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pmccarthy

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  1. I am happy for the Donald. I was genuinely afraid that the bullet had entered his brain and no-one had noticed.
  2. I saw that, he definitely said "f..., f..., f...!"
  3. Smelters were established by the Broken Hill mining companies in 1915. They previously exported metal concentrates to Belgium and Germany for smelting, but of course could not do that once the war started. It became the biggest lead smelter in the world, a great source of pride for Australia. The environmental management in those days was not as it is today. Lead poisoning was worse in the mines themselves. I was paid a "lead bonus" as compensation for working in that environment, I think that bonus had been negotiated by the unions in 1923.
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    TLE
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    Friday and Wednesday
  6. But when they leave, it is hard not to take it personally. What did I do wrong?
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    Shoulder
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    Pint
  9. Where is so and so? He went mad and the police shot him. That was always my dad's answer and we just assumed the police would do that. It helped keep us honest and sane.
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    Friday
  11. I agree about the web and modem speeds, it amazes me. I think about those early modems when I hear Magpies warbling.
  12. I would think about all the options and would probably settle for doing something nasty, untraceable and non-fatal.
  13. There is a distinction between "right and wrong", or what we all know is acceptable, and what "you" might do in those circumstances.
  14. A 17-year-old has just been granted bail after killing your sister while driving a stolen car. He has ten previous cases of car theft, assault and drug possession, bailed every time. What do you do? Nothing - let the justice system deal with it. Break both his legs with a baseball bat and say you will be back to kill him, while ensuring that you have left no evidence behind. Shoot him from a distance, again being careful not to get caught. Kill him in public as a statement and take your punishment.
  15. Rod Steiger was the Illustrated Man. Quite a movie (and book before it).
  16. I think you are describing the outcome of mr Cha's experiment.
  17. I can't think of a non-confrontational way to respond.
  18. And humpy railway crossings, where long lorries get cleaned up by express trains.
  19. Are you being sycophantic?
  20. A scathing critique of the CSIRO nuclear report. by Senator Fawcett. 15 minutes.
  21. Syncophanic?
  22. A Ford trembler coil weighs about a kilo. How does that work?
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    Love is just a four letter word - Joan Baez
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    First works too.
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    Letters In alphabetical order.
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