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Well, I have done the first step to retirement, I have made the decision to retire, second step, I rang my super fund (I am not 65) and made appointment to see them, third step will be Centrelink then the fourth step will be tell my boss, that's the bit I'm not looking forward too as work is short staffed an...

A married couple went to the hospital to have their baby delivered. Upon their arrival, the doctor said that the hospital was testing an amazing new high-tech machine that would transfer a portion of the mother's labour pain to the baby's father. He asked if they were interested. Both said they were v...

As we Silver Surfers know, sometimes we have trouble with our computers.I had a problem yesterday, so I called Eric, the 11 year old next door, whose bedroom looks like Mission Control and asked him to come over.Eric clicked a couple of buttons and solved the problem.As he was walking away, I called af...

Can someone please tell me why the wind up mechanism on my 1985 jayco dove won't ratchet and lock in at full height. cheers Paul

Well, we bought this motorized home almost a year ago, but this is the first extended road trip we've taken him on; Florida to Montana... We planned on getting a "starter" model, but the price was right and roughing it to us usually meant a Holiday Inn Express ! This big rig has everything and...

Another CP owner demanding that the rest area at Rocky Creek War Memorial, near Atherton NTH Qld be closed. We have just spoken to a lady who has been at the Big4 in town for ten days due to a vehicle breakdown, they were placed there by their road service so no expense to them on this part. As for the park she...

Hi All, I'm camped at the Gympie Muster ready for another great year of music and fun. Just wondering if there are any other Grey Nomads here or on their way ?? Cheers, Cate

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Have any 5th Wheeler owners had there tug breakdown and require towing/recovery? If so how has the towing company recovered both the tug and the 5th Wheeler?

I've met a lady who travels out of Qld to the south every year in the summer with a van and a dog. She tells me that often she spends weeks at a time without people getting to know her. My question to her was "do you put yourself out there?" But my question to you all is "Do You Say Hello?"...

Does anyone have any good ideas for camping with our Jayco Eagle for the long weekend? Somewhere near water would be nice but without the masses. We have only bought our camper this year and are keen to find those "special" spots. Cheers!

Hi all, Darryl and I [and Buster the dog] will be in the Esperance area from the above date. Exact location not yet known but will confirm later. Anyone in the area that would like to meet up - please PM me. Barb

Muriel Ellen Deason, AKA Kitty Wells (1919) Born in Nashville, Tennessee, today (30 August 1919) Wells sang gospel music in church as a child and performed on radio in the 1930s. She achieved fame with her 1952 hit, "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels," a rebuttal to a popular song abo...

I took the cassette out to empty it and clean it and when i put it back in it has jammed the trapdoor in the open position.Of course i can take to the c/van repair place but it will probably be something simple and they will want to charge me a fortune to fix it. So maybe someone on the forum has had this happen t...

dad has alot of old the old 38s ? records, the big heavy ones was wanting to know if they would be on cd now? Id convert them myself but he's got too many for me.. also old movies on dvd possible ?

Salutations Earthlings, docking the star ship in Brissy for repairs in 3 weeks, then heading off to Tassieee for 5 months, in November, like a big kid, cant wait till then,,heading off to Millmerrin in early October for the Cook out Festival, meeting up with Yeoeleven (John) ,,,,stay excited ppl,w...

As I stood in line at Centrelink thinking up reasons why I couldnt work a sweet smell drifted past my pig like nostrils. It was a mixture of weed, sweat and Lynx Africa. I turned and there he was, Dwayne, with his pants half way down his arse, our eyes met and even though he only had one tattoo I yearned for hi...

Hi, I recently stayed on a property and connected my rig up to their rain water tanks which had electric pumps to supply pressure. When I connected this system to my rig the pumps from the rain water tanks didn't seem to understand the requirements of the water pressure to the rig. Hence VERY poor wate...

Well we are packing 4 the first time ,, i was wondering what the average weight people have in there van??

Sorry I haven't been around much of late, but I've just got back from a short holiday "up the Murray" (coldest I have ever had it there). Needed to take a break from the computer screen. I've joined a WW2 bomber squadron and have been flying (in real time) missions over from France and Germany...