It seems to me that most people in the US think we are on the cutting edge of all technologies.
Sorry to say but the one I read a lot is people going on about manufactured in the USA.
Unfortunately, most of the rest of the world does not share your patriotic confidence in your manufacturing. Sure, it's better than a whole load of crap out there but generally, even GOOD Chinese stuff is preferred over US made.
I think we are all in the same boat on that one. Western manufacturing is all but dead. OZ, Uk, US, NZ, Canada all had Large industrial manufacturing. We barely make a thing now. We just closed all our car manufacturing down. Everything is imported here now. It's sad, very sad really.
On the flip side, you would do VERY well not to make the mistakes we have rushing headlong into a moronic mindset that fossil fueled power generation is going to wipe us out if we don't do away with it entirely next week. We have blown up so many of our coal fired stations that we now have gross power shortages because Gubbermints are busting a gut to look trendy in the eyes of the world and be all green. It's costing a fortune in rising power bills, lost jobs and industry and manufacturing taking off to places where they can rely on the lights coming on when they flick the switch.
Trust me, with renewable power, Slow and steady is The real smart move here and the last thing you want to do is rush into it.
The shipping charges should be interesting.
They really would! Bad topic to get me started on. I get rather upset that I can bring a shoe box size package in from anywhere in the world, China, canada, UK, U name it for $20 but to get something from the US they want $80 for something the size of a matchbox!
I send a friend in Texas a Heavy shoe box parcel a while back and it was $32. Reasonable I thought seeing it was several KG. He was thinking it was going to cost about $100.
BTW I watched a vid last night about brown @#*&% snakes that are found in parts of Australia.
Parts Of Australia?
Those parts would be my backyard!
Several Neighbours have had them and just moving in 4 months ago, We have been sternly warned by everyone in the street we have spoken to so far.
There was 3 here over the summer about 3 years ago apparently. My inlaws who live a few streets away lost their dog 4 years back after it was bitten by an eastern Brown.
They are around a LOT of Oz. Of course if there's No browns, No.2 deadliest snake in the world, there's Taipans, the No.1 deadliest!
If they aren't around, it's because the red belly blacks chased them off. I think they come in at No.7 deadliest.
On latest research, we have the top 11 deadliest snakes. I think the Funnel web Spider is on the deadliest list in that category and we have what I think is your equivalent of the black Widow. We call them Red backs. They are the No.2 most dangerous spider here and they are everywhere.
I Found a HUGE one last week in the shed. Thing was guarding 2 massive egg sacks as well. Dispatched them all with a good squirt of pressure pack degreaser.
My son and I when he was about 8 yrs old on used to go out on summer nights with a torch, a blowtorch and a pressure back of degreaser hunting them in the back yard. It was nothing to get 30 of them in a night, 40 was doing well. You'd go out the next night and get another 20. Leave it a week and you'd get another 30. Spray the degreaser as you light it up flame thrower style. Works a treat. Good on wasps too. Those damn things Hurt!
I used to leave them alone till twice they attacked me when I didn't even see them. Now I get in first!
The Funnel webs are pretty prevalent as well if you know where to look at the right time of the year. They are real aggressive things and I don't mind admitting, scare the ship out of me. Thankfully they are no match for my can of flaming degreaser that keeps us a good 6 Ft apart.
I have a LOT of pressure pack degreaser up the shed. 4 unopened boxes of 12 atm and a bunch of loose ones all spread around at fast hands reach as well.
Need a really High powered version for the snakes. :0)
Snakes are protected here. By rights you aren't allowed to kill them. In practice most people round here have a long handled shovel in it's spot ready to grab to...errrr..... Shooo..... them away.
I bought mine the other week after being implored by 2 neighbours.
People round here and in a lot of parts are also advised regularly to keep compression Bandages in an easy to reach place in case of Snakebite. Wrapping a limb tight slows the venom transfer and gives you a much better chance of recovery once you get the anti Venom.
We were up north in the tropics a couple of weeks ago and they were giving public demonstrations and lessons on how to deal with snake bite as far as wrapping wounds and caring for patients.
The guy caught a couple in a woman's pantry, and back yard and, by law, had to reloacte them nearby. They were released at a nearby swimming hole wher kids play. NOW THAT'S INTERESTING!!
Pete
Yeah well, like I said, not allowed to kill them and as long as the kids don't go near them they will be OK. Usually Browns Run where as Taipans and blacks, Mulga snakes especially, ( another top 11 Killer) tend to be aggressive and will attack first and retreat later.
Once released, If the kids do mess with the browns, they will only do it once.
Normally they are taken far away from civilisation to designated areas where they won't be a problem.