Wind turbines used to absorb a power surplus?

That's why I said below "unless you change the throttle".

Can this not be done instantaneously? The steam valve would stop the power output immediately. The gas jets can be turned off immediately to prevent boiling over.

It's a scam. Do the math.

In the UK it sometimes costs more to shear the sheep (which must be done once a year) than the wool is worth. A lot of eco-friendly houses have been insulated with sheep wool batts but there have been horror stories of self-build properties that used this stuff but it had not been properly treated to eradicate bugs.

There is more money to be made from making hand-made paper out of sheep *s*it*, which is washed (in a 2nd hand domestic washing m/c) and the plant fibres collected and used to make paper.

I only go that colour after swimming outdoors in winter.

He can be polite when he wants to be but beating on obnoxious reporters did nothing to hurt his popularity.

Sheep s*it on grass is extremely difficult to pick up! How do I know? Friends of mine live in a rural location and flock of sheep being driven down the road encountered a dog being taken for a walk. They panicked and on mass came up my friend's driveway and into their large lawn. The farmer and his 3 dogs got them out of their very quickly but they left quite a lot of s*it on the drive and lawn. As guests were expected a few hours later we made some attempt at clearing a least some part of the lawn where everyone would be sitting. Not easy.

The driveway was hosed down and most of the lawn was left for the rain in the proceeding months to wash it into the soil.

I would think that cow or horse s*it possibly is easier for extracting fibres or is all that used for wattle and daub building of new houses :)

Does that mean you don't respect women's failings?

Perceived insults and facts overlap. Monthly grouchiness is one example.

I like gutsy people, people who have ideas and take risks, male and female but especially female, because they are more fun to celibrate with. People who take risks often fail... or they are holding back.

I was watching a stupid movie that involved some gambling at roulette. If you bet on red or white, there is a 50:50 apparent risk, but there is a house cut slot that reduces the probable return below unity.

If you design a lot of things, and half are commercial failures (about what mine are) you lose your stake half the time, but the others pay off 10:1, or sometimes 1000:1.

I never noticed that, but you prefer to be grouchy and downer all the time.

You've never had a female boss, or if you had only dreamt of getting into her knickers.

Women and men have different attributes, some very obvious, others where we're obliged to be in denial that the differences might exist.

I also like women. Occasionally even love them.

Movie trivia: in 'The Quiet Man' when John Wayne drags Maureen O'Hara through a field, it was a sheep pasture that hadn't been adequately cleaned.

Don't be dumb and coarse. I've had three lady bosses and only got physically close to one, once, before she was my boss.

I now work for my younger daughter. She runs the businness and I doodle schematics.

So many guys want women and don't like them.

In any class of people, the normal distribution is enormous, so one can't stereotype abilities beyond obvious things like the ability to bear children.

There is a tendency for guys to do electronic design. I've only met a few serious female EEs, but they are awesome. I don't know if the statistics there are genetic; maybe so.

I've worked for a few. My experiences are varied with one who at times was a tyrant.

Sounds a nice arrangement.

Women seem keen to stereotype men. When it comes to risk, stereotypes abound for good reason. Similarly some forms of aggression but not all.

I have yet to meet one. I have met a number competent female software and mechanical design engineers.

I've put it down to the ability to visualise things that aren't visual, which perhaps ties into spacial awareness. But anyone highlighting these sorts of differences is of course a misogynist. On the other hand we could just accept the differences on a broader, more general scale.

Irony alert!

Stereotypes are usually the result of tribalism, not anything factual. That's why people will fight and riot over silly stuff like "our" sports teams, who are really just jocks for hire.

Emotion most always beats thinking.

I know guys who don't know which end of a screwdriver to grab. One has a PhD in Engineering Mechanics.

Hmm, I think you're missing the point. There are both men and women who aren't competent at anything. But in order to excel in a trade the subject needs to come naturally with all the natural attributes. I would suggest that more men have the attributes required for electronic design than women, in much the same way women are more likely to enter a profession like medicine and do well.

Of course. But knowing a person's gender does not tell you anything but some probabilities.

I was not "missing the point."

BULLSHIT.

That's not poorer quality (fatty) meat

No such animal as the last.

They always were porkers long before any white man showed up and eat each other, quite literally.

Couldn't they have made cars which automated this process?

Indeed, Ukrainians are just Russians who want to be Europeans.

Isn't that a mineral?

The water sounds good, but the transport of ice could be a problem.