I heard that a Japanese Thermometer manufacturing company had to stop production.

They found traces of Swordfish in their Mercury.

Ken 

It sounds like the development of this pumped hydro project has been given a further go ahead. National et al are against the idea so yet another reason to keep them in opposition later this year.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/3008315...-price-tag

Whats everyones opinion on PING, as a seller mainly but also buyers

Listed a hard drive for sale and someone asked for PIng payment "for buyer/seller protections"

But reading up on the Ping Ts & Cs, i'm not seeing a lot of Seller protections in there.  What it does suggest is trademe can reverse the sale in favour of the buyer and take the payment back off me as the seller.  Not real keen on that for second hand goods... 

Don't think i'll be doing that again...  probably no surprise with trademe, now it is there I can't remove it as an option... Fingers crossed I guess

Found this on FB, too good not to share.

In Nov 1902, newly inagaurated president, Theodore Roosevelt decided to indulge in one of his favourite pastimes. He arranged a Mississippi hunting expedition with a premier black bear hunter, Holt Collier. They went to the wilderness of what is now the Delta National Forest, but the trip failed to live up to expectations and Roosevelt failed to find a bear. The press said that if he failed to find a bear what is he going to fail at politically? But just when it seemed all is lost his guide picked up the trail of a bear and finally got close enough to throw a rope around the exhausted creature and presented it to the president. What happened next changed the course of RooseveltÔÇÖs presidency not to mention children everywhere. The guide tethered the beast to a tree and offered it up to the president for an easy kill. What happened next cemented RooseveltÔÇÖs legacy and inspired a surprising creation. He said, ÔÇ£I canÔÇÖt shoot the bear.ÔÇØ Roosevelt thought that to trap and kill the bear could hardly be considered fair sport.┬á

After he returned from the hunt the press got to hear of the presidentÔÇÖs act of mercy and the story appeared in several newspapers. And for those who may have questioned how the youngest president would fare in office, the event seemed to confirm him as an honourable and decisive leader.┬á

A cartoon by Clifford Berryman depicted the president refusing to kill the bear. The image of the president and the bear became an instant sensation causing Berryman to reprise the bear in future works. Whenever there was a cartoon about the president, no matter what it was, it included one of BerrymanÔÇÖs little bears.┬á

Soon the little bear took on a life of itÔÇÖs own and before long, in Brooklyn, New York, a Russian shop owner, named Maurice Hickman, along with his wife, Rose, taking inspiration from BerrymanÔÇÖs cartoons, concieved a new type of childrenÔÇÖs toy, one that was named after RooseveltÔÇÖs familiar nickname, the teddy bear. They started making small stuffed animals in the image of the Clifford Berryman cartoon and they proved to be very successful. Factories started turning them out and by the time he became president it was one of the most popular childrenÔÇÖs toys.

I just thought that you would find that interesting.

I was told this was all conspiracy by someone, but now they openly admit this!

They were even joking how they better have had accurate data to work with!

https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/inter...the-virus/

https://www.newsroom.co.nz/an-ode-for-th...1678593109

I have a Garmin dash-cam 67W.  Each 1-minute video file is stored as .mp4 and .glv.
I wish to edit a collection of the files together into a short, but longer than 1-minute video.
When I try with Pinnacle Studio, the Pinnacle simply shuts down.  It's okay with just one 1-minute file but spits the dummy with more than one file.
Any suggestions, please?
TIA, Peter.

I am going for my first trip to Rarotonga, so I'm curious as to what people think about the differing accommodations. We get in at an awful hour of the night (1.50am) and I'm thinking somewhere very close to the airport that we could walk across the road to. Then around the other side near Muri, looks like a good place to hang out. And again perhaps close to the airport when we leave - time is 3am.  Wondering what everybody's opinions might be, and any suggestions - all welcome.

A serval cat has been found in Ohio after being spotted in a tree in Cincinnati. They're native to Africa & illegal to own in Ohio. After capture & during a medical examination, the cat tested positive for cocaine.


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