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Remarkable Sperm Donor Story
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I don't know if anyone else saw the two Australian Story episodes on three people conceived by sperm donation. This is an article on one of them. Sadly one of the others has since died of bowel cancer at an early age although they had a good reunion with their donor and one had information on their dono...
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I guess it's too late now ...
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Birdsville bound
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No, not me sadly. I just thought I'd share this amusing poem my niece wrote. (permission given) Her tug at the time was a Suzuki Vitara towing a tent trailer. She'd had for several years and had a lot of adventures in it. The wandering Roo! By Nadia -getting bored between Rolleston and Moura so Megs gav...
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Survey - Melbourne is Worlds Most Liveable City....
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http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-08-19/melbourne-worlds-most-liveable-city-for-the-fourth-year-running/5681014-- Edited by Vic41 on Tuesday 19th of August 2014 03:34:52 PM
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August 20 Today in history
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Gday... 1839 - Louis Daguerre invents the daguerreotype photographic process, allowing an image to be chemically fixed as a permanent picture. Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre was born on 18 November 1787 in Cormeilles-en-Parisis. He experimented on making pictures from 1824, sho...
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Bubble Show - Sound On
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The kids and grandkids will love this, sound on, see; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMrvR836TFI
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Chamberlain Car To Become A Museum Piece
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http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-08-19/chamberlain-torana-becomes-museum-piece-for-all-to-see/5674120
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August 18 Today in history
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Gday... 1786 - The decision is made in England to colonise New South Wales with convicts from Britain's overcrowded gaols. Conditions in England in the 18th century were tough: the industrial revolution had removed many people's opportunities to earn an honest wage as simpler tasks...
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"Stand By Me" Song - Mixed World Singers and Musicians etc
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Below is a link to a terrific piece of sound engineering. This is a video of street singers from around the world being recorded, overlaid and mixed with one another while singing the song "Stand By Me". It is a marvel to listen to and watch. They all deserve to be heard. The finished prod...
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Works for me ...
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Value of Working Dogs...
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http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-08-17/study-sheds-light-on-wa-working-dogs-collies-kelpies-huntaways/5675578
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THE FATHER OF ONE OF MY KIDS...
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Whoops!!!!!!!! A guy goes to the supermarket and notices a very attractive woman waving at him. She says, 'Hello.' He's rather taken aback because he can't place where he knows her from. So he asks, 'Do you know me?' To which she replies, 'I think you're the father of one o...
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Amazing Sex Change Video
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http://www.youtube.com/embed/i5gK2MxGR0M?feature=player_detailpage
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We Are Smarter !!
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Brains of elderly are slow because they know so much.... By Sarah Knapton, Science Correspondent Older people do not decline mentally with age, it just takes them longer to recall facts because they have more information in their brains, scientists believe. Much like a computer struggles as th...
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August 17 Today in history
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Gday... 1807 - Work commences on the Bell Rock Lighthouse, considered one of the "Seven Wonders of the Industrial World". The Bell Rock Lighthouse, in the North sea, is the world's oldest offshore lighthouse. Situated 18 kilometres off the coast of Angus, Scotland, for ma...
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Grammar we can understand ?
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I'm Rich! I'm Rich!.........
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Wow! Can you believe this! (answer is NUP).... "Dear God's elect, I believe you will do better than I think, It is understandable that you may be a bit apprehensive because you do not know me, I am writing this mail to you with serious tears in my eyes and great sorrow in my heart, My Name is Mrs. Ell...
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I can relate...
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"To awaken quite alone in a strange town is one of the pleasantest sensations in the world." - Freya Stark
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August 16 Today in history
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Gday... 1861 - South Australian John McKinlay departs Adelaide to search for the missing Burke and Wills expedition. The Burke and Wills expedition was supposed to mark the state of Victoria's greatest triumph: Victoria hoped to be the first state to mount an expedition to cross the c...
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August 15 Today in history
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Gday... 1663 - A huge fireball descends over the town of Robozero, Russia, ascends again, then reappears once more. Robozero is a small Russian village about 1120km from St Petersburg. The story of the huge fireball that descended over Robozero is documented by a monastery monk. Arou...
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