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  1. Even the English town of Derby, is pronounced, Darby. Because those old Vikings hadn't got a " A " . So I'm told , it ( derby ) means 'deer' in their language . So what does Western Australia's ' Derby ' mean . spacesailor
  2. Not quite , I have been offered a flight from Wodonga. But since I got caught in the big Sydney smoke . ' Cough Cough ' . I don't get far from all those doctors appointments. They seem never-ending . spacesailor
  3. But it is all conjecture . With my childhood dance with death. All the ' learned ' agreed. 30s would be my final year. Now at 82 and still walking , even thou not ' my dream of flying ' . The Royal Air Force threw their hands up after checking my medical record, & threw me out of the cadets . spacesailor
  4. Been there , done that ! . But, I didn't get a " death certificate " . Just woke up in the ' morgue ' . And can't take ' cudo's ' , as another participant in England's testing of " penicillin " , took that honour. and She went on a TV show. To explain the ' testing of penicillin ' in the UK . I often wonder how many of that original 100 penicillin ( volunteers ) are still living . ( Osteomyelitis). spacesailor
  5. 3.01. Seems higher !. spacesailor
  6. True . Old steel was smelted with " crushed coal " . ( blast-furnace ). Giving a very high carbon content. New steel uses oil that contains ' sulphur ' . spacesailor
  7. old iron Never rusted like this new , oil fired malleable iron. But then again like stainless, in the wrong place, like Titanic, " rusticles " are eating it away very fast. spacesailor
  8. Please, Not the pacemaker . Nor that " CPAP " machine . Oops so sorry G G . We will miss you . spacesailor
  9. Convertered " container " , First they made " granny flats " out of the containers. Now it's " box-cars " . Next , give them wings . spacesailor
  10. But there's that $ 150 per month minimum power bill cut off. So left me off that list . not wealthy enough to get the grant . Now no rebates for the Poor, that need them . spacesailor
  11. 👍. From me . spacesailor
  12. Buggers are worse than , " Grey nomads ", 'crawling around Australia ' . spacesailor
  13. Just switch off your " ear-buds " . silence is golden . spacesailor
  14. Never offered me one . I just use old truck batteries . But , if they offered . Who am I to refuse . They could offer me " P V panels " For Free . Save me dragging the portable solar panels out , whenever the sun shines . LoL spacesailor
  15. I must be expecting, that ' Mr A I ' to tell me . " I'm wrong again " . LoL ( but how to get 'd' from 'LL' ) . spacesailor
  16. Paraphernalia . oops , ' poor proof reading ' . Yes, ' anything ' needed ( asked for ) was supplied. The same as a local family ' knits ' woollen jumper's for a high-end Sydney shops . Was getting $ 80 each . At the time $3.50 was my hourly rate . spacesailor
  17. willedoo You can make a living, creating speciality chocolates. Had a sister inlaw who did just that for many years. Her ( buyer ) sent all the paraernalier to create her " speciality boxed chocolates confectionery " . spacesailor
  18. The ' same ' as aircraft, car , & tree lovers . They are transport. I know of one ( moronic ) male , who wouldn't get a house mortgage. Then went heavily into depth for his . V8 police pursuit Commadore. HE ( I BELIEVE ) is now single . Someone else is rearing his six kids . spacesailor
  19. Has that shifter got the " King Dick " brand name . Someone is asking $100 for theirs . spacesailor
  20. Looks like a " Dick " . But too plain to be a " Dick " . spacesailor
  21. Walking on water. That's a miracle. Unless frozen solid . But now you can ride a motorcycle on water spacesailor
  22. Don't be a ' Galah ' . spzcesailor
  23. Australia has the raw materials, that we export . Our manufacturer's have to buy those same materials back ( at inflated prices ) to build aluminium ' tail wheels ' for our " general aviation " that are hit with exorbitant overseas pricing. Our government will never help to lower prices .& lessen their GST coffer fillers. Has anyone priced a billet of aluminium from Gladstone Queensland. Then figured the number of said wheels per billet . spacesailor PS. : one (state) refused to join that federation. Western Australia in , who was out .
  24. The first picture has a " drag-strip " on it . spacesailor
  25. if, your Hilux was automated, would it have given you the satisfaction of telling him , he needs to learn to drive properly . spacesailor PS : my son in law would have punched him out ,& dam the consequences.
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