Yes ~84 attempts is an estimate, I did about 30 formal attempts then started losing it.
I had handed in the core work, I monitored 3 town sewage oxidation pond systems for 14 months, Armidale, Walcha and Guyra, 3 ponds in the first two towns, Walcha only had one, on 28 day intervals, identified and measured ~130,000 microalgae, 158 species, discarded 50 species because of very low numbers, did Waterbury too but did not process that data because I had to build my filter.
When I encountered an inverse graphic biomass pyramid in most of the ponds - most of the time my originally proposed tub experiments would have been impossible due to low density of microalgae which reproduces rapidly but was being eaten by copepods etc.
They had become hostile and wanted to write me down to a Masters but I stretched it to a "PhD Innovation" and built my apparatus where I was living.
I yelled at the pro vice chancellor industrial relations when for the second time his eyes went blank halfway through me telling him the title of my PhD - he also went blank and said "long title" when I told him my honors thesis title.
One trick wonders in denial, and I was alone with my very clear understanding, I can model complex systems in my head which makes me try to avoid dreaming.
And I did not understand the emotional and cognitive limitations of most people.
I worked from home after yelling at the PVC industrial relations - a poultry expert.
And was treated with hostility by everyone.
So after I finished my ~32 literature review topics while in the bush I kept trying to introduce my massive project but had to address the elephant in the room all the academics and most other people were stuck inside.
And I was just accessing journal articles and reports and trying to understand why people were so thick or simply monsters.
I was alone in the bush by then, some close relatives tried to exploit me to erect a fence they had conned out of a wildlife charity so they could flog their block off to the highest bidder and have me commuted I suppose, I was stranded there at the top of blue mountain gorge over winter 2020, still researching and trying to engage people.
I had upset billionaires and monsters moved in across the creek where I used to live and murdered about 300 kangaroos my ex and I had fed through the drought and left 7 grievously wounded that I had to kill.
I tried to stop them, built a better 250 metre long fence then went bush after I had finished testing my filter, we had raised some of the kangaroos.
I was stuffed around by 4 different people while looking for a place to work away from people.
Now I am camped on a property near where I used to live, trying to avoid transactional enslavement by my host by doing work for nothing for my keep, I cost him nothing and am restoring a 113 year old shearing shed and doing maintenance on fences and decaying infrastructure but mostly caring for country and clearing fire hazards from habitat trees.
The fury and despair and all else in my mind are impossible to describe.
So it takes a while to get my head together some days.
My book needs several introductions - first to smash the egos and try to release minds, then an outline of my 20 year project, then "the evolution of our climate system" I have been giving drafts of that away for nearly 3 years now, then how addressing all the diverse damages coherently can leverage restorative results far greater than the sum of their parts and much faster than flat Earth spectators can imagine, apparently.
Then I will use one of my formal introductions before my PhD core chapters.
I only needed 5 literature review topics for my core PhD work.
But I did not want to submit " pearls before swine" when the swine are a major part of the problem so I must point that out up front.
My purpose is to solve a complex problem, whatever it takes our Earth is more important to me than myself, but I am only human.
My first coffee of the day has gone cold now.
I best wake up a bit more.
I might start putting some of my work on substack, I got the app yesterday when I decided to follow you.
I recall a chat a with you Bob a few years ago on Facebook I think it was. I recall getting a bit lost with your engineering ideas as my brain is not built that way. I live in southern Queensland these days and occasionally have to drive to Sydney so perhaps we'll bump into each other round Armidale. Cheers
It is a bit complicated to understand human infrastructure reformed to have beneficial environmental impacts and I have been working on how to explain that more clearly.
Even though our Earth System is in a very bad state and our leaders are worse than useless and it looks like the terminator movies might become a widespread reality, I might as well try to get my "Earth System Restoration" ideas out there.
I must get this app on my computer, and become familiar with it, the mobile signal is poor here but I am not far out of Armidale and perhaps we can catch up one day if you have a break from driving in Armidale.
It is a shame that warmongers seem to be running things and it seems like the majority do not care.
Most people prefer simple happy stories to facing reality.
Finish the report...!
Has it seriously entailed 84 attempted intros?
I've had paragraphs that have entailed as many false starts. You're not alone.
Thanks for sharing Bob. You're among friends.
PS Tony Windsor, I think, is a good man. I interviewed him on Wild.
Thank you Sarah.
Yes, Tony Windsor is awesome.
Yes ~84 attempts is an estimate, I did about 30 formal attempts then started losing it.
I had handed in the core work, I monitored 3 town sewage oxidation pond systems for 14 months, Armidale, Walcha and Guyra, 3 ponds in the first two towns, Walcha only had one, on 28 day intervals, identified and measured ~130,000 microalgae, 158 species, discarded 50 species because of very low numbers, did Waterbury too but did not process that data because I had to build my filter.
When I encountered an inverse graphic biomass pyramid in most of the ponds - most of the time my originally proposed tub experiments would have been impossible due to low density of microalgae which reproduces rapidly but was being eaten by copepods etc.
They had become hostile and wanted to write me down to a Masters but I stretched it to a "PhD Innovation" and built my apparatus where I was living.
I yelled at the pro vice chancellor industrial relations when for the second time his eyes went blank halfway through me telling him the title of my PhD - he also went blank and said "long title" when I told him my honors thesis title.
One trick wonders in denial, and I was alone with my very clear understanding, I can model complex systems in my head which makes me try to avoid dreaming.
And I did not understand the emotional and cognitive limitations of most people.
I worked from home after yelling at the PVC industrial relations - a poultry expert.
And was treated with hostility by everyone.
So after I finished my ~32 literature review topics while in the bush I kept trying to introduce my massive project but had to address the elephant in the room all the academics and most other people were stuck inside.
And I was just accessing journal articles and reports and trying to understand why people were so thick or simply monsters.
I was alone in the bush by then, some close relatives tried to exploit me to erect a fence they had conned out of a wildlife charity so they could flog their block off to the highest bidder and have me commuted I suppose, I was stranded there at the top of blue mountain gorge over winter 2020, still researching and trying to engage people.
I had upset billionaires and monsters moved in across the creek where I used to live and murdered about 300 kangaroos my ex and I had fed through the drought and left 7 grievously wounded that I had to kill.
I tried to stop them, built a better 250 metre long fence then went bush after I had finished testing my filter, we had raised some of the kangaroos.
I was stuffed around by 4 different people while looking for a place to work away from people.
Now I am camped on a property near where I used to live, trying to avoid transactional enslavement by my host by doing work for nothing for my keep, I cost him nothing and am restoring a 113 year old shearing shed and doing maintenance on fences and decaying infrastructure but mostly caring for country and clearing fire hazards from habitat trees.
The fury and despair and all else in my mind are impossible to describe.
So it takes a while to get my head together some days.
My book needs several introductions - first to smash the egos and try to release minds, then an outline of my 20 year project, then "the evolution of our climate system" I have been giving drafts of that away for nearly 3 years now, then how addressing all the diverse damages coherently can leverage restorative results far greater than the sum of their parts and much faster than flat Earth spectators can imagine, apparently.
Then I will use one of my formal introductions before my PhD core chapters.
I only needed 5 literature review topics for my core PhD work.
But I did not want to submit " pearls before swine" when the swine are a major part of the problem so I must point that out up front.
My purpose is to solve a complex problem, whatever it takes our Earth is more important to me than myself, but I am only human.
My first coffee of the day has gone cold now.
I best wake up a bit more.
I might start putting some of my work on substack, I got the app yesterday when I decided to follow you.
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I recall a chat a with you Bob a few years ago on Facebook I think it was. I recall getting a bit lost with your engineering ideas as my brain is not built that way. I live in southern Queensland these days and occasionally have to drive to Sydney so perhaps we'll bump into each other round Armidale. Cheers
Haha! Love this. Let all of us here know if you meet up!
You have a good memory.
It is a bit complicated to understand human infrastructure reformed to have beneficial environmental impacts and I have been working on how to explain that more clearly.
Even though our Earth System is in a very bad state and our leaders are worse than useless and it looks like the terminator movies might become a widespread reality, I might as well try to get my "Earth System Restoration" ideas out there.
I must get this app on my computer, and become familiar with it, the mobile signal is poor here but I am not far out of Armidale and perhaps we can catch up one day if you have a break from driving in Armidale.
It is a shame that warmongers seem to be running things and it seems like the majority do not care.
Most people prefer simple happy stories to facing reality.
Interesting times.
Yeah cool. So look me up on Zuckbook and send a message and we'll see what happens
Facebook crashed my phone when I tried.
Will give it another go later