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I see the Govt.has rejected a request from this once Australian Company for a $25 million aid package. Not sure if it means the closure but what happens in businesses these days. Wholly owned by Coca-Cola Amatil who made a huge profit this last financial year making an investment in SPC only if the Govt...
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RIP Pete Seeger .
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Pete Seeger died in New York yesterday aged 94 . He was a member of The Weavers when they sang the original Goodnight Irene back in the early 1950s . He sang a lot of Bob Dylan stuff and wrote a lot of protest type songs himself . . . . Little Boxes comes to mind .
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January 30 Today in history
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Gday...1910 - British actor, David Niven, is born.1774 - Captain Cook sails closer to the South Pole than any known person has previously sailed. 1854 - The first Cobb & Co coach departs Melbourne for the Forest Creek goldfields. 1945 - The Wilhelm Gustloff sinks in the worst dis...
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Interesting Fact
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Manure... An interesting fact Manure: In the 16th and 17th centuries, everything had to be transported by ship and it was also before the invention of commercial fertilizers, so large shipments of manure were quite common. It was shipped dry, because in dry form it weighed a lot less than when...
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Windows 8 problems ? ?
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January 29 Today in history
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Gday...1850 - Lawrence Hargrave, Australian inventor of the box kite, is born. 1895 - It is agreed at a conference of Australian Premiers that forming a Federal Constitution is a priority. 1957 - Danish architect Joern Utzon is named as the winner of the competition to find a designer fo...
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Melbourne Aldi Catalogue 8th Feb
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The new catalogue in Aldi today has a couple of pages of camping stuff for anyone looking...on sale Sat 8th Feb
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COOLEST JUKE BOX EVER
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For those of us that can remember "the good old days", this is pretty good. Lots of oldies along with videos. Hope you enjoy this. All you senior citizens should enjoy this. You have to check it out... might be worth saving. Be warned, you can spend hours and hours and hours here. ...
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We all know the Songs He wrote
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Folk music legend and activist Pete Seeger Passes away age 94 Seeger - with his a lanky frame, banjo and full white beard - was an iconic figure in folk music. He performed with the great minstrel Woody Guthrie in his younger days and marched with Occupy Wall Street protesters in his 90s, leaning on tw...
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I don't usually post these ... this one is worth it I think...
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A very poor man lived with his wife. One day, his wife, who had very long hair asked him to buy her a comb for her hair to grow well and to be well-groomed. The man felt very sorry and said no. He explained that he did not even have enough money to fix the strap of his watch he had just broken. She did not insist on...
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Shakin' me melon in disbelief
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Gday... I am so glad I travel in the quiet, sparsely populated, beautiful, natural areas of this wonderful country. I am beginning to wonder just where our society is heading ... if, in fact, it is heading anywhere worthwhile. The headlines on the news and papers show almost nothing but assaults, kil...
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January 28 Today in history
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Gday...1802 - Flinders discovers and names Fowlers Bay in South Australia.2007 - Harry Melbourne, creator of the Freddo Frog, dies at age 94 1807 - The first public street lighting with gas takes place in Pall Mall, London. 1986 - The Space Shuttle 'Challenger' explodes, killing se...
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When i met the perfect woman
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A man is dining in a fancy restaurant and there is a gorgeous redhead sitting at the next table. He has been checking her out since he sat down, but lacks the nerve to talk with her. Suddenly she sneezes, and her glass eye comes flying out of its socket towards the man. He reflexively reaches out, grabs it o...
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What's in a name.....
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Seniors Under Attack...
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SENIORS UNDER ATTACK :THIS IS HAPPENING RIGHT HEREIN OUR OWN COUNTRY! We Must Stop This Immediately !Have you noticed that stairs are getting steeper . Groceries are heavier . And, everything is farther away. Yesterday I walked to the corner and I was dumbfounded to discover how ...
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Some Rules Kids Wont Learn In School - By Charles J. Sykes (Not Bill Gates)
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Some rules kids won't learn in school Text By Charles J. Sykes Printed in San Diego Union Tribune September 19, 1996 Unfortunately, there are some things that children should be learning in school, but don't. Not all of them have to do with academics. As a modest back-to-school offering, here are som...
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Freedom Ship - Floating City
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2514936/The-incredible-mile-long-floating-CITY--complete-schools-hospital-parks-airport-50-000-residents.html
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Puzzle
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Gday... If you figure this out, please don't respond. However, I will PM you the solution if you ask  Cheers - John
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Weighty problem ?
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A messy question????
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This morning using the dump point in CP, the person before had left it filthy. Over the weekend have noticed toilets not being flushed or cleaned after use!!! So my question of the day is........ Would there be a correlation between the said people using the dump point and not hosing down and perhaps t...
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