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We have recently been up north in our newly-purchased 9yr old Conquest. The plastic LH tail-light cluster fell off when we were travelling on some roadworks (not particularly rough). I have never been fond of the plastic rear end so I'm thinking it's time for a modification or three. Has anyone had a s...

1. A possum is a flat animal that sleeps in the middle of the road.2. There are 5,000 types of snakes and 4,998 of them live in the South.3. There are 10,000 types of spiders. All 10,000 of them live in the South, plus a couple no one's seen before.4. If it grows, it'll stick ya. If it crawls, it'll bite cha.5...

Mazda BT50 Squealing brakes. Anyone else have that ? usually worst when brakes are cold. Embarrassing. Squealing from inside the engine compartment when engine turned off, the computer ? is that normal?

A serious incident occurred 07/09/2021, where a CFA Tanker from the Barongarook West Fire Brigade was involved in a roll over while responding to a call-out for a house fire at Yeodene, near Colac.Two CFA members have been seriously injured in this incident.The members are currently in hospital, a...

I just read an ABC news item which referred to someone crashing a stolen vehicle into a telegraph pole. When did power poles stop being telegraph poles?

My van is due for rego next month, now I am willing to register it for 12 months, but that would be pensioner rego, so it doesn't cost me anything, but a new owner would have to pay the fee if they are not pensioners. Should I just pay the fee myself, instead of doing it the other way, or should I just make it tha...

Some little time ago In had a medical emergency that occurred in a van parked a little way from me in a camp in SA. The gent came out very concerned and asking for a doctor or medical aid. He thought that his wife was having a heart attack. It was about 2am. There was about 5-6 vans/RV's spread around but be...

When you have finished with this page go to the bottom and click the > button for more articles. Lithiun will be my next purchase for the van.

This just appeared on my computer: Portable inverter generator Osbor Noccam Not sure if it is US dollars or Australian, but $49.99? Marked down from $99.99 - which itself is and unbelievably low cost. Anyone game to order one? Murray PS Edit: Had a more thorough read through the specs - the output volt...

A Russian woman married an English gentleman and they lived happily ever after in London.The poor lady was not very proficient in English, but did manage to communicate with her husband.The real problem arose whenever she had to shop for groceries.One day, she went to the butcher and wanted to buy ch...

One of the main causes of the fall of the Roman Empire was that, lacking zero, they had no way to indicate successful termination of their C programs. - Robert Firth