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Banks closing
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Hundreds of Commonwealth Bank branches and ATMs close across Australia (msn.com) With the reduced usage of cash comes an issue (or maybe not) Branches and ATMs are closing. What happens when all transactions go online. They will close the branches. There will be no way to talk to the bank directl...
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More Gimme
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Just caught the end of a story on TV that seems to have featured surfers and other swimmers discussing the availability of "Shark Proof" body suits for use in the water, at a cost of $1500 each. As always the cry now is for the "Gummint" to subsidise these suits, with the designer/maker/ supplier offeri...
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Who has a smart meter?
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News from QLD during their heatwave. Energex and Ergon have for some time been offering up to $400.00 off your yearly bill if you install one of their Peak Smart meters. Users were not told that this allowed the energy company to remotely turn your aircon compressor down while leaving the fan running i...
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Cricket
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We can be sure that the results of the Australia v West Indies Test are hidden waaay down the back of tomorrow's newspapers after the amazing win by the Windies. What will be the excuses, I wonder, or will the umpires be deemed to have failed in their duty? Steve Smith should be retained as opening bats...
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Welcome to country.
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This is well worth a view, the comments are interesting.
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Now I've heard everything!
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This event was described to us by a long standing teacher friend, who teaches Primary school. I have no doubts as to it's authenticity. A female 10yr old pupil arrives at school one day with a tail dangling from her waist and ears on her head. Thinking that this was a bit of fun the teacher, after everyone...
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Fly The Flag-Happy Australia Day
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Ours is up and out, will probably get wet again. But Happy Australia Day to ALL.
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News Flash!!
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London's EV busses are having a tough time at the moment, three EV busses have burnt to the ground IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS. London has 380 electric busses so I wonder how many millions of pounds are going to be lost on this green experiment conducted on the public?
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Home schooling
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[url]https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-01-22/homeschool-surges-queensland-post-pandemi...
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Had our van weighed
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Today I had our van and tow vehicle weighed by Dion of Weigh station based in Bannockburn. He came up to Ballarat. Our tow vehicle is a 2019 Parjero and van is a 17 1/2 foot pop top Jayco. Passed well within compliance weights. Dion said Parjeros can be tricky because of the low rear axel weight. Thought it...
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Gotta Luv Mary
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Down here in Victoria
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The lead news item tonight was a story about a gang of youths, some as young as 14, who were walking along a Mornington pier....pushed a elderly man off the pier into the water. The man couldn't swim and had to be rescued by shocked onlookers. The youths who were laughing, uploaded the vision to their soc...
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Any economists? Historical losses from (US) Federal Reserve
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Federal Reserve payments to banks trigger largest ever operating loss "Never before in its history have operating losses stopped the Fed from making payments to the Treasury for a significant period of time" Current losses are $133 Billion and growing, and these losses need to be reversed and the d...
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NFL
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I haven't watched an NFL game all season, I also liked watching college bowl games as well. This morning I watch the Green Bay packers beat the Dallas Cowboys, I'm claiming the win because of my support for the Packers. It like my Packers have found another potential hall of famer in Jordan Love followi...
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Downsizing
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Hi all Nomads, Just thought I'd put it out there that we are moving on from Mount Barker and if any of you in WA are interested in a nice country property, message me. We have also put our van up for sale, on consignment in Perth, so probably not much touring on the cards. Mount Barker is a great town, no crime...
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Brain dead
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Here we go again. Every time there is flooding people are told not to attempt to drive through it, yet we still have Richard Craniums who ignore the advice thus putting at risk the lives of those who have to rescue them and diverting resources from other areas. The words of the song "When will they ever le...
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One buys a product, then gets bombarded to sell you more.
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I bought a new monitor to replace an old 30 inch monitor, which replaced my previous 30 inch monitor. Pretty basic stuff. Why do I now get bombarded with ads for new monitors of all sizes. I bought a new 30 inch monitor. It will probably last a decade. Maybe I should start looking for hydrogen bombs &...
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Another whinge... Computer Savy Elders
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I went to a meeting with my bank officer the other day. He was a young whipper snipper of about 25 who told me very patronizingly that he understood how someone my age wouldn't know how computers work and he would explain it simply for me. I proceeded to inform him that he may have grown up with computers...
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Moon - the final frontier for Gene Roddenberry (and the Navajo nation)
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-01-08/vulcan-rocket-peregrine-moon-lander-launch-private-company/103296166
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Feet on Dashboard.
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When I'm driving the Roadtrain my eye-level is around 2500mm from the ground, so when I'm being overtaken, or I'm stopped in traffic, obviously I get a good view of the interior of smaller vehicles. Without going in to details, some "interesting" activities take place when there is only the driver in...
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