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So what worked for you in the end ? With nothing else to go on, for most music I would have changed the default "Spinal Tap" settings of volume 11 on all bands back to flat (0 dB), and then played around - maybe tweaking the 31 Hz level slightly down further.

The problem is this word "better." That could mean many things to many people, but the only instrument you have at hand is your own ears. So trial and error. I tended to have less bass response than factory settings as I only wanted to fill in the sound, and not make the house shake. Most movies overdo the low sound effects to my ears.

Private Investigations by Dire Straits is a great reference track to compare audio systems !

Very nice indeed. I assume when you run your turntable that you use your amp in pure stereo mode to turn off the sub-woofer and centre channel, otherwise when rocking at high volumes won't the needle jump ?

Agreed. But to add to the sentiment with regards to people who are exploring immigration to NZ or other countries, the dwang is pretty widespread and you will struggle to find a place in the traditional destinations that will not have significant impacts. In times of trouble, nations become insular and will want to look after their own first. The US has already pronounced some sort of immigration limit. Places like Aus/NZ may not necessarily make dramatic press announcements but will throttle entries by means of slowing processing times or raising of points requirements to ludicrous levels so that only Doogie Howser M.D. can enter. (I hear millenials googling frantically to get the reference )

And Wayne, with your double post you perfectly illustrate the concept of Stack Bond, where all the elements line up vertically superimposed. You must have been paying attention after all You can collect your internet expert qualification on your way out.

Still more training than 99.8% of all expert opinions found on the internet.

I know the simple overlap bond being Stretcher. I do not know the NZ building code, but maybe having a vertically stacked bond system for hollow blocks allows for vertical rebar and concrete reinforcement at strategic locations? But I was taught by my one master builder boss that the running bonds are always better for plain masonry. They also disguise minor imperfections in the laying / spacing process than having a visible rectangular grid.

#4257, October 2008. So should anyone below let's say # 10 000 be exempt from the minimum of a 1000 posts rule ?

Great video. Just a pity that someone in You-tubey internet-land felt he had to rename it as "Plane flyover city skyscraper in Sydney", as it is the Riverfire flyovers from Brisbane that I posted back in October... He obviously thought that people in a global audience have only ever heard of Sydney

It's one of those strange things in economics. If one person does it, it's a good thing. If everyone does it, does the same hold true ? If one slashes the entire CBD office demand by 75%, so that 75% of the office space is no longer needed, stands empty and the developers of 3 out 4 buildings go bust - passing the pain onto the banks holding the mortgage. Probably not a nice scenario to be in, and certainly won't be a pleasant neighbourhood to walk through at night.

Similar scenes in Sydney I gather, loads of AirBnB's being dropped into the normal renting pool due to total lack of tourists, so rentals are being dropped drastically. Some suburbs with different property demand drivers will be impacted less though, areas which are catchments for exceptionally good state (i.e. free) schools tend to be sheltered from the highs and lows.

I think you are right in theory, but I also gather that freighters are in high demand at the moment. So any capacity will get used. I think the Antonovs have pretty large crews, with multiple flight engineers and loadmasters. The demand is so strong Airbus are offering a way to convert normal passenger planes into half-baked temporary-freighters. https://www.flightglobal.com/air-transport/a350s-become-freighters-through-airbus-pallet-for-seat-swap/138161.article

All the best LWB. Although SAA was on it's own self-inflicted trajectory, the airline industry world-wide is disrupted. The online news here in Aus recently ran a story about Qantas captains who have taken temp jobs as supermarket cashiers and construction traffic controllers to give themselves a reason to get up in the morning. https://9now.nine.com.au/a-current-affair/coronavirus-pilot-becomes-traffic-controller-after-qantas-stood-him-down-during-covid19-pandemic/5fd27e03-c675-423d-a215-fcfac0a3703b

You may have mentioned it in the previous 268 pages, but why the sale if I may ask - moving area or ridding of an albatross ?

What sort of mumbo-jumbo engineering & planning is this - you have let the side down seriously ! Everyone knows that the engineers houses are built and repaired with absolutely no forethought, just like the mechanics car is held together with baling wire and body-filla. Next you will tell us you read the manual for that fancy big screen TV. You are not beyond redemption though. That last picture shows a TV with a stand size X metres wide, balanced precariously on a table top, also of critical dimension X metres wide. No sneezing allowed!

Well, some people seem to be surprised that businesses are, well, businesses and not charities. https://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/news/121391205/coronavirus-mackenzie-mayor-attacks-hotel-closures-and-tourism-job-cuts

Another overseas perspective from Australia. We have been allowed to exercise all along, although not in groups. The bike shops here have been doing a roaring trade for the last month. One Giant shop was reporting turnovers about 4 x normal - mainly families buying cheap runarounds to ride round the suburbs. We also tried to get a dropper fitted to my youngsters bike. Phoning around the LBS's, the wait time for service and maintenance slots was between a week to 3 weeks. Again, families with bikes that have years of dust on them, taking them out and getting them going. The LBS's were even taking on extra staff to cope. So one small bright spark in the otherwise severely damaged economy.

In this one post, you bring back multiple memories: 1. Being a Bulawayo boy myself, I recall the Air Scouts and their Percival Provost, although the scouts themselves had pretty much folded by the time I was there. 2. Being a Zimbo and studying at Wits, there were many holiday road trips past Louis Trichardt. On one of them in the early 90's I remember seeing a Buccaneer doing an approach to that range at low level - pretty impressive. The action part of the range itself is not close to the road - so no flash bang stuff witnessed. 3. I also used to have a 30 mm cannon cartridge in my cool stuff collection as a youngster from my father (he was in the air force as fire & rescue at Gwelo). I also had a brass starter cartridge from the Avon engines (Hunter & Canberra). I assume you mean a cartridge, and not an entire shell ?

Yep, an interesting factoid was that one of them was the very first CN-235 prototype that was ever rolled out of the factory. I had never heard of prototypes being sold off commercially once the test program is complete, but I suppose it shows the maker has confidence in their product. That one has since been retired.

No matter how many times I proof-read my text before hitting post, some gremlin always flies by and inserts a duplicate word word, a speeling error or an incomplete train of . Every time ! I just accept them nowadays as a fact of life, and mostly everyone seems to get the gist of the message.

Correct. Inherited initially from when the homelands were integrated back into RSA. But quite decent little planes I gather. Just don't load all of your company executives into a single example (Sundance Resources learned that hard lesson).

This is one big reshuffle of the global (and local) deck of cards, and the odds of getting a good hand are pretty slim. And about buying local in NZ. Not too sure you can make cars or laptops out of milk, cheese, butter and salmon? And Aus is no better really either.

The real reason why Jacinda wants to have a special open borders relationship with fellow low count numbers Australia as soon as possible is that she hopes like hell every single Aussie will holiday in Queenstown, seeing as they can't head to Bali. Australia has a economy that is far from balanced, and quick googilism shows tourism is about 3% of GDP and 8% of export values. I see NZ gets about 6% of GDP from tourism and comprises a value of 20% of exports. So NZ needs Australia for tourists a lot more than the other way around. But either way, our balance of payments for both of us is messed up by this. Don't expect currency strengthening any time soon.

For the NZ'ers and Aussie contingent on ANZAC Day. A cross-post or two in the aviation thread. https://community.bikehub.co.za/topic/180012-for-the-aviation-fans/page-198?do=findComment&comment=3649167