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RIP Mork from Ork (Robin Williams !)
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RIP Robin Williams , I remember watching Mork & Mindy on tv as kid.. I remember Good morning Vietnam when it came out, and at my local cinema our navy and army guys had trucks and stuff out the front. check out One Hour photo, one of the strangest I've seen out of him.. I love Night at the Museum movie...
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Edeefakation....
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Fireworks worth seeing
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Subject: Fireworks Many countries produce fireworks, but if memory serves correctly, the Chinese were the first with gunpowder. Watch this video clip and see how far they've come with not only a bit of powder and some colouring, but also with the artistic presentation. Just click below and watch t...
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RAVISHING...
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But I woz only jest saying......
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Luncheon With Peter Fitzsimons As Guest Speaker
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I attended a luncheon at a Perth hotel today with Peter Fitzsimons as guest speaker. Wow, what a mountain of a man, glad I wasn't playing rugby union against him, well over 6 foot and built like a tank! And what a great speaker he is, not to mention his other achievments and an author. This is some of his b...
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this is going to be scary!!!
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http://shoalhavenentertainment.com.au/live/shoalhaven_unearthed
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August 12 Today in history
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Gday... 1806 - Captain Philip Gidley King, third Governor of New South Wales, is succeeded by Captain William Bligh. Philip Gidley King, born in England in 1758, came as one of Captain Arthur Phillips officers with the First Fleet of convicts to Australia. After the First Fleet arrive...
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A question regarding Toilet Stops.
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Having just come back from a mere 5 week 3200klm trip and about to go on a 12 week trip northwards. On this last trip I took notice of the number of toilets in truck stops and rest areas. Very few!!! I wonder how the long distance drivers cope?? Do they have a condition built in that says "ok no toilet...
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August 11 Today in history
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Gday... 1824 - New South Wales is constituted a Crown Colony. A Crown Colony is a British colony, controlled by the British Crown and represented by a Governor, yet a distinct and separate settlement. The British Governor oversaw consultative councils composed mostly of the governo...
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Old Chinese Coin in NT
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Around 1954 I was snorkelling on the reef around Triggs Island (Perth suburbs WA) and saw what I thought was a washer in a pothole on the reef. When I retrieved it I saw it was a coin the same as the one shown in this link, it was covered in marine growth which I cleaned off. See; http://www.abc.net.au/ne...
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August 10 Today in history
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Gday... 1519 - Ferdinand Magellan leaves Seville on his first leg of the journey to circumnavigate the world. Ferdinand Magellan was a Portuguese sea explorer. He was born in 1480, and at age 12 he became a page to King John II and Queen Eleonora at the royal court at Lisbon. Here he was abl...
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Bunch of flowers
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Yesterday a very nice large bouquet of flowers was delivered here to me (by default). Yesterday was the birthday of the lady who owns the house we are house sitting & someone in Japan sent the flowers. Apparently Thea saved the Japanese person from drowning in cairns a few years ago. So Keith to...
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1964 Bathurst Pictures
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Gday... Something for the young (orrite - praps a BIT old) rev-heads amongst us.  I loved this era - and Bathurst was such a fantastic track - incredible to see how much it has changed since these days Cheers - John
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Miracle or mischief?
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According to the Bible, Jesus was born in Bethlehem, in Palestine, a country full of people called Mohammed, Abdul, Mounir, Aziz, Ashad, Ahmed, Faroukh, Omar, Isha, Musa, Youssouf, Mouloud, etc. And yet he managed to find 12 friends called Matthew, Mark, Peter, John, James, Bartholomew, Phillip...
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I Don’t Look Good Anymore...
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I think it applies to me!! http://biggeekdad.com/2014/08/dont-look-good-anymore/
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SOAP MAKING
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HI Everyone, does anyone know where I can learn how to make soap on the northside of Brisbane? thanks.
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August 09 Today in history
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Gday... 1173 - Construction begins on the Tower of Pisa, which is later to become the famous Leaning Tower of Pisa. The Leaning Tower of Pisa is the bell tower, or campanile, of the cathedral in Pisa's Campo dei Miracoli (field of Miracles). The tower took nearly 200 years to complete, be...
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Sez it all...
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August 08 Today in history
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Gday... 1789 - The first police force in the convict colony of New South Wales is formed. Australia was settled by the convicts and officers of the First Fleet in January 1788. It was believed that the colony's isolation from any civilisation would be deterrent enough for convicts atte...
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