Recent content by Frankdonovan121

Prospecting Australia

Help Support Prospecting Australia:

This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.
  1. F

    How is this explained?

    I personally think it is most likely to be just intelligent reasoning made by people who saw possibilities. I have not read the book so instead have to rely on other peoples quoting of the book, one of them depicts the 'cctv' out of the book as "The voice came from an oblong metal plaque like a...
  2. F

    How is this explained?

    According to that site the current death rate is 9.7%.
  3. F

    How is this explained?

    There is this thing called maths, and in the case of COVID-19, the maths are as follows: 2700 divided by 27000 times 100 equals 10%, not 2%. Your link provided no expert opinions. Also, if the english language was not full of homonyms, homographs, and phrases that have multiple meanings without...
  4. F

    How is this explained?

    As far as I am aware the death rate for the flu is ~2%, but currently the death rate of COVIS-19 is 9-10%, they are obviously not the same. As for randomly making up any number, related or not, to represent a data set; sure I can see how any number can be a 'more precise estimate' than others...
  5. F

    How is this explained?

    My brevity did not mean I have not or can not read data but your long-windedness did not add to my knowledge, instead it made the process of finding your point take longer than it should have. It is especially frustrating, to me, when my point is about how covid-19 (previously referred to as...
  6. F

    How is this explained?

    One thing that concerns me is the apathy that comes with misunderstanding the data. The flu has decades of data behind it, so when they say only a tiny % die, you can be sure that is factually correct - but the coronavirus is in its first season (hopefully its last as well) so there is no final...
  7. F

    How is this explained?

    Sometimes it is merely self fulfilling prophecy, as in people read it then either strive for it or use it as a template for something they invent.
  8. F

    Newbie from the Manning area, gold hunting

    Sounds like you are making a good choice guys, welcome.
  9. F

    Hello all, Newbie from EsperanceW.A.

    Great fishing down there, welcome also. Although walpole has some scary sized fish too.
  10. F

    Introduction

    Welcome harry.
  11. F

    New member

    Welcome james.
  12. F

    Hi all, noob here

    Hello and welcome.
  13. F

    What would you do ?

    Put it under a bucket (after placing the bucket near a shrub or something) and ask a family member to quickly grab the 'grasshopper' as I lift the bucket, so the 'grasshopper' does not get away.
Top