Where abouts is that DV? We've got a shack near Mannum so we go up a lot. Water skiing since I was about 3. Its awesome to have a nice, semi-remote place to escape the city sometimes. Bloody nice drive up through the hills too, but that's where I got that speeding fine ... As for the Cod ... Ive rea...

Just read through your full build thread Toga. Lookin damn fine. If I can get the physio o fix my neck up im hoping to get an old bike and do it up too, but I wont have the relationship you have with yours. I'd do it to my Jackaroo, but I can see the bill getting to $30k pretty easy for what I want ...

If you read my earlier post I talk about how the Mesonychid is the old theory and has been discounted due to new fossil finds and DNA testing. Good to see you finally have read up a little tho. From your responses to my questions I can see you are taking this as an attack rather than a discussion an...

The fact that a whale has a tale in that direction is actually part of the discussion on why it came from a land animal. Think of a 4 legged animal running, how does its spine move? Now elongate that and add tail flukes and voila, you have the back end of a whale. Sharks evolved from fish like creat...

Not trying to change your viewpoint, just trying to figure out how this fits in with your beliefs. I dare say you think the whale stuff is just hogwash and clutching at straws. Science will keep on trying to find their version of the answers though. It would have been good for that Bill Nye / Ken Ha...

the late E.J. Slijper died in 1968 and the fossils in Pakistan that furthered the knowledge on the evolution of the whale were found in the late 70's. Fossils that have characteristics of both (specific) land mamals and (specific) whales have been found in peru at late as last year. http://www.itn.c...

So DV, your thoughts on the Evolution of whales and how they are most genetically similar to hippos and deer along with the fossils found in Pakistan to support the idea that Whales evolved from land mammals? There are definately a lot of holes in the fossil record, however there are also the missin...

not trying to stir shit up, just presenting links to either add, or give more information on the "facts" you wrote about in your first post. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ebola_outbreaks Many ebola outbreaks over time. Sure, this is a bad one, but there are 7 that have more fataliti...

Bad air is pretty rare. Ive never experienced it myself. Its more likely in a mine shaft tho I believe due to disturbing the rock structure and opening pockets up. My brother doesnt go caving anymore because he had a bad experience he never talked about and my sister is now petrified of snakes due t...

Ive spent a few weeks around Mole Creek, and caved in Exit cave as well. My favourite was Milk Run. we went about 150m underground and then had to climb out. Its awesome stuff down there. I love the vertical stuff, and the flowing creeks. I even got to help find a new cave down there and we found a ...

UHF will reach if you are at the bottom of the shaft, but reception will drop off rapidly if you go down any corridors. I'd assume that at the bottom of the shaft there would be pathways that just go to dead ends, but ive only been in a few mine shafts, and nothing that old. "Jumar"ing and...

if it was a 100 meter shaft you wouldnt see the bottom. even if your eyes are adjusted to the dark. Ive been half way down a 72 meter pitch and couldnt see the top or bottom in a cave with a big fuck off light. If you can see the bottom it will be less than 30 meters. would like to make sure the rop...

been caving since I was 12 (now 31) and been around WA, SA and Tas caving. lots of vertical skills under my belt which comes in handy at times. I do cave surveying as well and draw cave maps, although its been awhile since I have done them. Although I still giggle when I go down a 'virgin passage' (...

My folks bought one ages ago DV, but i dont think they ever really used it. I played with it for a bit and seemed pretty decent in being able to detect (and tell you about) different types of metals underground. I also have plenty of caving experience and a 60 meter rope if you need help getting to ...

Thats just messed up. There are many incidents of cops going overboard on film though and trying to get people to shut the cameras off.