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Valuable Steinway baby grand piano found in 'tropical hell of Broome tip'
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A clean-up at a resort in northern Western Australia has ended on a sour note when a baby grand piano was mistakenly turfed at a rubbish tip. Fortunately the historic Steinway & Sons piano previously owned by Lord Alistair McAlpine, an advisor to former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher...
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HAPPY ST PATRICK'S DAY
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Happy St Patrick's day, I'm off to Freo to join my lovely irish friends.....Kisha
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Unemployed or Retired
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Yesterday I had a nice young lady knock on my door selling raffle tickets on behalf of The Prince Of Wales Hospital which is 160km away in Sydney. When I asked her how much for a ticket she gave me a long spool about all the different options I had starting from $30 up to well over $100 (ongoing per month) - th...
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The Belmont Bear
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Drank too much....
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Amazing, Norwegean Atlantic Road...imagine driving on this...
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This stunning engineering feat, the Norwegean Atlantic Road, is built OVER several small islands and reefs, and is crossed by 8 bridges, several roads and overpasses.... You can see an RV on the left in its Freecamp?....plus of course fjords...how did they build it over the small islands etc....n...
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Political correctness.
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Washington, D C 2120-September 1, 1945 To: D A MacArthur/C H Nimitz From: H S Truman Political Correctness is a doctrine, recently fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and promoted by a sick mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a tu...
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Storage Batteries potential for the future
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I am not sure if this is fair dinkum or pie in the skyPerhaps some of the more electric technical members, have been watching this development more closely than I have, and will come along and give their inputMy interpretation of the article below is that a battery manufacturer has said that he can half...
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Another Legend passes. Murray Ball
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/2017/03/12/iconic-cartoonist-and-footrot-flats-creator-murray-ball-dead/?ncid=fcbklnkauhpmg00000001
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A few of Life's trueisms...
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-- Edited by Goldfinger on Tuesday 14th of March 2017 09:43:22 PM
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Does Australia belong to you?
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I was sent this earlier today - a song by the late, great Slim Dusty https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LT2FFc-_R0g He was a great Australian in the true sense, a gentleman. I had never heard him to be "Political" before, I liked it and I hope you do too.
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Australia's Future
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I was inspired to write this by another post that suggested that young people should get off the dole and get a job and I didn't want to hijack that thread.. Not long after the first convicts arrived in Sydney Newcastle became an important industrial hub lasting almost 200 years, in the last 20 or 30 year...
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The Belmont Bear
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Bruce
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A small boy named Bruce lived in a suburb of Sydney, Australia. None of his classmates liked him cause of his stupidity, especially his teacher, who was always yelling at him, "Youre driving me mad Bruce". One day Bruce 's mum came to school to check on how he was doing. The teacher told his mum honestly,...
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I Saw a Sign
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I hate to brag, but......
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Another pair of glasses were due. Got this old fart to the optometrist. A few tests, and while waiting for some results, I needed to go for a pee. As I was about to go to the dunny, the optometrist handed me a pair of specs, asking me to try them on. While I'm standing at the urinal, I glanced down and saw I was h...
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If only our Wallabies were this clever...eh?....
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Clever clearance kick....only about 5 seconds..Hoo Roo
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Goldfinger
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Picture hanging..made easy....
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FOXTEL - DOES ANYONE ACCESS IT VIA SATELLITE??? OR IS IT CABLE ONLY
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Any one have any ideas please. I'm mobile and not fixed location. Not much info and they seem to want me to be in a fixed location????? Cheers Baz
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Life in the Alice!!
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Went into The BP service station and I noticed two policemen watching a woman smoking a ciggie while she was filling up. I saw her & thought "what an idiot....with the police right there too". I went in to pay and As I was walking out I heard someone screaming. I looked outside & the woman's arm wa...
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NSW Police Rugby Union - City Vs Country
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Inaugural Bryson Anderson Memorial Shield - Ashwood Park Bathurst 25th March 2017 and NSW Police Women's Rugby 10's. Kick off 4.30 pm At 3.30pm on the 6th of December 2012, Detective Inspector Bryson Charles Anderson arrived at the scene of a neighbourhood dispute at Oakville near Windsor that...
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Carp
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Carp and Herpes sorry can't get it right , -- Edited by Recoup on Wednesday 8th of March 2017 12:10:51 PM
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