"I digress ..."

kiwijims · kiwijims

I don't know how high the cost of Diesel is where you live, but I sure got a shock while checking "Fuel Watch " here in Perth tonight, At top of the list is Caltex Express, with a staggering price.... 185.91 at Caltex Express Canning Vale 280 Bannister Rd CANNING VALE At the other end of the rip-off the...

Mike Harding · Mike Harding

Oh banks and Facebook; how much do I hate thee... let me count the ways I have a PL company which I haven't used for the past two years, I've been doing other stuff so it's been dormant. I've submitted zero GST and tax returns and there has been no income into the company. However: it does have a regular mont...

JayDee · JayDee

Winx today won her 4th consequestive W.S. Cox Plate. Whilst the fieldwason I think 9 starters,I guess all she has to do is beat the field. I rather think that many owners and trainers of horses capable of the Cox Plate distance would have give the race a wide berth. However pretty good money for place get...

LLD · LLD

Cupie · Cupie

........................................................................... YOUR LESSON FOR TODAY. An old man, a boy and a donkey were going to town. The boy rode on the d...

palaceboy · palaceboy

Just wondered how many people use it on here. We do a lot, lots of competition in the market at present, between Uber, Ola and Didi, with Didi offering really incredible service at present. Taxify is an also ran now and seems to be losing ground. How we use it is thus, generally speaking we will go ou...

LLD · LLD

22 years ago this month I started working on the Y2K bug. Cannot believe it was that long ago. People still tell me what a waste of time as nothing happened. Nothing happened because lots of money, time and effort went into making sure nothing happened. Computers generally stored dates at YYMMDD forma...

Cupie · Cupie

https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/national/2018/10/26/australia-worlds-most-successful-rich-economy/?utm_source=Adestra&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Saturday%20New...

Roy E · Roy E

There may be one or two of you who play the odd round of golf. Now, being on the road a bit, you may not have heard of changes to "Rules of Golf for Seniors". For those of you ignorant of the new rules, I'll copy them here;RULE CHANGES IN EFFECT FOR SENIOR GOLFERS :Rule 9.k.34(a): If a tree is between the ball a...

kiwijims · kiwijims

Queensland hail storm injures mother and baby trapped in car.... A Kingaroy mother thought her baby was going to die when they were pelted by hail after becoming trapped in her car during the supercell thunderstorm, http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-10-12/mum-injured-pelted-by-hail-storm...

LLD · LLD

Noticed in the last few days many "E10" servos around Ballarat and now offering "Ethanol 85". My wife's car runs 94/95 so we always use the E10 as it is rated at 95 RON (price being a big primary reason). Not sure if her car can run E85. When E85 first hit the markets in Brazil, cars had a small "window washer...

LLD · LLD

Im off to the MotoGP on Phillip Island next weekend. Camping trackside. With a pensioner discount, it cost $70 for 4 nights. Thats $17.50 per night for an unpowered site. Toilets, hot showers and a band in a marquee on Fri, Sat & Sun nights. Food vans & grog. No BYO but slabs of beer & pre-m...

Mike Harding · Mike Harding

My parents were not great readers, Mum less so that Dad but there were a couple of shelves of books in the house and some more children's books scattered around given as Xmas/birthday presents. I am an avid reader and have been since I was (say) eight, the public library was my friend. When I went to board...

Yuglamron · Yuglamron

I would like to point out one fact Re.Kindle and other E'Books. There lots of sites to download E'Books free and Paid. Some want new authors to put their work out there in the digital world. Amazon for one encourages new authors to submit books in E format for sale on their sites. It does give budding a...

Desert Dweller · Desert Dweller

We stumbled across this website recently. http://alldownunder.com/australia/know.html Good for things like finding school holidays in every State, daylight saving etc. Plenty of other interesting info too. Not a rival to GN, just lots of interesting things about Oz.

aussie_paul · aussie_paul

AUSTRALIA AND AUSTRALIANS The following has been written by the late Douglas Adams of "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" fame. "Australia is a very confusing place, taking up a large amount of the bottom half of the planet. It is recognisable from orbit because of many unusual features, including w...

rockylizard · rockylizard

Gday... Cheers - John

palaceboy · palaceboy

With most of us being around the same age and in early retirement, I thought I'd enquire about peoples experiences and views on Retirement villages. I've had a couple of tentative looks at the possibility. Presently I'm open to all ideas. However when it comes to these villages, I just dont reall...

Possum3 · Possum3

NORTHERN Territory Police have appealed for help in tracing a missing 67-year-old caravanner. Alex Rosenberg was last seen on the Leliyn Track at Edith Falls campground on Sunday, August 19. His Elite caravan and tow vehicle were located at his campsite in "a neat and tidy condition", police said....

Recoup · Recoup

https://www.ineffableisland.com/2018/10/the-homing-instinct-of-relocated-snakes.html

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	Diesel prices in Perth going through the roof.... ( 1 2 ) (Preview) I don't know how high the cost of Diesel is where you live, but I sure got a shock while checking "Fuel Watch " here in Perth tonight, At top of the list is Caltex Express, with a staggering price.... 185.91 at Caltex Express Canning Vale 280 Bannister Rd CANNING VALE At the other end of the rip-off the...	kiwijims	33	1745	04:47 PM Nov 9, 2018 by Ron-D
	Time to hate two birds with one stone (Preview) Oh banks and Facebook; how much do I hate thee... let me count the ways I have a PL company which I haven't used for the past two years, I've been doing other stuff so it's been dormant. I've submitted zero GST and tax returns and there has been no income into the company. However: it does have a regular mont...	Mike Harding	8	1279	09:00 PM Nov 8, 2018 by Lesley F
	Winx... how good is she??? (Preview) Winx today won her 4th consequestive W.S. Cox Plate. Whilst the fieldwason I think 9 starters,I guess all she has to do is beat the field. I rather think that many owners and trainers of horses capable of the Cox Plate distance would have give the race a wide berth. However pretty good money for place get...	JayDee	11	1150	06:31 PM Nov 8, 2018 by Lesley F
	Dougwe at The Cup (Preview)	LLD	2	888	10:13 AM Nov 7, 2018 by Dougwe
	Parable for today (Preview) ........................................................................... YOUR LESSON FOR TODAY. An old man, a boy and a donkey were going to town. The boy rode on the d...	Cupie	4	985	07:35 PM Nov 5, 2018 by Bushpie
	Ride Sharing services. (Preview) Just wondered how many people use it on here. We do a lot, lots of competition in the market at present, between Uber, Ola and Didi, with Didi offering really incredible service at present. Taxify is an also ran now and seems to be losing ground. How we use it is thus, generally speaking we will go ou...	palaceboy	4	828	02:16 PM Nov 3, 2018 by palaceboy
	How Time Flies and the Y2K bug. (Preview) 22 years ago this month I started working on the Y2K bug. Cannot believe it was that long ago. People still tell me what a waste of time as nothing happened. Nothing happened because lots of money, time and effort went into making sure nothing happened. Computers generally stored dates at YYMMDD forma...	LLD	8	875	01:40 PM Nov 3, 2018 by The Belmont Bear
	Au - The most successful rich country? (Preview) https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/national/2018/10/26/australia-worlds-most-successful-rich-economy/?utm_source=Adestra&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Saturday%20New...	Cupie	12	1298	12:18 PM Nov 1, 2018 by Bryan
	Golf for seniors. (Preview) There may be one or two of you who play the odd round of golf. Now, being on the road a bit, you may not have heard of changes to "Rules of Golf for Seniors". For those of you ignorant of the new rules, I'll copy them here;RULE CHANGES IN EFFECT FOR SENIOR GOLFERS :Rule 9.k.34(a): If a tree is between the ball a...	Roy E	3	1005	07:22 PM Oct 29, 2018 by Radar
	Woman caught in terrible hail storm......... (Preview) Queensland hail storm injures mother and baby trapped in car.... A Kingaroy mother thought her baby was going to die when they were pelted by hail after becoming trapped in her car during the supercell thunderstorm, http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-10-12/mum-injured-pelted-by-hail-storm...	kiwijims	3	825	09:40 AM Oct 21, 2018 by JayDee
	Premium Unleaded (98 RON), E10 & E85 (Preview) Noticed in the last few days many "E10" servos around Ballarat and now offering "Ethanol 85". My wife's car runs 94/95 so we always use the E10 as it is rated at 95 RON (price being a big primary reason). Not sure if her car can run E85. When E85 first hit the markets in Brazil, cars had a small "window washer...	LLD	1	549	09:40 PM Oct 20, 2018 by Craig1
	Reasonably priced weekend camping at the MotoGP. (Preview) Im off to the MotoGP on Phillip Island next weekend. Camping trackside. With a pensioner discount, it cost $70 for 4 nights. Thats $17.50 per night for an unpowered site. Toilets, hot showers and a band in a marquee on Fri, Sat & Sun nights. Food vans & grog. No BYO but slabs of beer & pre-m...	LLD	1	492	07:04 PM Oct 19, 2018 by 2foot6
	I love my Kindle but... (Preview) My parents were not great readers, Mum less so that Dad but there were a couple of shelves of books in the house and some more children's books scattered around given as Xmas/birthday presents. I am an avid reader and have been since I was (say) eight, the public library was my friend. When I went to board...	Mike Harding	18	896	10:06 PM Oct 18, 2018 by landy
	Referincing the Kindle Post. (Preview) I would like to point out one fact Re.Kindle and other E'Books. There lots of sites to download E'Books free and Paid. Some want new authors to put their work out there in the digital world. Amazon for one encourages new authors to submit books in E format for sale on their sites. It does give budding a...	Yuglamron	1	590	09:48 PM Oct 18, 2018 by landy
	A Handy One to Save On Favourites (Preview) We stumbled across this website recently. http://alldownunder.com/australia/know.html Good for things like finding school holidays in every State, daylight saving etc. Plenty of other interesting info too. Not a rival to GN, just lots of interesting things about Oz.	Desert Dweller	3	869	05:57 PM Oct 17, 2018 by LLD
	AUSTRALIA AND AUSTRALIANS.. (Preview) AUSTRALIA AND AUSTRALIANS The following has been written by the late Douglas Adams of "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" fame. "Australia is a very confusing place, taking up a large amount of the bottom half of the planet. It is recognisable from orbit because of many unusual features, including w...	aussie_paul	9	1020	09:58 AM Oct 17, 2018 by LLD
	So now ya know .... (Preview) Gday... Cheers - John	rockylizard	11	816	03:29 PM Oct 16, 2018 by Izabarack
	Retirement Villages..... why? ( 1 2 ) (Preview) With most of us being around the same age and in early retirement, I thought I'd enquire about peoples experiences and views on Retirement villages. I've had a couple of tentative looks at the possibility. Presently I'm open to all ideas. However when it comes to these villages, I just dont reall...	palaceboy	32	1814	12:55 PM Oct 16, 2018 by palaceboy
	Missing Person - C&P from another site. (Preview) NORTHERN Territory Police have appealed for help in tracing a missing 67-year-old caravanner. Alex Rosenberg was last seen on the Leliyn Track at Edith Falls campground on Sunday, August 19. His Elite caravan and tow vehicle were located at his campsite in "a neat and tidy condition", police said....	Possum3	3	819	02:01 PM Oct 13, 2018 by Possum3
	The Homing Instinct of Relocated Snakes (Preview) https://www.ineffableisland.com/2018/10/the-homing-instinct-of-relocated-snakes.html	Recoup	6	782	06:39 PM Oct 12, 2018 by Santa
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