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Very handy if you forget to put out in time. This one is a repurposed heat sink, (part of) from a Grundfos Pump Panel. So may be heavier than store bought, but works well for us. Takes at least an hour off defrost time on chops or chicken or steak. Dont know about tofu.

It is a good idea to "power cycle" (ie. turn off, wait two minutes, turn on) your mobile phone, tablet, notebook computer etc every so often, I usually do mine about once a month. All these computer type items *will* have bugs in their software and these bugs may, over time, lead to issues arising which m...

The final two weeks of our six week trip was spent camping in Wychitella Nature Conservation Reserve Skinner's Flat Section near Wedderburn. The habit consists mainly of a mixture of Box-Ironbark forest & Mallee. The wildflowers were prolific including many native orchid species. The nearb...

Selling our Inmarsat satellite phone. Very little use as we only ever had it for emergencies etc. $300. Comes with 240v and 12v chargers.

Having trouble logging onto the lcool forum site, is it down or just me.

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A teacher asked her class, "What do you want out of life?". A little girl in the back row raised her hand and said, "All I want out of life is four little animals, just like my Mom always says". The teacher asked, "Really, and what four little animals would that be?. The little girl said, "A mink on my b...

if anyone has a Prostor awning in good condition they would like to sell, I may be a buyer. loking for. Prostor awning up to 5mtrs in length colour; white case awning material colour; grey with wave line pattern operation; preferably electric but manual also considered. If you have one or know someone...

trying to figure out what this means , no idea what the reservoir is We tried to measure the tank which looks like 180lt been away for 2.5 days notused a lot just drinking one 12lt shower small toilet flushing -- Edited by maids on Saturday 3rd of December 2022 05:14:49 PM

George Leonard Johnny Johnson was a bomb-aimer in the 617 squadron which destroyed vital dams in Germanys industrial Ruhr valley during the second world war.His family said Johnson died peacefully in his sleep on Wednesday, according to BBC News.Les Munro, the last surviving Dambuster pilot, d...

Returned from Qld a month ago and went through Sydney on the M2 and M5, we looked at the website to do a toll calculation beforehand and it told us around $16 for the trip to the motorways via Pennant Hills Road. I was shocked to see on my Linkt account that I have been charged $39.78 for the single trip. Spok...

How do those of us who don't have any smart gadgets or an Internet connection get by? I don't have a smartphone, and I pay for my parking by putting a gold coin in the meter. Is the ABC making an issue out of nothing, or is the digital divide a real concern? I confess that I would feel very isolated if I didn't h...

Hi All, We have recently semi retired (work won't let us go) and now living in South Australia, now in our late 50s early 60s. Having been living in SE Queensland for the past 9 years, decided we need to return to Caravanning to head north next winter! Am starting to look around at options for a second han...

As the senior nun and head of the girls school it was Mother Bernadette's task once a year to give a talk to the girls who were shortly to leave school for the world of work. As Mother Bernadette walked along the line of girls she touched each on the shoulder and asked "What do you wish to do when you leave her...

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In the past month I've been receiving emails from someone pretending to represent the Grey Nomads. I haven't opened them & have blocked sender. I unsubscribed & used my other email address along with a different password to rejoin. I'm now a newbie.

I recently bought a 2014 Dmax having dropped back to an older pre dpf vehicle for the common reasons. I did'nt test the 4x4 until I got the vehicle home and out on a bush trail. The 4x4 engages in both high and low range but warning lights come on the dash and an alarm beeps for the low range. NRMA came up wit...