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Retired politician a spook
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So it's been revealed that a retired polly has been in cohoots with a foreign power. I hope he or her is named, shamed and his or her taxpayer pension is cancelled. Collo.
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Management Lessons..
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Lesson Number OneA crow was sitting on a tree, doing nothing all day.A small rabbit saw the crow, and asked him, "Can I also sit like you and do nothing all day long?"The crow answered: "Sure why not." So, the rabbit sat on the ground below the crow, and rested.All of a sudden, a fox appeared, jumped on the...
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$50 to Ukraine, one is stuffed, 20 years.
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I have donated a lot more than that to Ukraine (no personal family history), but I am completely stuffed nevertheless! I don't have any children, so no next generation that russia can happily murder. So a dead end for me either way. Russia, a long term unfortunately slow spiral into oblivion. So sad...
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900,000 km odometer BS
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I had a Peugeot 504, odometer died at quarter of a million km. Also Had a Seat Ibiza, its odometer also died at quarter of a million km. Only a sample of 2 cars, so not large by any stretch of the imagination. I suspect a 900,000 km odometer reading in an ad is BS! Maybe there are some with higher odometer...
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Car Insurance
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We have two vehicles, both insurances come due in March. One has gone from $648 to $880 a increase of 28.65% and the other from $764 to $934 a increase of 22.25% Probably need to think about if we really need two vehicles and too shop around for a better deal. The only thing is, we have all our policies with t...
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Collo
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Wind Up Hoses and Cable
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I was looking at changing my present hose and electrical cable set up to one of those wind up flat hoses and a wind up reel for the power cable. I saw an advert for Flat Out and they have a package for about $500. Has anyone used these and are they as good as the spruik that they give on their sales pitch. I get si...
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Thank you Hertz.
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For running the mad EV experiment from 2021 so saving potential EV buyers a lot of wallet trauma. Turns out EV's are just like a very expensive Ipad or laptop, once the battery is scratched when you run over something the car is written off. EV's are twice as expensive to repair as an ICE vehicle on the Her...
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This is Harris...
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aussie_paul
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Imprisonment..
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Imprisonment in one's own rapidly shrinking brain is how a doctor described it to me. I wouldn't wish Dementia/Alzheimer's on my worst enemy. As the patient's brain slowly dies, they change physically and eventually forget who their loved ones are. Patients can eventually become bedridden, unab...
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That terrible disease known as WOKE...
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[video=https://youtu.be/schuzjknjYE?si=df7Y2dUPK2-1MxpI]
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Grandkids..
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What..
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"Ancient" lighting technology longevity (Google Lens can't identify this original LED globe!)
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Had to replace a few LED globes recently... again & again...! They were not purchases at the start of the LED changeover from compact fluro globes. Many of these non original early LED purchases have been replaced multiple times. The first LED globe we bought, still going perfectly ok. Still...
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Hit...
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aussie_paul
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They call us "The Elderly"..
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We were born in the 40-50-60s.We grew up in the 50-60-70's.We studied in the 60-70-80's.We were dating in the 70-80-90's.We got married and discovered the world in the 70-80-90's.We venture into the 80-90s.We stabilize in the 2000s.We got wiser in the 2010s.And we are going firmly through and beyo...
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New tactics
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It appears that the youth of Kununurra have come up this new technique of "swarming" businesses in the town so they can steal in force, the local IGA has just been done.
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Birthday times 1949 to 1989..
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Australian helicopters going to landfill
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45 Army Taipan helicopters scrapped December 23, 20230339 An Australian Submarine conducts personnel transfers with a MRH-90 Taipan helicopter. Technicians are currently - and in secret - disassembling all 45 Army Taipan Multi Role Helicopters and will bury the components on a Defence site, A...
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Banks closing
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Hundreds of Commonwealth Bank branches and ATMs close across Australia (msn.com) With the reduced usage of cash comes an issue (or maybe not) Branches and ATMs are closing. What happens when all transactions go online. They will close the branches. There will be no way to talk to the bank directl...
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More Gimme
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Just caught the end of a story on TV that seems to have featured surfers and other swimmers discussing the availability of "Shark Proof" body suits for use in the water, at a cost of $1500 each. As always the cry now is for the "Gummint" to subsidise these suits, with the designer/maker/ supplier offeri...
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