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One of the more obvious clues is that the ABC is being really nice to Pauline Hanson in the article. They portray as it being Pauline and David Speers against the bank CEO. There's a lot of those types of scams going around quoting various celebrities like actors and celebrity chefs. They probably picked Pauline Hanson because she's been in the news a lot lately with media coverage of recent poll results.

Yes Pete, that is a cold blast lantern. The Chinese lanterns these days are like a lot of their stuff; it looks the part but el-cheapo made. I've got one that's a copy of that Dietz blizzard in the above photo and the metal is paper thin. Even with a big tank, it would be lighter full of fuel than an empty Dietz. A lot of the Hong Kong made lanterns were good in the days before it was all China. I think in those days the manufacturers had some pride in making a decent product.

The article is basically dressed up to look like it was written by the ABC about a supposed episode of The Insiders where David Speers had Pauline and the Comm bank ceo as guests. The storyline goes that Pauline put the bank dude on the spot so he stormed out of the interview, after which the bank complained to the ABC so they didn't air the show. They're making out Pauline let the cat out of the bag about a wonderful, foolproof crypto scheme that was helping ordinary battlers make money and pay the bills. Naturally enough, they have links there so you can send them your money.

As said previously, I'm not a fanatical collector (at least not of lanterns) and have no use for something that won't be used and burnt. Having said that, I saw this Dietz Blizzard No.80 on eBay last night for sale at Hervey Bay and bought it. At $25, it was a steal as they're worth a lot more than that. You'd probably be lucky to pick up a working second-hand one much under $80-$100. The one I have already is my top lantern; they're a great bit of gear. Solid as a brick dunny, always works as advertised and a large lantern to boot with a big tank that gives 80 hours burn time on a moderate setting (hence the No.80 designation). You can burn a lantern like that for a few nights without having to fill it. This one should arrive next week sometime. It's got a bit of surface rust but that's good in my view; I like them to have a bit of character and history. It's also got a slightly bent chimney cap which is easy to panelbeat. It has the thicker, older glass with the logo embossed instead of the etched logo like mine has. I think they stopped embossing the globes in the 1950's, so it's possible this one has been retrofitted. The photo is from eBay.

That's if you can afford the kero, it's over $6 per litre now. Mind you, they burn a long time. The kero these days is a bit funny, it doesn't burn as clean as it used to. Probably some additive. I remember in times gone by, the glass would get a bit of black soot that was easy to wipe off. These days it leaves an orange-brown stain on the inside of the glass that cakes on hard and is very difficult to remove.

Here's a fake website pretending to be the ABC with Pauline. Even without reading the article, the url specialbonds.com should be the first clue. That and the fact none of the usual ABC news site links work. https://specialbonds.com/?utm_campaign=PH-MC00051&utm_source=fb&utm_placement=Facebook_Marketplace&campaign_id=120242149574570603&adset_id=120242149574590603&ad_id=120242149762100603&adset_name=PH-MC00051&ad_name=2&utm_medium=paid&utm_id=120242149574570603&utm_content=120242149762100603&utm_term=120242149574590603&fbclid=IwY2xjawQMxPhleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETJRNmZwTzk5Y1hvRWxiNkJvc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHgQQF1WioSeP9E70e1aIaOZk3X0aHgW1Mb9DreLZtPqBZ2AqIrpCzHV8vT_Y_aem_B282BLSzZDN_eFdX0LS_ZQ#

This is one of my favourite old lanterns, a Dipti brand made in India. I don't know how old it is but I'd guess 1950's or 1960's. It's a great old lantern, very solid metal and thick embossed glass with the name Dipti Oriental Metal embossed on it. That's the old company name; they're Dipti Metal Industries these days. It also burns perfectly and never gives any problems. It's in the top three in lantern status around here. Fairly rare in this country and not easy to find one.

It was a 1978 vintage. Probably long sold as the listing started 35 weeks ago. Some people forget to take the ad down when they sell.

They're the plastic fuses with two exposed prongs. I guess I'll have to wait and see if it blows again, and if so, start trying to track the issue. I was coming back down the highway on Sunday night, about an hours drive, and had to keep checking my speed with the torch.

I saw a good old Gardner 6LX on marketplace for $4,000. I love those old Gardners and used to like listening to them cruising at low revs out from the Mooloolaba port when I worked on a boat there for a year. Our little trawler has a noisy 2 stroke GM 671, but the Gardners had a beautiful sound.

When I said car, it's just a generic term. It's a dual cab ute.

I have a question that is off topic but thought I'd ask here rather than start a new thread just for a simple question. Regarding blown fuses: does a blown fuse always indicate a problem like a short or do they sometimes just blow due to age. A fuse in my car that runs tail lights and dash lights blew; I put in a new one and everything is working good. The blown fuse would be about 23 years old and the fuses are subject to a bit of dust. Could it have been a dust related short or just old age.

Newman upset a lot of people during his three year term and lost a lot of support. Then he shot himself in the foot by going troppo in the last two weeks of the campaign. First he accused the Qld. Labor party of being funded by the outlaw motorcycle gangs, then he told people that if they didn't elect the LNP in their electorate, they would lose government funding for the electorate if the LNP was returned. That's a couple of the more noteable examples, but he went quite mad in the end and his party realised he'd totally blown their chances, but at that late stage there was little they could do. Too late to put the genie back in the bottle so they got booted out.

I remember years ago making something similar for a mate who had two broken arms. He never got to use it as his then girlfriend was a nurse and took on the bum wiping duties.

When I was there in 1985 I had a UK grandparent visa (grandfather on my mother's side). I was too old for the young people's working holiday visa so the grandparent visa allowed me to stay as long as I wanted. The visa said it didn't give you the right to reside permanently in the UK, but it had no end date or restriction.

When Campbell Newman won his messiah-like election in 2012, there were a lot of jokes about the Labor opposition all fitting into a Kombi van to drive to parliament house. Three years later they went from seven seats back to government. The LNP made a huge mistake with Newman. John-Paul Langbroek would have easily won the election for the LNP, but the party bosses thought Newman would increase the vote even more. They ended up a three year flash in the pan whereas with Langbroek they probably would have served multiple terms. The messiah election tactic worked with Bob Hawke, but Newman was a total disaster.

They're stuck between a rock and a hard place. Move too far to the right and they lose votes to Labor and the Teals. Move too far to the left to try and be Labor-Lite and they lose votes to One Nation.

The polling varies quite a bit from one pollster to another. The latest DemosAu poll has the primary vote at Labor 29%, One Nation 28%, Coalition 21%, Greens 12% and others 10%. They didn't give a preference figure but their seat preditions based on that poll were Labor 76–85. One Nation 43–54, Coalition 9-20, Greens 0-2 and all others 3-7. One change in the demographcs was women being most likely to vote One Nation at 29%, compared to Labor 27% and the Coalition 21%. The Guardian Essential poll had Labor on 30% primary, Coalition 26%, One Nation 22%, Greens 11%, independents and others 7% and 4% undecided. That poll also found nearly 60% of Australians would be open to voting for One Nation at the next federal election, including nearly half of those currently backing Labor. Around a quarter of voters said they would definitely vote One Nation and a third said they were open to it. There's more than two years to go to the federal election, so all these figures are worrying to the major parties but they have a long period to try and get that support back.

The new UK dual citizen passport rules come into effect today. Dual UK/Australian citizens have to have a valid UK passport to enter the UK, or an Australian passport with a certificate of entitlement. From a cost perspective, it's a no brainer to get a current UK passport for $190, compared to $1,100 for a certificate of entitlement.

There was another council spokesperson on the ABC radio yesterday saying they have no problems with the developer being an ex bankrupt. He said deveploment is a risky business and lots of them go broke and it's a fairly normal part of developing , so move along, nothing to see here according to council.

There's a lot of talk but a council spokesperson said they hadn't received a development application at this stage.

It's hard to see a way back for the Libs in SA for the foreseeable future, particularly with the popularity of the current premier and his mob. Here in Queensland in 2015, the Labor opposition went into the election with just seven seats and won another thirty five to win government, but in that case the sitting premier Can-Do was as popular as a turd floating in a punchbowl. Different in SA, the Libs are trying to compete against a very popular incumbent.

It must be scary for the Libs polling 14% primary vote a month out from the election. One Nation is polling 10% more than the Libs.

A couple of months ago. I only ever do it in the context of meeting up with someone for lunch. These days it's the only reason to go to a pub ( 7 years on the wagon now).

It wil be interesting to sit back and watch what happens from here to the election regarding One Nation's polling figures. We've long had the two major party dominance with Labor and the Coalition taking turns. Below them is the fringe parties with the Greens and One Nation being the biggest two of them. All the others like Family First, Shooters and Fishers and the others will probably stay where they are. Whether or not the Greens have peaked is anyone's guess but I think they have a limited ceiling unless Labor gets on the nose enough to lose significant numbers to them. The Greens seem to have low but steady support, whereas One Nation has potential for some big fluctuations in their support base. They could keep rising or even drop back down to single figures again; only time will tell.