From: Sylvia Else on
On 15/05/2010 2:43 PM, Clocky wrote:
> Could do with some more hype, what do you reckon?
>
>

Could do with a Jessica Watson free day. I think she's got a mention on
the news every day since she got back.

Sylvia.
From: OzOne on
On Fri, 21 May 2010 17:36:46 +1000, " Scotty" <scoter1(a)warmmail.com>
wrote:

>
><OzOne(a)Crackerbox-Palace.com> wrote in message news:vdkbv590e1jbq7optjgl7ho1c3coeg7mk8(a)4ax.com...
>: On Fri, 21 May 2010 00:32:26 +1000, "Noddy" <me(a)home.com> wrote:
>:
>: >
>: >"Neil Gerace" <grassynoel(a)iinet.net.au> wrote in message
>: >news:4BF543AD.9000301(a)iinet.net.au...
>: >
>: >> If they can afford not to work, while she goes sailing around the world
>: >> ....
>: >
>: >They might not have a garage full of Ferrari's, but they're clearly not
>: >picking up food parcels at St. Vinny's :)
>:
>: Yeah...like most average Australians.
>:
>:
>
>Except they are Kiwis!
>
Which has nothing to do with their financial status.




OzOne of the three twins

I welcome you to Crackerbox Palace.
From: Milton on

<OzOne(a)Crackerbox-Palace.com> wrote in message
news:tracv5de1thhfb8bink85823c8aa5dodng(a)4ax.com...
> On Fri, 21 May 2010 10:59:21 +1000, "Mr.T" <MrT(a)home> wrote:
>
>
>>I'd say more unusual than common. Sure it can happen if they are lucky
>>enough to be sailing straight with the wind, and perhaps when utterly
>>becalmed, but more often they are working on deck or hanging over the side
>>when actually racing.
>>
>>MrT.
>>
> "Straight with the wind" ?
>
> Do you mean running?


I think he means Straight line wind

"Sometimes the damage from a straight-line wind is so great that people will
claim it came from a cyclone/tornado, but it's easy to tell which caused the
destruction after the storm. Straight-line winds are similar to
cyclones/tornados as far as having the same wind speeds and same amount of
damage, but cyclones/tornadoes destroy with circular winds.

Straight-line winds do damage that appears more like that of a hurricane
with trees and crops laying flat in a single direction.
The most likely cause of a straight-line wind in a storm is from a
downburst, which is colder air being forced down vertically in front of a
storm. Once the downburst hits the ground, either on land or water, it has
nowhere else to go, and is forced along the ground at great speed.

Unfortunately, unlike cyclones/tornadoes which can be tracked with decent
accuracy, downbursts are more unpredictable and may develop before the
television and radio weather teams have time to put out a warning. Also,
it's believed that downbursts are the reason some boats and aircraft have
disappeared without warning in the past, and why they have crashed during
otherwise calm weather"

Regards

Milton

From: Milton on

"Sylvia Else" <sylvia(a)not.at.this.address> wrote in message
news:4bf638b5$0$1230$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com...
> On 15/05/2010 2:43 PM, Clocky wrote:
>> Could do with some more hype, what do you reckon?
>>
>>
>
> Could do with a Jessica Watson free day. I think she's got a mention on
> the news every day since she got back.
>
> Sylvia.

Jealous too? You're not alone then! : )

Regards

Milton.

From: Scotty on

<OzOne(a)Crackerbox-Palace.com> wrote in message news:s4ecv51idle1k5p2a9r78ol90u8ngeqa5n(a)4ax.com...
: On Fri, 21 May 2010 17:36:46 +1000, " Scotty" <scoter1(a)warmmail.com>
: wrote:
:
: >
: ><OzOne(a)Crackerbox-Palace.com> wrote in message news:vdkbv590e1jbq7optjgl7ho1c3coeg7mk8(a)4ax.com...
: >: On Fri, 21 May 2010 00:32:26 +1000, "Noddy" <me(a)home.com> wrote:
: >:
: >: >
: >: >"Neil Gerace" <grassynoel(a)iinet.net.au> wrote in message
: >: >news:4BF543AD.9000301(a)iinet.net.au...
: >: >
: >: >> If they can afford not to work, while she goes sailing around the world
: >: >> ....
: >: >
: >: >They might not have a garage full of Ferrari's, but they're clearly not
: >: >picking up food parcels at St. Vinny's :)
: >:
: >: Yeah...like most average Australians.
: >:
: >:
: >
: >Except they are Kiwis!
: >
: Which has nothing to do with their financial status.
:
No, not at all, but far from "Most Australians"