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Rob Driver?
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I note Rob Driver's profile shows his status as "Deleted" which is unfortunate as he was often an interesting poster.
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When will they learn? Women in a submarine?
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BBC - Royal Navy problem Which idiot thought it was a good idea to put women in a submarine? I had a good, male, friend who served on UK nuclear subs and he thought the concept was crazy, I agree. Men want sex. Beginning and end - always has been, always will be. Put men and women together in a toothpaste tube...
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A new Sponsor
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I hear this morning that the Victorian Taxpayer has baled the Diamonds Netball to the tune of the 15 million dollars that they rejected from Gina Rinehart. They say it is good for tourism. Really? Probably not so good for flood victims, and the existing massive state debt. Some may ask where is the diam...
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A bloody long train
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-10-31/worlds-longest-passenger-train-world-record-broken/101598500?utm_campaign=abc_news_web&utm_content=link&;utm_medium=content_shared&utm_source=abc_news_web
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Not in Australia mate! The Grinch of Halloween.
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I hear we are spending $430,000,000 dollars on this in Australia this year. That is a bloody lot of money. Could we invest in something more related to Australia or is it fun to spend that much on costumes novelties and lollies. -- Edited by Ivan 01 on Friday 28th of October 2022 08:07:41 PM -- Edited by Iv...
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A brand new EV for $22,500
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Right now in Thailand, you can buy a brand new, Chinese made, Toyota Yaris size, electric vehicle for $22,500 drive way. The car comes with a 5 year / 100,000 km warranty and a separate 8 year / 180,000 km warranty on the battery. The claimed travel distance is 380 kms with recharge times of AC (at your ho...
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More Rain, A Boost to Victoria's Power Supply.
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Melbourne's largest water supply reservoir, Thomson is now 99.6% full & close to spilling for the first time for many years. At the bottom of the dam wall was an outlet that used to release water to maintain the flow of the Thomson River. During my time of employment at Melbourne Water my family &am...
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I find it very strange.
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First off the actual names will not be mentioned. There is a court case occurring where at the commencement of the second week the accuser who was supposed to continue with cross examination on Monday was unavailable, but the case is continuing in the person's absence after a second day Why would a cas...
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Eco warriors and glue.
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You just have to love this!!! When time came to shut up shop, Volkswagen staff locked the doors and switched off the lights (inset) and heating, leaving the protestors on the concrete ground (pictured). The protestors, who are all reportedly scientists, claim the carmaker accepted their right to p...
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Medibank cyber incident ... and others
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https://www.medibank.com.au/livebetter/newsroom/post/medibank-cyber-incident
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We used to shoot looters
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Two house in Marybinong " looted " yesterday, or Sunday night. If the heading is a myth lets make it a reality.
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Some sports people just need a belting with the strap
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A friend sent me this on email. I found that it covered some very relevant points Just when you think youve landed that ground breaking deal to keep your sport and its increasingly precious star attractions in the style to which theyve become accustomed, you get: Yeah, nah not really keen on that com...
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A-bloody-mazing
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I have observed this sort of skill a couple of times previously but it is very, very rare: The slingshot man
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Boris: The comeback kid
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Warranty on eBay purchases - buyer beware
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When browsing around looking for good prices on your next piece of kit, do you take warranty into account? Are you aware that by paying a few dollars less on eBay you may lose out if your purchase develops a fault? If you look at the eBay T&C the word "warranty" does not appear. If it arrives faulty you...
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Nambung 2022 Country Music Muster
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Not sure where to place this post, as I use to recommend this four day festival 95% of the people had always been either retirement age, or older And there had never been any social problems, which I was aware of Alas the 2022 Nambung Country Music Muster in WA, will most probably be the last one The proper...
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Thanx in advance.
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There has been an upsurge lately on the forum, of the use of above. Perhaps some could enlighten me as to how you can thank someone when you don't know what they are going to say?. They might well say something that you really don't want to thank them for. As for the use of the letter x how much more difficul...
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New Version of trailer Sailer
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-10-24/coal-ship-partly-powered-wind-makes-historic-trip-newcastle/101568776
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Homeless people deserve consideration
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There is a story on the main website for this forum which describes itself being about littler and rubbish being dumped in the bush but, to me, it looks more like disgraceful treatment of a homeless person: Main website story From the story and photographs it appears the guy has been living in his bush c...
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Self Entitled Oxygen Theives
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It statred with the Diamonds Netballers pushing back at Gina Rhienharts sponsorship of Netball Australia for woke agenda. Now we have Pat Cummins come out and appling pressure to Cricket Australia over Alinta Energy's sponsorship because of climate change. The answer is simple just like the Manl...
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