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wanted to know about anodes in hot water systems found information by aussietraveller 22-2-13 thanks it is a very handy suenray

Picked up our new tug today after a 2 month wait.

A rich man living in Darwin decided that he wanted to throw a party and invited all of his buddies and neighbours. He also invited Jimmy, the only aboriginal in the neighbourhood. He held the partyaround the pool in the backyard of his mansion. Everyone was having a good timedrinking, dancing, eati...

Is anyone else having trouble with Hotmail. All our contacts seem to have disappeared. One of my daughters said someone told her at work today they were also having similar trouble.

Tomorrow, June 10, marks 50 years since I landed (as a very young girl you understand) in Australia. When I landed the tallest building in Sydney was the AMP building (now known as the OLD AMP building). Nowadays you can't even find it - it's dwarfed by its neighbours. Anyways, as you might have gues...

An absolute bargain at only 3 million dollars Cheers David

A thief in Paris planned to steal some paintings from the Louvre. After careful planning, he got past security, stole the paintings and made it safely to his van. However, he was captured only two blocks away when his van ran out of gas. When asked how he could mastermind such a crime and then make su...

well for those of you who travel a lot you may no about this but for those who dont travel a lot DONT GET CAUGHT travelling from adelaide to renmark we where not aware of restrictions re fruit and vegs and got caught big time we passed the signs and bins but did not dump because the day before i rang the numb...

G'day fellow humans. This morning I finally bought a house battery. I read about AGM and Gel and different brands and whatnot till I was blue in the face. I've read stacks of comments from GNs about their experiences with house batteries, and all the confusing stuff about watts and amp hours and regula...

An elderly lady recently lost her husband. She had him cremated and brought his ashes home. Picking up the urn that he was in, she poured him out on the patio table..Then, while tracing her fingers in the ashes, she started talking to him........ "You know that dishwasher you promised me?...

Hello everyone Can anyone help me with a problem I have with my Uniden 088 UHF unit in my vehicle. The radio receives transmissions but when it comes time to transmit, the radio gives out a ": beep beep beep" etc until the micropone button is released. Any techos out there that can assist me...

Talking to local shop keepers here in Lakes Entrance I was sad to hear that the owners here are very worried about Not having the tourist that they had a long time ago And that some shops will be closing....Must admit I am not surprised over the Long Weekend the prices were way over the top....Especially...

Well we have arrived at Marion Bay this morning after a getting onto the Yorke Peninsula, SA about 11 days ago. After spending the first night at the Port Arthur camp site we moved to the Port Julia camp ground for about 6 days while we had a look around the general area. It's a bit on the flat side but has s...

Hello every body; Maybe a bit late but here goes, Well it finaly happened, my place of employment is no more, the boss decided to close the buisness down and after 18 odd years with the one company, i have been retrenched. After 18 odd years , ar crap. Then i had i bit of a think ab...

Am considering changing our 100 series Land Curiser from all wheel drive to just front wheel drive. It has been suggested that I look into it. Not sure if it's a good idea or not. A few people have said its a saftey thing while others have said you really don't need it set up like that. I will plead ignoranc...

Had the doctors appointment this morning to remove the sutures and all is well with the procedure. Then a thorough inspection of the rest of my body for further evidence of skin cancer revealed a small spot that required another biopsy but this time I requested that they contact me if there was a proble...

CHEWING GUM! An Australian man was having a coffee and croissants with butter and jam in a cafe when an American tourist, chewing gum, sat down next to him. The Australian politely ignored the American, who, nevertheless started up a conversation. The American snapped his gum and said, 'You Austral...

Caption anyone?

Voting has been extremely heavy in the great Grey Nomads ‘Dust, Dirt or Sand’ photographic competition. With the number of votes cast already well into three figures it looks like the result is going down to the wire. Voting closes at midnight (AEST) on June 13, so, if you haven’t already voted ... do...