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So I was flicking through 'General' and noticed Cindy had closed a few threads (logically so), then I read her explanation. tis a wonderful forum, IMHO, I am always so appreciative of folk that answer my questions and help me research more knowledge etc. I belong to other forums, but this is my fave. ...

Hi to everyone, I have just joined the Grey nomads forum so a newby at this.I am looking to buy a used2006 model Swift caravan.My intention is to hit the road and spend the next five years going as far around aussi as I can.I have bought a nissan navara 4x4 diesal turbo and can tow the 19 ft v...

Greeting Earthlings, Salutations fruit loops, Shalom, to you excited free thinking people out there. I was just looking, at how many posts I have posted, and !!Thought!!, there must be a record here, for so much Non information, dribble.ect, ect, !!But!!, then I thought , !!No!! I'm but a mere Morta...

Have a good chuckle. A Traffic Cop stops a Harley for traveling faster than the legal speed limit and he asks the biker his name and licence. "Fred" he replies. "Fred what?" the officer asks. "Just Fred" the man responds. The officer is in a good mood and thinks he mi...

Just back from another trip and again we found the peanut oil kept in it's original 750ml plastic container tightly sealed, stored upright and wrapped in a few layers of paper towelling has mananged to leak up past the seal and saturate the towelling and then leaked to items stored nearby. We have trie...

Hi everyone, since we have retired and spending a lot more time at home we have been inundated with phone calls from all sorts of scammers. In an effort to reduce the number of calls I contacted Telstra. They have a dept called "Unwelcome Phone Calls" and they can block calls from any number t...

Hi all We found ourselves in a terrible situation last winter. We were at Mt Barker in the Adelaide hills. It rained all night, came out to the annex in the morning to discover a swimming pool had taken up residence on our awning, a huge bulge of water over 16 feet of awning, probably 300 litres of water......

I know this subject will have been well canvassed before, so don't moan at me for asking:) We recently stayed in a C/P and despite doing the usual things (water in trays under feet etc) we have been invaded by large sized ants. It seems to be impossible to find suitable ant baits in WA (obviously we don't h...

Hi all doing a newsletter for our caravan club in North Queensland. Would like to do a basic article for those (like me) who does not understand solar and caravans. So your input would be greatly appreciated. What do you need to start? How is easy is it to set up? Can this be done by people like me who kno...

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Its now 7 months since my right knee got a makeover.. Hurt like crazy the first week or two (thank goodness for endone) but now its the best operation I have ever had. No my pain in that knee at all. Still working with the physio and my GP, medication now for the rest of the osteoarthritis. Will keep you pos...

Ok, i'm not to good with the proper names, but is it possible to have another cigarette lighter attachment put into the MH, like the one that the TV is plugged into, just tried to put my inverter plug into it it didn't fit? Hope you understand the way I talk - Fran

Esperance WA's council is prepared to turn the town RV Friendly but the move is opposed by the local park owners. http://tinyurl.com/maebplj

Of course that is the retirement date according to Government. Settlement on my house was supposed to be today, I pushed it back a week. Glad I did. I cannot tell you how many kindly friends have said "oooooooohhhhhhh, don't sell up, what if something bad happens? What happens if you get sick?&q...

Hi guys n gals. OK I know I have a reversing camera on my Mercedes Sprinter, and being an ex ambo its a good one but I would like to have a constant rear view camera when I am driving not just a reversing one, as the conversion will block out the rear view windows. Do I need to buy a different camera or can I conve...

SERENITY Just before the funeral services, the undertaker came up to the very elderly widow and asked, 'How old was your husband?' '98,' she replied.. 'Two years older than me' 'So you're 96,' the undertaker commented.. She responded, 'Hardly worth going home, is it? Reporters interviewing...

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My daughter Sarah has become very good at drawing (pastels- pencil-charcoal ) When she was young I was always drawing with her and she has just picked it up and has had a few exhibitions . She is 25.

Oscar Pistorius - had to happen Oscar wanted to get a new bathroom door but his girlfriend was dead against it. Oscar clearly misunderstood when his girlfriend told him that on Valentine's Day he had to take her out. If he gets off this charge it will be the closest shave anyone has had with only 2 blades....

What cover do you have and who insures you? Had a 'whoopsie' the other day. The second nuisance in 200kms. I was feeling clean, precious, annoyed and didn't want to change a wheel, especially when I saw the spare was full of red dirt from WA and realised the hub nut screw was jammed in. So I called RACV for...