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

The evidence looks damning, but what happene until innocent until proven guilty? Somehow the orangutan, who has about the same amount of evidence as Mountbatten seems to be immune.. from that and many other alleged crimes. Many others implicated as badly.. but nary a word about them. At least Mendleson has been arrested on suspiciopn of misconduct of public office. He will take Starmer with him.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

The Liberals have virtually ceased to exist as a party in W.A. They could hold a cabinet meeting in a disabled toilet.

The developer who is charging ahead with the Trump Tower has been bankrupt previously - twice. So I guess he's in good company with a U.S. President who has sent six of his business ventures bankrupt. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-24/trump-tower-developer-went-bankrupt-twice/106379446

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

Get a dog.

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.

I don't get the furore around the new uk passport rule. Australia has had the same rule for years

Might get you cheap Medical Treatment. Nev

A lot of rusty Nuts have to Be split to get them off. Drill a hole first, then use a chisel of suitable width. Nev

Is that a toilet for persons with disabilities, or simply a busted loo?

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

1. The WD stands for "water displacer" That comes from the fact that what we know as WD-40 was the fortieth mixture that the inventor tried when looking for whatever it was he was looking for. (I don't think what WD-40 does is what he was looking for. The discovery was accidental.) 2. We are talking about suitable products for different jobs. WD-40 or diesel/ATF are penetrating solutions. They are meant to lubricate the threads, but not attack the iron oxide. Citric acid solutions react with the iron oxide to dissolve it from surfaces. Phosphoric acid acts in a similar way to Citric acid, but it is more expensive.

You need a snappy sphincter. If it's someone else say "Pardon Me" and you may be rewarded. Nev

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.

I don't imagine boring tunnels is a fun job. Pipeline welders got big salaries and earned it. FIFO do Ok as well. I can't see great hardship for Bank Execs. Nev

Libs are the Most Precarious by far.. Lot of work to do there. I blame the NP for a lot of that. . Nev

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.

Notice that there has not been one clergyman named?

yah.. its for the wheels

how much do the execs make and exactly how much more at risk of them losing their job as the workers? Soiunds socialist, doesn't it. The thing is, the execs can usually f it up much more than the workers and still pocket huge amounts of money at the taxpsyers expense. And they usually stay on long after the work has finished. (BTW, I am not saying workers should earn $260K, but good on 'em if they do)

The union has announced that workers on Vic tunnels will earn up to $360,000 pa. They are proud of their win in negotiation with Jacinta for more of our money.

Have they developed a version of WD-40 for electric mowers yet? 😄

One thing is certain. There are many many variables in this debate. For instance, how does anyone safely assert that sea levels are rising (or falling). The sea sure aint flat, nor the same 'level' all around. I suspect that modern satellite work is now busily averaging the numbers. But these are new algorithms, so cannot be used to compare ancient 'levels' with present ones. Following is from Wiki but is food for thought. "There are also "holes" in the ocean. Gravity lows. Geoid lows. The surface of the ocean tends to be perpendicular to gravity. But the composition of our planet is not homogeneous, so the gravity field deviates from any idealized form you might expect (oblate spheroid, globe, etc). The indian ocean geoid low causes sea level to be around 100 meters lower than it would be if it followed the WGS 84 geoid. NOTE: this does not mean that water is rushing in to fill the low. Gravity itself is distorted. The water is in its gravitationaly favorable location already. But by measuring gravity in that location, or by using high resolution surveying, the low can be detected." Also, coriolis affect makes oceans tend to pile up more on their west side - & the amount will depend on ocean current strength. And... every 1 millibar change in atmospheric air pressure causes a 1 cm change in sea level in the opposite direction. (Haven't fact checked that one) However, all the water from those melting glaciers & icecaps must be going somewhere.

Prince Punt? Runt? Nah you've lost me Peter! 😆

I'd be worried about it falling over. The Council wouldn't be game to question the Building Specs. Too busy divvying up the Bribe money. Nev

Plenty of others DESERVE to be Pilloried as Much as HE is.. There's NEVER a shortage of Royalty KNOCKERS. .I suppose it's "Look how the MIGHTY have fallen" thing.. Nev

Apparently WD-40 is packaged in Australia, and there are Australia-specific products. https://wd40.com.au/faq/what-is-wd-40-specialist-lawn-garden

I accept that our forum debate boils down to discourse about the rate of ACC rather than the existence of it. Which still validates the wisdom of reducing our atmospheric pollutants. My opinion is that there is a big problem with the "Climate Change Debate" itself. Allowing the world media to argue obsessively over CO2, takes focus away from the multitude of other pollutions, which increasing slide under the radar. Industries (including mining, gas & oil) tend to use the most cost effective processes. They prioritise profit over human health. Individual people are not motivated either.

As long as she is not doing anything illegal, good on her still. Large companys always push the boundrys. Qantas selling seats on flights that don't exist, com bank, woolies, coles. Put some CEO's in jail will fix it.

The problem with sending that video to your uncle who doesn't believe in climate change is that his pea brain is so entrenched he won't believe it and has no understanding of or care for science. Trump is a great example of one of these Uncles.

I think you serfs need some re-training to understand just how much we owe our superb living conditions in Australia, to the Hancock Robber Baron Dynasty. Gina tells me this every day, on every inscribed message, on every monument built to the Hancock Empire. You're such an unappreciative lot of slackers. 😄

Renewables are cheaper, greener, and don't harm the ecology - or human health for that matter - anywhere near as much as fossil fuels. Kind of makes you wonder why anyone would argue against them, whether or not they accepted the science proving anthropomorphic climate change.

Obviously there are a lot of bloody idiots.

The other choices are pretty crap though. As long as Gina isn't breaking the law good on her. She is obvously a smart woman who employs a lot of Australians. If people don't like how the system is set up, ring and email your politicians and try and get stuff changed. That is their job. They won't always answer but at least you can say you've tried. i was emailing one regarding one of the local roads which was OK. When I asked how much the disastrous H2 plant cost including the cost of the hydrogen department he stopped answering my emails, but at least I tried.

The other problem is that most of the land surface has no records until recently. Historical records are biased to the USA and some western European countries. There can be no "global" temperature estimate, even for the land masses and there are virtually none for the air over the oceans which make up 70% of the planet's surface. If reliable records exist they only cover the past 40 years or so since satellite scanning measurements began. Even there, there are scientific papers pointing out the errors in satellite measurements,

I would say its the main reason. If they were any good, she wouldn't get a look in.

The only reason this is even a discussion point is because of the poor performance of the alternatives.