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By Robert Pepper TOKYO, 26th February, 2005: Mistota, Japan's leading car manufacturer, announced today at a press conference a breakthrough in 4WD vehicle technology. "First we had ABS" explained Dren Das, Mistota's Chief Engineer. "ABS is great, stops wheels locking up. It'...

How do we react when we dont agree do we shut up or start a debate that could create bad feeling

In Victoria from November 1st new rules about mobile phones & GPS units - can only be used if in a cradle. I'm about to purchase a UHF radio for trip away soon, but how do you use a mike while driving ?????????. Do they have any with Bluetooth???

Is this appropriate on this site? DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN YOU WERE A KID AND YOUR PARENTS LINED YOU UP AGAINST A DOOR FRAME TO MARK HOW TALL YOU WERE AND DATED THE MARK?

while traveling in SA and WA we still want to watch our footy (rugby league)but SA channels font show it, is there any way we can still watch it on the road?

I use an Epson R310 injet for printing my pictures on Canvas untill recently all was going splendidly then I got the dreaded "General Error see your documentation to clear" Of course it did not matter what I did the red led would not go out. In desperation I even took the thing to bits, cleane...

Could anyone please advise me about renewing a NSW registered caravan in QLD. Do Qld mechanics give out pink slips that can be used for NSW registration? Also as we are traveling/living in our van so what method do you other grey nomads use to get the van to a mechanic.. ie: do you unhitch it & go wande...

Scanning through all the many Caravan,Travel.sites etc.and reading the comments and answers I realise just how Happy and understanding this Grey Nomads site is.Without sounding pious we all respect eachothers boundaries and opinions without personally attacking a Religious,Racial.Politi...

WOMEN WHO KNOW THEIR PLACE Barbara Walters, of 20/20, did a story on gender roles inKabul,Afghanistan, several years before the Afghan conflict. She noted that women customarily walked five paces behind their husbands. She recently returned to Kabul and observed that women still walk behind...

Working people frequently ask retired people what they do to make their days interesting. Well, for example, the other day my wife and I went into town and went into a shop. We were only in there for about 5 minutes. When we came out, there was a cop writing out a parking ticket. We went up to him and said,...

I have both of the 4 ingredient cook books which I take with me on trips. They are great for travellers and cheaper than your average camping cook books. Having only 4 ingredients also makes for cheap meals.

G'day all. The Advance van has gone to new owners and I now own a Jayco Freedom model 52.59-5 dom 5/04 pop top. Nice clean looking van and I think it will better suit our needs.I bought the van from the local Jayco agent in Darwin. The unit came without any of the owners hand books or any info on the van.The lo...

Dear mum, I am writing you this note to say that I haven't been honest to you lately. I have a boyfriend, his name is Dragon and he lives in a trailer in the woods he wears biker clothes and deals Ecstasy. I am moving in with him and I am four months pregnant. His friends will come over all the time so I can get a l...

Need a bit of informed advice: need an inverter to recharge AA-size batteries and possibly power a laptop occasionally, nothing more. What size should I be looking at? Cheers, Tony

That is an interesting but not at all unexpected view on South Australia in today's editorial. As a South Australian it pains me to agree but in reality I have to. There really is nothing happening here at all because of a small minority of "Greenie doooo-gooders". We have absolutely no ne...

Tampax are changing their design they are replacing the string with a piece of tinsel .... This is for the Christmas period only!

Last year I replaced all the windows in my house with that expensive double-pane energy efficient kind. Today, I got a call from the contractor who installed them. He was complaining that the work had been completed a whole year ago and I still hadn't paid for them. Hellloooo,....... just because I'm...

Medical Stimulus Package: Apparently the Australian Medical Association has weighed in on the new economic stimulus package..... The Allergists voted to scratch it, but the Dermatologists advised not to make any rash moves. The Gastroenterologists had sort of a gut feeling about it, but the Neu...

MY PRIVATE PART DIED An old man, Mr. Wallace, was living in a nursing home. One day he appeared to be very sad and depressed. Nurse Tracy asked him if there was anything wrong, 'Yes, Nurse Tracy,' said Mr. Wallace. 'My Private Part died today, and I am very sad.' Knowing her patients were a little forgetf...

Happy birthday and many more to come. John & Irona