// #30&40's — 2019-10-23
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16:58:00 <Kezzie> :))
18:25:00 <SkyFire> hi Jim :)
18:25:00 <^bozojim> hi SkyFire
18:27:00 <SkyFire> how's the ferment going ?
18:29:00 <SkyFire> AC is in cooling mode here
18:31:00 <^bozojim> just started yesterday
18:31:00 <SkyFire> ok
18:31:00 <^bozojim> will takwe 3 days to kick in
18:31:00 <SkyFire> oh
18:31:00 <^bozojim> we had a tree come down across transmission lines lasy night
18:32:00 <^bozojim> caused a huge power spike
18:32:00 <^bozojim> took this out
18:32:00 <^bozojim> it shut straight down
18:32:00 <^bozojim> and I just had to reset all irc settings
18:32:00 <SkyFire> bugger
18:33:00 <^bozojim> we have a transformer near my room and that went bang
18:33:00 <^bozojim> they replaced it overnight
18:33:00 <SkyFire> wow
18:33:00 <^bozojim> was a huge spike
18:33:00 <^bozojim> this seems to be ok
18:33:00 <^bozojim> I was lucky
18:33:00 <^bozojim> I think it tripped out safely
18:33:00 <SkyFire> sounds like the tree may have hit some HT lines
18:33:00 <^bozojim> yes
18:33:00 <^bozojim> HT transmission lines
18:34:00 <^bozojim> power station is 4 miles from here
18:34:00 <^bozojim> tree came down a mile from it
18:34:00 <SkyFire> then possibly dropped them on to some standard power lines
18:35:00 <SkyFire> umm which power station - I have them all marked on Google Earth
18:36:00 <^bozojim> Lake Burbury
18:36:00 <SkyFire> ok
18:36:00 <SkyFire> John Butters Power Station
18:36:00 <^bozojim> yes
18:37:00 <SkyFire> took some doing finding them all
18:37:00 <^bozojim> we have a few hydro around
18:38:00 <SkyFire> yes
18:38:00 <SkyFire> wow only 1 turbine in it
18:38:00 <SkyFire> 1 x 144 MW (193,000 hp) Fuji Francis turbine
18:38:00 <^bozojim> which one?
18:38:00 <SkyFire> at the John Butters Power Station
18:38:00 <SkyFire> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Butters_Power_Station
18:38:00 <^bozojim> ty
18:42:00 <^bozojim> when the mainland needs power in summer
18:43:00 <^bozojim> they run that one and send its power to victoria
18:43:00 <SkyFire> ok :)
18:43:00 <^bozojim> its outflows into the King River
18:43:00 <^bozojim> and makes some ncie white water for rafting
18:44:00 <SkyFire> fun
18:45:00 <SkyFire> https://media.gettyimages.com/photos/john-butters-power-station-picture-id994051376?s=2048x2048 - the power station - if you can see it
18:45:00 <^bozojim> on the wilderness train to Strahan and Dubbill Barril
18:45:00 <^bozojim> you get to stop on the line and look down on the king river gorge
18:45:00 <^bozojim> namy metres below teh track
18:45:00 <SkyFire> nice
18:46:00 <^bozojim> I did the australia day local train from here to strahan a couple of years ago
18:46:00 <^bozojim> teh crfew had to volunteer
18:46:00 <^bozojim> the crew
18:47:00 <^bozojim> which is never a problem gettiong volunteers for it
18:47:00 <^bozojim> and they just threw the time table out the window
18:47:00 <^bozojim> only train on a closed line
18:47:00 <^bozojim> we stopped at the frist stop
18:47:00 <SkyFire> LoL the best way to run a train
18:47:00 <^bozojim> if you needed a pit stop urgently you could go
18:47:00 <^bozojim> so almost everyone went
18:48:00 <SkyFire> LoL good idea
18:48:00 <^bozojim> carriage crew said what hayhem
18:48:00 <SkyFire> lol
18:48:00 <^bozojim> and the drivers said it is our locl train
18:48:00 <^bozojim> who cares
18:48:00 <SkyFire> fun times
18:48:00 <^bozojim> we will get there ventuallyh
18:48:00 <SkyFire> yes
18:48:00 <^bozojim> we arrived 45 mins late
18:48:00 <^bozojim> no one cared
18:49:00 <SkyFire> wohooooooo
18:50:00 <SkyFire> seems there is hardly any street view in Tassie
18:51:00 <^bozojim> yes
18:55:00 <SkyFire> love the sign near a bridge in the east of Tassie - Boating and Canoeing in the tailrace prohibited
18:56:00 <^bozojim> lol
18:57:00 <SkyFire> the road crosses the tailrace of the Poatina power station
18:57:00 <^bozojim> ok
19:00:00 <SkyFire> still doing the craft things ?
19:00:00 <^bozojim> yes
19:00:00 <SkyFire> (:
19:03:00 <SkyFire> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGSNZM3iIqU - Nest Hello Halloween sounds
19:03:00 <SkyFire> https://www.androidpolice.com/2019/10/21/google-rolls-out-nest-hello-seasonal-chime-themes-starting-with-halloween/
19:08:00 <SkyFire> dinner time - keep clear or be eaten
20:01:00 <SkyFire> moo
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