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Handy battery test.

I find this quite useful to test batteries - http://www.youtube.com/embed/Y_m6p99l6ME Happy Australia Day all.

People on dole 'don't care about the community

I could not agree more.. I have met people up here that are thrid or fourth generation on the dole. They do nothing to interact with the community and never attend the council meetings but are the first to complain when something goes wrong. When I w...

Flag Waving.

Is jingoistic flag-waving a just another crass Americanism we have adopted, or has it always been a facet of Australian Culture? Today I found this little gem on my FB newsfeed: I DON'T CARE IF I DO OFFEND ANYONE BY THIS!!! I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE...

I got to thinking about Australia Day

and it's relevance to the original custodians of this great country.My partner and I were shopping in the city at an organic produce market, got our goods, walked across a park on the way to our car and met a group of Aboriginal people. Got asked for...

Threats Scupper Perth Shark Kill Tender

Threats have frightened off the professional fishermen who were vying for the contract to operate the WA government's contentious shark policy. Threats to the safety of fishermen being paid to kill sharks for the West Australian government has forced...

Labs Handbook. Quite long, two sections

How To Knit A Toy Kangaroo, part 1 This is a very long pattern, so I've divided into two sections.The second half of the pattern is here.Edited to add: The entire pattern in PDF format, with additional diagrams, is now available!Edited 1 June 2009: H...

Happy Australia Day Everyone!

My neighbour and I have already been for our regular Sunday morning walk down to Cremorne Point. I was expecting to see a lot more ppl down there marking their sites for the ferry race later on, but only one cpl with their 2 kiddies had set up their ...

Where else do you go to chat?

I seriously thinking of moving.pm me if you don't want to say here

Dear Mods...

This has now been moved to 'New Community Experience'

Australia Day Graffiti At Site Of First Landing

Ahead of Australia Day celebrations, graffiti vandals have sprayed offensive slogans at historic sites in Sydney and Melbourne.An eight kilometre stretch along Botany Bay has been targeted, including a park where dozens will become Australian citizen...

Rat Infested Ghost Ship Threatens UK

An abandoned, rat-infested cruise liner stalks the Atlantic Ocean, and its next target could be the British shoreline. The Lyubov Orlova has been drifting since January 2013, when it was cut loose while being towed from Canada to be scrapped.The 38-y...

I angered my other half and now I am scared

Do not get along well, cannot agree with each other and starting to say horrid things that I do not enjoy experiencing. Mother in law sent them on a short holiday and now back I am scared of what they will now do or in the future. Plus I am not the o...

Resolved! What would it take to stop you getting on a leaky boat?

To me the fear of drowning might stop me, you would have to be extremely desperate wouldn't you?

Metal roof colours

Looking at roof colour atm. Wondering if anyone here has a mid grey roof, eg Woodland Grey, Ironstone, Gully Basalt, Cove, Wallabyas per the latest colour chart. Found that a couple of the greys have blue or green tones. Would prefer a true grey. Any...

Newsreader Ian Ross "Roscoe" - Terminal Cancer

Ian Ross, a former news anchor at both Channels Nine and Seven, has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and told he only has five months to live. In the weeks before Christmas, Ross went to see the doctor because of a sore foot last year but a rout...

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