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Important Information on the Stimulus Payment This year, taxpayers will receive an Economic Stimulus Payment. This is a very exciting new program that I will explain using the Q and A format: "Q. What is an Economic Stimulus Payment? "A. It is money that the federal governme...

I am a new member HI Could somebody please advise me the advantages of a seniors card

Dont wish to upset any other threads so this is a stand alone Basil, that dog in your beautiful pic appears to be a doberman, could you clarify Still looking at all the kennels for another mutt for myself, but hard to forget Pix,

Gracie has to be trained for escalator/travelator use.... Well this morning we had an early morning appointment at our local shopping mall to Familiarise Gracie with these mechanical contrivances, she was Ok on the travelator but was going no where near the escalator she got her front feet on it the...

A man and a woman who had never met before, but who were both married to other people, found themselves assigned to the same sleeping room on a trans-continental train. Though initially embarrassed and uneasy over sharing a room, they were both very tired and fell asleep quickly, he in the upper be...

this was sent to me by a lovely lady whom shall remain nameless, but it is too funny to leave it out Magic Sandals A married couple were on holiday in Jamaica . They were touring around the market-place looking at the goods and such, when they passed a small sandal shop. From inside they heard the shopkeep...

THE WEDDING NIGHT Fred and Mary get married but couldn't afford a honeymoon, so they go back to Fred's Mom and Dad's house for their first night together. In the morning, Johnny, Fred's little brother, gets up and has his breakfast. As he is going out of the door to go to school, he asks his mom if F...

My elcheapo $80 camera via EBay went on the fritz and I was wandering around Bunnings and they were selling Swann miniature outdoor cams for $79.95 so rather than get another from ebay I bought one of these. Far better picture, ( less distortion) far better low light illumination and better quality t...

Hanging around Supercheap looking for some more free samples I saw that they have Dura Hub kits on sale @ $69 an axle which is I think cheap, I could be wrong but last time I was interesterd in these I'm sure they were around the $130 an axle....

Luggage racks are out, lots of goodies I can reuse in them, both floor heaters out, the wiring will be for the pumps on the water tanks, pulled a little of the internal wall away and round its all insulated so that can wait for the windows to come out after the wet has finished, so now will tackle the interna...

Subject: FW: WHY MEN DON'T WRITE ADVICE COLUMNS Dear Robert, I hope you can help me here. The other day, I set off for work leaving my husband in the house watching the TV as usual. I hadn't driven more than 5 miles down the road when the engine conked out and the car shuddered to a halt. I walked back hom...

Always remember, If you can't fix it with a hammer, the problem is electrical.

Thanks to all for the great forum. I have been snooping around for some time without introducing myself as we technically are not Grey Nomads(although the grey is starting to appear). Yet here we are with, of course, a couple questions. As we are relatively newcomers to Perth, does anyone have any sug...

I didn't think the rain was ever going to stop, but it is starting to look fine again now. I'm just outside Lakes Entrance tonight and Crikey! The number of posts just because I was out of range for a couple of days. I've updated my blog so all the good stuff is in there including lots of pics.

I believe we have missed a birthday celebration of our most ilustrious guru "Basil Faulty" let me congratulate you on the passing of another year Basil. a bit belated I know but forthcoming nonetheless happy birthday for the 20th of January mate, hope you had a good one, whats that make yo...

Kevin Rudd was visiting a primary school and he visited one of the classes. They were in the middle of a discussion related to words andtheir meanings. The teacher asked Kevin, the saviour of 'working families', if he would like to lead the discussion on the word 'tragedy'. So Kevin (the saviour of 'wo...

Got this out of a training manual and thought it may fit into the Techo forum when it get up and running. In the meantime those thinking on battery replacement may wish to consider AGM as the most suitable alternative to lead acid or Gel cells, Don't fall for buying big, sometimes two smaller units co...

Hi guys Well first time on the site, have been reading the forum and got some really great hints from time to time. We're just 11 weeks away from leaving home and hitting the road to go where we haven't been and see what we haven't seen. We were extremely fortunate last year to be able to buy a 100 series c...

Hi folks, I was wondering if you have some sort of sticker that you put on your van/car so that others know you are members of the Grey Nomads. Cheers, Lady G.

Good to see those electric shock dog collars have been banned but I found a good gadjet to train a dog with from Dick Smith. It's an ultrasonic dog trainer that emits an ultrasonic tone at 110 Db when you press the button. Simple to use, when the dog is doing something you do not want ie pulling at the leash e...