It looks like the US government has figured out how to get itself out of the financial problems it’s in. Watch the Onion News Network cover as Ronald Schuler, treasury spokesman announces the recal at a press conference.
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Type O or Type Zero blood type?
Hi all. Came across this video on YouTube the other day discussing what the blood type terminology is. Is it type O or is it type zero? Have a look for yourself.
As you saw in the video, the correct term is type zero. Well done HotForWords.
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Plane crashes on landing at Adelaide Airport, South Australia
Adelaide, South Australia – Saturday 27th September 2008
In front of about a thousand spectators, the King Air B200 Twin Engine Corporate Charter VH-URU on a charter flight from Adelaide to Kangaroo Island crash landed on Runway 30 (South East to North West runway). No-one was injured with passengers praising the work of the pilot.
The large crowd was at the airport to see the new Qantas A380 Airbus arrive for the first time at Adelaide and where treated to a perfectly executed crash landing of the twin engine King Air.
It circled the airport for some 30 minutes to burn of fuel before doing a low level pass along the runway to steady in the gusty winds before landing on its belly skidding to a very quick stop.
The video shows the approach and crash followed by the passengers escaping and emergency services quickly approaching. Sorry for the slightly bumpy footage. It was really an opportunistic shoot with no time to set up with tripod etc as I’m sure you can imagine.
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New version of Banksia Park Weather online!
Finally got around to changing the Banksia Park Weather Station site to its new version moving the Flash movie off to a sub page and using JavaScript to keep the ‘static’ page updated every 25 seconds. It’s got more features and more useful areas including a longer range forecast from Weather Underground, access to radar, warnings from the BOM, and will allow me to grow the informational part of the site that explains weather in simple terms. The version on-line now is just the start.So if you’re living in any of the following suburbs, it’s probably the closest site to get temperature, humidity, barometer or pressure, wind direction and speed, and a whole host of other information on the weather :
- Banksia Park, South Australia, 5091
- Tea Tree Gully, South Australia, 5091
- Vista, South Australia, 5091
- Fairview Park, South Australia, 5126
- Yatala Vale, South Australia, 5126
- Surrey Downs, South Australia, 5126
- Redwood Park, South Australia, 5097
- St Agnes, South Australia, 5097
- Ridgehaven, South Australia, 5097
- Houghton, South Australia, 5131
- Lower Hermitage, South Australia, 5131
- Modbury, South Australia, 5092
- Modbury Heights, South Australia, 5092
- Wynn Vale, South Australia, 5127
- Golden Grove, South Australia, 5125
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2003 Ford Falcon BA Workshop Manual
Workshop manual for the 2003 Ford Falcon BA. This is what seems a very extensive workshop manual at 2,089 pages, however it does not include the electrical diagrams. It goes into fault diagnosis of most of the electrical though. It does cover in great depth all the other parts of the 2003 model Ford Falcon.
It’s a big PDF file at 148MB so it will take some time to download.
Sections covered:
- 100-00 General Information – Pg 1
- 204-00 Suspension System – Pg 82
- 205-00 Driveline System – Pg 154
- 206-00 Brake System – Pg 236
- 211-00 Steering System – Pg 339
- 303-00 Engine System – Pg 408
- 307-00 Automatic Transmission – Pg 895
- 308-00 Manual Transmission – Pg 1011*
- 309-00 Exhaust System – Pg 1140
- 310-00 Fuel System – Pg 1157
- 412-00 Climate Control System – Pg 1190
- 413-00 Instrumentation – Pg 1315*
- 414-00 Charging System – Pg 1397
- 415-00 Entertainment System – Pg 1419
- 417-00 Lighting – Pg 1459*
- 418-00 Module Communications Network
- 419-00 Specialist systems and Computer – Pg 1549*
- 501-00 Body System – Pg 1602
* Some of the above are what I think should be there. The numbering suggests there may be some parts missing, but in all, it’s pretty comprehensive.
Special note: To remove the rear bumper of a Ford BA Sedan, see page 1766. This is what I was looking for when I found this file.
Download the file using this link (VERY LARGE – 148MB) <- updated link, thanks for letting me know Tony. 🙂
If you do go through the trouble of downloading it, don’t forget to save it to disk. Nothing worse than having to download it again and if it’s not what you want, you can always delete it.
Note: Because of this file’s size and popularity, I’ve had to remove it from my site. If the link breaks, please let me know and I’ll find an alternative. (I don’t download it anymore as I’ve already got it.)
If you happen to have the electrical schematics especially showing the colour coding of the wiring and the fuse box detail, please let me know. It would be very much appreciated.
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Telstra moves more Australian jobs to India
A comical help desk call from a customer with a very strong Australian slang to the Telstra India help desk with an agent that has a very strong Indian accent and doesn’t understand many of the Australian slang terms.
It begins with the announcer making the statement that Telstra moves more Australian jobs to India.
Download the audio clip in MP3 format here.
Here is the transcript of the call. A good read if your not able to get the audio.
Announcer: Tuesday February 17th Telstra moves more Australian jobs to India
Agent: Hello, welcome please to Telstra customer service how may be helping you
Caller: Oh yeh I’m on my mobile in Warragamba
Agent: What, pardon, what, kindly repeating location sir
Caller: Warragamba, I’m in Warragamba just past Wallacia
Agent: What, what, what, repeating please
Caller: Warragamba, out past Wallacia, Mulgoa, Luddenham
Agent: Warragambling Mudling Home… Not finding a postal code for Warragambling Mudling Home
Caller: Listen sunshine don’t worry about that, the point is me landline’s carked it
Agent: Cark, cark, what is cark?
Caller: It’s stuffed
Agent: Stuffed! What do you mean it is stuffed? You are not to be stuffing telephones. You’re to be talking into them. What have you stuffed it with sir?
Caller: Look mate, don’t come the raw prawn
Agent: Raw prawn! You have stuffed your telephone with raw prawns what is this.
Caller: No, no, no, no. I’ll start again. Me phones not working
Agent: Well of course it’s not if you stuffed it with raw prawns it will not be working. Eventually it will be very smelly.
Caller: Look just forget I ever said raw prawn
Agent: Excellent we are not specialising in sea food issues. Sir this is Telstra customer service. If you are requesting a recipe for line for crustations I will kindly be transferring you…
Caller: No, no, no. Listen it’s me phone ma hammer it’s packed up
Agent: Well unpack it then it will not work if it’s still in the box especially if you’ve stuffed it with raw prawns.
Caller: No, no no. Not packed up like that, me lines gone dead buddy
Agent: My name is not buddy. My name is Rajeve Biligalvindalswami. Whence are you calling from?
Caller: I told you I’m calling from Warragamba
Agent: Aahh! I found it here. Westminster. Isn’t it your being in the United Kingdom of Great Britain…
Caller: No, no, no. I’m in Warragamba. I just want someone to fix me bloody phone line.
Agent: Why did you not bloody say so in the first place?
Caller: I did. I did!
Agent: You did not! You’re telling me you stuffed your phone with raw prawns.
Caller: Ah Oh I give up
[Caller hangs up. Hear beep, beep, beep.]
Agent: Goodness me silly bloody Australians. That will serve them right for winning one day cricket isn’t it hey. Ha ha. They thinking we Indians know damn nothing. I am telling you we know damn all.
[Phone rings]
Agent: Hello Telstra customer serviceNote: This is a piece of comedy work. Any connection with any real person is not intentional.
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My LinkedIN profile
Not sure if you’ve seen or heard of the LinkedIN site. It’s a Facebook for professionals. I’ve got my profile there now so if you want to know what I am up to with work etc, go and check it out.
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Banksia Park Weather goes live
Finally Banksia Park, SA has weather information available to it’s residents live and on-line. With the type of land around Banksia Park the Bureau of Meteorology sites just don’t provide a clear picture with the closest being Parafield Airport. It’s still under construction from the perspective it still needs a 10m mast for wind speed and direction, it’s giving residents an alternative to be able to get readings from.
The site has been collecting data using a Lacrosse WS2310 automated weather station since 3rd Jan 2008. You can see the live and historical data at Banksia Park Weather.
Visit Banksia Park Weather here: http://trev.id.au/weather.