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A socially active woman tells her plastic surgeon that she wanted some very personal surgery to a part of her body to tighten things up and improve the parts appearance. Out of embarrassment she insisted that the surgery be kept a secret and the surgeon agreed. Awakening from the anesthesia afte...

CONQUER THE SCOTS... Edward Longshanks (Edward I of England) comes to Scotland to conquer the Scots. He brings 4,000 men with him. As he nears the battlefield, there suddenly appears a solitary figure on the crest of the hill, a short, ginger-haired guy in a kilt. 'Hammer O the Scots?' yells the wee Sc...

Most of our generation was HOME SCHOOLED in many ways. 1. My mother taught me: TO APPRECIATE A JOB WELL DONE. "If you're going to kill each other, do it outside. I just finished cleaning the house." 2. My mother taught me: RELIGION. "You better pray that stain will come out of the carpe...

Hello all We have only 3 more months to go before we sail over to the big island for our 2 month holiday. Have a few things left to organise but have plenty of time. Just need to ask a couple of questions though 1. What do you do with your fridge when on the spirit? Do you leave it off or run on 12v? 2. Toll pa...

Our aircon has a lo heat setting. I am trying to work out what the current draw would be using an inverter to run this lo heat setting, and if it would be possible? Aussie Paul.

We are currently staying at the Howard Springs Big 4 if any fellow Nomads are around the area we would welcome the chance to say Gday send me a PM so we can make contact David

WOW! without internet connection for a while -and look how many "newbies" we have - welcome to you all, too many to name - hope you enjoy the site, and join in the forums - can be a lot of fun, and a good way to meet other GN's - look out for "get togethers" there have been several in var...

I have little experience with diesels as the motorhome is my first diesel. I wish to know how to easily make the vehicle undriveable so that if the motorhome was left overnight in a remote location and we took off in the towed vehicle we would sleep better knowing it could not be driven away. In a petrol ca...

Gday... 1790 - The inventor of the idea of dental floss, Levi Spear Parmly, is born. Levi Spear Parmly was born in Braintree, Vermont, on 29 August 1790. As one member of a long line of dentists, he was concerned by the poor dental hygiene of Americans. Toothbrushes and tooth powders were too...

Here is our 86 Mercedes OM352A coach. We were towing a tandem with car but now have opted for a Gypsy trailer. It is wider and I can see the wheels where as with tandem I could not . She will cruise at 100klm/h and does 4-5 klm per litre depending on tail wind !!

Hi All Well I just took delivery of a Suzuki SX 4 to tow behind the RV. The gear to hook it up is quite expensive and if I get a stone guard it will add another $550 on top of the cost. This is not the real issue however as I have read that sand can do a lot of damage to the paint work. The stone guard will do nothing t...

This happened only a few minutes ago ,another tick off the bucket list. Our van is the one in the picture

Hi to all , Just wondering what if any guages we should install on our 3 ltr turbo diesel Prado to keep a eye on things when we travel many thanks Tony & Kerrie

Gday... 1580 - The Book of Concord, a collection of doctrinal standards of the Lutheran Church, is published for the first time. "The Book of Concord: The Lutheran Confessions of 1529-1580" is a collection of confessions of faith published in 1580, which outline the doctrines of...

One of the big issues we face is heating the van during cold nights on batteries. I found the solution! We purchased a "envi convection heater" on line www.envi-heat.com Make sure you get the Australian variant for 240V This heater ticks all the boxes, being only 475W it works well with an...

We are finally going to do our shake down trip on our van. The only problem is we are taking our Greyhound Coco with us from Vic to NSW. Yes, I know, the name of Coco for a Greyhound is sacred, but yes we live near an airport, we visit Bonnie Doon sometimes, the serenity of it all and I have to tell you your drea...

Lovely little park on the banks of the Broughton River (dry at the moment). Toilets, showers built and waiting for council electrician(been waiting for over 12 months). 4 power outlets, 4 more also waiting for electrician. Free electric b-b-q, playground and pinic area. $10 powered site , $5...

Hi guys. Just looking for a simple conversion to be done (on a tight budget)- electrics, plumbing etc - but not sure of regs and how to get rego changed? Any advice/ downfalls? Thanks Didi

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