"I digress ..."

Beth54 · Beth54

No, not me sadly. I just thought I'd share this amusing poem my niece wrote. (permission given) Her tug at the time was a Suzuki Vitara towing a tent trailer. She'd had for several years and had a lot of adventures in it. The wandering Roo! By Nadia -getting bored between Rolleston and Moura so Megs gav...

Vic41 · Vic41

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-08-19/melbourne-worlds-most-liveable-city-for-the-fourth-year-running/5681014-- Edited by Vic41 on Tuesday 19th of August 2014 03:34:52 PM

rockylizard · rockylizard

Gday... 1839 - Louis Daguerre invents the daguerreotype photographic process, allowing an image to be chemically fixed as a permanent picture. Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre was born on 18 November 1787 in Cormeilles-en-Parisis. He experimented on making pictures from 1824, sho...

Vic41 · Vic41

The kids and grandkids will love this, sound on, see; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMrvR836TFI

Vic41 · Vic41

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-08-19/chamberlain-torana-becomes-museum-piece-for-all-to-see/5674120

rockylizard · rockylizard

Gday... 1786 - The decision is made in England to colonise New South Wales with convicts from Britain's overcrowded gaols. Conditions in England in the 18th century were tough: the industrial revolution had removed many people's opportunities to earn an honest wage as simpler tasks...

Vic41 · Vic41

Below is a link to a terrific piece of sound engineering. This is a video of street singers from around the world being recorded, overlaid and mixed with one another while singing the song "Stand By Me". It is a marvel to listen to and watch. They all deserve to be heard. The finished prod...

rockylizard · rockylizard

Vic41 · Vic41

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-08-17/study-sheds-light-on-wa-working-dogs-collies-kelpies-huntaways/5675578

Big Gorilla · Big Gorilla

Whoops!!!!!!!! A guy goes to the supermarket and notices a very attractive woman waving at him. She says, 'Hello.' He's rather taken aback because he can't place where he knows her from. So he asks, 'Do you know me?' To which she replies, 'I think you're the father of one o...

Vic41 · Vic41

http://www.youtube.com/embed/i5gK2MxGR0M?feature=player_detailpage

Vic41 · Vic41

Brains of elderly are slow because they know so much.... By Sarah Knapton, Science Correspondent Older people do not decline mentally with age, it just takes them longer to recall facts because they have more information in their brains, scientists believe. Much like a computer struggles as th...

rockylizard · rockylizard

Gday... 1807 - Work commences on the Bell Rock Lighthouse, considered one of the "Seven Wonders of the Industrial World". The Bell Rock Lighthouse, in the North sea, is the world's oldest offshore lighthouse. Situated 18 kilometres off the coast of Angus, Scotland, for ma...

rockylizard · rockylizard

Vic41 · Vic41

Wow! Can you believe this! (answer is NUP).... "Dear God's elect, I believe you will do better than I think, It is understandable that you may be a bit apprehensive because you do not know me, I am writing this mail to you with serious tears in my eyes and great sorrow in my heart, My Name is Mrs. Ell...

rockylizard · rockylizard

"To awaken quite alone in a strange town is one of the pleasantest sensations in the world." - Freya Stark

rockylizard · rockylizard

Gday... 1861 - South Australian John McKinlay departs Adelaide to search for the missing Burke and Wills expedition. The Burke and Wills expedition was supposed to mark the state of Victoria's greatest triumph: Victoria hoped to be the first state to mount an expedition to cross the c...

rockylizard · rockylizard

Gday... 1663 - A huge fireball descends over the town of Robozero, Russia, ascends again, then reappears once more. Robozero is a small Russian village about 1120km from St Petersburg. The story of the huge fireball that descended over Robozero is documented by a monastery monk. Arou...

rockylizard · rockylizard

Gday... 1861 - William Landsborough organises a relief expedition to find the missing Australian explorers Burke and Wills. Robert O'Hara Burke and William Wills set off from Melbourne in 1860 with a huge party of men, supplies and camels, aiming to be the first to cross Australia's i...

rockylizard · rockylizard

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	Birdsville bound (Preview) No, not me sadly. I just thought I'd share this amusing poem my niece wrote. (permission given) Her tug at the time was a Suzuki Vitara towing a tent trailer. She'd had for several years and had a lot of adventures in it. The wandering Roo! By Nadia -getting bored between Rolleston and Moura so Megs gav...	Beth54	4	548	10:43 AM Aug 20, 2014 by Beth54
	Survey - Melbourne is Worlds Most Liveable City.... (Preview) http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-08-19/melbourne-worlds-most-liveable-city-for-the-fourth-year-running/5681014-- Edited by Vic41 on Tuesday 19th of August 2014 03:34:52 PM	Vic41	4	555	05:13 AM Aug 20, 2014 by bill12
	August 20 Today in history (Preview) Gday... 1839 - Louis Daguerre invents the daguerreotype photographic process, allowing an image to be chemically fixed as a permanent picture. Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre was born on 18 November 1787 in Cormeilles-en-Parisis. He experimented on making pictures from 1824, sho...	rockylizard	3	543	07:32 PM Aug 19, 2014 by rockylizard
	Bubble Show - Sound On (Preview) The kids and grandkids will love this, sound on, see; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMrvR836TFI	Vic41	0	573	12:40 PM Aug 19, 2014 by Vic41
	Chamberlain Car To Become A Museum Piece (Preview) http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-08-19/chamberlain-torana-becomes-museum-piece-for-all-to-see/5674120	Vic41	0	375	11:26 AM Aug 19, 2014 by Vic41
	August 18 Today in history (Preview) Gday... 1786 - The decision is made in England to colonise New South Wales with convicts from Britain's overcrowded gaols. Conditions in England in the 18th century were tough: the industrial revolution had removed many people's opportunities to earn an honest wage as simpler tasks...	rockylizard	3	560	08:19 AM Aug 19, 2014 by Glenelg
	"Stand By Me" Song - Mixed World Singers and Musicians etc (Preview) Below is a link to a terrific piece of sound engineering. *This is a video of street singers from around the world being recorded, overlaid and mixed with one another while singing the song "Stand By Me".* *It is a marvel to listen to and watch.* *They all deserve to be heard.* *The finished prod...*	Vic41	4	788	11:00 PM Aug 17, 2014 by Vic41
	Works for me ... (Preview)	rockylizard	1	451	08:03 PM Aug 17, 2014 by Vic41
	Value of Working Dogs... (Preview) http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-08-17/study-sheds-light-on-wa-working-dogs-collies-kelpies-huntaways/5675578	Vic41	0	572	08:01 PM Aug 17, 2014 by Vic41
	THE FATHER OF ONE OF MY KIDS... (Preview) *Whoops!!!!!!!!* A guy goes to the supermarket and notices a very attractive woman waving at him. She says, 'Hello.' He's rather taken aback because he can't place where he knows her from. So he asks, 'Do you know me?' To which she replies, 'I think you're the father of one o...	Big Gorilla	4	661	07:48 PM Aug 17, 2014 by Cloak
	Amazing Sex Change Video (Preview) http://www.youtube.com/embed/i5gK2MxGR0M?feature=player_detailpage	Vic41	3	785	07:36 PM Aug 17, 2014 by Cloak
	We Are Smarter !! (Preview) Brains of elderly are slow because they know so much.... By Sarah Knapton, Science Correspondent Older people do not decline mentally with age, it just takes them longer to recall facts because they have more information in their brains, scientists believe. Much like a computer struggles as th...	Vic41	5	634	07:18 PM Aug 17, 2014 by baute
	August 17 Today in history (Preview) Gday... 1807 - Work commences on the Bell Rock Lighthouse, considered one of the "Seven Wonders of the Industrial World". The Bell Rock Lighthouse, in the North sea, is the world's oldest offshore lighthouse. Situated 18 kilometres off the coast of Angus, Scotland, for ma...	rockylizard	2	622	06:38 PM Aug 17, 2014 by pondsmob
	Grammar we can understand ? (Preview)	rockylizard	3	585	02:45 PM Aug 17, 2014 by Poppy sore eye
	I'm Rich! I'm Rich!......... (Preview) Wow! Can you believe this! (answer is NUP).... "Dear God's elect, I believe you will do better than I think, It is understandable that you may be a bit apprehensive because you do not know me, I am writing this mail to you with serious tears in my eyes and great sorrow in my heart, My Name is Mrs. Ell...	Vic41	11	906	10:25 AM Aug 17, 2014 by Vic41
	I can relate... (Preview) "To awaken quite alone in a strange town is one of the pleasantest sensations in the world." - Freya Stark	rockylizard	0	375	08:43 AM Aug 17, 2014 by rockylizard
	August 16 Today in history (Preview) Gday... 1861 - South Australian John McKinlay departs Adelaide to search for the missing Burke and Wills expedition. The Burke and Wills expedition was supposed to mark the state of Victoria's greatest triumph: Victoria hoped to be the first state to mount an expedition to cross the c...	rockylizard	2	576	04:57 AM Aug 17, 2014 by Glenelg
	August 15 Today in history (Preview) Gday... 1663 - A huge fireball descends over the town of Robozero, Russia, ascends again, then reappears once more. Robozero is a small Russian village about 1120km from St Petersburg. The story of the huge fireball that descended over Robozero is documented by a monastery monk. Arou...	rockylizard	7	784	09:36 PM Aug 15, 2014 by Dougwe
	August 14 Today in history (Preview) Gday... 1861 - William Landsborough organises a relief expedition to find the missing Australian explorers Burke and Wills. Robert O'Hara Burke and William Wills set off from Melbourne in 1860 with a huge party of men, supplies and camels, aiming to be the first to cross Australia's i...	rockylizard	3	533	06:16 AM Aug 15, 2014 by Glenelg
	It's all in the perspective... (Preview)	rockylizard	1	483	09:04 PM Aug 14, 2014 by Travel Bug
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