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Well you have to know these things when you're CEO of an AC campaign you know

Couple of comments on Wetas' recent pics: Pocket of stretchy stuff around the boom articulation point, presumably was doing nasty things to the leeward skin. In the above & this one crew are very well tucked away. Plus the legend Starlight Express!

Oh, poor wording Meant in context of Sods law not any assumption that they give a shit what I say.

Could be that the webcam frame rate got played back at a more standard frame-rate -> sped-up accidentally due to software, have seen that happen before. And since I complained about slow-mo the last time they released a vid so I shouldn't be too shocked to get a sped-up one next

The gull going right to left is clearly sped up & other one flapping is sped up -> its a sped up clip.

I withhold judgement until further info is available. If its those guys it seems hard to believe they'd be willingly providing false/secret info given the obvious severe consequences to their business if proven. A loose lipped but not malicious individual or someone who legit feels they're whistle-blowing logically seems more likely. On the other hand I will be happy to see them go down the gurgler if its proven.

I admit it, it was me. Its one thing pushing some insinuations about whats going on in the shed but damned if I'll keep quiet about Iocane powder, that shit is dangerous (if you haven't built up an immunity )

I have it on good authority that they've been receiving suspiciously large shipments of Iocane powder for some time

Its not like we have a bunch of nice new footage/pics to pore over

Contact tracing in proper quarantine is simple = the other people in the tent/hangar/prefab with you and nobody else.

Really pisses me off. Quarantine needs to be quarantine = you stick them on a cot in a hangar or tent at the airport under direct medical supervision & enforced with security guards/customs/cops. If better conditions are needed then bring in some pre-fabs or take over airport hotels but they must be actually isolated. This isn't some xenophobic rant: I'm all for letting people in, happy to see a lot more than are currently being let in, just as long as they're being properly quarantined.

Your capacity to ignore objective facts and stick to your current line of argument never ceases to amaze me The Whomper foils had more span but smaller area. Less wetted drag, better lift/drag but marginal on loading -> prone to stall if Gashby had pumped the wing aggressively like Kirby. (I wish I could find that post-win Gashby interview where he spelled it out)

So 1851 then The AC has always been about the egos of the ridiculously rich.

I hope you're not expecting an impassioned plea of the case for Transmission Gully, you're certainly not going to get one from me. I don't think the alternative of 4-laning the coastal route would have been any better either... There's a good reason why Civil Defense changed their messaging post-CHCH quakes from: 'hold tight for a couple of days until help arrives' to 'In WLG you're on your own, don't expect any external help for months'.

And its going out of action for many months/years as soon as there is a decent earthquake if not before. An acquaintance was doing hillside movement measurement, stated some utterly horrifying numbers even in absence of any earthquakes