearly did not learn from "If the Australian government thought they were getting a great deal, they must've been remarkably disappointed when the J-class fleet limped into Australian waters in July 1919." A few old GOOD deal ships we got from the US in the 90s were rust buckets plus. 2nd hand warships are not always a good buy

Thank you my dear Watson I was glad to read that article as I thought I had imagined a Sub off the beach back then used by "dark" people from the island ,for training. I never found any further reference to the" hush "mob who used the island. Cops, SAS etc but that has probably changed.

My article of a few years ago mentioned the island joined by a Causeway/Bridge with sentries at the entry. An aerial image showed the Sub sans "rust"& crap lying just off the beach but I never could find it again. Photo showed it as in fairly good nick then. (??)


As I recall, it was then lying parallel to the shore. Maybe it could be gifted to the French as a token of our real esteem & as an apology for "Stabbing them in the back" Sacre bleu!

,[-38.26863874894999,144.65600041025],null,[-38.2619502809373,144.66896084420995],15]]swan island victoria military base - Google Search


https://www.aulro.com/afvb/editpost.php?p=3111585&do=editpost



Swan Island must now be on a Secret list as I cannot post the URL for it. Well I can post them, but I suspect Google has them blocked. SPOOKS?

The poms are panic buying fuel

Shortage of trucks and drivers would in my silly view mean less demand for fuel- ( I know fuel needs trucks and drivers)

British petrol stations run out of fuel as motorists panic buy amid truck-driver shortage - ABC News

Originally Posted by NavyDiver

The poms are panic buying fuel

Shortage of trucks and drivers would in my silly view mean less demand for fuel- ( I know fuel needs trucks and drivers)

British petrol stations run out of fuel as motorists panic buy amid truck-driver shortage - ABC News

So BREXIT was a good thing, roight?


In their calculations I wonder if they even considered unforeseen emergencies & how European countries would jack up on them? Obviously not.

Originally Posted by NavyDiver

The poms are panic buying fuel

Shortage of trucks and drivers would in my silly view mean less demand for fuel- ( I know fuel needs trucks and drivers)

British petrol stations run out of fuel as motorists panic buy amid truck-driver shortage - ABC News

Just this hour having a shed clearout & "found" while extracting the VICTA, 8 ex-military steel Jerricans, well 10 actually, but I'm keeping two..


They were "discovered" by me in a client owned shed years ago in the CBD where they were stored with an ex civvy bull nosed Full canopied Land Rover Forward Control truck, (model???) which they had used or were planning to use, for oil exploration in the out back when Aust.was a country to be reckoned with way back then. There must have been a couple of hundred on their premises at the time. stacked all around the joint.


I often wonder what happened to that truck.



So James, hows about we chuck them on a Chartered jet & take 160 litres over for the Brits. $1000 per litre sounds reasonable to me. Good idea? Nope? Thought so.

TiC.

Originally Posted by 4bee

Just this hour having a shed clearout & "found" while extracting the VICTA, 8 ex-military steel Jerricans, well 10 actually, but I'm keeping two..


They were "discovered" by me in a client owned shed years ago in the CBD where they were stored with an ex civvy bull nosed Full canopied Land Rover truck, (model???) which they had used or were planning to use, for oil exploration in the out back when Aust.was a country to be reckoned with way back then. There must have been a couple of hundred on their premises at the time. stacked all around the joint.


I often wonder what happened to that truck.



So James, hows about we chuck them on a Chartered jet & take 160 litres over for the Brits. $1000 per litre sounds reasonable to me. Good idea? Nope? Thought so.

TiC.

Toilet paper stashed last year might be a lot like the 100 plus unused Jerry cans I'd leave the flights to the UK to thier summer Des. I love skiing. The Slush is not fun for anyone I bagged up my stash of dunny rolls

Photo of me and my stash not

Originally Posted by 4bee

So BREXIT was a good thing, roight?


In their calculations I wonder if they even considered unforeseen emergencies & how European countries would jack up on them? Obviously not.

Brexit is not the main issue creating their driver shortage.
Eastern European (colloquially known as Flip Flops) drivers were employed and drove the wages down to or below minimum wage. Many drivers were paid daily, weekly, or shift salary, avoiding hourly and overtime calculations. Drivers had to work 60~70 hours a week to earn slightly more than a shop assistant earned in 38 hours.
Many of the EEs were taking advantage of a dubious tax avoidance scheme, paying little or no tax. This loophole, IR35, was made illegal simultaneously with Brexit. Market forces have driven up eastern European wages to the equivalent of the rest of Europe, so without their taxfree advantage, the foreign drivers returned home.
The situation is far more complex than Brexit or the brief explanation above, but highlights the shortsighted savings of not training entrants into an industry and using loopholes to pay below market price for services. This country is heading down the same road.

Originally Posted by NavyDiver

Toilet paper stashed last year might be a lot like the 100 plus unused Jerry cans I'd leave the flights to the UK to thier summer Des. I love skiing. The Slush is not fun for anyone I bagged up my stash of dunny rolls

Photo of me and my stash not

Gosh J1, you look like an olde codger that has been booted out of his home with all his goods & chattels. The power has been cut off & you don't know where the next meal is coming from.

Are you adverse to me starting a Just Giving page?

The above scenario is no place for an Ex-Diver to fetch up in his elderly years.

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I know the reverse is totally different. Possibly.


Then again if the above image is not your home but a room at your practice premises, may I humbly suggest a bloody good tidy up.
That always clears one's brain, or so 'er indoors keeps telling me.

Originally Posted by V8Ian

Brexit is not the main issue creating their driver shortage.
Eastern European (colloquially known as Flip Flops) drivers were employed and drove the wages down to or below minimum wage. Many drivers were paid daily, weekly, or shift salary, avoiding hourly and overtime calculations. Drivers had to work 60~70 hours a week to earn slightly more than a shop assistant earned in 38 hours.
Many of the EEs were taking advantage of a dubious tax avoidance scheme, paying little or no tax. This loophole, IR35, was made illegal simultaneously with Brexit. Market forces have driven up eastern European wages to the equivalent of the rest of Europe, so without their taxfree advantage, the foreign drivers returned home.
The situation is far more complex than Brexit or the brief explanation above, but highlights the shortsighted savings of not training entrants into an industry and using loopholes to pay below market price for services. This country is heading down the same road.

Thanks for the gloomy explanation Ian.
Haven't been following that situation there, but it will be crap if the same thinking follows suit here as you alluded to.
Of course Training of any type costs money & lost time, also $, in any industry but somebody should have had their eyes on the ball as it seems it is not an unpredictable thing. What a bloody mess our world looks to be in at the mo, I just hope you & your colleagues can weather the storms brought about by those we trust to run a country properly.