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Does anyone want some rain?
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Bring your buckets, tanks to Qld! We've been told it is bucketing down at home (Townsville), the whole east coast too. We ran into some light showers yesterday west of Mitchell, more consistent around Roma through to Injune. Then today from just south of Springsure through to Capella. And tomorrow?...
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"Humans are born to hunt" - a few may relate
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Dennis Waterman
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I heard the sad news today that Dennis Waterman has died in Spain aged 74. He was a great actor appearing in The Sweeney, Minder and New Tricks as well as several films. I thought both Minder and New Tricks were much lesser shows after he left. A truly sad loss to the entertainment industry.
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Reducing waste
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I remember replying to someone who posted his or her concerns about the waste going into landfill and how some 'green' solutions are therefore not green. I mentioned that some companies include the cost of recycling into the price of their products. Here is an alternative to reduce landfill: Sell...
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Are Australian over 65 living in poverty?
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I saw this headline and wondered if I was living in poverty: A viral meme claims 35.5 per cent of Australian seniors live in relative poverty. Here's why it's bunkum https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-04-01/checkmate-senior-australians-relative-poverty-meme/100955380 It...
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Happy Mothers Day
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To all the Mothers still on here, hope you all have a great day and get some cheer from your partners and children.
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Americanisation Of Australian Sport
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Why is every code of sport now called SUPER, eg. Super netball, Super league etc. What was wrong with plain old good old netball, cricket etc. Then we have Super overs, Super goals etc. Good players are now referred to as Super Stars or Legends, shouldn't that be reserved for Bradman? Why do we have to ha...
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Radio comedy: You lucky, lucky people!
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To my astonishment all episodes of the radio comedy Old Harry's Game are available on the BBC website: Old Harry's Game OHG is a brilliant, satirical radio comedy set in hell with the principle character being the devil (Old Harry), first broadcast in 2008. It is important to listen to, at least, the f...
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Meteor shower this weekend, 7th and 8th of May 2022
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There's a meteor shower happening. Its best seen before dawn if you're willing to get up that early  : Eta Aquariid meteor shower 2022: what you can expect to see around Australia [url]https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2022-05-05/meteor-shower-eta-aquariid-when-where-to-see-it...
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Vindication of infection claim
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https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2022/04/28/covid-persists.aspx?ui=3c2b59dc29e4854063d2f...
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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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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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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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