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How young people know you are a senior
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I went to a takeaway place for a feed one day and the very young lady who served me said after I ordered said "you know we have a discount for seniors", the place was packed with customers so I though I would embarrass her by saying, "how did you know I am a senior", because I think I look a lot younger than I am,...
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My Avatar
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This pic of my avatar, is a pic of my dog Milo when he was young. I talk a lot about him on here so just wanted to show you what he looks like. He has more white today, and a bit more of and over bite. -- Edited by Bicyclecamper on Saturday 7th of August 2021 04:37:22 PM
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Energy efficiency vs Covid
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Governments have been banging on about building energy efficiency for the last decade or so. New developments have to provide a NatHERS report (Nationwide House Energy Rating Scheme) Sealing up every last hole so buildings don't leak air to get a 5, 6 or 7 star rating in some jurisdictions. Now all...
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Apparently it is no longer an old peoples pandemic.
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https://www.9news.com.au/national/coronavirus-nsw-updates-man-in-20s-dies-sydney/38d6a90a-d572-45d3-8a27...
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Devel 12.3 litre, quad turbo - 5,007 H.P.
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Wow! This is insane - forget the car, could you even imagine the fuel bill. Watch Devels 12.3-liter quad-turbo V-16 make 5,007 horsepower (motorauthority.com)
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Vintage Motor Home.
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Found another one. Not a Model T though.
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My style.
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Just saw this on - Lets Go Camping and Caravan, site
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Qld Police weight checking.
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Due to an increase in traffic crashes involving caravans and trailers, Police from the Capricornia District have undertaken training in conjunction with Transport and Main Roads in utilising vehicle weighing devices.Police are engaging with all drivers, to inform them about correct weights w...
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Well then, that didn't work
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Well, the Qld Govt has pulled a 3 day lockdown due to Delta strain Covid in the community around Brisbane. Apparently eleven local govt areas are now in hard lockdown. This has thrown the NRL and the AFL into total disarray. The NRL has been told that they are all to return to their respective gotels and s...
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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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russian roulette
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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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