He's dead! Is he?

OK so all the conspiracy theories I have come across and none of them take the logical view, why would US intelligence want to kill him off immediately? Wouldn't it be more prudent to assume that they "took him for questioning" or you could believe that he was too much if an embarrassment to a certain family and so was assassinated, but that would leave the big hole in the intelligence side, why didn't they keep him alive for questioning? He was "unarmed" why shoot him in the head, the leg would have been more effective.

Just a thought 

OK I am officially willing to return to work, I know it sounds like a disease but I want to go back to work and earn some cash, I would also like a pay rise, and a new car (nothing to do with the job) and a...... yes wish lists and more

Triumphant return from the land that brought you fireworks (and probably flushing toilets)

Yoohoo, back from China, and I returned bearing gifts (two jnr golf sets and some tronic stuff to be exact) as well as my gadgetry, just trying to get bills paid and settling back in (hopefully not too well, I want to go back to work to plump up the bank account again).
No BBQ plans as yet but it is rainy season here.
I want one of those weather stations and a course in PLC programming, and a.......
Yes I want lots of things and I will (eventually) get most of them, patience!

And another thing

OK so you have the base concept of collecting little bits of sunshine (ie: a whole lot of it) and we (that is me, myself & I ) are seriously thinking that we have to store this somehow.
Take one large stainless steel tank, OK I can get one of those (I'm thinking 3 cubic metres (which gives me a working capacity of, ooh lets see oh yes 3,000 litres)). now to insulate it, ah maybe some fibreglass and bury it so it isn't a hazard.
I also need to track down designs for flash boilers and injectors (plus associated check valves and piping) so I can create steam.
Then steam ejectors and vortex tube designs (ran in reverse using a vacuum will give me cold & hot air separation, heatsink the hot & heat exchange the cold and chill water is mine)

Lawks & Lumme

Yes been everso laspse on the blogging thing, I was thinking about making this one into "What I have done reference free aircon", which would suit the last 3 months contributions, I want to make a solar collecting trough, that will harness some serious power in the form of heat!
"What good is heat in a hot climate?"
I want to make steam!
Steam can be used (via a thing called an ejector) to create a vacuum, make a vacuum and reduce water temperature, thus chilling!
With me so far?
No, thought not!

OK with a parabolic trough like the one above, I intend to garner some serious heat.

exasperation could be worse

OK, never being of a mind to actually do anything particularly defined and forthright is one thing, but being buggered around from breakfast to bedtime does grate on the nerves somewhat. What am I blithering on about? Work, that's what. First they say hey want us to standby till daylight (I'm good at that, I thought, I will follow that one to he letter. Next thing, I'm being chivvied (and I don't take to chivviers very well, enthusers and motivators I can deal with, but chivviers just rankle).
Someone in their wisdom has decided to ignore the agreed procedure (which involved waiting till daylight before proceeding) and start testing conditions and situational suitability for work (can you believe it?).
Needless to say it all came to a grinding halt when the old man stepped in and called an all stop, but not before I had been chivvied, which paints a mood on the rest of your day.
So, waiting for the weather to improve STILL.

Goings on

Well, despite the weather, we have managed to achieve....... er, nothing. Because of the weather we are unable to even peek over the side with the mighty 150HP machine, that is poised ready for action (with newly painted hand rails and stuff, a result of much days weather watch).
Running out of things to do and desperately wishing we could get the yellow bricks wet, we have resorted to cleaning out the workshop and making things look really swish (Lord help the rest of the crew when we have naught else to do but contrive practical jokes).
All the oil has been cleaned and labelled, the decks are now non slipped and the old rusty handrails are in a state of repair not seen since the system was commissioned. what more can we do (no doubt someone has plans that require our efforts but as to what where and how we are, blissfully, ignorant. (A state that suits us, in any case).