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59 minutes ago, Yournamehere said:

2  L shaped wires; long arm forward, short arm in an empty biro tube or just in your fist. Tilt them slightly forward to point the long arms forward, tilt them slightly together to get them to cross in front of you or tilt them both to the left to get them to tilt to the left. That really is all there is to it. No more.

I was sitting in a shed with a mate setting this up once (he wanted to show me it would work when he stepped over a hose-pipe) and with perfect timing, the lady we were working for (it was tea-time) appeared at the door and I tilted both wires to one side so that the long arms both pointed at her. As if by magic.

They both absolutely refused to believe that I had done that, they insisted that I had magic powers and that I just didn't know it.

 

In a controlled experiment, years ago (when New Scientist was still worth reading) but probably repeated, plastic bottles were buryed in a sandpit, some full of water, some empty, diviners were only allowed to proceed if they agreed that it was a fair test. I believe there may even have been sections of the pit with no bottles at all. The results were no better than chance. Some were meh, some were angry - some with themselves, some with the organisers - some accepted and reconsidered what they were doing. All went home better informed.

T'were a long time ago but google it.

As for water engineers looking for leaks, same thing, they just tilt the rods when their feet get wet.

Happy days

Yourn

First post in 4 and a half years, welcome back!

[Johnsond]

10 hours ago, peds said:

List them.

Please or thank you might have got you somewhere but go and do a modicum of research in regards the wild statements he’s making then come back. I’ll give you a pointer in regards LNG look at south hook terminal in Milford Haven and tell me how far that is from Qatar. Also it is not 100 new projects is it ?? It’s 100 licences for particular blocks. If they do find anything do you have any idea of how long it takes to bring a new find online ???. Mark was probably coming in his pants at the terms he used against Sunak but it doesn’t stop the fact it was pure bollocks. 

Edited August 5, 2023 by Johnsond

[Johnsond]

8 hours ago, sime42 said:

Climate change is just a load of MSM hype. Come up, keep up!

 

Nice to see you are back to riding on other people’s posts again 42, any input on China and India yet vs what we contribute globally 🤔🤔🤔 or give me one good reason why we should not extract our own oil and gas, support employment here etc etc. Do you know how much coal the UK imports 42 ??? Another thing we should be extracting here rather than playing the “ look at us we are so environmentally friendly” then importing the same stuff 🤷‍♂️shit swallowed by mugs 42. Msm have gone into overdrive with the climate stuff lately just as they did with the whole covid farce. 

[Mark J]

29 minutes ago, Johnsond said:

Please or thank you might have got you somewhere but go and do a modicum or research in regards the wild statements he’s making then come back. I’ll give you a pointer in regards LNG look at south hook terminal in Milford Haven and tell me how far that is from Qatar. Also it is not 100 new projects is it ?? It’s 100 licences for particular blocks. If they do find anything do you have any idea of how long it takes to bring a new find online ???. Mark was probably coming in his pants at the terms he used against Sunak but it doesn’t stop the fact it was pure bollocks. 

I couldn't give a hoot about Sunak, Starmer or any of the corporate goons who play politics in this day and age getting slated by people. I do think it's important to point out when people are being blatantly mugged off. 
I thought you had a similar mindset seeing as you were right about COVID. 

[Johnsond]

Just now, Mark J said:

I couldn't give a hoot about Sunak, Starmer or any of the corporate goons who play politics in this day and age getting slated by people. I do think it's important to point out when people are being blatantly mugged off. 
I thought you had a similar mindset seeing as you were right about COVID. 

Mark if it were up to me much of what we see making billions for shareholders would be nationalised including oil or at least a stat oil percentage set up, unfortunately it’s not and until we come up with a viable alternative my sawmill, pick up, chainsaw etc etc won’t run on fairy juice. 

[Mark J]

[Mark J]

5 minutes ago, Johnsond said:

Mark if it were up to me much of what we see making billions for shareholders would be nationalised including oil or at least a stat oil percentage set up, unfortunately it’s not and until we come up with a viable alternative my sawmill, pick up, chainsaw etc etc won’t run on fairy juice. 

Something has to change though. How many fairies did you juice?

Edited August 5, 2023 by Mark J

[Johnsond]

16 minutes ago, Mark J said:

Something has to change though. How many fairies did you juice?

Not enough 

[Mark J]

1 minute ago, Johnsond said:

Not enough 

Well, you only have yourself to blame for that! Try harder next time. 

[Johnsond]

1 hour ago, Mark J said:

Mark I’d agree wholeheartedly but this fantasy bs whereby we just stop oil and gas production and all will be well again is total crap mate. I’m all for looking after the environment but totally hamstringing ourselves and relying purely on imported products is pure lunacy ( look at the coal import figures alone Mark and where it comes from) Drax power station and the farce that is wood-chip or on your doorstep ie lynemouth power station. 
What I find interesting is it’s the same fools who swallowed and argued for the covid lunacy that are now buying into to whole msm global boiling terror propaganda. I genuinely think we as a nation are ****************ed mate, way way too many gullible woke soft fools and successive shit governments one after the other. 

Edited August 5, 2023 by Johnsond