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EATING IN THE FIFTIES and SIXTIES.
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Pasta was not eaten in Australia.Curry was a surname.A takeaway was a mathematical problem.A pizza was something to do with a leaning tower.All potato chips were plain; the only choice we had was whether to put the salt on or not.Rice was only eaten as a milk pudding.Calamari was called squid and we us...
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Eddie Charlton
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A great player, a great night, but now long ago
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Yanks version of their eagle-exagerated a bit
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Hand fed dolphins more likely to die
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Have you been feeding dolphins in WA? According to this study the hand fed dolphins are more likely to die. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0003347222000355 Even though the tourist companies only feed the dolphins very small amounts to encourage the...
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Good news about internet equality
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Australia joins dozens of countries committing to a 'democratic' internet https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-04-29/australia-joins-57-of-nations-committing-to-democratic-internet/101024208 I believe this is good news. Restricting the internet was not its original...
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Childhood memories
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On a different topic the old TV show, My Favourite Martian, was mentioned. That brought back memories of many TV shows that I watched as a child. Such as: Milton the Monster, Linus the Lionhearted, Bugs Bunny Show, Woody the Woodpecker, The Flintstones, It's about Time (? about two astronauts who...
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A Cruise Ship with Covid 19 - Who woulda thought.
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https://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/incidents/disaster-as-first-cruise-ships-allowed-back-into-wa/news-story/5444d9ec7c95d54339e4b47f33ffc9e0
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50 things money can't buy....
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Food Production, safety.
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20+ Foods From China You Should Never Buy | Richouses I wonder how widespread these practices are around the world. Always took comfort that something like this could never happen in Australia and have been very careful to buy only Australian. Not sure now though. Any rice we produce goes to over...
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Household cleaner - make your own
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I'm sick of the commercial kitchen bench type spray cleaners, comes in a 750ml hand spray bottle from SafeColes for $4 or so, you know the sort. The damn things don't seem to work irrespective of brand/cost, I reckon most of the cleaning is done by the rubbing action of the cloth. Having an almost empty c...
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Lest We Forget
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-- Edited by Clarky 1 on Monday 25th of April 2022 08:24:29 AM
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A new type of treehouse
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Do the weights and measures on this beauty..........
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Desperate
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Some males are desperate. The Santa Marta harlequin toad can cling to a female for up to five months, just to mate. Sound like anyone you know?  https://www.newscientist.com/article/2315689-male-toad-clings-to-female-for-5-months-waiting-for-chance-to-mate/ It cla...
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4th Jab, or Booster
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We both had our 4th Jab, Booster on Wednesday, no effects from the three previous. But this one I had the red hots and wife is still very light headed and drove the porcelain bus a bit.
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Good news about Australian orchid
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I recently read this in the New Scientist and I thought that maybe some orchid lovers on this forum might like it. An Australian orchid that was once thought to be extinct has been rediscovered since the 2019/2020 bushfires. The mignonette leek orchid was found in Victoria and New South Wales durin...
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Autistic Teenager Reveals He Feels Blessed That He Never Had To Have A Dad Like Scott Morrison
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A year 9 student at Betoota Heights High has today responded to the comments made by our Prime Minister last night. Im feeling blessed today, said young Brayden Williams this afternoon. That I dont have a dad like Scott Morrison. Speaking in reference to Scott Morrisons comments during the leaders d...
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Hey baby! I may be pushing 70 but I know a bit more than some 30 year old....
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Interesting research about the sex lives of we oldies: BBC: Are Baby Boomers having the best time in bed?
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'Theory of relatively' quiz.
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Just a bit of a light hearted quiz:
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This IPCC report is released
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The third IPCC report has been released and the summary doesn't look good for humanity: 'Transformational change' needed in all regions and sectors now to mitigate climate change: IPCC [url]https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2022-04-05/ipcc-climate-change-report-mitigation-car...
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Ukraine: Is it time for a no-fly zone?
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Russian behaviour in and regarding Ukraine has been appalling and doesn't look likely to change in the near future. It seems probable Finland and Sweden will apply for NATO membership within the year, probably some of the small ex Soviet satellites too; this will anger Russian leadership greatly a...
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