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Aboriginal place names were used as squatters moved outward because they were the only way to identify places. Travellers could ask the local aborgines which way to a certain place. There was no one else to ask.
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Aeroprakt already have my donation, I hope it materialises as an aircraft!
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He's going to make filet Minion.
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There is indeed a Castlemaine in Ireland but the song was written about the Australian Castlemaine. We even have a photo of Jack Doolan.
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He really was. John Doolan became a troubled youth in Bendigo and was sent to prison for a good long stretch by Judge Macaboy. It has all been researched and a book written.
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You had to avoid her grandma, Nonna Vendt.
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The climate change debate continues.
pmccarthy replied to Phil Perry's topic in Science and Technology
We are moving from having energy and storage based on hydrocarbons to having them based on minerals. It may not be a good change for the world's environment. The average grade of copper mining is 0.5% so we have to dig and dispose of 199 tonnes of rock to get one tonne of copper to wire the electric cars, solar panels, windmills and so on. It is worse for some of the other minerals that will be needed in huge quantities. -
A troop train pulled up at a platform in the middle of the night and a soldier asked the porter where they were. 'Saskatoon, Saskatchewan' he said. The soldier replied 'Does anyone here speak English?'.
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Fungible - a religious text for mushrooms.
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How many Bondi cigars does it take?
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Isn't the subtle message that Vlad is dead? And we can all toast to that.
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Extract from Liar, liar, the bush is on fire By Martin Hirst | 13 November 2019 What has changed in over two years? Lying is the new default position for many politicians. So much so that Scott Morrison has earned the nickname “Liar from the Shire”, at least on social media. Nobody in the MSM has yet had the courage to put this to his face or commit it to the page. We can no longer have an innocent laugh about the truth-defying qualities of our pollies. In my view, Barnaby Joyce has this week hit the bottom of the lying barrel with a widely quoted statement, made initially on Sky News (of course), claiming that two victims of the fires on the NSW north coast were probably Greens voters.
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What is this little piece of knotted string on the floor? Get up you rotten twine!
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They are not called methos for nothing.
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The humidity here in Vic is stultifying. Cannot work in the shed. Computer keyboard has gone crazy and is sending random control messages to the computer. Floor tiles have a film of water on them. We are not set up for this, have evaporative air con only. Nothing to do but watch TV or read. Life is constrained to: daily - wait for the time when I try not to have a glass of wine weekly - put on a new toilet paper roll monthly - go to the chemist to get prescriptions renewed I would amost swap with the West Australians
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The climate change debate continues.
pmccarthy replied to Phil Perry's topic in Science and Technology
Source: the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) Coal 2021 report.
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I am by nature a Liberal voter but had to vote labor when Whitlam and Hawke offered themselves for consideration. Now I am flummoxed. Mott Scorisson Is a dill and a fraud, but the alternative is unpalatable. Here in Victoria I have the same dilemma. A dictator versus a crook. Perhaps I need to emigrate, but where would I go?
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Sea level has been rising gradually for thousands of years. The rate hasnt changed lately.
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Space Stations: Past, Present, And Future
pmccarthy replied to octave's topic in Science and Technology
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Handy for scratching where it itches
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My offroad pin coupling is not a ball coupling, so I escape the net.
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It’s Jim and Russel.
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I saw that one too. Amazing condition.
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Not too many Camels by other than Sopwith. (except for modern replicas) Not a name that says "great aeroplane".
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My friend bought a fancy gym with everything for about $4k. Sold it to me for about $1000 after a year or so. I never used it either and left it behind when I sold the house.
