Franco wrote:Xplora wrote:Probably did not pick it up as I did not watch the vid. Internet speed here has been so slow of late that U tube will not load. Apologies. We rely on an antenna that picks up a bounced signal from a mountain to the tower which is about 30km away. Sometimes the mail is quicker and that only comes twice a week, unless the postie's horse is lame.
It will probably not do anything for you, but have you tried switching your modem off , leaving it off for a minute or so and then re-starting ?
It works for me . (the modem should automatically search for the strongest signal available)
Again you probably know this but just in case....
Thanks Franco, I should explain further but it is a bit off topic. I run internet via mobile phone (hotspot). I could sign up for a very expensive sat NBN but it is also slow, unreliable and as mentioned extremely expensive for data. I also don't like ugly sat dishes on the roof, hence I have also resisted getting TV. I managed to secure a mobile phone tower for the area under the Fed govt. black spot program and that has to be completed by the end of this year. Holding out for that but not sure if it will improve things. I have no idea how it is to be connected to the bigger system. They are still running a copper network in the pits to the exchange as far as I can tell so if it connects to that then it will not be reliable or fast. A landline ADSL will not improve things either (too far from the exchange) and it would cost huge to run the cable to the house. Landlines here also go down when it rains a lot. Usually when the internet is poor I load a page then make a cuppa or read something else. Life is at a slower pace in the country anyway but it can be frustrating at times.
Franco wrote:The French and Swiss eat horses and so should we or at least the omnivores amongst us.
I think most of the horses would only be good for mince meat. I can't see anything wrong with horse meat for human consumption. Australians eat their National emblems and most other things including camel. We eat venison regularly (last night in fact). Meat is meat, well not really, some meat may be better than others but if there is a market for it or it is a marketable product then slaughtered and butchered appropriately horse could be on the table. The amount of horse meat processed which would come from capturing wild animals would be less than 0.1%. In fact it would cost more to capture and transport than the carcass would fetch. The race horse industry already provides and abundant source of very young and old animals but Australians are too hooked up on this heritage stuff with horses or they see horses as having a greater purpose other than providing food. Do you recall the Ikea horse burger stink? Still problems with horses for meat overseas.
In the small town I grew up in (about 20.000) we had a dedicated horse butcher.
Franco wrote:Friends of ours are about to get a bramby, both of his parents were wild.
Was it your friends parent's who were both wild or the horses'? Just kidding, know what you mean. I would talk them out if it if you could. Feral horses are poor in quality and conformation due to inbreeding. There are many problems which have been identified and even the early pioneer settlers considered them worthless. You could not give one away to me and I have 3 horses here which were given to me. I hope they are not paying a lot for it. Green broken then it may fetch $1000 if good.