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  1. Yay, found one...150mb in size though for all the Win 7 games in Win 10: Downloads / Tools by other people / Windows 7 games for Windows 10
  2. I had win 10 installed and I got a adapted copy of the win 7 games that worked with win 10 but now with the anniversary update they have stopped working...I like my chess
  3. Just updated my windows 10 with the latest update and I lost all my old windows 7 games like Chess Titans. Tried reinstalling the files but the games won't start...BLOODY Microsoft
  4. Every morning when I get up I read the posts here on Recreational Flying followed by a catch up on Flipboard on world events. This morning I was relieved to see how the students of today are tackling the absurd gun laws in the US...I just wish I was 35 years younger At 'cocks not glocks' protest, students carry sex toys instead of guns
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    Queens power

    But I guess he wouldn't have done that without first consulting the queen to get approval
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    Queens power

    I am not sure if everyone knows this but the Queen has the last say on any laws that are passed here in Australia. Apparently it is extremely rare that the Queen exercises her right and the last time it was done was in the 1700's when she stopped a law regarding the Scottish military EXCEPT for in 1979 when she stopped a law here in Australia. It was hushed up till 2006 but she exercised her right in a 'soft' manner without coming out formally to stop a NSW State law. Some info... In the case of the Queen of Australia, concerning a move by a 1979 NSW Government to terminate appeals to the Privy Council, constitutional expert Anne Twomey remarks: What is most remarkable about this story is not that the Queen, supported by the British government, was prepared to override the will of the New South Wales Parliament as late as 1979, but that this entire incident was hushed up so that the public never knew of it until at least 2006. It illustrates the immense “soft power” of the Queen. She does not have to refuse assent. It is enough to indicate that she might do so and in almost all circumstances a government will yield. This system is supported by the procedure for receiving advice from the realms. Informal advice must first be sent and it is only once the Queen’s private secretary indicates approval of the informal advice that the formal advice may be given. Hence, any objections by the Queen are raised and resolved at the informal advice stage so that the Queen never rejects formal advice.
  7. Its a Mondeo Titanium wagon...its incredible...but the au fairmont wagon still sits proudly in the driveway
  8. No, the last virus I got was back in the 80's and it was called the stoned virus...your pc came up with "your pc is stoned" at the c prompt. That was back before windows and the internet
  9. It's a virus that is attacking Safari users and yes, it is true
  10. Its a 2 litre turbo diesel Nev
  11. Yeah not 100% happy with the economy cost of the new mondeo. Sure it gets around 850 k per tank highway driving so about 6lit per 100k BUT here is the thing my au gets 500 k on same trip per tank but when you cost it out at $1.25 per litre for diesel compared to 0.55c per litre for gas the au is much cheaper AND it is a 4.1 compared to the mondeo 2lit. The 4.1 will never wear out on highway cruising...i wish ford still made a fairmont wagon
  12. Don't have to worry now about which fuel...yesterday purchased a new ford mondeo titanium wagon and the only engine it has is the 2 litre turbo diesel. Thanks everyone for your comments, it helped a lot
  13. Wish i had it right now as i am currently mid way between melb and canberra but as usual the au is just purring along. Cruise control on. Speedo says 115 but the recreational flying gps says 111. Filled up with lpg as i left melb at 48 cents a litre...cheap motoring
  14. Can someone check my figures? NOTE, everyone may have their own opinion on the figures i have used but it is a starting point Fuel cost as of today at the local petrol stations in melb and canberra Petrol $1.40/ $1.31 LPG $0.50/$0.64 Diesel $1.20/$1.31 Travelling canberra - melb - canberra is 1,300 kms per fortnight plus running around so say 750klms per week = 39,000klms per year Car stated average litres per 100klms for petrol and diesel is 10.5/8.2 - driving style would change this but unknown Conversion cost of LPG is $4,500 and diesel option is extra $3,250 - could negotiate on tese prices Litres used petrol or LPG is 4,095 and diesel is 3,198 per year at 39,000klms Fuel cost per year of melbourne and canberra is Petrol $5,733/$5,364 LPG $2,047/2,621 Diesel $3,838/$4,189 This would give a payback period of LPG over diesel of only 1 year and a saving of around $1,500 on fuel with LPG over diesel for each year after that at 39,000klms per year or $375 per year at 10,000klms plus cheaper servicing cost Seems to me if the above figures are even somewhat correct, going LPG is a no brainer in the financial sense
  15. Is that because of the diesel? In my mind, the high sales of diesel cars could lead to the fuel companies capitalising on this in years to come and move the price of diesel up for more profit...tomorrow diesel will be the petrol of today. Perhaps LPG may be the go besides the good old trusty 4.1 litre ford engine is unstoppable. The service guy in Canberra I go to was telling me that one of his customers came in to get his ford serviced and complained that his was starting to use a bit of oil, went from full to add in the life of a service and it was an LPG converted one...the car had just clocked over 1 million ks...mind you it was a taxi though which are always running hot but still, the 4.1 is one hell of an engine. The only problem I see with LPG is in 10 years time more and more service stations could begin to drop it, not all as it will still be needed but i may have to search for one to fill up instead of just going to the local. Overall i think the cost of LPG per klm would be cheaper than diesel so the payback period would be sooner i.e. $1,500 extra overall would be around 30,000 to 40,000 klms and with doing canberra - melb - canberra every 2 weeks that would be 3 years and my work contract is for another 6 months but with 2 x 1yr extensions. Real crystal ball stuff though
  16. In my dual fuel BA series 2 fairmont ghia i had to have new injectors put in at around 90k on the clock but i have never had to touch the au. One stupid thing is the au always used oil on a big trip like 2 litres of oil doing a melb to brisbane. It has been like it ever since the lpg was done, all 170ks untill a couple of months ago when i had it serviced. The guy doing the service said that he replaced some metal washer or something with a plastic one so it shouldn't use any oil now. He was correct, it hasn't used a drop of oil doing canberra to melb to canberra 5 times since. The service people i use in canberra who also do lpg conversions really know what they were doing so lesson learnt is that not all lpg conversion people are the same and i would hate to think how much i have paid out in oil over those 170k
  17. The au gas conversion was one of the earlier types which resulted in less power and more lpg used than petrol but when we got a BA series 2 it was much better and that was 8 years ago. The current dual fuel systems i believe are almost 1 to 1 with petrol in terms of power and usage. You are right Nev, a very hard decision and one i am having trouble trying to decide on. Although irrelavant to the decision, the one thing i do like about the lpg is i have never had to worry about when to fill up...i just drive the car on lpg till it is empty and then say perhaps i need to look for the cheapest fuel soon. This also enabled a good mix for the engine with some petrol use for the seals etc running say 90/10 between lpg and petrol
  18. I am considering buying a new ford territory and need advice on the best fuel system for me. Firstly i am driving a ford au fairmont wagon and for the last 17 years it has had lpg duel fuel. It has done 170k in those 17 years and the dual fuel option has been great. Possibly for the next 2 years i will be driving the territory doing a round trip of Melb – Canberra – Melb every 2nd weekend but with very little driving around Canberra in between. After 2 years it may average 10k a year as a normal family car. The Territory I am looking at getting is the RWD only Titanium which already has ample boot space if I went for LPG dual fuel with a donut tank and the spare wheel in the boot. Diesel naturally has more torque bit dirtier, servicing cost, smaller engine and higher fuel per litre cost. But the difference in cost between a new diesel Territory versus a petrol version and dual fuel addon would possibly be around $1500 more for the LPG. I would expect to keep the car up to 15 years like my au wagon now 17 years old. What type of fuel would you go for?
  19. It's because they have a captive market by having the millions of users already on apple devices most (not all) users tend to stay with what is already preloaded and ready to go on their device and apple already have your credit card details etc
  20. Apple is out to destroy everyone. Take for instance this latest apple music, there are 30 other providers of this which creates good competition but soon those 30 companies will be destroyed because of apple. They already make billions but now are set out to destroy all the small companies and industries putting many people out of work etc...i will not touch an apple device
  21. http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/apr/17/algorithm-identifies-future-trolls-from-just-five-posts
  22. http://recode.net/2015/04/18/when-the-iphone-vs-android-fight-comes-to-blows/
  23. What time is the barby tomorrow volsky. Hope to be there
  24. I need to ask an urgent question relating to how my company is set up so is there any cpa accountants on here...If you can help me can you please pm me a contact phone number...thanks if you can
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