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Russian Truck for Motor Home base
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AAV 4x4's Brett Bolton is hoping to offer a motorhome version of the Gaz Trackmaster within two years, similar to its Fuso Canter 4x4-based Global Explorer, but at the moment its available as a fully-equipped tray back straight out of the box."(The motorhome) will probably be built on the long wheel...
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What is this gadget
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I found this in my fathers shed after he passed away and I am puzzled as to what it is used for. The blade and most other parts are adjustable, it has masking tape that has been put on the handle that is hard to remove. One of you old blokes might be able to identify it, I am only 70 so it might be before my time. ...
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Lockdowns and the social cost
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Lockdowns and the social cost I accept that lockdowns work in minimising the spread of covid, that is clear from observing the five Victoria has legislated. However there is huge social and freedom of movement costs to these lockdowns, loss of income for individuals, loss of business for wealth cre...
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Bird show with sayings
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towards the end "truth one " is good
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Overseas Travel
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I just don't get it. We in Australia, are well and truly locked up. People would also agree that COVID has been brought into Australia primarily by overseas travellers. Many citizens have not been allowed into or out of Australia on those grounds. Footballers, movie stars and sportspeople as...
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Are news headlines now being written by five year olds?
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For some time I have frequently been confounded by headlines on news website, often they are simply incomprehensible: as an example I offer from today's The Age on-line the headline: "400 Gradi to bring a pizza the action to Mornington" What the hell does that mean!? If one is sufficiently bored to cl...
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Excellent Age article on how we assess risk and the AZ vaccine
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Excellent Age article on how we assess risk and the AZ vaccine - interesting comments too: The Age
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The BOM Doppler wind radar explained
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For some time I have struggled to understand the BOM's Doppler wind radar. I am well familiar with the Doppler effect and the physics of such but have trouble making sense of the radar images however this explanation makes thing much clearer to me: BOM Doppler radar
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One reason for ringfence/lockdown
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It appears that these people knew they were Covid-19 positive, before leaving their area Snip can say it better than me Link to the article, which is buried in a live news blog https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-07-17/covid-live-updates-coronavirus-melbourne-lockdown-sydney-qld/100301...
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Travelling from WA to NSW and return caution
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Just a heads up, for anyone planning (in the immediate future), to travel from WA to NSW, and returning to WA The snip below was taken from an ABC Coronavirus news blog, which says it better than I could Link to story which is buried in a live news blog https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-07-13/covid-l...
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Star Track delivery system
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Priceless - child explaining 'birth'
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Im sharing this post because I literally laughed till I cried. Im thinking we all need a laugh these days. Read to the end to get the best laugh have fun!The Middle Wife'by an Anonymous 2nd grade teacherI've been teaching now for about fifteen years. I have two kids myself, but the best birth story I know...
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Living in Fear.
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pubs in Longreach in 1960's??
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I lived in Longreach in the late 60's and there were 8 pubs. I can remember/name these 1 Commercial 2 Palace 3 Royal 4 Lyceum 5 Welcome home 6 Central Can anyone help with the name of the other two??? one was next door to the Royal?? one was "opposite" the railway station?? cheers Bilbo
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Lismore Lantern Parade
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Thinking of going to the Lismore lantern parade next year as I've just saw it on tv and it looks good. Hopefully most people will be vaccinated by then and we will be back to some kind of "normal" Has anyone been? How was it? Collo.
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How can these people live with themselves
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I read about this: NT Police fine mine worker for COVID quarantine breach after he visited a Darwin supermarket https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-07-05/nt-mine-worker-covid-fined-for-visiting-darwin-supermarket/100267372 and I think to my self "How can these people l...
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Future Covid-19 vaccine numbers
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Not sure if these numbers are a typo The snip below, is buried within an ABC live blog page Mr Hunt the Federal Health Minister, is quoted as giving these future vaccine numbers in the snip below I count the total as 101 million, it seems like a bit of a waste, if the vaccines have a use by date Link below http...
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Never a Truer Word Said
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