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Is it time for vehicle PINs?
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Is it time for vehicle PINs?The Queensland government has proposed a scheme whereby it will fund the installation of engine immobilizers in vehicles in the high vehicle theft cities of Mt Isa, Cairns and Townsville.The RACQ has spoken out against the proposal saying that modern cars are already fi...
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Mislaid your nuclear weapon?
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A fascinating BBC article about lost nuclear bombs: Where the hell is it!?
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Best selling beers for 2022
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1. Great Northern (Brewed by CUB, part of Asahi)2. Carlton Dry (CUB/Asahi)3. XXXX Gold (Lion, part of Kirin)4. Coopers (independent)5. Victoria Bitter (CUB/Asahi)6. Corona (Anheuser-Busch InBev, brewed in Australia by CUB/Asahi)7. Tooheys (Lion/Kirin)8. Hahn (Lion/Kirin)More CoverageS...
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I believe!
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I believe that one day I will win first prize in Oz Lotto.I believe in Karma whereby ALL sinners will eventually experience an equal or greater sin being perpetrated against them.I believe that I have lived several past lives including that of a Gladiator in Roman times.I believe that the world is on t...
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12 years finally goes kaput
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After a bit more than 12 years my Toshiba laptop has finally called time on its existence. I reassessed my computer needs, what do I require internet, office, mail and a bit of social media, so I took the cheapskate road and purchased a $400 Lenovo 4 GB of RAM and a 128gb eMMC hard drive which has Win 11 and a...
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Gundog
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A Great Refurb, for those down on Power
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Up for Auction, bid at Bown Village. A great candidate for a refurb
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What Was Your First Car?
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A bit of nostalgia. After getting my license in a Morris 850 Mini Minor in 1968 I bought my first car. It was a Toyota Corolla 2 door sedan, 4CYL, 1100cc, four on the floor, with bucket seats. It was a demo model, it cost me $1600 which took two years to pay off on HP. It was a great first car, very frugal on fuel...
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Food for Thought
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From an ABC News article posted today:- " . . . . . . Australians owe, on average, about $3,800 in credit card debt and a further $17,700 in personal debt (excluding property debt, which averages $565,880). This year Australian shoppers were expected to spend $63.9 billion in the six weeks before Chri...
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child hood number two
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Jeans when I was a young lad.
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I have memories of having jeans that lasted years and years, a good thick denim. Now when one buys a pair of jeans, they only last a matter of weeks. However, ordering a pair from USA, made in Mexico, I have a pair of heavy denim, and $30 cheaper than the rubbish we buy in Australia. Same with shoes I have to b...
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Nomads' Documentary
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Over the Christmas / New Year season Foxtel have opened more channels for us as compared to our usual bundle. On a BBC channel documentary during this week was a story about a USA female nomad, who started her solo nomadic life later in her years, starting with living in a car. A pleasant story. If you a...
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Turning Japanese
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I like the Inemuri ...........
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Christmas Day new present accidents & emergency
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Just listening to the radio with a hospital Emergency medic being interviewed. Christmas Day starts off very quiet, but, as the day moves on with presents being used, Emergency has one of their busiest days of the year. So they have factored in extra medics for all the broken arms & other injurie...
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Whenarewethere
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Merry Christmas to all.
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Christmas wishes to all Grey Nomads, enjoy the season and stay safe.
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Santa
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Auction Madness or tooo muuch moooney
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Following Shannons Online timed auction, NSW Number plate Number " 265 " , last bid is for $180,000.00
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Craig1
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Emails
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May be just a sign of the times but all of a sudden am getting a lot more Spam emails - am not doing anything different to what I have been doing but suddenly, where I was getting an average of 3/4 spam emails a day, am now getting 25/30 every day. I don't open them just delete them immediately. Anyone else f...
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Child hood can u remember
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Craig1
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Relaxing. U
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Lindemans Merlot, a cheese platter and an great test match. Who could want for more
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Magnarc
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Hey Possum-is yours booked in yet ?
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Nissan Patrol 6wd, a beauty https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5ZY1yI_uKw
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Small World
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It's an old saying and it used to happen more regularly when WA was less populated, we always used to bump into friends etc. I had to attend Jury Duty in Albany District Court today. A population of approx 35,000 in Albany, a jury panel assembly of 110 people, at the Court. My ex-neighbour Julie, who sold...
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