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Our dog used to glare at me and roll his eyes when I farted. I think he learnt that from my wife. Life is so unfair sometimes.

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 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.

Hideous TALL Buildings that Shade out the Beach in the afternoon. Artificial canals. NOTHING beautiful about it at all. Nev

I haven't been there for at least 15 years but I've driven past it 2 or 3 times a year for the past 15 years when I am heading for Noosa. I did go there a couple of weeks ago but the only reason was to leave it for NZ via the airport. Populated by the very wealthy with all their flash toys who could not care less for the environment. Very pompous & lacking of any good taste in architectural design. A slum for the wealthy. It was named for the high cost of real estate & rapid development in the late 50s. Used to be the South Coast with Southport, Coolangatta & Burleigh Heads the main centres. It was probably quite nice back then.

Trailers develop places where a Wire can have the Insulation rubbed through.. Some trailer wiring is shoddy. You also may have a FAULTY RELAY, The original fuse may not be big enough to carry the extra stop Lights current draw. Nev

In my experience, the only fuses that fail for no reason, are the glass tube ones. Never had a modern moulded plastic type fail without real overload. Twice I have had difficult to track down overloads in vehicles, caused by unsecured wiring that vibrated or moved against bodywork. One made my headlights (only rarely, but that was too often) go out on left hand corners. The other made the engine fail, but only on right hand corners when accelerating hard. In that case the engine loom moved a certain way that it rubbed on the firewall. Intermittents are the worst to fix. Do not start fitting bigger fuses unless you wish to replace an entire loom or deal with a fire when the fault returns.

I love 💕 gargner engines in big boats.

I was watching a video filmed somewhere on the coast of Kent, UK. The site was right on the coast. It was really flat, marshy country. If sea level rose a few metres it would be underwater. Parts of London average an elevation of thirty-six feet above sea level.

Adelaide Airport is 3 meters above MSL.. Nev

Tell the people of Tuvalu that the sea level is not rising or for that matter Kiribati, the Marshall Islands and the Maldives. The highest point on Tuvalu is only 4.5 metres above sea level and the sea is already invading their lower areas making their gardens die from salination. It is forecast that Tuvalu will be completely uninhabitable by 2100.

What you eat alters FART smell. (and quantity). Nev

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.

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.

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.

Get a dog.

There's a man who has never suffered the excrutiating pain of a paper cut.

I'm confused on the "dual citizenship" angle. I was born here, so I'm an Australian citizen. But I got a British passport some years ago (about 15) because both my parents were British and I was entitled to a British passport. I got it when travelling on the basis it would make travelling around the EU on the Schengen Agreement easier. I never used it, my Australian passport got me everywhere with no problems. However, SWMBO and I got caught out with a US$80 entry fee to Turkey upon arrival, no-one mentioned it prior. We had to scrape around our belongings to find the necessary US dollars, and it was dead lucky we had it on hand. At this point, my British passport is long expired and I see little benefit in renewing it - but perhaps it might save me some money if I ever venture back to the U.K.?

Crook, bad connections and rat eaten wiring causes fires also. Nev

Did you know that Chinese lanterns are banned in many U.S. States, because they're deemed an unacceptable fire hazard? They have caused a substantial number of house fires in the U.S. I guess oil lanterns are just a tiny bit safer - but fires started by kerosene lanterns were quite common before electric lighting, and they're still common in developing/third world countries, where they're still used.

What about Magic Lanterns? Nev

I should explain that I'm not one of those fanatical lantern collectors. I probably have around a dozen or so, most working, and some that need fixing. That's not counting some junky Chinese ones in a box in the shed somewhere that are better left there. I don't think I would get any more unless something good like a Dietz Monach in good condition showed up. Some of the lantern collectors are quite obsessive about it. I've seen facebook groups that feature collectors who have rooms and garages full of them. They collect them like stamps.

Howard was lampooned as the little kid whining about not getting the things he wanted. Think of the song by Moving Pictures, What about me? Well, there's a little boy waiting At the counter of the corner shop He's been waiting down there, waiting half the day They never ever see him from the top. Based solely on appearance, Albo strikes me as another little boy who is being ignored or picked on. It's that physical appearance and his voice (as well as possibly a slight speech impediment) that fail to give him the Leader image that is essential for a Party leader.

It's said that baked beans make you fart. That's only if you don't eat them regularly. If your gut environment is used to them, they are digested like any other high fibre food. Question: Do vegan farts smell different from omnivore farts?

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