Governmentium explained.

Oh, it just had to happen!

A certain person sent an email that I thought summed up the political situation beautifully in Tasmania and it is as follows.

"Oxford University researchers have discovered the heaviest element yet known to science। The new element, Governmentium (symbol = Gv), has one neutron, 25 assistant neutrons, 88 deputy neutrons, and 198 assistant deputy neutrons, giving it a atomic mass of 312.

These 312 particles are held together by forces called morons, which are surrounded by vast quantities of lepton-like particles called pillocks. Since Govermentium has no electrons, it is inert. However, it can be detected, because it impedes every reaction with which it comes into contact.

A tiny amount of Governmentium can cause a reaction that would normally take less than a second, to take from 4 days to 4 years to complete, if at all. Govermentium has a normal half-life of 2 to 4 years. It does not decay, but instead undergoes a reorganisation in which a portion of the assistant neutrons and deputy neutrons exchange places.

In fact Governmentium's mass will actually increase over time, since each reorganisation will cause more morons to become neutrons, forming isodopes। This characteristic of moron promotion leads some scientists to believe Governmentium is formed wherever morons reach a critical concentration. This hypothetical quantity is refered to as a critical morass. When catalised with money, Governmentium becomes Administatium (symbol=Ad), and element that radiates just as much energy as Governmentium, since it has half as many pillocks, but twice as many morons."

Sound familiar does it?

Now have a look at this website, then think about it. Does that sound familiar as well?

http://paws.kettering.edu/~jhuggins/humor/banana.htmledu/~jhuggins/humor/banana.html

Thanks to "Tweetie Pie", or "Crunchie", Crunchiejen, or what ever name she travels under on the day for this!

Any resemblace to any person living or dead is purely coincidental.

However I could think of a few who fits the bill. It is nice to know who your friends are when they send you images such as the one on the left.

My only comment is . . . . . . . .

"I love you to!"

The end of a paper making era from 1938 - June 30th, 2010.

The announced Closure of the PaperlinX/Tasmanian Paper Operation at Burnie was made to all onsite employees at 10:00 am today 13th April 2010. The announcement was also made on ABC Radio prior to the companies representatives informing them officially. In the meantime the Australian Stock Exchange also made the announcement.
So June 30th the last paper will roll off the No. 10 machine and at some date in July the Finishing Room will also close.
It is hard to say with absolute cerainty where the problems for the seventy two year old company started. At a rough guess it would have been at the time that North Broken Hill Pty Ltd took the controlling interest in APPM after the boom years of the early 1960's. It was at this point that the mining industry was in trouble with low prices and NBH didn't appear to have capital to prop up the Electrolytic Zinc works in Hobart and asset stripping started at the expense of the paper industry, after all paper wasn't NBH's core business. New investment in paper making machines and equipment would have kept the mill in a competitive position in the market place. Added to that the fluctuating value of the Australian dollar against the US Dollar didn't help matters either.

Following on from there Amcor saw the opportunity to buy out the paper merchants owned by APPM/NBH and the coup was to gain control of the REFLEX brand paper that was such a success. The two Tasmanian Mills were considered a load stone or cross they had to bear to achieve the buy out, but at a cost to NBH which precipitated the 1992 strike. (Refer to an earlier article.)

Mis-management with scant regards to the well fare of the employees that remained, has been a sore point since 1992. They became the pawns and a number on a sheet of paper bouncing off the walls of the corporate head office on the mainland, and now it is being screwed up and thrown in a rubbish bin or shredded as is the latest form of disposal.

So the Number 10 paper machine manufactured in England by Walmsley Ltd in 1961, installed in late 1962 - 1963, then its speed doubled in the early 1990's now slowly ceases production along with all the supply lines to it. The likely buyer Thailands Advance Agro's offer wasn't acceptable to PaperlinX management, and the deal was off. The end result, closure and site remediation. Now the rumour mill is in overdrive as it is perceived that after the successful trial of pulp from Thailand being converted to paper, Advance Agro are seen as the buyers of the plant after closure leaving Paperlinx with the remediation costs. A cunning move if ever there was one. Fact or fiction? That remains to be seen.

Maybe now is the ideal time to explain the emergance of Reflex Paper. The original Bond grade of paper was known by an unlikely title of 127N. Marketing wasn't crash hot to say the least, and it became Burnie Bond. This paper was designed for duplicating machines such as the Gestetners of the 50's and 60's and filled that need well, however with the advent of photocopiers and digital printers it was found sadly lacking. It was prone to clogging up the equipment with dust, wasn't opaque enough, nor was it bright, and the inks bled though not to mention paper "curl". This led to the development of an improved formula where extra clay filling, dyes to add brightness, moisture content etc. in fact a whole raft of changes were made to produce the paper now known as "Reflex". The name itself was worth a fortune and Burnie became known as the home of "Reflex Paper" Sadly, no longer.

To the employees being made redundant. I know exactly how you feel. The elder ones will have problems getting jobs, the younger ones will pack up and head to the mainland where other opportunities are waiting for you. To those with homes to pay for and children to educate, you are the ones I feel for most. You will be the ones hit hardest.

To all, I wish you well, and God's speed.

Will the last person leaving please turn off the lights after seventy two magnificent years.

Burnie thanks you, for all those years of opportunity and prosperity.