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I love 💕 gargner engines in big boats.

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.

I’ve been there for holidays with the kids, when you live in Tamworth it’s a a glitzy get away. Plenty for kids. Now they’re grown up we don’t goes for parks. Etc. I do like to go to Twin towns for shows, a lot of good artists play there cheap compared to stadiums and the like. I don’t mind a walk along the waterways fishing either, for a city you can catch good fish. too much crime and crap to live there though.

In his State of The Union speech, which went for about an hour and three quarters, numb nuts claims his tariffs could virtually replace the need for income tax. Other clangers in recent speeches, he claims the highest popularity ratings of any modern president, and confused Bermuda for the Bahamas

Sounds like something Chopper Read would have used.

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.

The Gardners are the Rolls Royce of truck engines. Built by craftsmen who initialled the components they made. No-one scraps a Gardner if they have any nous. Rolls Royce made diesel engines for trucks and industrial use, too, but the Gardners were a better engine.

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 use a nut splitter, they're a really handy device. The angled ones are the best.

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.

Yes, the poor old dog gets blamed for everything. But when a dog farts, it leaves any human farts for dead.

Willie, if the fuse blew, the circuit has been overloaded. You don't mention the style of fuse (there are several). I'm speaking about the old glass fuses, now. If the fuse fell apart, or the ends fell off, I would put that down to age. However, the ends don't normally fall off, because they're held by the clips, they usually fall off when you pull them out. You can get intermittent electrical faults that are a PIA. A little patch of bare wire touching metal occasionally. A wire being occasionally crushed between other parts that move. It can be a real pain to track down a lot of the time. Look for areas where movement takes place, where things can be hit (taillights are often hit by road debris), or where moisture has crept in.

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.

The French have Bidets I do too. One only, Hot and cold water. Dunnys are a bit risky . Too hard to clean them properly. Nev

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.

His Mother Jocelyn was a politician and was fine. to deal with. Campbell was a military Nut case. So is Jeff Kennet, even though He's fine to talk to. I'm NO fan of R.J. HAWKE. Rupert Hamer and Ted Baillieu were OK. Bolte and Naptime NO. Cain Not Much. Nev

Of course, I meant to write the temperatures have risen to what they were 1500 years ago.

Came across this online the other day. Designed for seniors, disabled, obese or pregnant, they are designed to extend your reach, Although they look pretty much the same, there are a number of models at a range of prices, from $15 to $50. There are lengths from 15.7 in to 23 in. I fit in a couple of the above categories (no, not the last one) so I thought I'd give it a try. Ordered from Amazon, but there are a number of other health care retailers who have advertised them. Bum wiper.

Get a dog.

Friends won a house on the Gold Coast. They moved there but couldn't stand it.

I just read an article a 1,500-year-old reindeer trap that was discovered in the mountains of Norway last year. It says: Increased snowfall during the sixth century reshaped migration routes and limited access to mountain regions. Heavier snowpack extended winter conditions and pushed communities to relocate hunting activity to lower elevations, where herds adjusted more easily. The wooden trap and other objects have been frozen under ice ever since and have just emerged. In this location at least, temperatures have fallen to what they were 1500 years ago.