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  1. red750

    Brain Teaser

    Right answer, but not the reason. The question says "On reflection". If you hold a mirror up to each letter, Z is the only one that's different.
  2. Because they've been banned from using TikTok due to fears of Chinese snooping, the options are getting slim. You wouldn't want them on Trump's Truth Media now, would you?
  3. Well, I did say less well-known. It's Daniel Davis, who played Niles the butler, in The Nanny, starring Fran Drescher.
  4. Cauchi advertised escort services Six people died on Saturday after they were stabbed in a terrifying frenzy at Sydney's Bondi Junction Westfield, sending shockwaves across Australia and the rest of the world. Follow here for rolling coverage as police provide updates on the incident and other details are shared. The heroic shopper dubbed ‘bollard man’ who was filmed standing at the top of an escalator trying to save other shoppers during the chaos on Saturday has been identified as a French tradie. A viral scene during the Westfield stabbing rampage showed the knifeman walking up an escalator while the previously unknown man, armed with a metal bollard, confronted him and blocked his path. “This Aussie man took on the armed attacker in Bondi Junction Shopping Centre, Sydney - putting his own safety at risk to save others,” hailed one woman who shared the footage to X. Bollard man. That man has been identified as French construction worker Silas Despreaux, The Sydney Morning Herald reports. A friend, who had been with him the morning of the attack, told the paper: “He’s OK. It’s a very strange thing for someone… I haven’t had much of a chance to speak to him since, he has been busy with police I think.” Despreaux has reportedly lived in Sydney for several years, and works for a small, local construction firm.
  5. red750

    Brain Teaser

    More than 36 hours and no takers. The answer is UA. The letters are the vowels in days of the week, MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY. The last day is SUNDAY. OK, try this one. Have a careful think about these letters. On reflection, which is the odd one out? W X Y Z
  6. And some people are very good at it.
  7. No. Frozen solid like in the steering lock situation.
  8. It's kinda funny when you see these posts on Snap-Chat, X, et al, from travellers or expats from USA saying how they don't understand what's going on in Australia. Easter in autumn (fall to them), Christmas in summer, and all sorts of hemispherical references, and how you can arrive before you depart sometimes. Just shows their level or lack thereof, of education.
  9. More news: https://au.yahoo.com/news/live/westfield-bondi-junction-stabbing-police-identify-knifeman-as-40-year-old-queensland-man-230421133.html
  10. I'm a multitasker. I can listen, ignore and forget all at once.
  11. Advice of former Ford service manager and mechanic.
  12. https://au.yahoo.com/news/live/westfield-bondi-junction-stabbing-police-identify-knifeman-as-40-year-old-queensland-man-230421133.html
  13. The killer has been identified as Joel Cauchi who is believed to have had mental issues. One of the victims was John Singleton's 25 year old daughter who was ue to get married shortly. Most of the women killed were around 25.
  14. You're good, Gareth. This one may be a bit harder, peraps a little less well-known.
  15. This is a CCTV image of the killer.
  16. Suddenly? How fast were you driving?
  17. The NSW Police Commissioner has just confirmed that five females and one male, including the mother of the stabbed baby, have died as a result of the stabbing frenzy in Westfield Shopping Centre at Bondi Junction. Others were injured including a 9 month old baby who had multiple stab wounds to the stomach and has been operated on at the Childrens Hospital. The perpetrator, a man aged between 35 and 40, wearing an Australian rugby league jumper was shot dead by a female police inspector who was in the shopping centre, probably saving mor lives.
  18. red750

    Brain Teaser

    There is no IN in the clue either. The question asked for a rare FOUR WORD expression. The ONE is in the MILLION. MILONELION
  19. When I went out to drive to my mate Keith's funeral yesterday afternoon, the key wouldn't turn in the ignition. My daughter had to drive me to the funeral home, and a shed mate brought me home.The same thing occurred about 6 months ago, but after quite a few attempts, it eventually turned. No, it's not the steering lock. Eliminated that. Last time it happened, Keith advised me to squirt some graphite powder into the ignition switch and jiggle it a bit. It worked last time, but not now. Without the car until next week when I can get an auto electrician to take a look at it.
  20. red750

    Brain Teaser

    Check previous page.
  21. Calls to my mobile show the number calling, and if I don't know it, I let it go to missed calls and delete it. If it comes to my landline, I either ignore it or pick it up and listen. If I don't speak, 90% chance it will automatically terminate. If it is someone I know, they will speak first, then I can decide what to say. Lately I have been receiving a lot of texts, usually around 2 or 3 am, claiming I have an outstanding toll fee which needs paying. I know it's a scam because my toll fees are direct debited daily. My son has also been receiving these scam texts in the early hours. He uses Eastlink, but trips are charged through my Citylink (Linkt) account. He doesn't have an account, but pays his tolls to me with his board. I have reported this scam to Transurban, with a screenprint of the scam text. Because the scammers use different mobile numbers (04x) they are hard to track or stop.
  22. red750

    Quickies part 2

    Three friends, George, Alan and Richard, die in a car crash and go to heaven. When they reach the Pearly Gates, St. Peter greets them, giving them the usual spiel that everyone gets when they’re about to enter, and as they are walking in he says ” By the way, I almost forgot the new rule. Whatever you do, don’t step on a duck.” The three friends think this is an odd rule, but they agree to it and step in. The second they enter they realise that the final rule might be harder to follow than they thought. Heaven is TEEMING with ducks! Try as they might, they quickly realise that avoiding the birds is going to be a difficult task. Then it happens, “QUACK!” George and Alan look over in shock as Richard steps on a duck. Quickly, an angel rushes over with one of the most unattractive people the three of them have ever seen. “Because you stepped on a duck, you are condemned to spend the rest of your time in the Kingdom shackled to this person. Have a good eternity.” The angel shackles the two together and flies off. After seeing what happened to Richard, the other two are warier of the consequences and begin treading extremely lightly. The two of them make it another three days before, on the dawn of the fourth day, a loud “QUACK” is heard. George looks at Alan, wide-eyed, fearing the worst. The angel rushes over, ties Alan to a hideous being, and flies away. George is now petrified that this will be his fate and becomes incredibly paranoid, barely walking anywhere. He lasts one week or two weeks, but at the beginning of the third week, an angel brings one of the most stunningly beautiful people he has ever seen, shackles the two of them together, and flies off. Bewildered and excited, George proclaims, “Wow! What did I do to deserve this?” And the person he is shackled to turns and replies “I don’t know what you did, but I stepped on a duck!”
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