"I digress ..."

Mike Harding · Mike Harding

I'm currently camped 10m from the water of a beautiful lake which is, indirectly, fed by the Loddon River (Victoria). Given the amount of rain we have had recently I have been watching the lake for water rise like a hawk! However the BOMs local river height measurements do have me a little worried: 80m r...

yobarr · yobarr

The "Good Old Days" of Drag racing, as it once was done. About 1968, well before the OH&S arrived on the scene to "protect" people from imaginary dangers, and spoil everybody's fun! Falcon XT GT 302 and Monaro HK GTS 327 , I think.Cheers

rgren2 · rgren2

The passing of the Queen is a sad day. What will this bring, a republic, King Charles, King William? RIP Queen Elizabeth.

Bobdown · Bobdown

Something for everyone, go thru slowly and read.

Gundog · Gundog

Windows from Bill is on the outer. I have recently loaded Linux Mint on to a new partition of my hard drive, I'm slowly getting used of the differences of the new operating system. Are there other who have made the conversion to Linux.

Cassie63 · Cassie63

Boss and I are currently near the end of a lovely road trip, thought I might add some observations. If youre a grey nomad(GN) keep your thoughts and opinions to your self unless asked. Im over GNs who think they own the caravan park because they have been going to the same spot from year dot. Im over GNs who...

Dougwe · Dougwe

Who said it was hard to solve my electrical problem!

Mike Harding · Mike Harding

I enjoy spoken word audio; drama, documentaries, comedy, a wide range and YouTube nowadays has a great selection of all sorts of stuff worth listening to but much of this content does not really require video streaming just audio streaming. Consider a panel debate about, say, climate change; one do...

Craig1 · Craig1

I subscribe to this, there is an ever increasing number of potential safety hazards from most makes, most weeks. Maybe consider doing your own subscription. https://www.vehiclerecalls.gov.au/

Whenarewethere · Whenarewethere

But if you are a mere mortal you pay 40% inheritance tax on anything over $600k of assets. The royal business is worth $78 billion.

Bobdown · Bobdown

A couple of photos of a F/A 18 I took...........lol

Craig1 · Craig1

From late 1940's to maybe late 1960's

Ivan 01 · Ivan 01

A large caravan and truck parked somewhere in a street in Brisbane - 1956. The caravan is thirty feet long and was built by the owner, Mr J. J. Holmes, of Warnambool in Victoria. The caravan has three rooms which include a bed-sitting room, a shower recess and toilet and a kitchen-dining room, which h...

Collo · Collo

Why was this moron ever allowed back on the media? 1. Had sex with a teamates wife in his teamates home. 2. Glassed a female in a New York nightclub. 3. Sexually assulting a female by gropping her breasts. 4. Bag of white powder..."Oh it's legal"...more like cocaine. Hope he is gone for good. Collo.

bilbo · bilbo

Listened to NT country hour yesterday a "spokesman" for Good Water Energy talk the talk about green hydrogen/base load power/desalination/closed loop water/making water bottles from plant material etc etc. I was interested in whether they were a listed company?? and if so share price?? but my ve...

Whenarewethere · Whenarewethere

Can you crack it: Limited-edition 50 cent coin released by Australia's secret intelligence agency contains a hidden code My answer to the code: The Mint is owning up to the most irritating & pointless coin format Australia has ever produced.

Mike Harding · Mike Harding

One of the compensations of aging is that we care less how others perceive us and, in my case, at the point I hardly care at all :) I need, at this juncture, to point out that about ten days past my 4WD was chosen as a new home for a large colony of ants; big ants! Not the biting kind fortunately but neverthele...

dorian · dorian

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/sep/08/robot-wrote-this-article-gpt-3

Mike Harding · Mike Harding

How a young UK woman backpacker has turned into a cattle station cook: BBC link

Ivan 01 · Ivan 01

From another page When the shearing sheds are silent, and the stock camps fallen quiet When the gidgee coals no longer glow across the outback night And the bush is forced to hang a sign, 'gone broke and won't be back And spirits fear to find a way beyond the beaten track When harvesters stand derelict u...

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	I think my feet are getting wet (Preview) I'm currently camped 10m from the water of a beautiful lake which is, indirectly, fed by the Loddon River (Victoria). Given the amount of rain we have had recently I have been watching the lake for water rise like a hawk! However the BOMs local river height measurements do have me a little worried: 80m r...	Mike Harding	20	1583	06:31 AM Sep 21, 2022 by Mike Harding
	Drag Racing. The "Good Old Days" (Preview) The "Good Old Days" of Drag racing, as it once was done. About 1968, well before the OH&S arrived on the scene to "protect" people from imaginary dangers, and spoil everybody's fun! Falcon XT GT 302 and Monaro HK GTS 327 , I think.Cheers	yobarr	13	1423	08:14 PM Sep 20, 2022 by deverall11
	The Queen is dead ( 1 2 3 ) (closed) (Preview) The passing of the Queen is a sad day. What will this bring, a republic, King Charles, King William? RIP Queen Elizabeth.	rgren2	73	4508	08:24 PM Sep 19, 2022 by Clarky 1
	Historical Pictures (Preview) Something for everyone, go thru slowly and read.	Bobdown	3	954	07:48 PM Sep 18, 2022 by Ivan 01
	Windows need a new set of blinds. (Preview) Windows from Bill is on the outer. I have recently loaded Linux Mint on to a new partition of my hard drive, I'm slowly getting used of the differences of the new operating system. Are there other who have made the conversion to Linux.	Gundog	6	1298	09:16 AM Sep 18, 2022 by Craig1
	Over it (Preview) Boss and I are currently near the end of a lovely road trip, thought I might add some observations. If youre a grey nomad(GN) keep your thoughts and opinions to your self unless asked. Im over GNs who think they own the caravan park because they have been going to the same spot from year dot. Im over GNs who...	Cassie63	11	1459	05:38 PM Sep 17, 2022 by TheHeaths
	PROBLEM SORTED (Preview) Who said it was hard to solve my electrical problem!	Dougwe	6	1310	03:41 PM Sep 17, 2022 by Tony Bev
	listening to YouTube without the video (Preview) I enjoy spoken word audio; drama, documentaries, comedy, a wide range and YouTube nowadays has a great selection of all sorts of stuff worth listening to but much of this content does not really require video streaming just audio streaming. Consider a panel debate about, say, climate change; one do...	Mike Harding	0	690	12:48 PM Sep 14, 2022 by Mike Harding
	Motor Vechile Safety Recalls (Preview) I subscribe to this, there is an ever increasing number of potential safety hazards from most makes, most weeks. Maybe consider doing your own subscription. https://www.vehiclerecalls.gov.au/	Craig1	0	752	11:26 AM Sep 13, 2022 by Craig1
	King Charles 40% inheritance tax on $750m - none (Preview) But if you are a mere mortal you pay 40% inheritance tax on anything over $600k of assets. The royal business is worth $78 billion.	Whenarewethere	4	1041	10:36 PM Sep 12, 2022 by Cupie
	Riverfire...Brisbane (Preview) A couple of photos of a F/A 18 I took...........lol	Bobdown	6	964	02:51 PM Sep 12, 2022 by Cupie
	Old Tools (Preview) From late 1940's to maybe late 1960's	Craig1	9	1516	01:04 AM Sep 12, 2022 by Stretch60
	Nothing wrong with a Big One. (Preview) A large caravan and truck parked somewhere in a street in Brisbane - 1956. The caravan is thirty feet long and was built by the owner, Mr J. J. Holmes, of Warnambool in Victoria. The caravan has three rooms which include a bed-sitting room, a shower recess and toilet and a kitchen-dining room, which h...	Ivan 01	13	1347	09:23 PM Sep 8, 2022 by Whenarewethere
	Wayne Carey (Preview) Why was this moron ever allowed back on the media? 1. Had sex with a teamates wife in his teamates home. 2. Glassed a female in a New York nightclub. 3. Sexually assulting a female by gropping her breasts. 4. Bag of white powder..."Oh it's legal"...more like cocaine. Hope he is gone for good. Collo.	Collo	7	1698	05:04 PM Sep 8, 2022 by Ivan 01
	they talk the talk but do they walk the walk?? (Preview) Listened to NT country hour yesterday a "spokesman" for Good Water Energy talk the talk about green hydrogen/base load power/desalination/closed loop water/making water bottles from plant material etc etc. I was interested in whether they were a listed company?? and if so share price?? but my ve...	bilbo	3	1288	12:40 PM Sep 6, 2022 by Mike Harding
	Crack code of 50 cent coin code - answer (Preview) Can you crack it: Limited-edition 50 cent coin released by Australia's secret intelligence agency contains a hidden code My answer to the code: The Mint is owning up to the most irritating & pointless coin format Australia has ever produced.	Whenarewethere	17	1449	05:25 AM Sep 6, 2022 by dorian
	Is that your ant? (Preview) One of the compensations of aging is that we care less how others perceive us and, in my case, at the point I hardly care at all :) I need, at this juncture, to point out that about ten days past my 4WD was chosen as a new home for a large colony of ants; big ants! Not the biting kind fortunately but neverthele...	Mike Harding	12	1215	12:53 PM Sep 5, 2022 by StewG
	AI bots are already writing the blogs that some of us read (Preview) https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/sep/08/robot-wrote-this-article-gpt-3	dorian	7	1129	07:42 AM Sep 4, 2022 by dorian
	A nice little BBC Oz/UK story (Preview) How a young UK woman backpacker has turned into a cattle station cook: BBC link	Mike Harding	1	806	03:42 PM Sep 3, 2022 by Possum3
	In Days now Gone (Preview) From another page When the shearing sheds are silent, and the stock camps fallen quiet When the gidgee coals no longer glow across the outback night And the bush is forced to hang a sign, 'gone broke and won't be back And spirits fear to find a way beyond the beaten track When harvesters stand derelict u...	Ivan 01	5	1306	02:51 PM Sep 3, 2022 by msg
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