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February 02 Today in history
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Gday...1829 - Captain Sturt discovers and names the Darling River. 1895 - Queen Victoria gives Royal assent to the Bill allowing South Australian women the right to vote. 1852 - The world's first public toilet for men opens. cheers - John
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OLD TIMER"S DISEASE !!
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Chinese New Year The year of the Horse
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I was born in the year of the Golden Dragon.......and a Leo in western zodiac so apt m,any would say
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February 01 Today in history
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Gday...1858 - The first balloon flight in Australia occurs. 1915 - Opal is first discovered in Coober Pedy, Australia. 1709 - The "real" Robinson Crusoe is rescued by English explorer William Dampier.1811 - The light of the Bell Rock Lighthouse, considered one of the &q...
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Met another GN
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Yes, I had the pleasure of meeting Chaslib, aka Charlie and Libby, at Murwillumbah yesterday. We went for a drive out to a recreational park on Clarrie Hall Dam, and decided it would make an excellent camp. Heaps of room, but apparently it's day use only. Then we had lunch at the RSL in Mur'bah. I'd bro...
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A sign of the times..lol..
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A woman who was a tree hugging greenie purchased a piece of forest.There was a large tree in one of the highest parts of her forest. She wanted a good view of the natural splendour of her land, so she started to climb the big tree. As she neared the top she encountered a spotted owl that attacked her. In her h...
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Full tank of petrol and get free sex !!
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A gas station owner near Camden , Alabama was trying to increase his sales.So he put up a sign that read,"Free Sex with Fill-Up." Soon a local redneck pulled in, filled his tank and asked for his free sex.The owner told him to pick a number from 1 to 10. If he guessed correctly he would get h...
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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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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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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 31 Today in history
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Gday...1762 - Colonel Lachlan Macquarie, Governor of New South Wales from 1810 to 1821, is born. 1798 - Australia's first public clock tower is completed. 1839 - Gawler, South Australia's first inland country town, is established. Cheers - John
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Ross Sisters
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I never tire of watching this video clip from the 50's . Amazing girls. Remember this is way before trick photography, you are seeing flexibility to the extreme.
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It's Visit Gary Season
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Plendo wrote yesterday to say he was in Taree and could meet up for a chat, but I missed his PM cos I was offline for most of the day due to server probs. He'll be back in a week or two. Meanwhile, Bill12 wrote to say he's on his way down here and will pop in early Feb. And today? Well, today is a day that will go dow...
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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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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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The shark cull.
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Gday... And on tonight's news there was a story about a young hoon, who ran over a pedestrian, continued on at speed and then T-Boned a vehicle which killed the mother and father just coming from their daughter's marriage, their two friends in the car were critically injured, and another in the vehicl...
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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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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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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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