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Who you would all remember as the irrespresable Miss Brahms form "Are you being Served" passed away last night aged 65 from cancer.... Some memorable quotes from the show: Mrs. Slocombe: [removes her gas mask] What about this fog! My pussy's been gasping all night. Mr. Humphries: And Mrs...

Just wondering does anyone do home brewing while travelling. I'm a home brewer myself, due to set off and hit the road indefinitely and would like to hear from anyone who has done home brewing while travelling. Cheers, Freddo

Got an engineer mate here who has seemingly perfected the idea of water for fuel He has steel cable wound around some plastic plate and connected to a battery, drops it into a glass jar with some tank water and a spoonful of pottassium hydroxide, and the resulting bubbles are full of HYDROGEN he demo to m...

Hi everyone Just sitting at the computer and wondering if any interest in something like this /or if possible where you can chat on line (?) see what is happening day to day as opposed to topic chat ? Like an electronic "happy hour " Quite often I log in just to see if anything new posted that I ca...

The Centrelink Office. A long - haired kiwi walked into the local Centrelink office to pick up his dole cheque. He marched straight up to the counter and said, 'Hi. You know, I just HATE drawing the dole. I'd really rather have a job.' The Centrelink girl behind the counter said, ' Your timing is exce...

Hi Everyone I was going to say sorry for not posting for a while, but I am not sorry because I have been extremely busy working on my mobile home. It's getting very close to nearing completion. But...still a lot of small niggling things to fit in or install that will take more time. At times it has been...

I am hoping to take in all the best dive sites on my travels. Any one else doing that too? Sophie

I've had a few emails asking me how to find the shape of something and then transferring that shape to something else I.E. side of a van when trying to fit cupboards as you all know the sides of a van/bus whatever is curved and cupboards are not I invented this thing a long time ago, as you can see (hopefu...

A professer at the University of Sydney was giving a lecture on 'Involuntry Muscular Contractions' to his first year students. Realising this was not the most riviting subject, the Professer decided to lighten the mood slightly. He pointed to a young women in the front row and said, 'do u know what y...

I have just loaded some trip photo's, they can be viewed at http://picasaweb.google.com/garynkerry1/2009

Here are some photos from our last trip. We travelled up the Centre, across to W.A, down the coast, back through the Nullarbor to S.A. and then back to Melbourne. A 3 months trip, wonderful. Look at the photos here http://www.australiannomads.com/trip-photos.html -- Edited by Eric at 20:27, 2008-...

Help please !!!! British couple with daughter in Sydney have visited Australia several times. This time last year had Britz Elite van for 12 day inland QA and NSW. Enjoyed so much - wanted to go off tarmac at times but vetoed by Britz. Now retired and plan to return for 3 months Sept-Dec 09. This time...

Just in case anybody's interested, Ray's Outdoors is having a sale starting from Wednesday. I found this on another forum I visit - Seems strange that there is nothing about it on the Ray's website, I think that the sale was only publicised to VIP members. Strangely the two biggest Melbourne stores - P...

CREDIT CRUNCH. Dear employees, Due to the current financial situation caused by the slowdown of economy, Management has decided to implement a scheme to put workers of 40 years of age and above on early retirement. This scheme will be known as RAPE (Retire Aged People Early). Persons selecte...

DUE TO WORLD FINANCIAL CRISIS AND BUDGET CUTS, THIS IS YOUR NEW OFFICE EFFECTIVE APRIL 1, 2009 NEW OFFICE POLICY Dress Code: 1) You are advised to come to work dressed according to your salary. 2) If we see you wearing Prada shoes and carrying a Gucci bag, we will assume you are doing well financia...

So who forgot that it's pancake day? Hmmmmmmmmmm? I have this fantastic receipe here goes: Open a bottle of pancake shake pour in the water put the lid back on shake voilently cook 150mm discs measured exactly with calipers Pile onto plate sprinkle with raw sugar and generous squirt of lemon juice als...

I know it is a funny kind of question to be asking but I am wondering if any of you have ever used the Will kits available from post offices etc.Your suggestions are welcome.Cheers.Ibbo

I did promise a review of progress re the CPAP machine did I not? Ok so I have a Resmed S8 lightweight that has several conflicting badges on it re power draw etc. "110, 240 volts 400hz (yes thats right 400 hz) 2.5 amps" Ok so I asked around I asked Resmed Techos (who I might add were cognisant of t...

Just back from five lovely days in the Flinders Bay caravan park in Augusta at the south-west tip of WA. Has about 110 bays, many of which are delineated by tall "hedges", creating a nice sense of privacy and a noise barrier. What interested me was that it was as full as the proverbial Cathol...

We will be travelling to Australia soon to do a caravaning trip around the coastal areas. We have been watching Ebay and Trading Post for caravans and notice the majority are of the poptop type. can anyone help answer a few questions. Is there a good reason for this. Do they have problems with water le...