nomadpete

And they are quiet (no noisy compressor). "Silent Night" was a brand of the kero ones.

Caravan 3 way fridges are still popular. Similar system to the old kero ones but they use a gas flame instead.

Back in the 70's there was a lot of demolition going on in Sydney - and I quickly learnt not to ride too close behind tip trucks loaded with rubble. A half brick, on edge, fitted nicely between duals. Until the truck got up to speed.

Ouch. Yeah, it was back in 2000. And I took the car to them.... I managed to jiggle the key to get it to work just once and didn't turn it off for fear it wouldn't ever work again. Good luck with it.

Gobsmacked. Betcha won't be looking for a dooerupper next time. But you will feel great when you see the finished article when all this is done.

Thanks Octave. We had drifted way off course.

A sign of poor morale in the office. We used to have a carton of milk in the office fridge, that had a padlock to protect its virtue.

I never did understand why nobody ever ran a bit of wire out to the dunny, for a light. The rows of little sentry boxes seems a forgotten icon.

That was common practice. The flat leather pad was the alleged 'shitcarter's hat.

In your attempt to apply logic you touched on the problem..... "Nutjobs" covers it all.

That gem should be immortalised on the Aussie slang thread!

Sounds like a lock issue, not the ignition switch (which is a separate part attached to the back of the lock). I'd call a locksmith. When I once had a steering/ignition lock jam, a locksmith pulled it apart and put a new tumbler mechanism into it for about $50. It might be that.

All the ignition switches I have pulled apart have the mechanical key physically separated from the electrical switch. Graphite in the tumblers is probably no issue. Does the key physically turn to thenormal 'start' position? If it does, then probably the problem is not anything to do with the key end of the device.

Hard to judge. It may have just been random. Sometimes the majority of shoppers are female.

Having said that, I think Australia would benefit from running on one national time zone.

Sun worship is based on circadian rythm, which regulates the body. Your suggestion would simplify the labelling of time, but would have no useful connection with (most) human activities. Animals are instinctively more regulated by their daily light cycle. I personally have little use for 'time of day' except for knowing when the shops are open, or if I need to talk to rellies in England - as I prefer to talk to them when they are awake - ie, not in middle of the night. I am mostly regulated by daybreak and sundown.

Tempus Fugit Changing the yardstick doesn't chang anything

Which only leaves Tas Mania ten years behind Queensland........

The surfers called them Blind Mullet

Aaah, thanks for the tip, Spacey. That is just what I need, to do single handed sailing. You can only trust the self steerer to do it's job for an hour, then you have to wake up and scan the horizon to check course and for incoming ships.

Before I arrived on THESE shores.... I spent early childhood in a western suburb of Sydney town. By the time I was in my 20's the streets were paved (not with gold), there were fewer and fewer friendly faces around, and Sydney was getting too noisy, indifferent and scruffy for me. I migrated to a sunny, quiet, friendly town called Brisbane. There I stayed whilst raising a family. When that was done, I was once again a 'free' man. One day when I was sitting in a freeway gridlock I noticed that whilst I had been busy this little town had turned into a noisy, indifferent place so I moved up the hill to a quiet little town called Toowoomba. It was friendy an didn't have traffic. That was nice. For a while. Once again the day came when my migratory instinct struck. I never thought that Toowoomba would ever have gridlock but it did. I refuse to waste precious years sitting in bumper to bumper traffic. This time I migrater over seas to a smaller island. I am under no illusions about 'progress' orpopulation pressure. But for now it is nice, and quiet. The people are still friendly BUT THE WEATHER IS CRAP - DO NOT EVEN THINK OF COMING THIS CLOSE TO THE SOUTH POLE! It won't be my last destination but I think this might be my last migration.

Do you live in Russia?

That doesn't explain Texans - they are definitely not at a high latitude. BTW Taswegians mostly accept heading out the door before first sparrow fart is normal in winter - our days are noticably short. But that doesn't make them all as crazy as Texans or bananabenders.

Can't argue with that.

I am home-o-sexual. Those rare events always happen in the comfort of my own home.