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Going cashless
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During the lockdown a lot of businesses sought to use contactless payments. Was happy to go along with them. I usually would use cash for small purchases but noticed as time went on I was using a card for very small payments. In the Post Office it was $1.10 for a stamp a grand child's birthday card. Went t...
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Small Built in toilet and showe
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I have been constructing this weekend a small self contained shower and toilet for my bicycle caravan when I finish it. I will need it for when I and the dog pull in a caravan park area that says "Self Contained Caravans Only". This toilet and shower will work, and fit in my 2200 L X 850mm W X 1260 H camper/...
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Afraid of heights?
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Nice place to live, you have to carry everything home as well.........
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Can you spot the camel????
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Icould be very Cheeky and give you a clue. Well actually I have just given you a clue in the above words Jay & Dee
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I STILL BELIEVE IN DREAMS.
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I like many of you, at times escape into the fantasy of "" I DREAM THE DREAM "" and yes Saturday night's lotto is till on my bucket list. I like what Charlie Brown has to say below. I notice that C.B. even has the big brown bag ready for the $$$$$ Jay&Dee -- Edited by JayDee on Friday 15th of May 2020 06:45...
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April unemployment figures
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News headline on ABC a few minutes ago . . . "594,000 jobs lost in April as unemployment rises from 5.2% to 6.2%" Edited: That means that a fully employed workforce consists of 59.4 million people . . . or 59.4 million jobs. But Australia's population is only 25 million, with an employable workforce of...
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This is a short version of a great poem.
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Jim BrownTHE ANZAC ON THE WALL (Shorter Original Version) I was wandering in a country town cos I had time to spare; So I went into an antique shop to see what was in there. Bikes and pumps and kero lamps, but nearly hidden by it all, A photo of a soldier an Anzac on the Wall. Such an honest open face, a young m...
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Maybe we don't have it that bad.
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Its a mess out there now. Hard to discern between whats a real threat and what is just simple panic and hysteria. For a small amount of perspective at this moment, imagine you were born in 1900. On your 14th birthday, World War I starts and ends on your 18th birthday. 22 million people perish in that w...
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Who is the oldest member on the Forum.
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A forum member as asked if I am the oldest member on the forum. So let's throw it out there is see what we catch. I John ( AKA Jay) was born on the 16th day of January, 1939. So I am 81 years and 4 plus months. But I reckon that I would the Baby of the (O.B.E.) Over Bloody Eighty. Then of course there is the (O.B.N....
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stir crazy test
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find the camel, it is there -- Edited by Craig1 on Thursday 30th of April 2020 11:51:23 AM
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Protected
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1947 Fargo
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I am rewriting pages of notes I had jotted down during the 50th Anniversary of End of The War in The Pacific against the Japanese 15th August 1995 about my Father in law in New Guinea during WW2 for my Daughter and Son as I led to believe no other family member has this information been relay to them by their...
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Game.
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I put another "Find it " game on the thread where you had to find the Camel. Has any-one looked at it yet ? It's pretty easy, and I love those Trees. Cheers, Sheba.
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WHAT IT ALL MEANS...... THE TRUTH
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BEFORE Covid 19...
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Has anyone "experienced" a bad/negative experience from a community??...in relation to "clogging up" a medical facility....or ..."overcrowding" a fav camping spot/nat park?? etc etc Many years ago a park ranger confessed over a beer his views about visitors to a Nat park and it was not very comp...
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What am I ?
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I was born in Victoria. My partner was born in South Australia. Our eldest child was born in Western Australia Our second child was born in Queensland Our third child was born in the Northern Territory We have lived for extended periods in Victoria, South Australia, New South Wales, Western Australi...
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WA easing the lockdown
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Western Australia is easing the lockdown Not sure that I agree, as I was expecting to keep lockdown, until we had 14 days of no new cases I think that as I am in the vulnerable age bracket, I may go camping, but will certainly be keeping my distance, to others On the other hand, I seem to have adapted, to bein...
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Spanish Flu
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The 1919 flu is referred to as the "Spanish Flu" so why is it racist to call the 2020 flu "The Chinese Flu" ??
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Corona how many have recovered
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Does anyone know how many people have recovered from this? I see how many there are but is that how many since the beginning? I want to know how many there are on any given day in say qld still have it and how many have recovered. And areas
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For the Golfing enthusiasts
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I believe that the Golf Courses that are open around Australia have to date seen their revenue increase by some 25% to 30%as against the same period last year. ( Note I am referring to game fees and of course the sales via the proshop. Here in Qld the golf Clubhouse is off limmits. 2 people per group. Only o...
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