With landlines pretty much having gone the way of the dinosaurs, one subtle point young people will never understand or likely never get to experience, is the supreme satisfaction of slamming the phone down when one completes an especially irritating phone call...
A small Western Australian town at the end of the power line lives with brownouts, surges and blackouts that can last days. One local engineer responded by building a small pumped hydro power station to keep the lights on.
Australian cow market at record high as US demand hits ‘scary times’
Australia’s processor cow indicator has reached a record high price as the United States ramps up imports of…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #90cl #AU #Australia #beef #cattleprices #exports #landline #recordbreaking #Tariff #Trade #Trump
https://www.newsbeep.com/129810/
The farmers on Australia’s King Island in the Bass Strait are preparing for a future once unimaginable... one which factors in drought. While there's been some rain this winter the last two were so dry many farmers ran out of water and feed. Now they're making sure when the next drought hits they're ready.
#ClimateCrisis #Farming #Sustainability #Resilience #DroughtPrep #AgTech #Australia #Landline
How long before we see sunny #Manchester & #Sunderland with #postboxes that failed to charge?
Yet another service discriminating against people without a #smartphone.
https://www.thenational.scot/news/25424804.royal-mail-introduce-3500-postboxes-future/
My phone overheated recently. It wasn't charging, it wasn't in use streaming etc. It just got red hot. I don't do contracts so now I'm phone-less. The phone wasn't cheap.
To think we used to buy #landline phones that would last us 20 plus years without needing replacement or constant upgrades.
Taps are flowing again at a historic pub in the #SouthAustralia #outback #Landline #Australia
More than 65 years after last drinks were served, retired couple reopen Beltana's Royal Victoria Hotel pub in SA.Landline's Kerry Staight has the story.Subsc...