Opioid crisis in USA

[Sconesbie (Scott)]

That's why I think Tasmania seems to grow a lot of opium poppies. Besides the fact there is good money in it for the farmers, the world supply is asking more and more. Last year the Victorian government were applying for licenses to grow opium poppies. This was to the disgust of Tasmanian farmers.

Some one once told me: Pharmaceutical companies don't make cures, they make customers.


Regards
Scott

[Renato1 (Renato)]

Originally Posted by xelasnave

Renato...
Splitting wood !!!!
I can't imagine any thing worse.
Talk about do or die approach.
Buy a block splitter.
Alex

It's been darn cold here Alex.
Woodsplitting was my priority.
Next priority is being able to lift my 8" telescope and take it outside.
Cheers,
Renato

[OICURMT]

Regarding the opioid crisis in the USA, Steve Hilton recently gave a report on his segment "Swamp Watch" on Fox News.

http://video.foxnews.com/v/549943144...#sp=show-clips

[xelasnave]

Originally Posted by Renato1

It's been darn cold here Alex.
Woodsplitting was my priority.
Next priority is being able to lift my 8" telescope and take it outside.
Cheers,
Renato

Look into a block splitter, motor driven, they are worth it.
You mention lifting your scope, I spent some time last night planning for new gear, a 12 inch astrograph on a eq 8 but it hit me I could not assemble it.
I think it may be 80mm refractor if I am to get real.
The gear you can get now...if only I was fit...I need a youth restoration drug.
And the new observatory may be only a canvas cover.
I am at Tabulam for a while and last night got to sit outside and it was terrific to see the night sky so dark here its a pity I can't be up here full time these days.
Good luck with everything.
Alex

[xelasnave]

Originally Posted by OICURMT

Regarding the opioid crisis in the USA, Steve Hilton recently gave a report on his segment "Swamp Watch" on Fox News.

http://video.foxnews.com/v/549943144...#sp=show-clips

Thanks for the link.

Alex

[Orionskies (Julian)]

Hello FAT Tax anyone. Revenue raised can be used to subsidize fresh fruit and veg. The people will respond, anything to save a buck saving billions in medical costs down the track...

Julian

[xelasnave]

Originally Posted by Orionskies

Hello FAT Tax anyone. Revenue raised can be used to subsidize fresh fruit and veg. The people will respond, anything to save a buck saving billions in medical costs down the track...

Julian

Yes but give it a couple of months so I can get back to normal.

You know those signs on rides...you have to be this tall to go on this ride..I have often thought of doing a sign...you have to be thinner than this...and stick it on the front door at Maccas.

A tax on soft drinks to curb consumption...it seems many folk get fat because of soft drink.

Alex

[rrussell1962]

There is doubtless a lot of unnecessary prescribing of powerful painkillers. Having said that a few years ago I found out the hard way that empty swimming pools and rib bones were not a happy combination. I was very glad of the painless haze that Endone gave me. No side effects thanks to the over the counter drug that I was advised to take with the Endone. Without the 3 A's, anaesthetic, antiseptic and antibiotics life would be nasty, brutish and short. I had injuries that would possibly have killed me slowly 200 years ago. After a couple of weeks I thought that for the first time in my life I understood addiction, looked at the remaining packets, got my wife to drive me to the Doctor, and handed them over the counter.

[xelasnave]

Mental note..make sure water is in pool before diving.
Alex

[el_draco (Rom)]

Originally Posted by Renato1

It's been darn cold here Alex.
Woodsplitting was my priority.
Next priority is being able to lift my 8" telescope and take it outside.
Cheers,
Renato

Cold in Frankston?
Ha ha ha ha!!!
There was 15mm ice in my wheel barrow this morning, and it was still there at 3:00pm !

[Orionskies (Julian)]

Originally Posted by xelasnave

A tax on soft drinks to curb consumption...it seems many folk get fat because of soft drink.

Alex

... I think that one's called the sugar tax. We can pump that revenue into Snowy Hydro 2.0 .... Sugar free water for all !!

Julian

[Renato1 (Renato)]

Originally Posted by xelasnave

Look into a block splitter, motor driven, they are worth it.
You mention lifting your scope, I spent some time last night planning for new gear, a 12 inch astrograph on a eq 8 but it hit me I could not assemble it.
I think it may be 80mm refractor if I am to get real.
The gear you can get now...if only I was fit...I need a youth restoration drug.
And the new observatory may be only a canvas cover.
I am at Tabulam for a while and last night got to sit outside and it was terrific to see the night sky so dark here its a pity I can't be up here full time these days.
Good luck with everything.
Alex

Thanks. A sales lady at Bunnings mentioned electric wood splitters. I may look into them, as I didn't know they existed.

When I was working, my joy was taking an 80mm refractor and later a 25X100 pair of binoculars to a really dark site outside of Benalla. The 80mm refractor was good, but the binoculars showed scores of tiny galaxies by just skimming around Virgo. So an inexpensive 100mm refractor at low power would be magical at your site.
Regards,
Renato

[Renato1 (Renato)]

Originally Posted by el_draco

Cold in Frankston?
Ha ha ha ha!!!
There was 15mm ice in my wheel barrow this morning, and it was still there at 3:00pm !

Brrrrr. Anyhow, I've lost 20kgs in the last year and a half. I really feel the cold nowadays. Not sure how I'd go in your neck of the woods now that I've lost all that insulation.
Cheers,
Renato

[xelasnave]

Renato
A mate offerred me one teal cheap.
I will ask if he still has it and what he wants for it...hardely if ever used.. and then we need a member who can drop it down...
Anyways I will see what I can do.
Re viewing I really like my 80mm binos prefer them over my 12 inch.
Alex

[AstralTraveller (David)]

Originally Posted by xelasnave

Renato
A mate offerred me one teal cheap.
I will ask if he still has it and what he wants for it...hardely if ever used.. and then we need a member who can drop it down...
Anyways I will see what I can do.
Re viewing I really like my 80mm binos prefer them over my 12 inch.
Alex

Would that be the Grey Teal or the Chestnut Teal? And what's the use of just one?

[casstony]

Originally Posted by Renato1

Thanks. A sales lady at Bunnings mentioned electric wood splitters. I may look into them, as I didn't know they existed.
Regards,
Renato

I used one of the cheap wood splitters once and it struggled on the tougher blocks - probably ok for modest sized blocks of Stringy.

[xelasnave]

Originally Posted by AstralTraveller

Would that be the Grey Teal or the Chestnut Teal? And what's the use of just one?

That should read... very reasonably priced.
I called him and he will take $300.

If you are mildly interested I will inspect it , and send you some photos.

Alex

[AstralTraveller (David)]

Originally Posted by xelasnave

That should read... very reasonably priced.
I called him and he will take $300.

If you are mildly interested I will inspect it , and send you some photos.

Alex

I could be quite interested, depending on the photos. Please don't pm them, your photographic skills should be shared. However I don't think I could agree to $300. Would $450 be OK?

[xelasnave]

Originally Posted by AstralTraveller

I could be quite interested, depending on the photos. Please don't pm them, your photographic skills should be shared. However I don't think I could agree to $300. Would $450 be OK?

Well let's wait for Renato to consider the matter.

The item is in Sydney and aI am currently at Tabulam.
I won't be back in Sydney until the end of the month and will not be able to inspect or take photos until then.
Alex